Section 27-5-153 - Abolition of Office of Motor Vehicle Comptroller; transfer of functions to State Tax Commission(1) The Office of Motor Vehicle Comptroller is hereby abolished. All of the functions of the office are hereby transferred to the State Tax Commission as provided in Sections 27-5-151 through 27-5-159, Mississippi Code of 1972, including but not limited to those functions enumerated in subsection (2) of this section. Whenever the term "Motor Vehicle Comptroller" or the word "comptroller," meaning Motor Vehicle Comptroller, appears in the laws of the State of Mississippi, it shall mean "State Tax Commission."(2)(a) The duties and responsibilities of the Office of Motor Vehicle Comptroller relative to the administration of all laws pertaining to the levying and collecting of excise taxes upon gasoline, oil, liquefied compressed gas used for motor vehicle fuel supply purposes and other petroleum products are hereby transferred to the State Tax Commission unless otherwise specified in Sections 27-5-151 through 27-5-159, Mississippi Code of 1972.(b) The duties and responsibilities of the Office of Motor Vehicle Comptroller relative to the administration of all laws pertaining to the gauging and calibration of tank trucks are hereby transferred to the State Tax Commission unless otherwise specified in Sections 27-5-151 through 27-5-159, Mississippi Code of 1972.(c) The duties and responsibilities of the Office of Motor Vehicle Comptroller relative to the administration of all laws pertaining to the titling and licensing of motor vehicles, all laws pertaining to motor vehicle fueling centers, and all laws pertaining to the weighing and inspection stations along the highways of this state, are hereby transferred to the State Tax Commission unless otherwise specified in Sections 27-5-151 through 27-5-159, Mississippi Code of 1972. However, from and after July 1, 1992, any duty and responsibility relative to the administration of laws pertaining to the weighing and inspection stations along the highways of this state are transferred to the Mississippi Department of Transportation.(d) The duties and responsibilities of the Office of Motor Vehicle Comptroller relative to the inspection of all motor vehicles operating upon all roads and highways within this state and his authority to require them to submit to a weighing by means of portable scales are hereby transferred to the State Tax Commission; however, from and after July 1, 1992, such duties and responsibilities are transferred to the Mississippi Department of Transportation.(e) The duties and responsibilities of the Office of Motor Vehicle Comptroller relative to the administration of all laws pertaining to storage, manufacture, refinement or distillation of liquefied compressed gases are hereby transferred to the State Tax Commission unless otherwise specified in Sections 27-5-151 through 27-5-159, Mississippi Code of 1972.(f) The duties of the Motor Vehicle Comptroller relative to shop inspection of containers, pressure vessels and/or tanks which are manufactured or fabricated in this state are hereby transferred to the State Tax Commission.(g) The duties and responsibilities of the Office of Motor Vehicle Comptroller relative to the levying and collecting of the annual motor vehicle privilege taxes are hereby transferred to the State Tax Commission.(h) Any duties and responsibilities of the Office of Motor Vehicle Comptroller relative to the operation of the Petroleum Products Laboratory at Mississippi State University are hereby transferred to the State Tax Commission.(i) The duties and responsibilities of the Office of Motor Vehicle Comptroller relative to the administration of all laws specifically pertaining to the regulation of the sale of antifreeze are hereby transferred to the State Tax Commission.Laws, 1980, ch. 561, § 2; Laws, 1992, ch. 496, § 18, eff. 7/1/1992.