Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-1 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 39-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-1
Status: in_force

(1) The Mississippi Transportation Commission is authorized, subject to the availability of funds in the Gaming Counties State-Assisted Infrastructure Fund created in Section 65-39-17 , to conduct feasibility studies and, pursuant to information gathered in such studies, select routes and locations, perform preliminary engineering, acquire necessary right-of-way and property, construct and/or reconstruct and improve existing or new highways, roads, streets and bridges, including two-lane, four-lane and multilane roads (or segments thereof), perform intersection improvements, provide signal retiring, turnbay extensions, additional interchanges and other traffic modifications, within and approaching those counties in this state where legal gaming is being conducted or is authorized. Any highway, road, street or bridge that is authorized to be constructed, reconstructed or improved shall meet design standards established by the Mississippi Department of Transportation, shall be constructed to bear a load limit of at least eighty thousand (80,000) pounds and, upon completion, shall become a part of the state highway system, and thereafter shall be under the jurisdiction of the Mississippi Transportation Commission and the Mississippi Department of Transportation for construction and maintenance.

(2) The projects authorized in subsection (1) of this section shall include, but shall not be limited to, highways, roads, streets and bridges on and along the following locations:

(a) U.S. Highway 90 from its intersection with Mississippi 607 in Hancock County to Ocean Springs, and including Lakeshore Road in Hancock County from its intersection with U.S. Highway 90 to Beach Boulevard;

(b) Mississippi 4 from U.S. Highway 61 to Mississippi 3;

(c) Mississippi 4 from Mississippi 3 to Senatobia;

(d) Cowan/Lorraine Road from U.S. Highway 90 to I-10;

(e) U.S. Highway 49 from U.S. Highway 90 to I-10 in Gulfport;

(f) Mississippi 304 beginning at the Tennessee state line at or near U.S. Highway 72 and thence running in a southwesterly direction to intersect with U.S. Highway 78 at or near Byhalia and thence running in a westerly direction to intersect I-55 at or near Hernando and thence running in a westerly direction to intersect with U.S. Highway 61 in DeSoto County, with a spur extending southwesterly to or near Robinsonville in Tunica County;

(g) I-10 from Exit 28 to Exit 57;

(h) A new location from the northernmost point on I-110 to U.S. Highway 49;

(i) U.S. Highway 61 from the Tunica county line to the Tennessee state line;

(j)(i) Four-lanes for traffic along Mississippi 16 beginning at its intersection with Mississippi 25 and extending easterly to join the existing four-lane on the west side of Carthage within the corporate boundaries;

(ii) Passing lanes and turn lanes, as needed, along Mississippi 16 beginning at a point on the east side of Carthage within the corporate boundaries where the existing four-lane ends and extending easterly to the Leake/Neshoba county line; and

(iii) Four-lanes for traffic along Mississippi 16 beginning at the Leake/Neshoba county line and extending easterly to not more than ten (10) miles east of Mississippi 15;

(k) Cowan/Lorraine Road Extension from I-10 north to relocated/reconstructed Mississippi 67;

(l) At various locations on and along U.S. Highway 82 and Mississippi 1 in the City of Greenville;

(m) At various locations on and along I-20, U.S. Highway 61 and U.S. Highway 80 in the City of Vicksburg, including a truck route from Harbor Industrial Park to U.S. Highway 61 north and an extension of South Frontage Road with railroad bridge to I-20;

(n) At various locations on and along U.S. Highway 61, U.S. Highway 65, Washington, Homochitto, Martin Luther King, Jr., St. Catherine and East Franklin Streets in the City of Natchez;

(o) At various locations on and along U.S. Highway 90 in the City of Pass Christian;

(p) Mississippi 43 / 603 beginning where the existing four-lane ends north of I-10 and extending northerly to a point approximately one (1) mile north of Kiln where Mississippi 43 / 603 divides into Mississippi 43 and Mississippi 603;

(q) Mississippi 43 beginning where Mississippi 43 and Mississippi 603 divide and extending northwesterly to or near Picayune;

(r) U.S. Highway 49 from U.S. Highway 61 west to the Mississippi River bridge;

(s) Subject to the conditions prescribed in subsection (3) of this section, a central Harrison County connector from I-10 to U.S. Highway 90 in the vicinity of Canal Road to the Mississippi State Port at Gulfport;

(t) An east Harrison County connector from U.S. Highway 90 to I-10 to be located between the Cowan/Lorraine Road interchange and the I-110 interchange;

(u) At various locations on, along and approaching U.S. Highway 90 in Harrison, Hancock and Jackson Counties, which the Mississippi Transportation Commission determines will alleviate traffic congestion in Harrison, Hancock and Jackson Counties; and

(v) At various locations in the City of Natchez on, along and approaching U.S. Highway 61 (St. Catherine Street and Franklin Street), and including Mississippi Highway 555 beginning at Franklin Street and extending northerly and easterly to the Natchez Trace.

(3) Authorization for the project described in paragraph (2)(s) of this section is conditioned upon receipt by the Mississippi Transportation Commission of a written commitment by the Mississippi Development Authority to make available for such project not less than Six Million Dollars ($6,000,000.00).

(4) If a project authorized in this section is also included in the four-lane highway program under Section 65-3-97(3) , then all contracts necessary to be let for the completion of the project under this section shall be let not later than the priorities established for the letting of contracts for the project under Section 65-3-97(3) . Prioritization of construction for all other projects authorized in this section shall be conducted as provided for in Section 65-3-97(4) .

(5)(a) Funds for the projects authorized under this section may be provided through the issuance of bonds under Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33 , through the issuance of notes for such purposes under Section 31-17-127 or from such monies as may be available in the Gaming Counties State-Assisted Infrastructure Fund created under Section 65-39-17 .

(b) In addition to the funds provided for under paragraph (a) of this subsection, funds for the project described in subsection (2)(s) of this section also may be provided from any available federal, state, county or municipal funds authorized for such project, including the Economic Development Highway Act.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-11 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 21-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-11
Status: in_force

The boards of supervisors of the respective counties are hereby authorized and empowered to acquire by purchase or condemnation proceedings privately owned bridges across rivers or other bodies of water where the said bridges form a link or part of any county, public road, or highway. The boards of supervisors may, in their discretion, contract to purchase and buy any such privately owned bridges at such price and upon such terms as may seem reasonable to the board.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-67 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 33-67
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-67
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county issuing refunding bonds under the provisions of sections 65-33-61 to 65-33-65 , shall levy an annual tax of not less than five mills on each dollar of the assessed valuation of taxable property within such county for the purpose of providing funds sufficient to pay such bonds at maturity and interest thereon as it accrues. The said tax shall be levied and collected as other county taxes are levied and collected, and the proceeds thereof shall be remitted by the county tax collector to the State Treasury at the time when state taxes are required by law to be so remitted. The State Treasurer shall credit the amount to the interest and sinking fund referred to in section 65-33-65 . On or before October 1st in each year, the State Treasurer shall certify to the board of supervisors of each such county the amount standing to the credit of such interest and sinking fund as of September 15th, of that year, and if such amount shall be sufficient (1) to pay all principal of and interest on such bonds then due and owing and (2) all principal of and interest on such refunding bonds maturing and accruing during the period of twelve months running from said September 15th, then and in that event such board of supervisors may reduce the aforesaid taxes or omit the same for the ensuing year, as such board may determine. All funds paid into the State Treasury hereunder shall remain in the State Treasury for the payment of principal and interest on such refunding bonds until all the principal and interest on such refunding bonds shall have been fully paid.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-21 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 11-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-21
Status: in_force

The State Highway Commission is hereby authorized and directed to prepare all necessary surveys, plans, specifications, and estimates for all projects upon county highways, to furnish engineering and technical assistance for the preparation of such surveys, plans, specifications, and estimates, and to supervise the construction of all projects upon county highways under the provisions of Sections 65-11-1 to 65-11-37 ; the cost and expense of such surveys, plans, specifications, estimates, and the supervision of projects shall be paid from the federal aid or state appropriated funds allocated for such project, or from any other funds that the county might have available for such purpose.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.53 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.53
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.53
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of U.S. Highway 84 in Adams County from its intersection with U.S. Highway 61 in Washington, Mississippi, and extending in an easterly direction to the point at which State Park Road meets U.S. Highway 84 shall be known as the “Delvru John Anthony Minor Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching such highway.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.300 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.300
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.300
Status: in_force

(1) The intersection of Mississippi Highway 370 with County Road 2788 in Lee County, Mississippi, is designated as the “Lenoise Davidson Memorial Intersection.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the intersection described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-11 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 39-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-11
Status: in_force

All bonds and interest coupons issued under the provisions of Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33 have all the qualities and incidents of negotiable instruments under the provisions of the Mississippi Uniform Commercial Code, and in exercising the powers granted by Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33 , the State Bond Commission shall not be required to and need not comply with the provisions of the Mississippi Uniform Commercial Code.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-71 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-71
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-71
Status: in_force

Where the board of supervisors of any county uses the right of way or ditch banks or any levee of any drainage district created in this state, it may pay to the treasurer of the respective drainage districts the value of any right of way taken for road purposes, as done with private individuals.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-31 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 25-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-31
Status: in_force

No bridge for the use of the traveling public located as provided in Section 65-25-3 shall hereafter be constructed and operated by any county, municipal corporation, or political subdivision of the state, or by any person, copartnership, association, or corporation, and no franchise shall hereafter be granted for the operation of a ferry within fifteen miles of any toll bridge for the acquisition or construction of which bridge revenue bonds shall have been authorized under this article, except under a written permit granted by the state highway commission. No such permit shall be granted by the state highway commission until it shall ascertain by an investigation, including a hearing upon such notice and under such rules as the commission may prescribe, that there is an urgent public need for the operation of such bridge or such ferry, and that its operation will not affect the revenues of any bridge purchased or constructed under the provisions of this article so as to impair the security of any bridge revenue bonds issued for the acquisition or construction of such bridge.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-3 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 39-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-3
Status: in_force

There is created in the State Treasury a special fund to be designated as the “Gaming Counties Bond Sinking Fund.” Such monies as the Legislature directs or provides to be deposited into the fund may be expended, upon legislative appropriation, to pay the interest on and principal of bonds issued pursuant to Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33 or to pay the interest on and principal of notes issued under Section 31-17-127 for the purpose of providing funds for infrastructure projects under Section 65-39-1 ; provided, however, that if at any time the fund has a balance in excess of the amount needed to pay the interest on or the principal of any bonds or notes maturing in the next two (2) consecutive fiscal years, such excess may be transferred to the “Gaming Counties State Assisted Infrastructure Fund” to be disbursed solely upon the order of the Transportation Commission. Unexpended amounts remaining in the sinking fund at the end of the fiscal year shall not lapse into the State General Fund, and any interest earned on amounts in the sinking fund shall be deposited to the credit of the sinking fund.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-9-19 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-9-19
Status: in_force

Contracts for the construction of state aid road projects shall be advertised and let by the board of supervisors of any county desiring so to do, in the manner now required by law but subject to the approval of the State Aid Engineer; however, during the last six months of the boards of supervisors' terms of office, no contracts for state aid projects shall be awarded unless construction programs embracing such projects shall have been adopted by the boards and approved by the State Aid Engineer in writing prior to July 1 of said year. Before advertising for bids, detailed plans and specifications covering the work proposed to be done shall be prepared and filed in the chancery clerk's office of the interested county and in the office of the State Aid Engineer; and copies shall be subject to inspection by any party during all office hours, and shall be made available to all prospective bidders upon such reasonable terms and conditions as may be required by the State Aid Engineer. All plans and specifications shall be initially prepared by the county engineer, subject to the approval or disapproval of the State Aid Engineer. All rights of way necessary for such projects shall be acquired and paid for by the boards of supervisors in the manner now provided by law for the acquisition of rights of way, including gift, purchase, deed, dedication, and eminent domain; however, the cost of such rights of way shall not be considered to be a part of the cost of any project within the meaning of section 65-9-17 . The acts of the boards of supervisors in heretofore acquiring rights of way for such projects, and all rights of way heretofore acquired for such projects are hereby ratified, confirmed, and validated.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.81 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.81
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.81
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of Mississippi Highway 18 in Jasper County beginning at the corporate limits of the Town of Bay Springs and extending northeasterly approximately twenty (20) miles to the Rose Hill community shall be known as the “Sheriff Tom Royce Green Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching that portion of Mississippi Highway 18 described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-57 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-57
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-57
Status: in_force

When any person shall desire to have a public road other than a road being maintained by the state highway department laid out, altered, or changed, a petition shall be presented to the board of supervisors of the county, signed by ten or more freeholders or householders of the county interested in the road, setting forth the commencement and termination and general course thereof and that the public interest or convenience requires the road to be laid out and opened or altered or changed, as shown in the petition. The petitioners, if not owners of the land through which the road runs or is proposed to be run, or if the land through which the road runs or is proposed to run is owned by the county or a municipality, shall give a copy of the same to the president of the board of supervisors if the county is the owner of the land, or to the mayor if a municipality is the owner thereof, and shall give five days' notice to the owners of the land in person, or by leaving the same at their residence if they reside in the county, or if the owners be nonresidents of the county, by putting up the notice in some conspicuous place on the land through which the road runs or is proposed to run. Thereupon the board of supervisors shall hear the parties, and if it determine that the prayer of the petitioners ought to be granted, in whole or in part, it shall appoint a committee of two members, of districts other than that of the road or proposed road, who shall examine and view the contemplated route of the road. If they find the same practicable, they shall lay out and mark the road, or the alteration or change, and report their proceedings in writing to the board at its next meeting.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-27 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 25-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-27
Status: in_force

Any holder of any bonds issued under the provisions of this article or of any of the coupons attached thereto, and the trustee under the trust indenture, if any, except to the extent the rights herein given may be restricted by resolution passed before the issuance of the bonds or by the trust indenture, may either at law or in equity, by suit, action, mandamus, or other proceeding, protect and enforce any and all rights granted hereunder or under such resolution or trust indenture, and may enforce and compel performance of all duties required by this article, or by such resolution or trust indenture, to be performed by the municipality, its governing body, or by the state highway commission, or any officer thereof, including the fixing, charging, and collecting of tolls for transit over such bridges.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-1-39 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-1-39
Status: in_force

The State Highway Commission is hereby authorized and empowered to take over, assume jurisdiction of, maintain, repair, and improve the public highways under the jurisdiction of the department of highways of the State of Louisiana on Australia Island, and to enter into such agreements with the department of highways of the State of Louisiana as the said State Highway Commission shall deem necessary, proper, and advisable, provided that the State Highway Commission of Mississippi is reimbursed for the expenditures incurred in the maintenance, repair, and improvement of said roads.

