MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2000 Regular Session

To: Highways and Transportation

By: Senator(s) Kirby

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO REHABILITATE AND WIDEN THE WOODROW WILSON BRIDGE; TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL UTILIZE MONEY MADE AVAILABLE TO IT FROM LOCAL GOVERNMENTS; TO ALLOW THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO UTILIZE STATE FUNDS TO MATCH ANY FEDERAL FUNDS WHICH MAY BE UTILIZED IN THE PROJECT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

SECTION 1. Pursuant to federal appropriations for transportation system improvements, the Mississippi Department of Transportation is hereby authorized and empowered to rehabilitate and widen the Woodrow Wilson Bridge across the Pearl River between Jackson, Mississippi and Flowood, Mississippi.

The department shall utilize only money made available to it from the boards of supervisors and the governing authorities of the counties and municipalities within which the Woodrow Wilson Bridge is located to defray the cost of the project; however, the department may utilize state funds to match any federal funds which may be utilized in the project.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.