Bill Text: MS HB166 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Tennesse-Tombigbee Waterway; provide weight exemption for transporting commodities from ports on.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2016-03-01 - Died In Committee [HB166 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2016-HB166-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2016 Regular Session
To: Ports, Harbors and Airports
By: Representative Chism
House Bill 166
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-5-47, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE VEHICLES TRANSPORTING COMMODITIES TO OR FROM TERMINAL OR PORT FACILITIES ON THE TOMBIGBEE RIVER OR THE TENNESSEE-TOMBIGBEE WATERWAY TO EXCEED THE TOTAL WEIGHT AND/OR SIZE LIMITATIONS SPECIFIED BY LAW UPON PRIOR APPROVAL OF THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 63-5-47, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
63-5-47. (1) Motor vehicles engaged in transporting commodities to or from terminal or port facilities on the Mississippi River may be operated with a total weight and/or size in excess of limitations which may be specified by law, although such size or weight limitations shall never exceed federal limitations for the procurement of federal aid for either maintenance or construction, or the limitations then in force in any state immediately adjacent to the county in which such port or terminal facilities are located, provided that:
(a) * * *
The movement is wholly
within a county which has therein a bridge across the Mississippi River.
(b) The operation of
such vehicle or vehicles with such gross weight shall first be approved by the
Mississippi Department of Transportation, and a permit issued by * * *
the department
specifying the roads, highways or streets within such county over which such
vehicle or vehicles may be operated.
(c) * * * The commodities have been received
at such terminal or port facilities by water transportation and are destined
for delivery across the bridge or * * * the commodities have been received
by movement across the bridge and are to be shipped from such terminal by
water.
(2) Motor vehicles engaged in transporting commodities to or from terminal or port facilities on the Tombigbee River or the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway may be operated with a total weight and/or size in excess of limitations that may be specified by law, although such size or weight limitations shall never exceed federal limitations for the procurement of federal aid for either maintenance or construction, if:
(a) The movement is from the port or terminal to the first point of processing wholly within a county that the port or terminal is located.
(b) The amount of excess weight shall be determined after an examination by the Mississippi Department of Transportation of the condition of the roads, bridges and culverts on the route and the axle configuration of the vehicle or vehicles. A permit may be issued by the department specifying the state roads or highways over which the vehicle or vehicles may be operated.
(3) The operator of
each and every motor vehicle operating under the provisions of this section
shall, at all times, carry the permit issued by the * * * Mississippi Department of Transportation,
or a certified copy thereof.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2016.
