Bill Text: MS SB2933 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: State highway system: add certain segment of Highway 301 in DeSoto County and Highway 6 in Pontotoc County.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2011-02-01 - Died In Committee [SB2933 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2011-SB2933-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2011 Regular Session
To: Highways and Transportation
By: Senator(s) Davis
Senate Bill 2933
AN ACT TO DESIGNATE A CERTAIN SEGMENT OF HIGHWAY 301 IN DESOTO COUNTY AS A STATE HIGHWAY AND TO PLACE SUCH SEGMENT UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE MISSISSIPPI TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION FOR CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE; TO DESIGNATE A CERTAIN SEGMENT OF OLD MISSISSIPPI 6 IN PONTOTOC COUNTY AS A STATE HIGHWAY AND TO PLACE SUCH SEGMENT UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE MISSISSIPPI TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION FOR CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. (1) The following segment of highway is designated as a state highway and 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, and all other laws adding links to the designated state highway system, are declared to be the state highway system of Mississippi:
Northern District - DeSoto County:
Highway 301 beginning at its intersection with Highway 304 and proceeding in a southerly direction until its intersection with Pratt Road.
(2) The Mississippi Transportation Commission shall take over and assume responsibility for construction and maintenance of the segment of highway described under subsection (1) of this section whenever the commission certifies that such segment of highway has been brought up to commission standards and all utilities, signs, structures and other encroachments on such highway and right-of-way are removed or relocated.
SECTION 2. (1) The following segment of highway is designated as a state highway and 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, and all other laws adding links to the designated state highway system, are declared to be the state highway system of Mississippi:
Northern District - Pontotoc County:
Old Mississippi 6 beginning on the west side of the
City of Pontotoc at its intersection with new four-lane Mississippi 6 and extending easterly to its intersection
with new Mississippi 6 on the east side of the City of Pontotoc.
(2) The Mississippi Transportation Commission shall take over and assume responsibility for construction and maintenance of the segment of highway described under subsection (1) of this section whenever the commission certifies that such segment of highway has been brought up to commission standards and all utilities, signs, structures and other encroachments on such highway and right-of-way are removed or relocated.
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
