***Adopted***

AMENDMENT No. 1 PROPOSED TO

                             Senate Bill NO. 2475

                             By Senator(s) Dearing, Stogner

     AMEND by inserting the following after line 15 and renumbering subsequent sections accordingly:

     SECTION *.  (1)  The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall, if funds are available, construct to department design standards and may acquire by gift, purchase or eminent domain proceedings such property as may be necessary to perform construction of the following described segment of highway:

     Southern District-Marion County:

     An extension of Mississippi Highway 48 beginning at or near Sandy Hook and extending in an easterly direction across the Pearl River to an intersection with Mississippi Highway 43 at or near the Spring Cottage Community.

     (2)  The mileage of highway specifically designated in subsection (1) of this section shall be under the jurisdiction of the Mississippi Department of Transportation for construction and maintenance and, together with the highways designated in Sections 65-3-3, and all other laws adding links to the state designated highway system, are declared to be the state highway system of Mississippi.

     FURTHER, amend line 3 of the title by inserting the following after the semicolon:

TO REQUIRE THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO CONSTRUCT TO DEPARTMENT DESIGN STANDARDS A CERTAIN HIGHWAY SEGMENT IN MARION COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI;