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General Provisions
§ 77-7-1. Short title - This chapter may be cited as the "Mississippi Motor Carrier...
§ 77-7-3. Declaration of public policy; application of chapter - It is hereby declared to be the policy of the...
§ 77-7-7. Definitions - Whenever used in this chapter unless expressly stated otherwise: The...
§ 77-7-9. Qualifications upon definition of "common carrier by motor vehicle" and "contract carrier by motor vehicle." - The term "common carrier by motor vehicle," as defined in...
§ 77-7-11. Obedience to chapter required - No motor carrier shall operate any motor vehicle for the...
§ 77-7-15. Promulgation of order, rules, regulations and requirements by commission - The commission shall prescribe, issue, amend and rescind such reasonable...
§ 77-7-17. Prohibited interests of commissioners and employees - No member of the commission, and no employee of the...
§ 77-7-21. Engagement in intrastate operation by restricted motor carriers - No restricted motor carrier not exempted in this chapter shall...
§ 77-7-23. Promulgation of regulations governing restricted motor carriers - The commission shall promulgate rules, regulations and procedures for the...
§ 77-7-25. Exemption of certain commercial motor vehicles from federal regulations; exceptions - Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter to the contrary, Parts...
Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity; Permits; Interstate Permits
§ 77-7-41. Certificates of public convenience and necessity required - No common carrier by motor vehicle not exempted in this...
§ 77-7-43. Application for certificate - Applications for a certificate shall be made in writing, shall...
§ 77-7-47. Temporary certificates - If the commission should decide that an emergency exists at...
§ 77-7-49. Permits required - No contract carrier by motor vehicle, not exempted in this...
§ 77-7-55. Fees for certificates and permits - Upon the filing of an application for a certificate of...
§ 77-7-59. Amendment, suspension and revocation of certificates and permits - Certificates and permits shall be effective from the date specified...
§ 77-7-61. Sale or transfer of certificates and permits - Whenever a purchase, lease, assignment or transfer is proposed under...
Performance Bond; Insurance
§ 77-7-83. Insurance required of certificate holders - Each holder of a certificate authorizing operation as a common...
§ 77-7-85. Insurance required of permit holders - Each holder of a permit as a contract carrier by...
§ 77-7-87. Insurance required of interstate carriers - Each motor carrier holding certificates or permits from and operating...
§ 77-7-89. Insurance policy or bond shall not be cancelled until notice is given to commission - The insurance policy or bond filed with the commission as...
§ 77-7-91. Actions against motor carriers and sureties - In any action, whether in law or equity, against any...
§ 77-7-93. Effect of failure to comply with performance bond and insurance requirements - The failure of any holder of a certificate or permit...
Inspection Fees; Identification Plates; Identification Trip Permits
§ 77-7-115. When and to whom inspection fees are to be paid - On or before January 1 of each year, or prior...
§ 77-7-117. State to have lien on vehicles for payment of inspection fees - A lien shall exist upon all property of any motor...
§ 77-7-125. Commission has sole authority to issue registration receipts - The commission shall have the sole and complete power and...
§ 77-7-127. Disposition of funds collected by commission under this chapter; funding of agency expenses; deposit of monies into State General Fund - All funds collected by the commission under the provisions of...
General Duties of Common and Restricted Common Carriers
§ 77-7-151. Duties of common carriers of household goods by motor vehicle as to service and rates - It shall be the duty of every common carrier of...
§ 77-7-153. Discrimination by common carriers prohibited - It shall be unlawful for any common carrier by motor...
Service
§ 77-7-173. Changes in schedules by common carriers - Common carriers by motor vehicle, the rates of which are...
§ 77-7-175. Operation of special or chartered parties by common carriers - Any common carrier by motor vehicle transporting passengers under a...
§ 77-7-177. Deviations from routes by common carriers - A common carrier by motor vehicle, operating under a certificate...
§ 77-7-181. Accident reports - It shall be the duty of the manager, agent or...
§ 77-7-185. Commission may require establishment of passenger stations - After notice and hearing, and an opportunity to be heard...
Rates of Common Carriers
§ 77-7-211. Filing, publication and posting of rates of common carriers; rejection of tariff by commission - Every common carrier of passengers shall file with the commission,...
§ 77-7-213. Common carriers shall charge only rates set forth in tariff - No common carrier by motor vehicle, the rates of which...
§ 77-7-215. Change in rates by common carriers; notice to be given - No change shall be made in any rate, fare, charge...
§ 77-7-217. Commission hearings upon reasonableness of rates of common carriers - Any person, state board, organization or body politic may make...
§ 77-7-219. Suspension of rates proposed by common carriers - Whenever there shall be filed with the commission any schedule...
§ 77-7-221. Factors to be considered by commission in considering rates of common carriers - In the exercise of its power to prescribe just and...
§ 77-7-223. Other rights and remedies unaffected by foregoing - Nothing in Sections 77-7-151, 77-7-153, 77-7-187, 77-7-217 to 77-7-221, shall...
Minimum Charges of Contract Carriers
§ 77-7-241. Minimum charges of contract carriers to be filed with commission; reductions - It shall be the duty of every contract carrier by...
§ 77-7-243. Commission hearings upon reasonableness of rates of contract carriers - Whenever, after hearing upon complaint or its own initiative, the...
§ 77-7-245. Suspension of charges proposed by contract carriers - Whenever there shall be filed with the commission by any...
Miscellaneous regulations
§ 77-7-261. Reports of carriers; accounts, books and memoranda; inspections - The commission is hereby authorized to require annual, periodical, or...
§ 77-7-263. Failure to make proper reports or to keep accounts, records and memoranda properly is a misdemeanor - Any motor carrier, or any officer, agent, employee, or representative...
Commission Hearings and Rehearings; Appeal of Order of Commission
§ 77-7-291. Conduct of commission hearings - Any matter arising in the administration of this chapter requiring...
§ 77-7-293. Rehearings of orders or decisions of commission - After an order or decision has been made by the...
§ 77-7-295. Appeal of final finding, order or judgment of commission - In addition to other remedies now available, the state, or...
Penalties -
Administration and Enforcement
§ 77-7-331. Duties of enforcement officers - The chief enforcement officer and the inspectors, employed pursuant to...
§ 77-7-333. Training of enforcement officer; funding of agency expenses; deposit of monies into State General Fund - After selection, the chief enforcement officer and the inspectors shall...
§ 77-7-337. Purchase of necessary equipment authorized; funding of agency expenses; deposit of monies into State General Fund - The commission is hereby authorized and empowered to purchase all...
§ 77-7-339. Payment of salaries and expenses shall be from the motor carrier regulation account; funding of agency expenses; deposit of monies into State General Fund - The salary of the chief enforcement officer and the inspectors,...
§ 77-7-341. Cooperation with other agencies authorized - For the purpose of administering and enforcing the provisions of...