The powers conferred by this section are supplementary to the powers of said commission now provided by law and are not intended in any wise to conflict with the same.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-47 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 13-47
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-47
Status: in_force

The accomplishment of the purposes stated in this chapter being for the benefit of the people of this state and for the improvement of their properties and industries, the authority in carrying out the purposes of this chapter will be performing an essential public function, and the interest on the bonds issued hereunder shall at all times be free from taxation within this state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-49 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 19-49
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-49
Status: in_force

The road commissioners of a separate road district, by and with the consent of the board of supervisors evidenced by ordinance duly passed, may borrow money in a sum or sums not greater in the aggregate than two percent (2%) of the assessed valuation of the real and personal property within such district. Such loans shall be evidenced by the loan warrant or warrants of such district, signed by the road commissioners thereof and countersigned by the president of the board of supervisors, to bear not more than six percent (6%) interest per annum, and to run not more than five years from the issuance thereof. Provision shall be made at the time of making said loans for the payment thereof at maturity out of the roads funds for said district.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-31 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 19-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-31
Status: in_force

Where contracts are let upon competitive bids, if the commissioners deem the bids too high, they are authorized to reject all bids.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-67 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 33-67
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-67
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county issuing refunding bonds under the provisions of sections 65-33-61 to 65-33-65 , shall levy an annual tax of not less than five mills on each dollar of the assessed valuation of taxable property within such county for the purpose of providing funds sufficient to pay such bonds at maturity and interest thereon as it accrues. The said tax shall be levied and collected as other county taxes are levied and collected, and the proceeds thereof shall be remitted by the county tax collector to the State Treasury at the time when state taxes are required by law to be so remitted. The State Treasurer shall credit the amount to the interest and sinking fund referred to in section 65-33-65 . On or before October 1st in each year, the State Treasurer shall certify to the board of supervisors of each such county the amount standing to the credit of such interest and sinking fund as of September 15th, of that year, and if such amount shall be sufficient (1) to pay all principal of and interest on such bonds then due and owing and (2) all principal of and interest on such refunding bonds maturing and accruing during the period of twelve months running from said September 15th, then and in that event such board of supervisors may reduce the aforesaid taxes or omit the same for the ensuing year, as such board may determine. All funds paid into the State Treasury hereunder shall remain in the State Treasury for the payment of principal and interest on such refunding bonds until all the principal and interest on such refunding bonds shall have been fully paid.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.178 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.178
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.178
Status: in_force

(1) That segment of U.S. Highway 84 in Covington County beginning at the eastern corporate limits of the City of Collins and extending easterly to the intersection of Mississippi Highway 588 and Salem School Road is designated and shall be known as the “Coach Ben B. James Sr. Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the highway.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-225 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 23-225
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-225
Status: in_force

The board of commissioners herein created are hereby granted the right and power to construct, operate, and maintain said bridge as a toll bridge, and shall have the power to fix and determine, subject to the terms and provisions of the General Bridge Authority Act of Congress, approved August 2, 1946, and any laws amendatory thereof, the tolls to be charged for transit over such bridge for motor-propelled vehicles, wagons, carriages, animals, foot passengers, pipe line or lines, or other persons, firms, or corporations using such bridge; and the rates so prescribed shall be the legal rates demanded and received for such transit. The rates for such tolls may be increased or decreased from time to time by the board of commissioners, subject, however, to the terms and provisions of the above-mentioned act of Congress. The board of commissioners shall make an annual report of all tolls collected to a trustee or trustees representing the bond holders and to the Mississippi State Highway Commission, and one copy of said report shall be filed with the clerk of the chancery court of the county in which the bridge is located. When the bonded indebtedness and all claims and liability have been fully paid and discharged, said bridge shall become a free bridge. The board of commissioners shall thereupon convey all its right, title, and interest in said bridge to the Mississippi State Highway Commission, and said commission shall maintain and operate said bridge as a part of its highway system without cost to the individual user thereof. The tolls so charged and collected for the use of such bridge shall be used as follows:

(a) To the payment of the reasonable cost of maintaining, repairing, and operating the bridge and approaches thereto, under economical management;

(b) To the payment of the principal and interest on the bonded indebtedness; and

(c) The balance, if any, to be placed in an interest and sinking fund to be used for future maintenance and operations and the retirement of the bonded indebtedness.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.76 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.76
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.76
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of Smithdale Road (Mississippi 570) between Northwest Avenue and Enterprise Road in the corporate limits of the City of McComb is designated and shall be known as “ Veterans Boulevard.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of roadway described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-37 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 17 / Section 25-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-37
Status: in_force

The exercise of the powers conferred by this article constitute the performance of essential governmental functions, and as bridges which are owned and operated by municipalities constitute public property used for public purposes, such bridges shall at all times be free from taxation within the state. No municipality shall be required to pay taxes or assessments upon any such bridge or any part thereof owned by it, whether located within or without the corporate limits of such municipality, and bonds issued under the provisions of this article, their transfer, and the income therefrom (including any profits made on the sale thereof) shall at all times be free from taxation within the state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-57 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 19-57
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-57
Status: in_force

Such transfer shall in no way release any such road district from any of the obligations of its bond issue, nor obligate the county in any way to assume any responsibility for the same.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-23 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 17 / Section 21-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-23
Status: in_force

When a bridge shall be necessary over a stream or any other body of water which divides one county from another, or a bridge over a river or any other body of water flowing from one county into another shall be necessary at the intersection of the river and the line between the counties, (or necessary to two or more counties and within five miles of each of said counties), the boards of supervisors of all interested counties to which it may be necessary may join in the agreement for building, repairing, and keeping the same. The charge therefor shall be defrayed by all such interested counties as may be agreed upon by the boards of all of said counties; and if the board of supervisors of one county refuses to join in the agreement, the other county or counties may construct the bridge, with the consent of the board of supervisors of the county refusing or failing to join, and have exclusive control of it and charge toll thereon against citizens of the county not joining in the building. The will of the several boards of supervisors hereunder shall be expressed by a resolution duly adopted, entered on the minutes, and published in a newspaper in the county, if there be one; if there be no newspaper in the county, then in a newspaper in an adjoining county, for three weeks before such resolution shall take effect.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-15 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 25-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-15
Status: in_force

The governing body of any municipality is hereby authorized to provide by resolution, at one time or from time to time, for the issuance of bridge revenue bonds of such municipality for the purpose of paying the cost as hereinabove defined of any one or more such bridges, which resolution shall recite an estimate of such cost. The principal and interest of such bonds shall be payable solely from the special fund herein provided for such payment. The bonds of each issue shall be dated, shall bear interest at such rate or rates not exceeding six percent (6%) per annum, payable semiannually, shall mature at such time or times, not exceeding forty years from their date or dates, as may be determined by the governing body of such municipality, and may be made redeemable before maturity, at the option of the municipality, at such price or prices and under such terms and conditions as may be fixed by the governing body of such municipality prior to the issuance of the bonds. The principal and interest of such bonds may be made payable in any lawful medium. The governing body of such municipality shall determine the form of the bonds, including any interest coupons to be attached thereto, and shall fix the denomination or denominations of the bonds and the place or places of payment of principal and interest thereof, which may be at any bank or trust company within or without the state. The bonds and any interest coupons attached thereto shall be executed in such manner as shall be determined by the governing body of the municipality. In case any officer whose signature shall appear on the bonds or coupons shall cease to be such officer before the delivery of such bonds, such signature shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes the same as if he had remained in office until such delivery. All bridge revenue bonds issued under the provisions of this article shall have and are hereby declared to have, as between successive holders, all the qualities and incidents of negotiable instruments under the Uniform Commercial Code of the state. Provision may be made for the registration of any of the bonds in the name of the owner as to principal alone and also as to both principal and interest and for the issuance of new coupon bonds in exchange for bonds registered as to both principal and interest. The governing body of such municipality may sell such bonds in such manner and for such price as it may determine to be for the best interests of such municipality, but no such sale shall be made at a price so low as to require the payment of interest on the money received therefor at more than six per centum per annum, computed with relation to the absolute maturity of the bonds in accordance with standard tables of bond values. The proceeds of such bonds shall be used solely for the payment of the cost of the bridge or bridges, and shall be disbursed under such restrictions, if any, as the governing body thereof may provide. If the proceeds of such bonds, by error of calculation or otherwise, shall be less than the cost of the bridge or bridges, additional bonds may in like manner be issued to provide the amount of such deficit, and unless otherwise provided in the trust indenture hereinafter mentioned, shall be deemed to be of the same issue and shall be entitled to payment from the same fund without preference or priority of the bonds first issued for the same bridge or bridges. If the proceeds of bonds issued for any bridge or bridges shall exceed the cost thereof, the surplus shall be paid into the fund hereinafter provided for the payment of principal and interest of such bonds. Prior to the preparation of definitive bonds, the municipality may, under like restrictions, issue temporary bonds, with or without coupons, exchangeable for definitive bonds upon the issuance of the latter. The governing body of any such municipality may also provide for the replacement of any bond which shall become mutilated or be destroyed or lost. Such bridge revenue bonds may be issued without any other proceedings or the happening of any other conditions or things than those proceedings, conditions, and things which are specified and required by this article. The powers conferred by this article shall be in addition to the power conferred by any other law, general, special or local, and this article, without reference to any other statute or to any charter, shall be deemed full authority for the purpose hereof. In the discretion of the governing body of any municipality, bridge revenue bonds of a single issue may be issued for the purpose of paying the cost of any one or more bridges.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-11 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 15-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-11
Status: in_force

In any county having countywide road or bridge bonds or district road or bridge bonds outstanding, and having on hand in the county treasury to the credit of a special fund set aside from the county's share of the gasoline tax for the payment of the principal and interest of such bonds, or to the credit of bond and interest sinking funds, a sufficient amount to pay the principal of and interest on all such countywide road or bridge bonds and district road or bridge bonds outstanding, the board of supervisors shall no longer be required to set aside any part of the county's share of the gasoline tax or the county's share of motor vehicle privilege taxes, to be used in paying the principal and interest of such road or bridge bonds as they mature. In any such case, however, the funds already set aside from the county's share of the gasoline tax or the county's share of the motor vehicle privilege taxes, for the payment of the principal and interest of said bonds, shall be applied to the payment of the principal and interest of said bonds as they mature and shall not be used by the board of supervisors for any other purpose; however, when all of said bonds shall have been paid, any balance remaining in said funds may be transferred by the board of supervisors to the county or district road or bridge maintenance fund.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.77 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.77
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.77
Status: in_force

(1) That segment of Mississippi 603 in Hancock County beginning at Interstate 10 and extending northerly to Kiln is designated and shall be known as “Stennis Airport Parkway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in subsection (1) of this section, including signs on Interstate 10 designating the proper exit from Interstate 10 to Stennis International Airport if such signs are permitted under applicable federal laws, rules and regulations.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-9 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 43-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-9
Status: in_force

(1)(a) A special fund, to be designated as the “Toll Road Revenue Bond Fund,” is created within the State Treasury. The fund shall be maintained by the State Treasurer as a separate and special fund, separate and apart from the General Fund of the state. Unexpended amounts remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not lapse into the State General Fund, and any interest earned or investment earnings on amounts in the fund shall be deposited into such fund.

(b) Monies deposited into the fund shall be disbursed, in the discretion of the Mississippi Transportation Commission, to pay the costs incurred in defraying the expenses of projects authorized pursuant to Sections 65-43-1 and 65-43-3 .

(2) Amounts deposited into such special fund shall be disbursed to pay the expenses described in subsection (1) of this section. If any monies in the special fund are not used within six (6) years after the date the proceeds of the bonds authorized under Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 are deposited into such fund, then the Mississippi Transportation Commission shall provide an accounting of such unused monies to the State Bond Commission. Promptly after the State Bond Commission has certified, by resolution duly adopted, that the projects for which the revenue bonds have been issued shall have been completed, abandoned or cannot be completed in a timely fashion, any amounts remaining in such special fund shall be applied to pay debt service on the bonds issued under Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 , in accordance with the proceedings authorizing the issuance of such bonds and as directed by the State Bond Commission.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-33 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 26-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-33
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be deemed to be full and complete authority for the exercise of the powers herein granted, but this chapter shall not be deemed to repeal or to be in derogation of any existing law of this state whereunder projects of the character herein defined may be constructed or financed.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.247 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.247
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.247
Status: in_force

(1) That segment of U.S. Highway 45 Alternate in Clay County beginning at the intersection with Mississippi Highway 50 and extending southerly to its intersection with the Lowndes County line is designated and shall be known as the “Senator Bennie L. Turner Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.21 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.21
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.21
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of Mississippi Highway 22 which is between the municipalities of Edwards and Canton in Hinds and Madison Counties is hereby designated, and henceforth shall be known as, the “W. Felder Dearman Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi State Highway Department is hereby authorized and directed to erect memorials at appropriate locations along and approaching the highway.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-19 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 13-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-19
Status: in_force

If ten percent (10%) of the qualified electors residing in the supervisors district, or supervisors districts if the facility to be developed is located in more than one supervisors district, file a written petition with said boards of supervisors on or before the date specified aforesaid, protesting against the creation of the authority, the board shall call an election on the question of the creation of the authority. Such election shall be held and conducted by the election commissioners of the county as nearly as may be in accordance with the general laws governing elections. Such election commissioners shall determine which of the qualified electors of such county reside within said supervisors district, or districts, and only such qualified electors as reside within said supervisors district, or districts, shall be entitled to vote in such election. Notice of such election, setting forth the time, place or places, and purpose of such election shall be published by the clerk of the board of supervisors; and such notice shall be published for the time and manner provided for the publication of the aforesaid resolution of intention. The ballots to be prepared and used at said election shall be in substantially the following form:

For creation of the highway and street revenue bond authority․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․

․․․․․․․․( )

Against creation of the highway and street revenue bond authority․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․

․․․․․․․․( )

and voters shall vote by placing a cross mark (X) or a check mark (✓) opposite their choice.

