MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2018 Regular Session
To: Transportation; Appropriations
By: Representative Henley
AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE MISSISSIPPI TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION TO DIRECT THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO INSTALL, OPERATE, MAINTAIN, CONTROL AND HAVE FULL JURISDICTION OVER TRAFFIC SIGNAL LIGHTS AT THE INTERSECTION OF MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY 305 AND BETHEL ROAD IN DESOTO COUNTY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. (1) The Mississippi Transportation Commission, at state expense, shall require the Mississippi Department of Transportation to install, operate, maintain, control and have full jurisdiction over traffic signal lights at the intersection of Mississippi Highway 305 and Bethel Road in DeSoto County. The signals will be under the jurisdiction of the Mississippi Transportation Commission for construction and maintenance and, together with the highways designated in Section 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.
(2) It is the intent of the Mississippi Legislature that the Mississippi Department of Transportation be fully funded in order to protect the public on Mississippi Highway 305 and every other public road in this state.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2018.