MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

1997 Regular Session

To: Transportation

By: Representative Weathersby

House Bill 1432

 

AN ACT TO DESIGNATE A CERTAIN SEGMENT OF HIGHWAY IN COPIAH COUNTY AS A PART OF THE STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM AND TO PLACE IT UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE MISSISSIPPI TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION; 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 - Copiah County:

Beginning at the end of state-maintained Mississippi Highway 472 at intersection in S 1/2 of Section 11, Township 10 North, Range 9 East, and extending southeasterly via FAS Route 316 to end of state maintained Mississippi Highway 472 in SW 1/4 of Section 17, Township 10 North, Range 10 East, a distance of approximately 3.0 miles.

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.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.