The interstate agreement may authorize employees of either state to weigh machinery, vehicles, trailers and other equipment under the jurisdiction of the Mississippi Transportation Commission, issue permits, collect fees, taxes, interests and penalties imposed by the laws, rules or regulations of either state or its agencies and departments, enforce the laws of either state and the rules and regulations of the Mississippi Transportation Commission and the appropriate agency or department of such contiguous state. All fees, taxes, assessments, interest and penalties imposed and collected for and on behalf of the State of Mississippi in a contiguous state or by any employee of a contiguous state pursuant to an interstate agreement entered into under Sections 65-1-501 through 65-1-513 shall be collected, paid and distributed to the Mississippi Transportation Commission or other appropriate agency of this state as otherwise provided by law for the collection, payment and distribution of such fees, taxes, assessments, interest and penalties in this state. Laws, 1998, ch. 426, § 3, eff. 3/23/1998.
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