MCA Chapter 7

MCA Chapter 7
in effect

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-7-1 Counties may employ men to enforce road laws.

The board of supervisors of any county is hereby authorized to employ, in its discretion, not exceeding three (3) men in counties of Classes 1 and 2, and not exceeding two (2) men to be regularly employed at any time in counties of other classes, whose duty it shall be to patrol the roads of the county and to enforce the road and motor vehicle laws. It is hereby expressly provided that such patrol officers shall not have the power and authority, nor shall they be authorized by the motor vehicle comptroller or the tax collector of any county, to enforce any of the provisions of law relating to the taxation of motor vehicles using the highways of this state; nor shall they receive or collect any taxes due or alleged to be due under any of such laws. This shall not apply to a county where the federal government owns thirty-five percent (35%) or more of the total acreage of the county.

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-7-3 Duties of patrol officers; uniforms.

Said patrol officers are hereby authorized to do and perform all acts authorized to be done by the sheriff, constable, or any peace officer. Said patrol officers in addition to their duties as peace officers, shall note the condition of the roads and bridges of the county and make report thereof to the board of supervisors as may be required by said board. Such patrol officer shall not have the power and authority to enforce the traffic laws, rules and regulations of this state, or any related laws upon any highway of the state highway system, unless and until they have been authorized and empowered to enforce such laws and to aid and assist in the enforcement thereof by the commissioner of public safety. The commissioner of public safety may grant or withhold such authority to the patrolmen of each individual county in his discretion, and may provide and promulgate reasonable rules and regulations under which the patrol officers to whom such authority has been granted shall act in enforcing such laws. In the performance of their official duties such patrol officers shall have the power and authority to wear uniforms, but they shall not wear the same uniforms as are worn by members of the highway safety patrol of Mississippi, nor shall they wear uniforms substantially identical thereto.

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-7-5 Compensation; transportation.

Subject to the provisions of subsection (2) of this section, the board of supervisors may compensate the county patrol officers in an amount not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) per month for any one (1) county; in no case shall any one (1) patrol officer receive compensation in excess of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) per month. In addition to such compensation, the board of supervisors may furnish the patrol officers means of transportation. The board of supervisors of any county having a population of thirty-one thousand six hundred fifty-three (31,653) according to the 1960 federal decennial census, having a land area of nine hundred thirty-eight (938) square miles, and wherein U.S. Highway 49 and Mississippi Highway 16 intersect, may compensate the county patrol officers in an amount not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) per month for any such county; in no case shall any one (1) patrol officer receive compensation in excess of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) per month. The board of supervisors of any county bordering on the Louisiana line and Mississippi River may fix the compensation of the county patrol officers at an amount not to exceed Four Hundred Dollars ($400.00) per month per patrol officer. The board of supervisors of any county bordering on the Mississippi River wherein is located a national park and cemetery, wherein U.S. Highways 80 and 61 intersect, and having a population in excess of forty-two thousand (42,000) according to the 1960 federal decennial census, may compensate the county patrol officers in an amount not to exceed One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) per month for any such county but in no case in excess of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) per month per officer. The board of supervisors of any Class 4 county bordering on the state of Alabama wherein U.S. Highway 98 and Mississippi Highway 63 intersect, having a land area of four hundred eighty-one (481) square miles, may, in its discretion, compensate each of its county patrol officers in an amount not in excess of Six Hundred Fifty Dollars ($650.00) per month. The board of supervisors of any county in which U.S. Highway 45 and Mississippi Highway 16 intersect may, in its discretion, compensate its county patrol officers in an amount not to exceed Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00) per month per patrol officer. The board of supervisors of any county in which the Natchez Trace Parkway and Mississippi Highway 35 intersect and which has a population according to the 1990 federal decennial census in excess of eighteen thousand four hundred (18,400), in its discretion, may compensate its county patrol officers in an amount not to exceed Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) per month per patrol officer.

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-7-21 Employment of patrol officers.

The board of supervisors of any county in the State of Mississippi having two (2) judicial districts and an assessed valuation of property for ad valorem taxation in excess of Five Hundred Million Dollars ($500,000,000.00), according to the last completed assessment for taxation is authorized to employ, in its discretion, not exceeding nine (9) persons whose duty it shall be to patrol the roads of the county and to enforce the road and motor vehicle laws. The board of supervisors of any county in the State of Mississippi wherein Interstate Highway 55 and State Highway 22 intersect and which is also traversed in whole or part by U. S. Highways 49 and 51, and State Highways 16, 17, 43 and the Natchez Trace, and also containing a part of a public lake or reservoir in excess of thirty thousand (30,000) acres, is authorized to employ, in its discretion, not exceeding seven (7) persons whose duty it shall be to patrol the roads of the county and to enforce the road and motor vehicle laws. The board of supervisors of any Class 1 county bordering on the east side of Pearl River, and wherein are located five (5) incorporated municipalities, may employ one (1) patrol officer for the supervisors district wherein are located the two (2) incorporated municipalities.

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-7-23 Duties of patrol officers; uniforms.

Patrol officers employed pursuant to Section 45-7-21 are authorized to do, in the performance of their duties, all acts authorized to be done by the sheriff, constable, or any peace officer. Said patrol officers, in addition to their duties as peace officers, shall note the condition of the roads and bridges of the county and make report thereof to the board of supervisors as may be required by said board. Said patrol officers shall not have the power and authority to enforce the traffic laws, rules and regulations of this state, or any related laws upon any highway of the state highway system, unless and until they have been authorized and empowered to enforce such laws and to aid and assist in the enforcement thereof by the commissioner of public safety. The commissioner of public safety may grant or withhold such authority to the patrolmen of each individual county in his discretion, and may provide and promulgate reasonable rules and regulations under which the patrol officers to whom such authority has been granted shall act in enforcing such laws. In the performance of their official duties, such patrol officers shall have the power and authority to wear uniforms, but they shall not wear the same uniforms as are worn by members of the highway safety patrol of Mississippi, nor shall they wear uniforms substantially identical thereto.

