MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2000 Regular Session

To: Highways and Transportation

By: Senator(s) Mettetal

Senate Bill 2607

AN ACT TO DIRECT THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO CONSTRUCT, RECONSTRUCT, STRAIGHTEN AND REALIGN A CERTAIN SEGMENT OF HIGHWAY IN PANOLA COUNTY, TO DESIGNATE SUCH HIGHWAY SEGMENT AS A PART OF THE STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM AND TO PLACE SUCH HIGHWAY UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

SECTION 1. (1) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall construct, reconstruct, straighten and realign the following highway, which 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, Mississippi Code of 1972, and all other laws adding links to the designated state highway system, are declared to be the state highway system of Mississippi:

Northern District - Panola County:

Beginning at presently designated MS 315 in Section 30, Township 8 South, Range 5 West, thence southeasterly to intersect MS 6 in Section 32, Township 8 South, Range 5 West, being approximately 2.2 miles in length.

(2) The mileage of highway specifically designated in subsection (1) 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, Mississippi Code of 1972.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2000.