If no petition requiring an election be filed or if a majority of those voting at an election hereunder votes in favor of the creation of the authority, the board of supervisors shall adopt a resolution creating the authority as described in the aforesaid resolution of intention.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-18-15 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 18-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-18-15
Status: in_force

Contracts for the construction of local system road projects must be advertised and let by the board of supervisors of the county in the manner required by law. Before advertising for bids, plans and specifications covering the proposed work shall be prepared by the county engineer and filed in the chancery clerk's office of the county. Copies of the plans and specifications shall be subject to inspection during regular office hours and shall be made available to all prospective bidders upon such terms and conditions as may be required by the board and its county engineer.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.276 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.276
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.276
Status: in_force

(1) The segment of U.S. Highway 82 in Lowndes County, Mississippi, beginning at its intersection with U.S. Highway 45 South and extending westerly to the Lowndes-Oktibbeha County line, is designated and shall be known as the “Dayton Egger Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-5 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 17-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-5
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of such commissioner to supervise the construction of such highways and their maintenance after the construction, and to see that the directions for such construction and maintenance are carried out, calling to his assistance, when necessary, the service of a competent civil engineer, which civil engineer shall receive for his services a reasonable compensation to be fixed by the board of supervisors, to be paid out of the funds arising from the proceeds of the sale of such bonds and the levy of such maintenance tax as provided by law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-9 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 19-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-9
Status: in_force

If the qualified electors petitioning for the creation and organization of a separate road district shall so desire, they may petition, in addition, that the proceeds of the sale of said bonds may be used to extend and build roads beyond the limits of such district and that a tax be levied on such district or districts to pay such bonds and maintain such roads, in which case it shall be the duty of the board, in publishing the notice as hereinbefore provided, to add thereto notice of the further purpose to use part of the proceeds of said bonds in building and maintaining roads in other territory, naming the said other territory; and to levy taxes for that purpose. In any election ordered therein, the further question shall be submitted to the electors, whether such roads are to be so extended or not, which shall be submitted as follows: “For the extension of roads into other districts,” or “against the extension of roads into other districts.” If said election result in favor of such action, determined and adjudicated in like manner by the election commissioners and board of supervisors, as required by law, then the said road commissioners shall, with the approval of the board of supervisors, have the power to extend said roads into other districts and pay for the same out of the proceeds of the sale of said bonds, and levy a tax to maintain the same on such district consenting thereto, as provided for in this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-81 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 19-81
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-81
Status: in_force

Where any public highway being constructed, improved, or maintained by any separate road district shall run or extend into or through any incorporated municipality within the said district, such highway may be constructed, improved, and maintained the same within as without the corporate limits of said municipality. With the consent of and in conjunction with the road commissioners, the said municipality may, out of its own funds, add such street crossings or make improvements, such as grading, culverts, graveling, paving, or other improvements, as it may desire; the mayor and board of aldermen shall, by an order spread upon their minutes, consent for the work to be done by the commissioners. This section shall not be construed as any limitation upon those sections of this title in reference to state highways.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-3 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 29-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-3
Status: in_force

Said tax collector, or any other tax collecting agency authorized by law for the collection of said taxes, shall pay over all moneys collected or to be collected as receipts from said two-mill tax to any trustee or successor thereto established as hereinafter in this chapter provided, and in the event that there is no such trustee, then said tax collector, or any other tax collecting agency authorized by law for collection of said taxes, shall pay over all such moneys into the county depository of each such county to the credit of a fund which shall be known as a “ferry fund.” Any such moneys so paid into the county depository of each such county to the credit of said “ferry fund” may be expended at the direction of the ferry commission appointed for any county ferry. In no county within the terms of this chapter shall there be withheld from the state treasury under the provisions of this chapter and Sections 59-7-1 to 59-7-21, Mississippi Code of 1972 , for any one year an amount in excess of the receipts from said two-mill tax. The provisions of this chapter shall be deemed to be a contract with the holders of any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.113 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.113
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.113
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of U.S. Highway 90 in the City of Biloxi beginning at Rodenberg Avenue and extending easterly to Porter Avenue, is designated and shall be known as the “Dr. Gilbert R. Mason, Sr., Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-9-23 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 9-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-9-23
Status: in_force

Such accounting controls and safeguards, including those already provided in this chapter, may be required of each board of supervisors as, in the discretion of the State Aid Engineer, may be deemed necessary; but general and uniform rules and regulations thereasto shall be first promulgated by said State Aid Engineer, only with the advice and approval of the State Auditor.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-81 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 19-81
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-81
Status: in_force

Where any public highway being constructed, improved, or maintained by any separate road district shall run or extend into or through any incorporated municipality within the said district, such highway may be constructed, improved, and maintained the same within as without the corporate limits of said municipality. With the consent of and in conjunction with the road commissioners, the said municipality may, out of its own funds, add such street crossings or make improvements, such as grading, culverts, graveling, paving, or other improvements, as it may desire; the mayor and board of aldermen shall, by an order spread upon their minutes, consent for the work to be done by the commissioners. This section shall not be construed as any limitation upon those sections of this title in reference to state highways.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.339 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.339
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.339
Status: in_force

(1) The segment of Interstate 22 located in Lee County, Mississippi, beginning at Exit 87 and extending easterly to Exit 94, is designated and shall be known as the “Vietnam Veterans Way.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-9-31 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-9-31
Status: in_force

All work done under the provisions of Sections 19-9-51 to 19-9-77, Mississippi Code of 1972 , shall be done by contractors who qualify under the provisions of Sections 31-3-1 to 31-3-23, Mississippi Code of 1972 , except with the consent of the State Aid Road Engineer.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-25 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 25-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-25
Status: in_force

When the particular bonds issued for any bridge or bridges and the interest thereon shall have been paid, or a sufficient amount shall have been provided for their payment and shall continue to be held for that purpose, the municipality issuing such bonds shall cease to charge tolls for the use of such bridge or bridges; and thereafter such bridge or bridges shall be free unless tolls are required for maintaining, repairing, and operating such bridge or bridges due to the lack of funds from other sources than tolls. Such provisions shall not apply to common carriers, transportation companies, bus lines, and any one transporting passengers or freight for hire, but shall apply only to the use of highway portion of bridge by traveling public and, as respects any other use, the municipality may continue to fix and collect such tolls and charges as it may deem in the public interest.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.237 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.237
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.237
Status: in_force

(1) That bridge that spans the Coldwater River on Mississippi Highway 309 in Marshall County is designated and shall be known as the “Charles Foster Memorial Bridge.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the bridge described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.295 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.295
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.295
Status: in_force

(1) A portion of U.S. Highway 82 in Leflore County, Mississippi, as designated by the Mississippi Department of Transportation, shall be known as the “YANKY 72 Memorial Highway” in honor of the Marines and the Navy Corpsman who were killed in the crash of a KC-130 aircraft on July 10, 2017.

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain a memorial marker provided by the Marine Corps League Department of Mississippi at a location adjacent to Highway 82 that is nearest the location of the crash and the department shall erect and maintain other appropriate signs along and approaching the designated segment of U.S. Highway 82.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-51 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 25-51
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-51
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of such county or the governing authority of such city shall appoint the members of such commission. In making the first appointments, one (1) member shall be appointed for a term of one (1) year, one (1) member for a term of two (2) years, one (1) member for a term of three (3) years, one (1) member for a term of four (4) years, and one (1) member for a term of five (5) years. If the governing authorities shall elect to continue an existing commission in effect, then the order so providing shall reappoint the membership of such commission for varying terms of from one (1) to five (5) years, as hereinabove provided in cases of a newly established commission and, thereafter, their successors shall be appointed for a term of five (5) years. Said governing authorities shall, by resolution entered upon their minutes, prescribe the duties, powers, and rights of such commission and provide for the reasonable compensation, if any, of such commissioners. The acts of such commissioners shall regularly, and not less than four (4) times each year, be reported to such governing body and be subject to its approval and concurrence.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-203 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 23-203
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-203
Status: in_force

If, upon the hearing provided in section 65-23-201 , petitions are presented to the chancery court signed by property owners within the proposed district who own a majority of the real property in said district as determined by the value thereof, praying that the improvement be made, it shall be the duty of the chancery court to make an order establishing the district without further inquiry; however, this shall not preclude the rights of appeal hereinabove provided. If no such petitions are filed in the chancery court, then the question of whether such improvement be made shall be submitted to a special election held for the purpose. If a majority of those voting in said election approve the improvement, then upon proper certification thereof the matter may be submitted to the chancery court, and the court shall proceed to investigate the matters relevantly before the court. If it is the opinion of the court that such district should be formed, an order may be entered to that effect. The petitions of the property owners in this section referred to may be signed by any person, firm, or corporation owning real property therein; and guardians may sign for their wards, and fiduciaries may sign for the property they represent.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-5 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 19-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-5
Status: in_force

If the board of supervisors of its own motion initiates the proceedings, it shall make a careful preliminary estimate of the probable amount of the bonds of the proposed district that will be required to be issued by the district; and if the proposal be made by petition, then the petitioners shall make a like estimate and recite the same in their petition or petitions. The preliminary orders of the board in either case shall recite the said proposed or probable amount of the bonds to be issued, and the notice required under Section 65-19-3 shall contain a like recital. But said estimates, whether by the board or by the petitioners, shall be deemed no more than estimates and, if the district be created, shall not be controlling upon the amount of bonds subsequently to be issued, whether more or less, as future necessity may require.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-9 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 15-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-9
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county in the state in which there are county road bonds, district road bonds, sea wall bonds, or road protection bonds outstanding, which were issued for the purpose of building bridges or constructing public roads or sea walls, may, in its discretion, in addition to all other lawful uses, use such county's share, or any part thereof, of the funds heretofore or hereafter derived from the tax on gasoline and the road and bridge privilege tax for the further purpose of paying interest and principal of such county road bonds or road district bonds heretofore issued for any of the said above stated purposes. However, nothing in this section shall in anywise affect Section 65-33-45, Mississippi Code of 1972 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-67 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 33-67
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-67
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county issuing refunding bonds under the provisions of sections 65-33-61 to 65-33-65 , shall levy an annual tax of not less than five mills on each dollar of the assessed valuation of taxable property within such county for the purpose of providing funds sufficient to pay such bonds at maturity and interest thereon as it accrues. The said tax shall be levied and collected as other county taxes are levied and collected, and the proceeds thereof shall be remitted by the county tax collector to the State Treasury at the time when state taxes are required by law to be so remitted. The State Treasurer shall credit the amount to the interest and sinking fund referred to in section 65-33-65 . On or before October 1st in each year, the State Treasurer shall certify to the board of supervisors of each such county the amount standing to the credit of such interest and sinking fund as of September 15th, of that year, and if such amount shall be sufficient (1) to pay all principal of and interest on such bonds then due and owing and (2) all principal of and interest on such refunding bonds maturing and accruing during the period of twelve months running from said September 15th, then and in that event such board of supervisors may reduce the aforesaid taxes or omit the same for the ensuing year, as such board may determine. All funds paid into the State Treasury hereunder shall remain in the State Treasury for the payment of principal and interest on such refunding bonds until all the principal and interest on such refunding bonds shall have been fully paid.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-29 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 13-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-29
Status: in_force

The trustees shall each receive not more than twenty dollars ($20.00) per diem, and ten cents (10¢) per mile for distance traveled while actually performing the business of the authority. The compensation herein authorized shall apply for no more than fourteen days per member during any calendar year.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-13 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 23-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-13
Status: in_force

The public agencies herein named, either jointly or severally, may acquire by purchase, gift, donation, or by eminent domain all necessary land, rights of way, easements, and supplies for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, owning, operating, improving, extending, and maintaining toll bridges and approaches thereto, acquiring same in such necessary width and length as the governing authority of such political subdivision or subdivisions may determine will be necessary, right, and proper for such bridge purposes. Such public agencies are likewise granted such rights in any adjoining state, provided that such rights do not in anywise conflict with the laws of such adjoining state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-69 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 33-69
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-69
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors shall pay all lawful fees of the chancery clerk and its attorney now prescribed by law, which fees are incidental to the execution of said refunding bonds, and may also pay all expenses in connection with the validation of said refunding bonds and procuring the opinion as to the validity thereof from some expert bond attorney, other than the state bond attorney, of national reputation. However, in cases where the bonds to be refunded are not due or redeemable prior to maturity, such board in procuring the surrender of such outstanding bonds may expend not exceeding an additional two and one-half percent (2 1 / 2 %) of the principal amount of refunding bonds actually issued and delivered, but in no event shall any part of the said two and one-half percent (2 1 / 2 %) be used in the payment of attorney's fees. All such fees and compensation shall be paid out of the interest and sinking fund applicable to the bonds to be refunded, if the amount credited to such fund be adequate therefor. Otherwise, such fees and compensation shall be paid out of the proceeds of a special annual tax to be levied for that purpose by the board of supervisors upon all taxable property within such county. All expenses as authorized by sections 65-33-61 to 65-33-71 in effectuating the exchange of said bonds and the actual expense of the state treasurer in paying principal and interest on said bonds shall be paid by the board of supervisors of the county.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-139 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-139
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-139
Status: in_force

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 Tippah County:

Northern District--Tippah County:

Mississippi Highway 368 beginning at the end of state maintenance at its intersection of County Route 700 and extending easterly approximately four and one-half (4.5) miles to its intersection with County Route 701 at or near Buena Vista.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-27 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 43-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-27
Status: in_force

The bonds authorized under Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 may be issued without any other proceedings or the happening of any other conditions or things other than those proceedings, conditions and things which are specified or required by Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 . Any resolution providing for the issuance of bonds under the provisions of Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 shall become effective immediately upon its adoption by the commission, and any such resolution may be adopted at any regular or special meeting of the commission by a majority of its members.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-211 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 23-211
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-211
Status: in_force

As soon as the board of commissioners shall have formed plans for such bridge and the approaches thereto and shall have ascertained the cost thereof, it shall file the same with the chancery clerk of each county having territory in said district. The plans shall be accompanied by a map showing the location of the bridge and approaches thereto, together with specifications describing the construction and character of the improvement to be made.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-121 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 7-121
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-121
Status: repealed

(1) The board of supervisors of any county may, upon its own motion or upon the petition of any interested resident of the county, by resolution spread upon its minutes, declare any section of the county road system abandoned upon its finding that one or more of the following circumstances are applicable to the section in question:

(a) The section does not provide primary access to occupied properties;

(b) Traffic on the section has for a period of at least ten (10) consecutive years been intermittent and of such low volume that no substantial public purpose is being served thereby;

(c) The board of supervisors has, for a period of at least the previous five (5) consecutive years, not maintained such section as part of the county road system; or

(d) For any reason, the public interest or convenience does not require the section to remain open to the public or that it is in the public interest or convenience to close, vacate and abandon the section.

