MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

1999 Regular Session

To: Transportation

By: Representative Frierson

AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE MISSISSIPPI TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION TO HAVE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REMOVE OR CONTRACT FOR THE REMOVAL OF ALL TIMBER WITHIN THE MEDIAN AND RIGHT-OF-WAY OF INTERSTATE 59; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

SECTION 1. The Mississippi Transportation Commission shall have the Department of Transportation remove or contract for the removal, in accordance with the procedure prescribed in Section 65-1-123, of all timber within the median and right-of-way of Interstate 59 no later than July 1, 2001.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 1999.