Bill Text | History of Actions | Background | Title |
Description: Transportation Department; require certain planning, management and reporting requirements for construction projects.
Bill Text: [Introduced]
| 1 | 01/15 (H) Referred To Transportation | |
| 2 | 01/30 (H) Died In Committee |
| Effective date | July 1, 2001 | |
| Disposition | Dead | |
| Deadline | General Bill/Constitutional Amendment | |
| Revenue | No | |
| Vote type required | Majority |
House Committee:
Principal Author: Compretta
Additional Authors: McCoy, Mitchell, Frierson, Bowles, Clarke, Horne, Stevens, Cameron, Eaton, Formby, Jennings, Morris, Perkins, Pierce, Read, Smith (39th), Young, Ellis, Maples
Code Sections: A 065-0001-0008, A 065-0001-0010, A 065-0003-0097, A 065-0039-0001, A 065-0039-0035, A 075-0076-0129
Title: AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 65-1-8, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE MISSISSIPPI TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION TO ESTABLISH BUDGETING FOR HIGHWAY SEGMENTS, TO ESTABLISH AN OFFICE OF VALUE ENGINEERING, TO REPORT ON ROADBED DETERIORATION PROBLEMS, AND TO IMPOSE ADMINISTRATIVE FINES ON CONTRACTORS WHOSE WORK FAILS TO MEET CONTRACT SPECIFICATIONS; TO AMEND SECTION 65-1-10, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO ENGAGE IN CERTAIN PROJECT PLANNING ACTIVITIES FOR ANY PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING, RIGHT-OF-WAY ACQUISITION OR CONSTRUCTION PROJECT ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT; TO REQUIRE THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT TO COLLECT AND REPORT CERTAIN MANAGEMENT INFORMATION; TO CREATE AN OFFICE OF VALUE ENGINEERING AND A DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE, AND TO PRESCRIBE THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE OFFICE AND THE DIRECTOR; TO AMEND SECTIONS 65-3-97 AND 65-39-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE MANNER IN WHICH HIGHWAY SEGMENTS IN PHASE FOUR OF THE 1987 FOUR-LANE HIGHWAY PROGRAM AND HIGHWAY SEGMENTS IN THE GAMING COUNTIES STATE-ASSISTED INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM ARE PRIORITIZED AND TO REVISE THE MANNER IN WHICH AND REASONS FOR WHICH THE MISSISSIPPI TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION MAY AUTHORIZE HIGHWAY SEGMENTS OF LESS THAN 10 MILES IN LENGTH; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO MAKE REPORTS ON THE CONSTRUCTION AND COMPLETION OF HIGHWAY SEGMENTS AUTHORIZED UNDER THE GAMING COUNTIES STATE-ASSISTED INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM; TO AMEND SECTION 65-39-35, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE REPEAL OF CERTAIN FUEL TAX INCREASES TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE LAST SEGMENT IN PHASE FOUR OF THE 1987 FOUR-LANE HIGHWAY PROGRAM; TO AMEND SECTION 75-76-129, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REMOVE THE DIVERSION OF CERTAIN GAMING FEES TO THE GAMING COUNTIES BOND SINKING FUND AND THE STATE HIGHWAY FUND UPON CERTIFICATION BY THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION THAT THE HIGHWAY SEGMENTS AUTHORIZED IN THE GAMING COUNTIES STATE-ASSISTED INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM ARE COMPLETE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
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