(2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, before any section of the county road system may be abandoned as provided in this section, the board of supervisors shall hold a public hearing on the question of such abandonment and shall publish notice of such hearing at least two (2) times, not less than two (2) weeks prior to the date of the hearing, in a newspaper having general circulation in the county.

(3) Repealed.

(4) The resolution of the board of supervisors abandoning any section of the county road system will abrogate the easement theretofore owned, held, claimed or used by or on behalf of the general public but will not affect any private easements.

(5) Upon the abandonment of any section of the county road system, the board of supervisors shall post clearly visible signs at any intersection of the abandoned roadway with the county road system indicating that the abandoned section is no longer part of the county road system and is not maintained by the county. Once the required signs are posted, the county shall not be liable for the death of or injury to a vehicle owner, operator or passenger, or for damage to a vehicle or its contents, resulting from a dangerous condition on the abandoned section. If there exists a public railroad grade crossing or railroad bridge on the section of county road so abandoned, the county shall furnish the railroad or individual owning such railroad trackage with a copy of the resolution authorizing the abandonment and thereupon, the railroad company or individual owning such trackage may barricade the crossing or remove the bridge.

(6) From and after July 1, 2000, any proceedings under this section shall be documented in the official record of the county road system in accordance with the requirements of Section 65-7-4 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-3 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 25-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-3
Status: in_force

Any county or city in this state is hereby authorized and empowered:

(a) To acquire by purchase or by condemnation and to construct, or partly acquire and partly construct, and to improve, operate, and maintain bridges wholly or partially within the state within such county or city or within twenty miles of the territory over which such county or city has jurisdiction and which are over the Mississippi River; and

(b) To issue bridge revenue bonds of such county or city, payable from bridge earnings, to pay the cost of such bridges.

No revenue bonds and no liens securing such bonds shall be repaid in whole or in part from any funds arising from taxation, nor shall any such bonds or liens given under authority of this article constitute a lien on any other property of a city or county other than the bridge constructed or acquired under this article or a pledge of the credit of such agency unless specifically so voted by a majority of the qualified electors voting in favor of same in an election held according to law for the purpose of so authorizing.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.264 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.264
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.264
Status: in_force

(1) That segment of Mississippi Highway 182 in Lowndes County, Mississippi, beginning at its intersection with South Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and extending easterly to its intersection with Lehmberg Road is designated and shall be known as the “Representative Esther M. Harrison Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-35 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 7-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-35
Status: in_force

Any person guilty of a violation of Sections 65-7-25 to 65-7-33 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than five dollars ($5.00) for each violation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.160 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.160
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.160
Status: in_force

(1) That segment of U.S. Highway 51 in Copiah County beginning at its intersection with the northern corporate limits of the City of Hazlehurst and extending southerly to its intersection with Sinclair Street, is designated and shall be known as the “Trooper Steve Gardner Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-17 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 43-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-17
Status: in_force

The bonds authorized by Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 shall be signed by the Chairman of the State Bond Commission, or by his facsimile signature, and the official seal of the State Bond Commission shall be affixed thereto, attested by the secretary of the commission. The interest coupons, if any, to be attached to such bonds may be executed by the facsimile signatures of such officers. Whenever any such bonds shall have been signed by the officials designated to sign the bonds who were in office at the time of such signing but who may have ceased to be such officers before the sale and delivery of such bonds, or who may not have been in office on the date such bonds may bear, the signatures of such officers upon such bonds and coupons shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes and have the same effect as if the person so officially signing such bonds had remained in office until their delivery to the purchaser, or had been in office on the date such bonds may bear. However, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, such bonds may be issued as provided in the Registered Bond Act of the State of Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.64 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.64
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.64
Status: in_force

(1) That segment of New U.S. Highway 49 in the City of Mendenhall, Simpson County, Mississippi, beginning at its intersection with Mississippi Highway 13 and extending southerly to its intersection with Old U.S. Highway 49 (Jackson Avenue), is designated and shall be known as the “Sheriff E.C. Mullins Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-123 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 17 / Section 25-123
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-123
Status: in_force

The five (5) members to represent the State of Mississippi on The Authority for the Arkansas-Mississippi Great River Bridge Construction Compact shall be the Governor of the State of Mississippi and one (1) representative of the Mississippi State Highway Department and three (3) other citizens of the State of Mississippi to be appointed by the Governor. The appointive members shall serve for terms of four (4) years each. Vacancies shall be filled by the Governor for the unexpired terms.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-21 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-21
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of the several counties and the overseers shall, at all times after the erection of the sign or guide boards as provided, see that said sign or guide boards are not defaced, removed, or destroyed. In case of defacement, removal, or destruction of any such sign or guide board, the board of supervisors shall cause a new sign or guide board to be erected within ninety days; and on failure so to do, the duty may be enforced as provided in Section 65-7-19 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-33 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 11-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-33
Status: in_force

All rights of way for any county highway to be constructed or improved under the provisions of sections 65-11-1 to 65-11-37 shall be obtained, secured, and paid for by the county in which such highway is located.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-75 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 41-75
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-75
Status: in_force

(1) The following highways, roads or streets located in the State of Mississippi are hereby designated as an official Mississippi Scenic Byway to be known as the “Gulf Coast Scenic Byway” pursuant to Section 65-45-1 et seq.:

U.S. Highway 90 beginning at the intersection of U.S. Highway 90 and Beach Boulevard in Bay St. Louis continuing for 19 miles and ending at the intersection of DeBuys Road and U.S. Highway 90; connecting with the existing Beach Boulevard Scenic Byway designated in Section 65-41-61 .

(2) Outdoor advertising shall be allowed on the following portions of U.S. Highway 90 within the corporate limits of the impacted municipalities subject to the zoning and signage ordinances of the impacted municipalities: the end of the Bay St. Louis Bridge to Fort Henry Street; Church Avenue to Fleitas Avenue in Pass Christian; White Harbor Road to Marcie Drive in Long Beach; Russell Avenue to South Nicholson Avenue in Long Beach; Camp Avenue to Pratt Avenue in Gulfport; and Courthouse Road to Paradise Avenue in Gulfport.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-33 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 26-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-33
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be deemed to be full and complete authority for the exercise of the powers herein granted, but this chapter shall not be deemed to repeal or to be in derogation of any existing law of this state whereunder projects of the character herein defined may be constructed or financed.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-3 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 7-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-3
Status: in_force

All public roads shall be kept open and worked to the width required by law and, when necessary, shall be raised in the middle and sloped toward the ditches or sides, which shall be kept open and of sufficient size and proper fall to drain the road bed.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-83 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 19-83
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-83
Status: in_force

Whenever the owners of not less than one-half of the land bordering on or adjacent to any section of road established shall petition for a survey and estimate of the cost of building the road in a substantial and permanent manner of stone, gravel, chert, slag, brick, a combination of such material, or of any material equally durable and economical, the board may cause a survey and estimate to be made by a licensed civil engineer. Whenever thereafter the petitioners shall present to the board a map or description of the land which in their opinion would be directly benefited by the construction of such road, together with the written requests of the owners of not less than three-fifths of such land asking that all lands so benefited be assessed in proportion to the benefit conferred to pay one-third of the cost of construction, the board may levy and collect a special tax on such lands sufficient to pay one third of the cost thereof. Such lands shall be known as the benefit district of such section of road.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-13 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 19-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-13
Status: in_force

In like manner and under like conditions, the board of supervisors may by order abolish any separate road district and, thereupon, either add the said territory or a part thereof to another separate road district, or else leave the same, or the remainder, as a part of the general road territory of the county.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.293 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.293
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.293
Status: in_force

(1) The segment of Mississippi Highway 15 in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, beginning at its intersection of County Line Road and extending north to its intersection with Hatcher Road, is designated as the “Nicky Lewis Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-1 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 26-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-1
Status: in_force

It is hereby declared, as a matter of legislative determination, that the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway is one of Mississippi's basic resources, and that the utilization, development, conservation and regulation of such waterway is necessary to promote and enhance the balanced economic development of the state.

It is further determined and declared that the use, development, conservation and regulation of waters of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway for domestic, municipal, commercial, industrial, agricultural and manufacturing purposes, for recreational uses, transportation, economic development, irrigation, navigation and pollution abatement are, as a matter of public policy, for the general welfare of the entire people of the state.

The provisions of this chapter are determined to be necessary and essential to the accomplishment of the aforesaid purposes, and that this chapter operates on a subject in which the state-at-large is interested.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-35 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 13-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-35
Status: in_force

All such bonds issued by the authority shall be secured solely by pledge of the net revenues which may now or hereafter come to the authority. Such bonds shall not constitute general obligations of the State of Mississippi or of the county supervisors district or municipalities comprising the authority, and such bonds shall not be secured by a pledge of the full faith, credit, and resources of said state, county, district, or municipality.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-15 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 15-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-15
Status: in_force

The board shall levy annually, when other taxes are levied, a special tax to be used exclusively in paying the interest on such road bonds and in providing a sinking fund for their redemption.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-1 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 13-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-1
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known as the Highway and Street Revenue Bond Authority Law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-18-15 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 18-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-18-15
Status: in_force

Contracts for the construction of local system road projects must be advertised and let by the board of supervisors of the county in the manner required by law. Before advertising for bids, plans and specifications covering the proposed work shall be prepared by the county engineer and filed in the chancery clerk's office of the county. Copies of the plans and specifications shall be subject to inspection during regular office hours and shall be made available to all prospective bidders upon such terms and conditions as may be required by the board and its county engineer.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-7 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 29-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-7
Status: in_force

Said county authorities or ferry commission if there be one shall, subject to and in accordance with any agreement or agreements as may be made by any such county or municipality with the purchaser or purchasers of bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter, prescribe, levy, and collect all rents, fees, tolls, revenues, and other charges in connection with the use and occupancy of the aforesaid improvements and facilities, and shall pay over all net revenues derived from the operation of said improvements and facilities to any trustee, or successor thereto, established as hereinafter in this chapter provided. Net revenues shall be deemed to be such as may be defined in any agreement or agreements entered into between any such municipality and the purchaser or purchasers of any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter. The said ferry commission shall make an annual report to the governor of the State of Mississippi, to the county or municipality having such ferry, and to the state legislature.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.20 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.20
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.20
Status: in_force

(1) The following segment of highway located in Panola, Tallahatchie, Grenada and Carroll Counties is hereby designated as a scenic highway:

Mississippi Highway 35 beginning at the corporate limits of the City of Batesville and extending southerly to the corporate limits of the Town of Vaiden.

(2)(a) The State Highway Department may plan and erect suitable signs and markers along the above described segment of highway and along the interstate approaches to such highway. Such signs shall be attractive and designed to invite and encourage tourism, recreation and camping in the area.

(b) The State Highway Department may establish and maintain rest and observation areas along the designated segment of highway and may invite the participation of and cooperate with any state, county or municipal agency to assist in the promotion and development of the scenic highway hereinabove designated.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.102 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.102
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.102
Status: in_force

(1) That segment of U.S. Highway 29 in Jones County, beginning at the Jones/Perry County line and extending to the southern city limits of Ellisville is designated and shall be known as the “Albert B. Shows Memorial Highway.”

(2)(a) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.

(b) The Mississippi Department of Transportation is directed to relocate the signage placed by the cemetery at the southern city limits of Ellisville on Mississippi Highway 29 to approximately one hundred (100) yards south of Augusta Road on the Interstate 59 and Mississippi Highway 590 bypass.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-1-17 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-1-17
Status: in_force

In the event the department needs additional office space which cannot be provided either in state office buildings, or other state-owned buildings, the commission is hereby authorized to rent, on an annual or month-to-month basis on such terms as it may determine to be proper, such office space as may be necessary.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-27-3 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 27-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-27-3
Status: in_force

The owner of the soil over which any toll ferry, bridge, turnpike, causeway, or plank road is established shall have the preference over all other persons to be licensed to keep the same, upon complying with the law and the orders of the board of supervisors within the time fixed by the board.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-11 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 41-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-11
Status: in_force

(1) The department may accept donations, bequests, gifts, grants, appropriations of federal money, in-kind contributions and things of value from any source, public or private, including individuals, organizations and federal, state and local governmental bodies, for the purpose of establishing and maintaining the Mississippi Scenic Byways Program. All such money so received by the department shall be deposited into a special fund that is created in the State Treasury to be designated as the “Scenic Byways Development and Maintenance Fund.” Unexpended amounts remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not lapse into the State General Fund, and any investment earnings or interest earned on amounts in the fund shall be deposited to the credit of the fund.

