MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

1999 Regular Session

To: Transportation

By: Representative Taylor

AN ACT TO DESIGNATE A CERTAIN ADDITIONAL SECTION OF HIGHWAY IN LAWRENCE AND MARION COUNTIES AS A PART OF THE STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM AND TO PLACE IT UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE MISSISSIPPI TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION; TO DELETE A CERTAIN SECTION OF HIGHWAY IN WAYNE COUNTY AND A CERTAIN SECTION OF HIGHWAY IN HUMPHREYS COUNTY FROM THE STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM AND REMOVE THEM FROM THE JURISDICTION OF THE MISSISSIPPI TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION; TO REQUIRE THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO CONSTRUCT TO FOUR LANES FOR HIGHWAY TRAFFIC A CERTAIN PORTION OF MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY 7 IN LAFAYETTE COUNTY; TO DESIGNATE A PORTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY 82 IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY AS THE "JOHN MCPHERSON HIGHWAY"; TO DESIGNATE THAT PORTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY 82 THAT BYPASSES THE CITY OF WINONA AS THE "GEORGE HARRIS, SR., MEMORIAL HIGHWAY"; 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:

Southern District - Lawrence and Marion Counties:

(3) The Mississippi Transportation Commission shall maintain, construct, take over and assume jurisdiction of the highway designated in subsection (1) of this section 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 2. The following highway is deleted from the state highway system, removed from the jurisdiction of the Mississippi Transportation Commission and returned to the jurisdiction of the Board of Supervisors of Wayne County:

Southern District - Wayne County:

SECTION 3. The following highway is deleted from the state highway system, removed from the jurisdiction of the Mississippi Transportation Commission and returned to the jurisdiction of the Board of Supervisors of Humphreys County:

Central District - Humphreys County:

SECTION 4. The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall perform preliminary engineering, acquire necessary right-of-way and construct or reconstruct and maintain as a four-lane highway the following segment of highway:

Northern District - Lafayette County:

Mississippi 7 beginning at its intersection with

Mississippi 6 and extending southerly to its

intersection with Mississippi 9 West.

SECTION 5. (1) That portion of U.S. Highway 82 beginning at the Carroll County line and extending easterly to the City of Winona shall be known as the "John McPherson Highway."

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching that portion of U.S. Highway 82 described in subsection (1) of this section.

SECTION 6. (1) That portion of U.S. Highway 82 that bypasses the City of Winona shall be known as the "George Harris, Sr., Memorial Highway."

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching that portion of U.S. Highway 82 described in subsection (1) of this section.

SECTION 7. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.