MS HB1198

Extends the repealer date from July 1, 2016 to July 1, 2019 for the Mississippi Department of Transportation's authority to issue harvest permits for vehicles hauling sand, gravel, wood chips, wood shavings, sawdust, fill dirt, agricultural products, or unprocessed forestry products

Harvest permits cost $25 each, are valid for one year, and allow vehicles to operate at gross weights up to 84,000 pounds on designated highways (excluding federal interstate system)

Extends the repealer date from July 1, 2016 to July 1, 2019 for provisions requiring harvest permit holders to notify county boards of supervisors or municipal authorities in writing before operating on local roads at weights exceeding established limits

Local authorities have two working days to respond with approved routes; failure to respond authorizes permit holders to operate on any roads within the jurisdiction

Permit fee revenues are deposited into a special State Treasury fund and distributed quarterly to all Mississippi counties on an equal basis for road and bridge purposes