(2) Monies in the Scenic Byways Development and Maintenance Fund may be expended, upon legislative appropriation, for the following purposes:

(a) To plan, design and develop the Mississippi Scenic Byways Program;

(b) To develop and implement a corridor management plan for the purposes of maintaining the intrinsic qualities of scenic byways and providing accommodation of increased tourism and development of related amenities;

(c) To make safety improvements to Mississippi scenic byways, a National Scenic Byway or an All-American Road to the extent that the improvements are necessary to accommodate increased traffic and changes in the types of vehicles using the highway, road or street as a result of the designation;

(d) To construct along scenic byways facilities for use by pedestrians and bicyclists, rest areas, turnouts, highway shoulder improvements, passing lanes, overlooks and interpretive facilities;

(e) To make improvements to scenic byways that will enhance access to recreation areas, including water-related recreations;

(f) To protect the intrinsic qualities of areas adjacent to scenic byways;

(g) To develop and provide tourist information to the public, including interpretive information about scenic byways;

(h) To develop and implement scenic byway marketing programs; and

(i) To match monies made available from the federal government for the establishment and maintenance of the Scenic Byways Program.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-15 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 21-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-15
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of one or more counties, acting individually or jointly by agreement with the private owner or owners, may purchase and maintain toll-free one or more toll bridges in one or more counties. However, this section and 65-21-17 shall not apply to any interstate bridge, nor the bridge across the Pascagoula River at Pascagoula, Mississippi, nor to any bridge on any designated state highway maintained in whole or in part by the state highway department.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-25 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 43-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-25
Status: in_force

Upon the issuance and sale of bonds under the provisions of Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 , the State Bond Commission shall transfer the proceeds of any such sale or sales to a special fund created in Section 65-43-9 . The proceeds of such bonds shall be disbursed solely upon the order of the Mississippi Transportation Commission under such restrictions, if any, as may be contained in the resolution providing for the issuance of the bonds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.175 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.175
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.175
Status: in_force

(1) That segment of U.S. Highway 11 located in Jones County beginning with its intersection with the southern town limits of the Town of Sandersville and extending northerly to its intersection with Main Street, is designated and shall be known as the “Coach Sim Cooley Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching that segment of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-17 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 43-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-17
Status: in_force

The bonds authorized by Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 shall be signed by the Chairman of the State Bond Commission, or by his facsimile signature, and the official seal of the State Bond Commission shall be affixed thereto, attested by the secretary of the commission. The interest coupons, if any, to be attached to such bonds may be executed by the facsimile signatures of such officers. Whenever any such bonds shall have been signed by the officials designated to sign the bonds who were in office at the time of such signing but who may have ceased to be such officers before the sale and delivery of such bonds, or who may not have been in office on the date such bonds may bear, the signatures of such officers upon such bonds and coupons shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes and have the same effect as if the person so officially signing such bonds had remained in office until their delivery to the purchaser, or had been in office on the date such bonds may bear. However, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, such bonds may be issued as provided in the Registered Bond Act of the State of Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-4 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 43-4
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-4
Status: in_force

On or before January 10 of each year the Mississippi Transportation Commission shall submit a detailed report to the Chairman of the Senate Highways and Transportation Committee and the Chairman of the House Transportation Committee describing and evaluating the financial and operational performance by a company with which the commission has contracted under Chapter 44, Laws of 2008, First Extraordinary Session, of the company's duties and responsibilities regarding the construction, operation and maintenance of a toll road or toll bridge project.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-55 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 25-55
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-55
Status: in_force

The governing body of such county or city shall cause to be kept separate minutes and records of the operation of such bridge properties available for public inspection, which minutes from time to time shall show the approval or disapproval of the actions of said commission. Concerning the management and operation of said bridge by the commission and the governing body of said city or county, there shall be no obligation on said commission, nor shall there be any general obligation on said city or county, other than from the revenues to be derived from the operation of said bridge properties.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-23 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 11-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-23
Status: in_force

All contracts for the construction of projects under the terms and provisions of Sections 65-11-1 to 65-11-37 shall be let and awarded by the state highway commission in the manner and method now provided by law for the awarding of contracts for the improvement and construction of highways on the state highway system; and the cost and expense of the letting of such contracts shall be paid from the federal aid or state appropriated funds allocated for such project, or from any other funds that the county might have available for such purpose.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.263 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.263
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.263
Status: in_force

(1) The segment of Mississippi Highway 48 in Amite County, Mississippi, beginning at its intersection with East Jerusalem Road and extending westerly to its intersection with West Jerusalem Road, is designated and shall be known as the “Taurean Harris Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-9 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 21-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-9
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors shall require the keeper of every toll bridge or ferry to give bond with two or more sufficient sureties, to be approved by the president and clerk of the board in a penalty, to be fixed by the board, of not less than five hundred dollars ($500.00) and not more than two thousand dollars ($2,000.00), and conditioned to keep the bridge or ferry at all times in good repair so as to secure the safe transportation, on the payment of the fixed tolls, of all persons and property, and in all things to comply with the law and the reasonable orders of the board regulating the keeping of such toll bridge or ferry, but saving to the keeper a reasonable time within which to repair damage done by a sudden freshet, storm, or other unforeseen accident.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-123 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 7-123
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-123
Status: in_force

Any segment of a county-maintained, hard-surfaced highway normally marked by center line safety stripes which is overlayed with hot mix asphalt while undergoing reconstruction or maintenance shall be marked with temporary center line safety stripes if permanent center line safety stripes will not be installed before such segment is opened for public use.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-103 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 25-103
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-103
Status: in_force

The compact, when signed by the signatories of each state as herein provided, shall become binding upon the State of Mississippi and shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State of Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-201.nr2 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 17-201.nr2
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-201.nr2
Status: in_force

The boards of supervisors of the several counties of the State of Mississippi are authorized and empowered at their discretion to employ, as county engineer, a civil engineer or person qualified to perform the duties of a county engineer, and such assistant engineers as may be necessary. On all projects for the construction or reconstruction of a bridge which will cost more than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00), or for the construction or reconstruction of roads which will cost more than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) per mile, the employment of an engineer qualified under the chapter on engineers shall be obligatory, whether the work is to be done by contract or otherwise; however, in obligatory cases the employment may be for the particular work rather than for a term.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.380 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.380
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.380
Status: in_force

(1) The segment of Mississippi Highway 446 located in Bolivar County, Mississippi, extending for a distance of approximately one (1) mile in the easterly direction from its point of intersection with Shaw-Skene Road to its point of intersection with Gilbert Road, is designated and shall be known as the “H.M. ‘Mack’ Grimmett Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-19 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 43-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-19
Status: in_force

All bonds and interest coupons issued under the provisions of Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 have all the qualities and incidents of negotiable instruments under the provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code, and in exercising the powers granted by Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 , the State Bond Commission shall not be required to and need not comply with the provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-115.nr2 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-115.nr2
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-115.nr2
Status: in_force

(1) The board of supervisors in each county is to have and is required to exercise jurisdiction over the public highways of the county.

(2) The board of supervisors may by order duly adopted and entered on its minutes, provide for such transportation of individual members of the board as is necessary and essential in the performance of their official duties.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.315 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.315
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.315
Status: in_force

(1) The segment of U.S. Highway 11 in Jones County, Mississippi, beginning at its intersection with Hill Street and extending one (1) mile south, is designated as the “Coach Elmer Higginbotham Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-9-31 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 9-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-9-31
Status: in_force

All work done under the provisions of Sections 19-9-51 to 19-9-77, Mississippi Code of 1972 , shall be done by contractors who qualify under the provisions of Sections 31-3-1 to 31-3-23, Mississippi Code of 1972 , except with the consent of the State Aid Road Engineer.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-85 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-85
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-85
Status: in_force

The several counties of the state, acting by and through the boards of supervisors thereof, are hereby invested, within their discretion, with full authority to expend monies and to do, within any municipalities of the county all acts regarding construction and maintenance of roads and streets that they may do within the county outside the limits of said municipalities.

The authority granted under this section shall be construed as additional and cumulative to all existing authority for the expenditure of county funds within municipalities.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-35 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 26-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-35
Status: in_force

(1) The funds which are transferred from the sale of bonds under this chapter and such other funds as may be transferred to the bridge construction fund may be withdrawn only in the following manner: the funds shall be paid by the State Treasurer upon warrants issued by the State Auditor of Public Accounts, which warrants shall be issued upon requisition by the Highway Commission, signed by the director.

(2) All expenditures ordered by the Highway Commission shall be entered upon its minutes, and the Highway Commission shall submit a full report of its work and all the transactions carried on by it, and a complete statement of all its expenditures at the next regular session of the legislature.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-23 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 33-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-23
Status: in_force

For the purpose of this chapter the several boards of supervisors are hereby clothed with the power and authority, and it is made their duty, to exercise the right of eminent domain in order to procure the right of way for such roads, streets, highways, sea walls, breakwaters, bulkheads, sloping beach, and such other devices as may be adopted for the protection of such highways. They shall have the power to pass all necessary ordinances for the preservation and protection of any such road, sea wall, sloping beach, or other device constructed hereunder, and the violation of such ordinances shall constitute, and be punished as, a misdemeanor.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-49 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 17 / Section 25-49
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-49
Status: in_force

The governing authorities of any county or city of this state which has acquired or may hereafter acquire any combined railroad and highway bridge over the Mississippi River, as authorized by Sections 65-23-1 to 65-23-21 or Sections 65-25-1 to 65-25-41 , and which has discharged the bridge revenue bonds which were issued for the purpose of financing the cost of such acquisition and has freed the bridge as to the vehicular portion thereof from tolls may, by appropriate resolution, create a commission of five members to manage the affairs of said bridge, said appointees to be qualified electors of such governing body of high character, integrity, and business acumen; and, if such governing body has already created a commission under the provisions of Sections 65-25-43 to 65-25-47 , then in lieu of creating another commission, the governing authorities of such county or city may, by order entered upon the minutes of such authority, continue the present commission in effect.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-31 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-31
Status: in_force

The highway and street revenue bond authority, through its trustees, is hereby empowered:

(a) To develop one or more projects under the authority provided by this chapter.

(b) To construct and maintain highways and streets, including roadways, drainageways, bases, pavements, culverts, bridges, driveways, turnouts, ramps, overpasses, underpasses, intersections, and all other facilities necessary to provide for safe and convenient use by automotive and truck traffic.

(c) To acquire and develop land or any interest in land or property; acquire, construct, improve, install, reconstruct, cause to be constructed, extend, expand, maintain, use, operate all facilities of any kind necessary or convenient for the purposes of this chapter.

(d) To make or cause to be made or to cooperate in making engineering surveys, feasibility studies, and cost-benefit estimates relating to the works contemplated by this chapter.

(e) To employ engineers, attorneys, and all agents and employees necessary to the exercising of the powers, rights, privileges, or functions conferred upon the authority by this chapter, and to properly finance, construct, operate, and maintain the project and the services it renders, and to pay reasonable compensation for such services.

(f) To acquire by condemnation easements for traffic thoroughfares or utility rights of way, subject to the specific recommendation and approval of the board of supervisors; but for no other purpose shall the right of condemnation be allowed.

(g) To apply for and accept government grants and loans, whether federal, state, or local, when such are available; to borrow from other federal, state and municipal agencies and from private persons or groups, including corporations.

(h) To make contracts and to execute instruments necessary to the exercise of the powers, rights, privileges, and functions conferred upon the authority by this chapter.

(i) To enter into contracts and agreements with any federal agencies, public agencies, or political subdivisions of any kind, including municipalities, corporations, districts, or others for any financing, construction, operation, or maintenance requirements.

(j) To fix and to revise from time to time tolls and other charges for transit over, or use of, the facility, and to charge and collect same; and to contract with any person, partnership, corporation, or association desiring to use its properties for any purpose to fix the terms, conditions, rates, and charges for such use. Such tolls shall be so fixed and adjusted, in respect of the aggregate of tolls from the project for which a single issue of bonds is issued, as to provide a fund sufficient with other revenues of the project, if any, to pay (1) the cost of maintaining, repairing, operating such project and collecting tolls, and (2) the bonds and the interest thereon as the same become due. Such tolls shall not be subject to supervision or regulation by any state commission, board, bureau or agency, except such bureau or agency that might participate in the financing of the cost of any such project.

(k) To designate the locations, and establish, limit, and control such points of ingress to and egress from each project as may be necessary or desirable in the judgment of the authority to insure the proper operation and maintenance of such project, and to prohibit entrance to such project from any point or points not so designated.

(l) To construct highway and railroad crossings at grade or by means of grade separation structures.

(m) To sue and be sued in its corporate name.

(n) To adopt, use, and alter a corporate seal.

(o) To make bylaws for the management and regulation of its affairs.

(p) To employ a general manager, who shall, at the discretion of the board of trustees, have the power to employ and discharge employees.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-27 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 33-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-27
Status: in_force

Whenever it may be necessary to protect any highway hereunder, the board of supervisors by an order on its minutes shall so declare and shall certify the same to the governor of the state, who shall thereupon appoint five suitable freeholders of the county to constitute, and be known as, the road protection commission of such county, and who shall decide and recommend the kind and character of protection necessary, to be approved by the board of supervisors. When such commission shall have been appointed and shall have organized, said commission shall select and employ a suitable engineer, to be approved by the board of supervisors, to make a survey, plans, specifications, and estimates of costs of construction under the direction of the said road protection commission, to be approved by the board of supervisors. When so approved, the board of supervisors may proceed to issue bonds of the county therefor, and the road protection commission shall thereupon advertise for bids and let a contract or contracts therefor. Such contracts shall be submitted to and approved by the board of supervisors, all contracts under this section to be executed by the board of supervisors. The road protection commission and the board of supervisors are authorized and empowered to do all things and to make all expenditures necessary to carry out the purposes hereof.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.318 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.318
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.318
Status: in_force

(1) The segment of Mississippi Highway 371 in Itawamba County, Mississippi, beginning one-half ( 1 / 2 ) mile north of its intersection with Ozark Baptist Church Road and extending south to a point one-half ( 1 / 2 ) mile south of its intersection with Ozark Baptist Church Road, is designated as the “Jeff Boren Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-13 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 15-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-13
Status: in_force

No existing law providing methods for the construction or maintenance of any public highway, bridges, or culverts of the county or special or separate road district shall be affected by Section 65-15-9 ; and it does not supersede or impair the obligation of any county to levy a sufficient legal ad valorem tax for the purpose of construction and maintenance of public highways, bridges, or culverts, or a sufficient ad valorem tax to pay the interest or principal of any bonds heretofore or hereafter issued for the purpose of building bridges and constructing public roads. Nor does it supersede or impair any right to issue bonds for any purpose, and it shall not alter, amend or repeal any statute except insofar as such statutes are inconsistent herewith.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-107 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-107
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-107
Status: in_force

Where any contract is made, as provided herein, by any member of the board of supervisors in vacation without competitive bids, and the amount of such contract exceeds the sum of one hundred dollars ($100.00), it shall be the duty of the member of the board of supervisors making such contract to obtain bids from at least two (2) bidders before making such contract, and to file a statement of the amount of each such bid with the board at its next meeting.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-327 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 23-327
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-327
Status: in_force

The exercise of the powers conferred by this article constitute the performance of essential governmental functions, and as bridges which are owned and operated by counties constitute public property used for public purposes, such bridges shall at all times be free from taxation within the state. No county shall be required to pay taxes or assessments upon any such bridge or any part thereof owned by it, and bonds issued under the provisions of this article, their transfer, and the income therefrom shall at all times be free from taxation within the state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-61 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-61
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-61
Status: in_force

The purpose of this section is to authorize the Highway Commission to repair roadbed, surfacing, and bridges being constructed as farm-to-market projects under the provisions of the County Highway Aid Law of 1946, Sections 65-11-1 to 65-11-37 . Said roadbed, surfacing, and bridges having been damaged by excessive floods before final acceptance of the projects and no provision being made by law for their repair, this section is intended as supplemental to said 1946 law.

