MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

1997 Regular Session

To: Transportation

By: Representative Gibbs

House Bill 1417

 

AN ACT TO DESIGNATE A CERTAIN SEGMENT OF MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY 389 IN CLAY COUNTY AS A PART OF THE STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM AND TO PLACE IT UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE MISSISSIPPI TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION 1. (1) The mileage of highway specifically designated in subsection (2) of this section is in addition to the total mileage limitation of eight thousand six hundred (8,600) miles that is set out in Section 65-3-3.

(2) The following segment of highway is designated as a state highway and is placed under the jurisdiction of the Mississippi Transportation Commission for construction and maintenance; and such highway, together with the highways designated in Sections 65-3-3 and 65-3-5, and all other laws adding links to the designated state highway system, are declared to be the state highway system of Mississippi:

Northern District - Clay County:

Mississippi Highway 389 beginning at the Clay/Oktibbeha County line and extending northerly to Montpelier.

SECTION 2. The Mississippi Transportation Commission shall maintain, construct, take over and assume jurisdiction of the highway segment designated in Section 1 of this act in the same manner and upon the same terms and conditions as set out in Sections 65-1-75, 65-3-3, 65-9-1 and 65-9-3.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.