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-7-25 Radio equipment.

The board of supervisors is authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to acquire radio transmitting and receiving equipment for use by said patrol officers in the performance of their duties.

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-7-27 Compensation of patrol officers; transportation; bond.

Subject to the provisions of subsection (2), the board of supervisors of any such county may compensate the county patrol officers in an amount not to exceed Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) per month for any one (1) county; in no case shall any one (1) patrol officer receive compensation in excess of Four Hundred Dollars ($400.00) per month. In addition to such compensation, the board of supervisors may furnish said patrol officers with means of transportation or reimburse them for their actual and proven transportation expenses. Such compensation and transportation expenses shall be paid from the general fund of the county. The board of supervisors of any county bordering on the Mississippi Sound, and having two (2) judicial districts and an assessed valuation of property for ad valorem taxation in excess of Two Hundred Million Dollars ($200,000,000.00) according to the last completed assessment for taxation, may, in its discretion, compensate each such officer in an amount not to exceed One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) per month. The board of supervisors of any county bordering on the west side of the Pearl River, and having two (2) judicial districts and an assessed valuation of property for ad valorem taxation in excess of Two Hundred Million Dollars ($200,000,000.00), according to the last completed assessment for taxation, may, in its discretion, compensate each such officer in an amount not to exceed One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) per month. The board of supervisors of any Class 1 county bordering on the east side of Pearl River, and wherein are located five (5) incorporated municipalities, may compensate the patrol officer employed for the supervisors district wherein are located two (2) incorporated municipalities in an amount not in excess of Four Hundred Fifty Dollars ($450.00) per month. The board of supervisors of any county bordering on the State of Alabama and the Mississippi Sound and having an assessed valuation of property for ad valorem taxation in excess of Five Hundred Million Dollars ($500,000,000.00) according to the last completed assessment for taxation may, in its discretion, compensate each such officer in an amount not to exceed One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) per month. The board of supervisors of any county bordering on the west side of the Pearl River, and wherein are located four (4) incorporated municipalities, may, in its discretion, compensate each such officer in an amount not to exceed One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) per month. Each county patrol officer shall, prior to entering upon the duties of his office, give bond, with sufficient surety, to be payable, conditioned and approved as provided by law, in a penalty not less than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00). The premium for such bond shall be paid from the general fund of such county.

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-7-29 Powers to be additional and supplemental.

The power and authority granted in Sections 45-7-21 through 45-7-27 shall be additional and supplemental to the power and authority of Sections 45-7-1 through 45-7-5.

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-7-41 Employment of patrol officers.

The board of supervisors of any county: Bordering on the Gulf of Mexico, having created a county port authority under the provisions of Sections 59-9-1 through 59-9-85, Mississippi Code of 1972; or Bordering on the State of Alabama, having a land area of seven hundred twenty-one (721) square miles, having a population in excess of sixty-seven thousand (67,000) in the 1960 federal decennial census, wherein there is located a state-supported mental institution, and wherein U. S. Highways 80 and 45 intersect; may employ not more than five (5) county patrol officers. The board of supervisors of any county bordering on the Mississippi River and having an area of four hundred forty-eight (448) square miles with a population not in excess of thirty-two thousand five hundred (32,500), and a municipality therein with a population in excess of twenty-two thousand (22,000) and of not more than twenty-three thousand (23,000), all in accordance with the federal census of 1950, may employ not more than two (2) county patrol officers.

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-7-43 Duties of patrol officers.

Those county patrol officers who are employed pursuant to the authority granted in Section 45-7-41 shall exercise the same duties and have the same power and authority as provided for under Section 45-7-3. The duties of such county patrol officers shall be performed only in the county in which employed. Such county patrol officers shall not be authorized to operate county patrol vehicles outside of the limits of such county, except in case of emergency when the public safety and welfare shall require the same.

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-7-45 Compensation; transportation; uniforms; equipment.

The board of supervisors of any county specified in subsection (1) of Section 45-7-41 may pay the county patrol officers in an amount not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) per month for any one (1) county; in no case shall any one (1) patrol officer receive in excess of Nine Hundred Fifty Dollars ($950.00) per month. Said board may also pay a reimbursement for expenses in an amount not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) per month for any one (1) county; in no case shall any one (1) patrol officer receive in excess of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per month. The board of supervisors of any county specified in subsection (2) of Section 45-7-41 may pay the county patrol officers in an amount not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) per month for any one (1) county; in no case shall any one (1) patrol officer receive in excess of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) per month. The board of supervisors of any county specified in Section 45-7-41 may furnish said patrol officers means of transportation or reimburse them for their actual and proven transportation expenses, may furnish suitable uniforms, and may acquire radio transmitting and receiving equipment, and such other equipment as may be required for use by said patrol officers in the proper performance of their duties. All salaries and expenses provided for herein shall be paid from the general fund of said county.

Miss. Code Ann. § 45-7-47 Powers to be additional and supplemental.

The power and authority granted in Sections 45-7-41 through 45-7-45 shall be additional and supplemental to Sections 45-7-1 and 45-7-5.