MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2005 Regular Session

To: Transportation

By: Representative Holloway, Weathersby, Barnett, Guice, Hudson, Whittington

House Bill 825

(As Passed the House)

AN ACT TO DELETE A CERTAIN SECTION OF MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY 844 IN COPIAH COUNTY FROM THE STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM; TO REMOVE IT FROM THE JURISDICTION OF THE MISSISSIPPI TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

     SECTION 1.  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 Copiah County:

     Central District - Copiah County:

Mississippi Highway 844 beginning on U.S. Highway 51 and proceeding easterly on South Pat Harrison Drive, thence northerly on South Jackson Street, West Georgetown Street and North Jackson Street, thence westerly on North Pat Harrison Drive to U.S. Highway 51, for a total approximate length of 3.57 miles, all within Crystal Springs, Copiah County.

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