***Adopted***

AMENDMENT No. 1 PROPOSED TO

                             Senate Bill NO. 2684

                             By Senator(s) Simmons

     AMEND by inserting the following after line 101 and by renumbering the subsequent sections accordingly:

     SECTION *.  (1)  The following highway is designated as a state highway and placed under the jurisdiction of the Mississippi Transportation Commission; and such highway, together with the highways designated in Section 65-3-3, and all other laws adding links to the designated state highway system, are declared to be the state highway system of Mississippi:

     Central District - Bolivar and Sunflower Counties:

     A roadway segment beginning at or near Shelby and

     extending easterly to at or near Parchman.

     (2)  The Mississippi Transportation Commission shall take over and assume responsibility for construction and maintenance of the segment of highway described under subsection (1) of this section whenever the commission certifies that such segment of highway has been brought up to commission standards and all utilities, signs, structures and other encroachments on such highway and right-of-way, are removed or relocated.