The Mississippi State Highway Commission is authorized, in its discretion, to repair any roadbeds which have been damaged by floods on roads built under the provisions of the cited sections, out of any monies on hand from the appropriation to carry out the provisions of said sections to the credit of the county in which said road is situated.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.210 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.210
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.210
Status: in_force

(1) That section of Mississippi Highway 492 within the corporate limits of the Town of Union, Mississippi, is designated as the “Blue Star Memorial Highway” in honor and in gratitude and appreciation for the contributions and sacrifices of the Armed Forces that have defended the United States of America.

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect suitable markers along that portion of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-13 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 41-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-13
Status: in_force

(1) This chapter shall not prohibit, restrict or otherwise affect any existing or future lawful use or activity in or related to a scenic byway area. This chapter also shall not prohibit, restrict or otherwise affect the operation, maintenance or new construction of any facility, road, railroad, bridge, utility, pipeline, crossing or any other structure in or related to a scenic byway area. If there is any conflict between this section and any other provision of this chapter, this section shall control.

(2) Nothing in this chapter shall mandate local governments to participate in the program, and a local governmental entity may terminate participation in the program at any time by resolution duly adopted and entered upon its minutes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-111 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-111
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-111
Status: in_force

A failure to comply with the terms of Section 65-7-109 shall constitute a misdemeanor, and any person convicted in a court of competent jurisdiction shall be fined not to exceed fifty dollars ($50.00) or be imprisoned in jail not to exceed ten days, or both.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-9 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 19-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-9
Status: in_force

If the qualified electors petitioning for the creation and organization of a separate road district shall so desire, they may petition, in addition, that the proceeds of the sale of said bonds may be used to extend and build roads beyond the limits of such district and that a tax be levied on such district or districts to pay such bonds and maintain such roads, in which case it shall be the duty of the board, in publishing the notice as hereinbefore provided, to add thereto notice of the further purpose to use part of the proceeds of said bonds in building and maintaining roads in other territory, naming the said other territory; and to levy taxes for that purpose. In any election ordered therein, the further question shall be submitted to the electors, whether such roads are to be so extended or not, which shall be submitted as follows: “For the extension of roads into other districts,” or “against the extension of roads into other districts.” If said election result in favor of such action, determined and adjudicated in like manner by the election commissioners and board of supervisors, as required by law, then the said road commissioners shall, with the approval of the board of supervisors, have the power to extend said roads into other districts and pay for the same out of the proceeds of the sale of said bonds, and levy a tax to maintain the same on such district consenting thereto, as provided for in this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.30 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.30
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.30
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of U. S. Highway 84 in Franklin County, Mississippi, beginning four (4) miles west of its intersection with U. S. Highway 98 and extending to a point six (6) miles west of the intersection of U. S. Highway 84 and U. S. Highway 98 shall be known and designated as the “George D. ‘Danny’ Nash, Jr., Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching such highway.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-85 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-85
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-85
Status: in_force

The several counties of the state, acting by and through the boards of supervisors thereof, are hereby invested, within their discretion, with full authority to expend monies and to do, within any municipalities of the county all acts regarding construction and maintenance of roads and streets that they may do within the county outside the limits of said municipalities.

The authority granted under this section shall be construed as additional and cumulative to all existing authority for the expenditure of county funds within municipalities.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-37 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-37
Status: in_force

All highways constructed under the provisions of Sections 65-11-1 to 65-11-37 , including those constructed under the provisions of Sections 65-11-27 to 65-11-31 , may be constructed by the State Highway Commission without regard to any group priority of construction which is now or may hereafter be provided by law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-305 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-305
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-305
Status: in_force

The three (3) citizens of the State of Mississippi who are members of the U.S. Highway 82 Four Lane Construction Authority shall be appointed by the Governor as follows: Each appointee shall be a resident of a county in this state which is traversed by U.S. Highway 82; one (1) shall be appointed from a county bordering the State of Arkansas, one (1) from a county bordering the State of Alabama, and one (1) from a county in the central portion of the state. Such members shall serve for terms of four (4) years each. Vacancies shall be filled by the Governor for the unexpired terms.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-205 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 17-205
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-205
Status: in_force

The compensation of the county engineer shall be determined by the board of supervisors of the county employing such engineer. The manner of making such compensation shall be spread annually upon the minutes of the board.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.146 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.146
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.146
Status: in_force

(1) That segment of Mississippi Highway 310 in Marshall County beginning at its intersection with Mississippi Highway 7 and extending southerly to the Lafayette County line, is designated and shall be known as the “John W. Shaw, Sr., Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.368 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.368
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.368
Status: in_force

(1) The segment of U.S. Highway 45 located in Wayne County, Mississippi, beginning at a point one-tenth ( 1 / 10 ) of a mile North of the Highway 84 West exit on U.S. Highway 45 and extending northerly for a distance of approximately three (3) miles to a point one-tenth ( 1 / 10 ) of a mile South of the intersection of U.S. Highway 45 and Pleasant Grove Chapparal Road is designated and shall be known as the “Army Sergeant Eric C. Newman Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-5 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 39-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-5
Status: in_force

(1) The Mississippi Transportation Commission, at one time or from time to time, may declare by resolution the necessity for the issuance of general obligation bonds of the State of Mississippi to provide funds for all costs incurred or to be incurred by the Transportation Commission and the Mississippi Department of Transportation in constructing and reconstructing highways and performing the projects authorized under Section 65-39-1 .

(2) The amount of bonds issued under Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33 shall not exceed Three Hundred Twenty-five Million Dollars ($325,000,000.00).

(3) Upon the adoption of a resolution by the Mississippi Transportation Commission declaring the necessity for the issuance of any part or all of the general obligation bonds authorized by this section, the Transportation Commission shall deliver a certified copy of its resolution or resolutions to the State Bond Commission. Upon receipt of any such resolution, the State Bond Commission, in its discretion, may act as the issuing agent, prescribe the form of the bonds, advertise for and accept bids, issue and sell the bonds so authorized to be sold, and do any and all other things necessary and advisable in connection with the issuance and sale of such bonds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-47 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 19-47
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-47
Status: in_force

The commissioners are hereby authorized to loan out any surplus funds of the district, and where such loans are secured by real estate, they shall be made in the manner and under the terms and provisions of the laws now relating to the loan of funds of the sixteenth sections; or they may purchase the bonds or evidences of debts of this state or of any county, municipality, drainage or road district situated in the State of Mississippi, or notes or bonds of the United States, or accept same as security for loans therein.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.341 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.341
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.341
Status: in_force

(1) The segment of Mississippi Highway 28 located in Copiah County, Mississippi, beginning at the Copiah County Medical Center, near the intersection of Highway 28 and VFW Road, and running westerly for a distance of one (1) mile, more or less, is designated and shall be known as the “Carroll V. Hood Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.79 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.79
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.79
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of Mississippi Highway 1 in Sharkey and Issaquena Counties beginning at its intersection with U.S. Highway 61 at or near Onward and extending westerly and northerly to the Issaquena/Washington county line is designated and shall be known as the “C.B. ‘Buddie’ Newman Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.74 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.74
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.74
Status: in_force

(1) The Mississippi Highway 304 Spur in Tunica County is designated and shall be known as the “Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-123 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 25-123
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-123
Status: in_force

The five (5) members to represent the State of Mississippi on The Authority for the Arkansas-Mississippi Great River Bridge Construction Compact shall be the Governor of the State of Mississippi and one (1) representative of the Mississippi State Highway Department and three (3) other citizens of the State of Mississippi to be appointed by the Governor. The appointive members shall serve for terms of four (4) years each. Vacancies shall be filled by the Governor for the unexpired terms.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-17 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 29-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-17
Status: in_force

Bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter and any interest thereon or income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation, except gift, transfer, and inheritance taxes, in so far as may be within the power of the State of Mississippi so to provide.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-37 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 11-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-37
Status: in_force

All highways constructed under the provisions of Sections 65-11-1 to 65-11-37 , including those constructed under the provisions of Sections 65-11-27 to 65-11-31 , may be constructed by the State Highway Commission without regard to any group priority of construction which is now or may hereafter be provided by law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-39 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 33-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-39
Status: in_force

When any county of this state has adopted or will adopt any sea wall or part of a sea wall constructed prior to October 31, 1931, by a municipality as a part of its general system as provided by Section 65-33-37 , and where said county has been unable to take care of or pay the maturing bonds and interest of said municipality from the gasoline tax as provided by said section, the said county may borrow funds necessary to pay outstanding maturing bonds and interest of the municipality issued for said sea wall, or walls. The said county may borrow said funds either upon certificates of indebtedness, notes, or bonds, as in its judgment it may see fit. Said obligation or bonds shall not be for a period longer than ten years and at a rate of interest not exceeding six per cent. Said obligations or bonds shall not be considered as included in any limitation now fixed by law upon the indebtedness of any county, and said obligations or bonds may be issued without notice and without an election on the question of the issuance of same. The said obligation or bonds issued hereunder shall be general obligations of the county and payable out of the gasoline tax when available, as provided in the cited section, and the general sea wall road protection laws. In the event of the failure of sufficient funds from the said gasoline tax, the county shall levy a special tax to pay said bonds. The board of supervisors issuing bonds hereunder may provide that the first obligations or bonds mature as long as three years from the date of their issuance, but all interest shall be paid semiannually. In the event of the failure to collect sufficient gasoline tax to pay said bonds or obligations authorized hereunder, the board of supervisors of the county are authorized to levy ad valorem taxes to pay same as other sea wall or road protection bonds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-51 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 25-51
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-51
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of such county or the governing authority of such city shall appoint the members of such commission. In making the first appointments, one (1) member shall be appointed for a term of one (1) year, one (1) member for a term of two (2) years, one (1) member for a term of three (3) years, one (1) member for a term of four (4) years, and one (1) member for a term of five (5) years. If the governing authorities shall elect to continue an existing commission in effect, then the order so providing shall reappoint the membership of such commission for varying terms of from one (1) to five (5) years, as hereinabove provided in cases of a newly established commission and, thereafter, their successors shall be appointed for a term of five (5) years. Said governing authorities shall, by resolution entered upon their minutes, prescribe the duties, powers, and rights of such commission and provide for the reasonable compensation, if any, of such commissioners. The acts of such commissioners shall regularly, and not less than four (4) times each year, be reported to such governing body and be subject to its approval and concurrence.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-19.nr2 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 15-19.nr2
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-19.nr2
Status: in_force

Where bonds have been issued by any road district, separate road district or special road district, and said bonds and interest thereon have been paid and there remains in the sinking fund or maintenance fund of such district any balance of funds collected for the purpose of paying such bonds or interest, the board of supervisors of the county in which such district or districts are located shall transfer any or all of said funds to the county road or bridge fund to be used and expended in working and maintaining the roads of the county.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-15 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 21-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-15
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of one or more counties, acting individually or jointly by agreement with the private owner or owners, may purchase and maintain toll-free one or more toll bridges in one or more counties. However, this section and 65-21-17 shall not apply to any interstate bridge, nor the bridge across the Pascagoula River at Pascagoula, Mississippi, nor to any bridge on any designated state highway maintained in whole or in part by the state highway department.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.139 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.139
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.139
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of U.S. Highway 49-W within the corporate limits of the City of Drew is designated and shall be known as “Manning Boulevard.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the portion of highway described in subsection (1).
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-43 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 25-43
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-43
Status: in_force

The governing authorities of any county or city of this state which has acquired or may hereafter acquire any combined railroad and highway bridge over the Mississippi River, as authorized by Sections 65-23-1 to 65-23-21 or Sections 65-25-1 to 65-25-41 , and has issued its bridge revenue bonds for the purpose of financing the cost of such acquisition may, by appropriate resolution, create a commission of not less than five nor more than seven members to manage the affairs of said bridge, said appointees to be qualified electors of such governing body of high character, integrity, and business acumen.

