65-43-6 - Penalties for failure or refusal to pay required toll on toll road or toll bridge facility.
§ 65-43-6. Penalties for failure or refusal to pay required toll on toll road or toll bridge facility.
Any driver of a vehicle who fails or refuses to pay a required toll on a toll road or toll bridge facility in the state shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or imprisoned not more than six (6) months, or both. In addition, the court shall order a person convicted of violating this section, to make restitution to the toll facility operator in an amount equal to the dollar amount of the toll that such person was required but failed or refused to pay. Any sheriff, municipal police officer, State Highway Patrol officer, law enforcement officer of the Department of Public Safety or certified law enforcement officer of the Mississippi Department of Transportation may issue a traffic ticket for such violation within the limits of their respective jurisdictions in accordance with Section 63-9-21.
Sources: Laws, 2008, 1st Ex Sess, ch. 44, § 13, eff from and after passage (approved June 2, 2008.)