MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2018 Regular Session

To: Transportation

By: Representative Mettetal

House Bill 407

AN ACT TO DIRECT THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO CONSTRUCT, RECONSTRUCT, STRAIGHTEN AND REALIGN A CERTAIN SEGMENT OF HIGHWAY 315 IN PANOLA COUNTY, TO DESIGNATE SUCH HIGHWAY SEGMENT AS A PART OF THE STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM AND TO PLACE SUCH HIGHWAY UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

     SECTION 1.  The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall construct, reconstruct, straighten and realign the following highway, which highway is designated as a state highway and is placed under the jurisdiction of the Mississippi Transportation Commission for construction and maintenance; and such highway, together with the highways designated in Section 65-3-­3, Mississippi Code of 1972, and all other laws adding links to the designated state highway system, is declared to be the state highway system of Mississippi:

     Northern District - Panola County, Mississippi:

     Beginning at presently designated Mississippi 315 in Section

     30, Township 8 South, Range 5 West, thence southeasterly to

     intersect Mississippi 6 in Section 32, Township 8 South,

     Range 5 West, being approximately 4 miles in length.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2018.