MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

1998 Regular Session

To: Transportation

By: Representative Weathersby

House Bill 1297

AN ACT TO DESIGNATE A CERTAIN ADDITIONAL SECTION OF HIGHWAY IN RANKIN 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 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:

Central District - Rankin County:

A three-mile section of old U.S. 49

beginning at U.S. 80 and extending southerly

to new U.S. 49 in the City of Richland.

SECTION 2. The Mississippi Transportation Commission shall maintain, construct, take over and assume jurisdiction of the highway 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.