MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2000 Regular Session

To: Transportation

By: Representatives Stringer, Nicholson

House Bill 870

AN ACT TO DESIGNATE A CERTAIN ADDITIONAL SEGMENT OF HIGHWAY IN NEWTON COUNTY AS A PART OF THE STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM AND TO PLACE IT UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE MISSISSIPPI TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION; TO DELETE TWO SEGMENTS OF HIGHWAY IN NEWTON COUNTY FROM THE STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM AND TO RETURN THEM TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY OF NEWTON; 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 - Newton County:

Decatur Street beginning on the north side of the intersection of Third Street and Decatur Street, and proceeding northward to the beginning of state maintenance south of U.S. Highway 80, all within the City of Newton.

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. However, the City of Newton shall not be required to provide to the Mississippi Department of Transportation any right-of-way with a width any greater than the width of right-of-way that existed at the time that the highway segment described in Section 1(2) of this act was returned to the jurisdiction of the City of Newton.

SECTION 3. The following highways are deleted from the state highway system, removed from the jurisdiction of the Mississippi Transportation Commission and returned to the jurisdiction of the governing authorities of the City of Newton:

Central District - Newton County:

(a) That section of Old Mississippi Highway 15 beginning south of Interstate 20 at the intersection of Old Mississippi Highway 15 and present Mississippi Highway 15 and extending southwesterly for approximately .033 miles, all within the City of Newton; and

(b) That section of Old Mississippi Highway 15 located between U.S. Highway 80 and Decatur Street, all within the City of Newton.

SECTION 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.