MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2015 Regular Session
To: Transportation; Appropriations
By: Representative Dixon
AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE MISSISSIPPI TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION TO HAVE THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION INSTALL, OPERATE, MAINTAIN, CONTROL AND HAVE FULL JURISDICTION OVER TRAFFIC SIGNAL LIGHTS AT THE INTERSECTION OF MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY 18 AND MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY 27 IN HINDS COUNTY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. The Mississippi Transportation Commission, at state expense, shall have the Department of Transportation install, operate, maintain, control, and have full jurisdiction over traffic signal lights at the northernmost intersection of Mississippi Highway 18 and Mississippi Highway 27, which is located outside of the Utica, Mississippi, corporate limits, in Hinds County. The signals shall be under the jurisdiction of the Mississippi Transportation Commission 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 part of the State Highway System of Mississippi.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2015.