MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2003 Regular Session

To: Highways and Transportation

By: Senator(s) Jackson

Senate Bill 2022

AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE MISSISSIPPI TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION TO ADOPT A PILOT RIGHT-OF-WAY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN KEMPER COUNTY; TO REQUIRE THE COMMISSION TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF APPLYING THE PROGRAM ON A STATEWIDE BASIS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

     SECTION 1.  The Mississippi Transportation Commission shall adopt a pilot program for right-of-way management.  The department shall initiate such pilot program in Kemper County.  The program shall apply to all rights-of-way of highways on the state system in Kemper County.  Under such program, the commission shall dispose of surplus timber on such rights-of-way as provided for in Section 65-1-123, and, once such timber has been disposed of, the Mississippi Department of Transportation shall grade such rights-of-way and plant grass or trees, whichever is appropriate, on such rights-of-way.  The commission shall examine the results and cost of the program and, if it so determines, apply the program to the rights-of-way of all highways on the state system.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2003.