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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1) When not otherwise specifically provided, the Commissioner of Public Safety is authorized to make and promulgate reasonable rules and regulations to provide a voluntary program for inspection of commercial motor vehicles.
(2) For the purposes of this section, “commercial motor vehicle” has the meaning ascribed in Section 63-1-203.
(3) The regulations, if promulgated, will:
(a) Create a voluntary program for inspection of any combination of truck, truck tractor, trailer, semi-trailer or pole trailer, including each segment of a combined vehicle, that is used upon the highways or streets as a commercial motor vehicle for compliance with all applicable federal and state motor carrier safety regulations;
(b) Require that inspectors have access to the vehicle maintenance log;
(c) Prescribe a method of documentation to be displayed on the vehicle that is readily visible to an observer in the form of a decal or sticker, and require that the form of documentation prescribed must be kept on the vehicle;
(d) Require that inspection occur on an annual basis for participation in the program;
(e) Provide that inspection is not mandatory;
(f) Impose a reasonable inspection fee, which shall be deposited to the credit of the operating fund of the Commercial Transportation Enforcement Division of the Mississippi Department of Public Safety; and
(g) Specify that officers of the Commercial Transportation Enforcement Division will retain all responsibility and authority to monitor and enforce violations under Section 77-7-335.
(4) This section shall stand repealed on July 1, 2027.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Mississippi Code Title 77. Public Utilities and Carriers § 77-7-345 - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ms/title-77-public-utilities-and-carriers/ms-code-sect-77-7-345/
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