MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

1998 Regular Session

To: Highways and Transportation

By: Senator(s) White (5th), Bryan

AN ACT TO DESIGNATE A CERTAIN ADDITIONAL SECTION OF HIGHWAY IN ITAWAMBA COUNTY AS PART OF THE STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM AND TO PLACE IT UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE MISSISSIPPI TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION. 

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

SECTION 1. (1) The mileage of highways hereinafter specifically designated is in addition to the total mileage limitation of eight thousand six hundred (8,600) miles which is set out in Section 65-3-3, Mississippi Code of 1972.

(2) The following highways are hereby designated as state highways and shall be placed under the jurisdiction of the Mississippi Transportation Commission for construction and maintenance as hereinafter provided; and such highways, together with the highways designated in Sections 65-3-3 and 65-3-5, Mississippi Code of 1972, and any and all other laws adding links to the designated state highway system, are declared to be the state highway system of Mississippi:

Itawamba County

That portion of old Highway 25 beginning at its intersection with Highway 178 in Fulton, Mississippi and proceeding in a northeasterly direction for approximately 5.2 miles to the

new four-lane Highway 25.

(3) The Mississippi Transportation Commission shall maintain, construct, take over and assume jurisdiction of the highway segments designated in subsection (2) of this section 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 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.