The board of supervisors of such county or the governing authority of such city may, by such resolution, prescribe the tenure of office of such commissioners (but no appointment shall be for a term exceeding five years), may prescribe the duties, powers and rights of such commission and provide for the reasonable compensation, if any, of such commissioners. Said resolution shall not impair or enlarge nor the acts of said commissioners thereunder increase or diminish the obligations of said governing body under the trust indenture or resolution under which the revenue bonds of such body were issued; and the acts of such commissioners shall regularly, and not less than four times each year, be reported to such governing body and be subject to its approval and concurrence.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-23 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 43-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-23
Status: in_force

Bonds issued under the authority of Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 shall be revenue bonds of the state, the principal of and interest on which shall be payable solely from the revenue from projects authorized under Section 65-43-1 or 65-43-3 . The bonds shall never constitute an indebtedness of the state within the meaning of any state constitutional provision or statutory limitation, and shall never constitute or give rise to a pecuniary liability of the state, or a charge against its general credit or taxing powers, and such fact shall be plainly stated on the face of each such bond. The bonds shall not be considered when computing any limitation of indebtedness of the state. All bonds issued under the authority of Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 and all interest coupons applicable thereto shall be construed to be negotiable instruments, despite the fact that they are payable solely from a specified source.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-49.nr2 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-49.nr2
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-49.nr2
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the county road manager whenever a county road is affected by the order of the board of supervisors provided by Sections 65-7-43 through 65-7-47 to see that a notice thereof is posted at conspicuous places on such road at intervals of not less than two (2) miles and at the approaches to any bridge affected thereby; but a failure to post such notice shall not be allowed as a defense to a criminal prosecution or civil suit under the provisions of this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-9 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 29-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-9
Status: in_force

The bonds or other obligations issued by any county or municipality of the State of Mississippi pursuant to this chapter shall not constitute a debt within the meaning of any statutory limitation as to the amount of debt which may be incurred by any such municipality or county. Nor shall such bonds or other obligations be payable out of any funds other than the revenue collected or collectible from the use of said docks, harbors, and facilities of whatsoever nature, if any, and out of the receipts from the said two-mill ad valorem tax or special levy made by any county or municipality in accordance with the provisions of Section 65-29-1 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-5 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 11-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-5
Status: in_force

It being recognized that county highways generally have deteriorated to a considerable extent during the past several years, and it being further recognized that the selection, construction, and improvement of a system of all-weather rural secondary, feeder, or farm-to-market roads is a matter of primary state-wide concern, it is hereby declared to be the purpose of Sections 65-11-1 to 65-11-37 to provide for a more comprehensive rural-road program through cooperation between the federal government, the state highway commission of Mississippi, and the county boards of supervisors; and it is further the purpose and intent of said sections to provide a means, manner, and funds whereby the counties of this state will be enabled to participate in the federal aid program, and will be enabled to participate in and avail themselves of the funds apportioned to the State of Mississippi for the construction and improvement of secondary and feeder roads, including farm-to-market roads, rural mail routes, and public school bus routes, under the terms of the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1944 [58 U. S. Stat. 838, ch. 626]. It is hereby declared to be the intent and purpose of the cited sections that, insofar as permissible under federal laws, rules, and regulations, not less than fifty per cent (50%) of the funds apportioned to Mississippi for secondary and feeder roads under the terms of subsection (b), section 3, of the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1944 [58 U. S. Stat. 838, ch. 626] should be expended for the construction and improvement of county highways as defined in said sections.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.14 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.14
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.14
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of Mississippi Highway 19 from its intersection with Mississippi Highway 15 in the City of Philadelphia which extends in a northerly direction to the corporate limits of such city is hereby designated as the “Herman Alford Memorial Highway.”

(2) The State Highway Department is hereby directed to erect appropriate signs on the designated segment of such highway.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-13 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 33-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-13
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of such board to exercise a continuing supervision over all public lands, works, and road protection. All bonds issued under the provisions of Section 65-33-7 and all obligations and expenses necessarily incurred in connection there with shall be paid out of the funds made available for road protection purposes under this chapter.

Any attorneys' fees paid in connection with or in consideration of the issuance of any bonds under the terms of Sections 65-33-1 to 65-33-15 , shall not exceed one half of one per cent of ( 1 / 2 of 1%) the total amount of each bond issue.

The cost of the maintenance of any such causeway or causeways, bridge or bridges, road and roads shall be defrayed out of funds provided under Section 65-33-47 , or general county fund, or from tolls or revenues derived from any bridge or bridges, causeway or causeways, or facilities provided for herein. Said county shall insure the causeway or causeways, bridge or bridges, against such perils as the board may deem proper, such insurance to be written by an insurance company or companies authorized to do business in the State of Mississippi, and the premiums therefor shall be payable out of funds provided under this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-105 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 17-105
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-105
Status: in_force

The road accountant shall be the purchasing agent of the county and, by and with the consent of the board of supervisors, shall purchase all materials, implements, and supplies used in such road and bridge work.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-71 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 33-71
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-71
Status: in_force

The provisions of sections 65-33-61 to 65-33-71 , without reference to any other statute, shall be deemed full and complete authority for the issuance of refunding bonds as therein provided; and all powers necessary to be exercised by the board of supervisors of such counties, in order to carry out the provisions of said sections, are hereby conferred.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-51 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 19-51
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-51
Status: in_force

The road commissioners shall have general direction and supervision over the highways, bridges, and culverts of their district and the laying out, constructing, working, and maintenance of the same.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-37 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 43-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-37
Status: in_force

The proceeds of the bonds issued under Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 shall be used solely for the purposes provided in Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 , including the costs incident to the issuance and sale of such bonds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-215 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 23-215
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-215
Status: in_force

When the assessment of benefits is completed the board of commissioners shall subscribe such assessment and file it with the chancery clerk of the county wherein the land is situated, where it may be preserved and kept as a public record. Upon the filing of said assessment of benefits, the chancery clerk of such county shall give notice of such filing by publication once each week for three consecutive weeks in some newspaper having general circulation in the county or counties in which the lands of the district are situated. Said notice shall include a day, not less than thirty days from the date of filing the assessment and not more than forty-five days from the date of filing the assessment, at which time property owners may appear and file objections to such assessment. The board of commissioners shall meet on the date set out in such notice, to hear such objections and to make such corrections and adjustments as may be proper in the case, and shall equalize the assessments according to the benefits to be derived from the special improvement herein provided. After having heard the objections and equalized the assessments, the board of commissioners shall enter its order making such assessments final. Any property owner within the district who feels aggrieved by the order making the assessment final shall have the right, within ten days after said order has been entered, to appeal the assessment to the chancery court of the county in which such property is situated. The appeal from the assessment may be heard by the chancellor in term time or in vacation, and after hearing thereof the chancellor shall enter such order as may be proper in the case. Appeals may be taken from the final order of the chancellor within the time and in the manner now provided by law for appeals from any decree of the court.

When the assessment of benefits has been made final and filed as hereinabove provided, the property owner shall have the right to pay such assessment of benefits in full at any time within sixty days after it became final; but if he does not avail himself of this privilege, the assessment of benefits shall bear interest at the rate of six percent (6%) per annum.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.4 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.4
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.4
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of highway added to the state highway system in Chapter 298, General Laws of 1954, more particularly described as beginning on U.S. 78 at or near Red Banks, thence through the business district of Red Banks, and ending on U.S. 78, shall be designated and henceforth known as the George M. Yarbrough Highway.

(2) The Mississippi State Highway Department is hereby directed to erect appropriate signs along and approaching such highway.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-47 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 7-47
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-47
Status: in_force

Any person going upon any public road or bridge in such county with any kind of vehicle, or who shall cause any vehicle to be driven upon any public road or bridge in such county, in violation of such regulations shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction be fined in any sum not exceeding fifty dollars ($50.00), and shall moreover be liable civilly to any county or road district for any damage done to such roads or bridges by such illegal act.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-9 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 33-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-9
Status: in_force

In addition to the bonds authorized under Section 65-33-7 , said board shall have the authority, and it is hereby authorized, to issue and sell callable mortgage and revenue bonds in an amount not exceeding four million dollars ($4,000,000.00) to provide additional funds, if found by the board to be necessary for the purposes of Sections 65-33-1 to 65-33-15 , which mortgage and revenue bonds shall be secured by a mortgage indenture on any land acquired by the board under the authority of said sections and, in the discretion of the board, by tolls to be fixed and collected by the board for the use of any such bridge or bridges, causeway or causeways, or other structure, and by any other revenue derived from any source under said sections.

Such bonds shall be in the denomination of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) each, all shall mature within twenty-five years from the date of issuance, with such dates of maturity not to exceed twenty-five years as may be fixed in the resolution authorizing their issuance, shall bear interest not to exceed six per cent (6%) per annum to accrue and be payable semiannually, and shall be executed and sold in the manner authorized for the execution and sale of bonds, as provided in Section 65-33-7 .

To secure the payment of such mortgage and revenue bonds and to fix the rights of the holders thereof, said board may execute a trust indenture constituting a mortgage lien upon any of the lands acquired under the provisions of Sections 65-33-1 to 65-33-15 , and which indenture may, in the discretion of the board, pledge and assign any revenues and tolls which the board may fix and collect for the use of any bridge or bridges, causeway or causeways, or other structure financed under the provisions of said sections. Said indenture shall contain such provisions and conditions as the board may find necessary or proper, shall include provisions for insurance of such bridges or causeways against such hazards as the board may deem proper and necessary, and shall fix the terms and conditions for calling said mortgage and revenue bonds for prepayment before their maturities.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-71 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 43-71
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-71
Status: in_force

The following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed herein unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, as used in Sections 65-43-71 through 65-43-85 and Section 65-43-6 :

(a) “ Toll facility operator ” means any private company contracting with a governmental entity to collect tolls or fees for the use of any toll road or toll bridge as authorized under Section 65-43-3 ;

(b) “ Processing agency ” means a governmental entity, or a toll facility operator designated by any governmental entity, responsible for the processing of the notices of toll evasions and notices of delinquent toll evasions and penalties. A processing agency may include a public agency or private vendor with which any governmental entity contracts for the processing of notices of toll evasions and notices of delinquent toll evasions;

(c) “ Toll facility ” means any road or bridge for which tolls or fees are charged for the use thereof.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-1 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 19-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-1
Status: in_force

(1) Separate road districts, composed in whole or in part of one or of more than one supervisors' district, may be created and organized by the board of supervisors of any county (a) upon its own initiative or (b) upon petition as follows:

(a) Whenever in the judgment of the board the public interest and the interest of the proposed district will be promoted by the creation and organization of a separate road district, the said board shall determine the boundaries of the district in such manner as the existing public highways, the territory tributary thereto, the engineering and topographical conditions, and other pertinent considerations render expedient, and shall accurately define the said boundaries by land numbers, by natural boundaries, by metes and bounds, or by combinations thereof, so long as said description may be clearly understood or would be sufficient as a description in a deed of conveyance. The board shall enter an order declaring its intention to create and organize a separate road district according to the boundaries so defined and made a part of said order.

(b) When a petition or petitions containing the boundaries of a proposed district, defined and bounded as hereinbefore required, signed by twenty per cent. of the qualified electors of the proposed district has been filed and presented to the board, requesting the creation and organization of a separate road district composed of the territory aforesaid, it shall be the duty of the board to make an order reciting the fact and to proceed thereupon with said proposal as is hereinafter provided.

(2) No road district shall hereafter be created which has an assessed value of property therein of less than five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00), according to the last completed assessment for taxation, but this limitation shall not apply to the consolidation of existing road districts.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-21.nr2 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 15-21.nr2
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-21.nr2
Status: in_force

One-half ( 1 / 2 ) of all ad valorem taxes collected by or for a county on property within a municipality (the streets of which are worked at the expense of the municipal treasury, or worked by municipal authority) for road purposes of such county, not including taxes for the purposes of paying bonds issued for road purposes or the interest thereon or for creating a bond and interest fund for retiring the same, shall be paid over to the treasurer of such municipality for said municipality.

Any municipality may contract with its board of supervisors, whereby work may be performed on the streets maintained by said municipality in lieu of the refund of one-half ( 1 / 2 ) of the road taxes collected under this section, and in such event such agreement shall be spread at large upon the minutes of both the governing authorities of such municipality and the board of supervisors of such county.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.187 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.187
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.187
Status: in_force

(1) That segment of Mississippi Highway 15 North in Jasper County beginning at the Mississippi Army National Guard Armory and ending at the northern corporate limits of the City of Bay Springs is designated and shall be known as the Richard Alexandra “Dickie” Ware Memorial Highway.

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-27 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 43-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-27
Status: in_force

The bonds authorized under Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 may be issued without any other proceedings or the happening of any other conditions or things other than those proceedings, conditions and things which are specified or required by Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 . Any resolution providing for the issuance of bonds under the provisions of Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 shall become effective immediately upon its adoption by the commission, and any such resolution may be adopted at any regular or special meeting of the commission by a majority of its members.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-29 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 7-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-29
Status: in_force

At such intervals on said road as may be deemed extremely dangerous, such board shall be double faced, with said inscription on each side thereof, and shall be placed in such manner as to be easily seen by travelers at night when proper lights upon vehicles are reflected thereon.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-31-3 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 31-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-31-3
Status: in_force

The State Highway Commission is authorized to contract with the Department of Economic and Community Development, on terms and conditions agreeable between the two (2) state agencies, for the operation of one or more of such hospitality stations constructed under the provisions of this chapter. The commission and the department are further authorized to enter into agreement with an adjoining state for the operation of a hospitality station on an interstate highway where the states' boundary is the Mississippi River and there is no feasible location for a hospitality station between the bank of the Mississippi River and a national military park in the State of Mississippi, or where the states' boundary is the Pearl River and there is no feasible location for a hospitality station between the bank of the Pearl River and the buffer zone to a test facility operated by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in the State of Mississippi. The commission and the department are authorized to pay whatever expenses may be agreed upon between the two (2) states as to the fair share of the operating and maintenance cost of the hospitality station operated primarily for the benefit of the state. Such contracts and agreements shall provide for the furnishing of suitable personnel for the operation of such stations and that such stations shall be kept supplied with such information, pamphlets and other materials as will advertise and publicize the history, commerce, industry, natural resources and tourist attractions of this state. Such information, pamphlets and other materials shall be available to the traveling public and shall be distributed by the personnel employed to operate such stations. The agency operating such hospitality stations shall provide for the free distribution to the traveling public of such literature, pamphlets, refreshments and other items that may be of interest to tourists in such manner as deemed to be in the best interest of promoting the tourist trade in this state. Such agency may sell, or contract for the sale of, merchandise on the premises of any hospitality station, provided such sale or contract for sale is subject to any applicable federal laws and Section 43-3-93 . Revenue derived from such sales shall be paid into the special revolving fund established pursuant to Section 57-1-66 and shall be expended to promote and market Mississippi and to maintain and improve hospitality stations.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-51 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 11-51
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-51
Status: in_force

All contracts for the construction of projects under the terms and provisions of Sections 65-11-39 through 65-11-59 shall be let and awarded by the board of supervisors in the manner and method now provided by law for the awarding of contracts for the improvement and construction of county roads and bridges. The cost and expense of the letting of such contracts shall be paid by the county, or from any funds provided for such purpose. In counties having sufficient equipment and labor, the boards of supervisors may build the roads and bridges in their respective districts or beats without the letting of contracts, and may pay for labor and material therefor out of any funds appropriated by the Legislature or otherwise made available to carry out the provisions of the aforesaid sections.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-7 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 29-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-7
Status: in_force

Said county authorities or ferry commission if there be one shall, subject to and in accordance with any agreement or agreements as may be made by any such county or municipality with the purchaser or purchasers of bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter, prescribe, levy, and collect all rents, fees, tolls, revenues, and other charges in connection with the use and occupancy of the aforesaid improvements and facilities, and shall pay over all net revenues derived from the operation of said improvements and facilities to any trustee, or successor thereto, established as hereinafter in this chapter provided. Net revenues shall be deemed to be such as may be defined in any agreement or agreements entered into between any such municipality and the purchaser or purchasers of any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter. The said ferry commission shall make an annual report to the governor of the State of Mississippi, to the county or municipality having such ferry, and to the state legislature.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-17 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 25-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-17
Status: in_force

All moneys received from any bridge revenue bonds issued pursuant to this article shall be applied solely to the payment of the cost of the bridge or bridges, or to the appurtenant sinking fund, and there is hereby created and granted a lien upon such moneys until so applied, in favor of the holders of such bonds or the trustee hereinafter provided in respect of such bonds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-15 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 11-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-15
Status: in_force

The State Highway Commission shall notify the board of supervisors of each county of the amount of money to be available for expenditure in such county from said federal apportionment, and of the amount of money available from the appropriation made to the State Highway Fund as the state's share of the federal aid program on secondary and feeder roads. Within three months after the receipt of such notice, the board of supervisors of each county shall submit to the State Highway Commission a description of the recommended projects on county highways in such county which are approved by the county and recommended for selection and designation for participation in federal aid under the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1944 [58 U. S. Stat. 838, ch. 626]. In the selection of such projects and in the recommendation of the order of their improvement, the boards of supervisors shall select projects which will be of the greatest benefit to the county as a whole, judged from the standpoint of relative use and importance, without regard to district or beat lines, insofar as same is consistent with the rules and regulations of the public roads administration of the federal works agency. All such projects and the order of their inauguration shall be subject to the approval of the State Highway Commission as provided in section 65-11-13 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-307 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 23-307
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-307
Status: in_force

As used in this article, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings:

(a) The word “bridge” shall be deemed to include the structure and the superstructure of the bridge, the approaches thereto, and adjacent roadways across the flood plain of the Pearl River and also all property, rights, easements, and franchises relating thereto and deemed necessary or convenient for the operation thereof.

(b) The term “governing body” shall mean the board of supervisors of a county or counties.

(c) The term “cost of bridge,” as applied to a bridge to be constructed pursuant to the provisions hereof, shall embrace the cost of construction, the cost of all land, property, rights, easements, and franchises acquired, which are deemed necessary for such construction, financing charges, interest prior to and during construction and for eighteen months after acceptance of the completed work by the governing body of such county or counties, cost of traffic estimates and of engineering and of legal expenses, plans, specifications, surveys, estimates of cost and of revenues, other expenses necessary or incident to determining the feasibility or practicability of the enterprise, administrative expense, and such other expenses as may be necessary or incident to the financing herein authorized and the construction of the bridge and the placing of the bridge in operation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.313 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.313
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.313
Status: in_force

(1) The segment of Mississippi Highway 589 in Lamar County, Mississippi, beginning one-half ( 1 / 2 ) mile north of its intersection with Victory Road and extending one (1) mile south, is designated as the “Benjamin J. Deen Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-37.5 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-37.5
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-37.5
Status: in_force

The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the intersection of highway described in Chapter 2047, Laws of 2019.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-31 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 33-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-31
Status: in_force

Whenever it shall become necessary to construct, widen, or protect any highway under the provisions hereof, the road protection commission shall make publication for thirty days in some newspaper published in the county wherein such improvements are made, setting forth the commencement and termination, with a general outline of the nature and extent thereof. When any owner of land or other person shall claim compensation for land taken for such purpose, or for damage sustained by the construction, widening, improvement, or protection of such road or highway, he shall petition the board of supervisors in writing within thirty days after the expiration of the time provided for such publication, setting forth the nature and character of the damages claimed. Thereupon the board shall, on five days' notice to petitioner, go on the premises and assess the damages sustained by him. The finding of the board shall be in writing, signed by the members agreeing to it, and must be entered on the minutes at the next meeting; but if the damages sustained and claimed be less than the cost of assessing, the board may allow the same without inquiry.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-57 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 25-57
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-57
Status: in_force

The said commission shall serve at the pleasure of the governing body of the political subdivision. Should said governing body not create the said commission, or should it determine following its creation to revoke the authority of and terminate the said commission, then the powers and authority hereby reposed shall vest in and be exercised by such governing body, the board of supervisors of said county or the governing authority of said city. Such governing body shall by appropriate order fix or approve the rules and regulations of the commission which shall assure that all the costs of administering the bridge properties shall be exclusively borne from bridge revenues and not from any funds derived from taxation; and said governing authority shall by appropriate order fix or approve the compensation, if any, of the commissioners and the extra fees and reasonable allowances to be paid to the clerk of said governing authority to reasonably compensate such clerk for the extra services and work hereby required. The combined total of all of such costs of administering and handling said funds, as above in this section particularized, shall not exceed seven and one-half percent (7 1 / 2 %) of the aggregate sum of the funds received from such bridge revenues and regulated by the provisions hereof; if the commission not be created or be discontinued, such percentage shall be not more than five percent (5%), and no member of the board of supervisors or governing body of such municipality shall be authorized by Sections 65-25-49 to 65-25-61 to receive any additional compensation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-31 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-31
Status: in_force

The expense of preparing and erecting said signal or signboard shall be paid out of the road funds of the county.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-55 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-55
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-55
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of State Highway 607 from the junction with Interstate Highway 10 to the junction with U.S. Highway 90, and that portion of U.S. Highway 90 from the junction with State Highway 607 to the western boundary of the State of Alabama shall be designated and henceforth known as the “Hospitality Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi State Highway Department is hereby directed to erect appropriate signs along and approaching the Hospitality Highway, as described in this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-4.1 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-4.1
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-4.1
Status: in_force

The Legislature of the State of Mississippi finds and determines as a matter of public policy and legislative intent that the proceedings and public hearing required for initial adoption of the official map and county road system register required by Section 65-7-4, Mississippi Code of 1972 , are not intended to lay out, open, designate or otherwise establish new public roads, but to document and record existing roads which are, at the time of the initial adoption of said map and register, adjudicated by the board, consistent with fact, to be public roads by dedication, under the methods provided by statute, or by prescription and required by public convenience and necessity.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-15 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 21-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-15
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of one or more counties, acting individually or jointly by agreement with the private owner or owners, may purchase and maintain toll-free one or more toll bridges in one or more counties. However, this section and 65-21-17 shall not apply to any interstate bridge, nor the bridge across the Pascagoula River at Pascagoula, Mississippi, nor to any bridge on any designated state highway maintained in whole or in part by the state highway department.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-67 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-67
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-67
Status: in_force

All proceedings of the board of supervisors in laying out, altering, or changing any public road and assessing damages therefor may be reviewed by the circuit court in respect to any matter of law arising on the face of the proceedings; and on the question of damages the cause may be tried anew, and the damages may be assessed by a jury if the owners of the land so desire. The board of supervisors shall grant appeals for that purpose, when prayed for, on the appellant giving bond for the costs in such penalty as the board may require, not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200.00), payable to the county; and such bond shall have the same effect and be subject to the same proceedings as appeal bonds in other cases. Any person interested and a taxpayer may appeal in like manner and with like effect from the action of the board in assessing, allowing, or disallowing damages in opening or changing a road. If the road laid out or changed is a part of a federal aid project, such appeal to, and such review by, the circuit court shall be without supersedeas and only after the assessment of damages herein provided; on such appeal and review, all of the proceedings involving the taking of land for a public road and assessing damages therefor, and otherwise, shall be before the circuit court for consideration on such review and appeal. If the road laid out or changed is a part of a federal aid project, after the board of supervisors has confirmed the report of the committee examining and viewing the contemplated route of a road and finding the same practicable, such road may be opened, worked, constructed, and used, and such opening, working, constructing, and using of said road shall not be stopped or held up by appeal, by writ of supersedeas, writ of certiorari, direct appeal, other method of appeal, review, by writ of prohibition, or otherwise after the board of supervisors has entered an order on its minutes to the effect that the county shall be liable to the landowner for all damages sustained by such laying out, working, and construction of such road and the taking of the land therefor; and the board of supervisors shall have actually deposited the amount assessed as damages with the clerk of the circuit court, subject to the order of the landowner.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-101 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 17-101
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-101
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors may elect a road accountant, whose salary shall be fixed by the board and who shall give bond, with sufficient surety, to be payable, conditioned and approved as provided by law, in a penalty not less than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00). For the purpose of enabling the road accountant, in counties working their roads and building and repairing bridges on the unit system or countywide basis, to meet weekly payrolls and to pay for same each week or biweekly, the board of supervisors may advance to him at each regular monthly meeting, out of the road and bridge fund of the county, a sum not exceeding fifty percent (50%) of the amount of his bond. Said road accountant shall place said funds in the county depository to his credit as road accountant, to be checked on by him to meet weekly payrolls for labor, and said fund shall be a public fund and shall be secured as other public funds are secured. The road accountant shall report to the next meeting of the board his disposition of said money, including an itemized payroll for same, which payroll must be approved by the board of supervisors before another advance to him may be made. In the event the board finds any discrepancies in said payroll account, he shall be liable on his official bond for same; and the board of supervisors, in such event, shall not make further allowances to him until said discrepancies are corrected. It shall be the duty of the road accountant to pay all labor employed on the road and bridge work of the county, to pay transportation charges on supplies and material used in such road and bridge work, and all bills for repairs. Every three (3) months he shall take an inventory of all the personal property of the county used in said road and bridge work.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.73 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.73
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.73
Status: in_force

(1) That relocated segment of Mississippi Highway 42 in Forrest County beginning at its intersection with Interstate 59 and extending easterly to its intersection with Macedonia-Sunrise Road is designated and shall be known as the “Evelyn Gandy Parkway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.

(3) Each segment of the Regional Thoroughfare proposed by the Hattiesburg-Petal-Forrest-Lamar Planning Organization, as described by a map on file with the Office of Public Services of the City of Hattiesburg, shall, as completed, be designated and known as the “Evelyn Gandy Parkway.”

(4) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segments of highway described in subsection (1) of this section that are under its jurisdiction.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-70 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-70
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-70
Status: in_force

(1) The bridge which spans the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway on U. S. Highway 72 shall be designated and henceforth known as the “William Russell Bonds Memorial Bridge.”

(2) The Mississippi State Highway Department is hereby authorized and directed to erect appropriate markers at each end of such bridge.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-9 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 15-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-9
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county in the state in which there are county road bonds, district road bonds, sea wall bonds, or road protection bonds outstanding, which were issued for the purpose of building bridges or constructing public roads or sea walls, may, in its discretion, in addition to all other lawful uses, use such county's share, or any part thereof, of the funds heretofore or hereafter derived from the tax on gasoline and the road and bridge privilege tax for the further purpose of paying interest and principal of such county road bonds or road district bonds heretofore issued for any of the said above stated purposes. However, nothing in this section shall in anywise affect Section 65-33-45, Mississippi Code of 1972 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-65 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 41-65
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-65
Status: in_force

The following highways, roads or streets located in the State of Mississippi are hereby designated as an official Mississippi Scenic Byway to be known as the “Brice's Crossroads Battlefield-Chief Tishomingo Scenic Byway” pursuant to Section 65-41-1 et seq. :

Beginning at the Brice's Crossroads Visitors and Interpretive Center and traveling northerly on Grisham Street to its intersection with Mississippi Highway 370, then traveling westerly on Mississippi Highway 370 to its intersection with County Road 833, then traveling southeasterly on County Road 833 to its intersection with County Road 503, then traveling southerly on County Road 503 to its intersection with Mississippi Highway 348, then traveling easterly on Mississippi Highway 348 to its intersection with Mississippi Highway 145.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-107 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 25-107
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-107
Status: in_force

The commission shall have power to apply to the Congress of the United States for its consent and approval of the compact; but in the absence of such consent of Congress and until the same shall have been secured, the compact shall be binding upon the State of Mississippi in all respects permitted by law for the two States of Arkansas and Mississippi without the consent of Congress to cooperate, for the purposes enumerated in the compact and in the manner provided therein.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-3 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 29-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-3
Status: in_force

Said tax collector, or any other tax collecting agency authorized by law for the collection of said taxes, shall pay over all moneys collected or to be collected as receipts from said two-mill tax to any trustee or successor thereto established as hereinafter in this chapter provided, and in the event that there is no such trustee, then said tax collector, or any other tax collecting agency authorized by law for collection of said taxes, shall pay over all such moneys into the county depository of each such county to the credit of a fund which shall be known as a “ferry fund.” Any such moneys so paid into the county depository of each such county to the credit of said “ferry fund” may be expended at the direction of the ferry commission appointed for any county ferry. In no county within the terms of this chapter shall there be withheld from the state treasury under the provisions of this chapter and Sections 59-7-1 to 59-7-21, Mississippi Code of 1972 , for any one year an amount in excess of the receipts from said two-mill tax. The provisions of this chapter shall be deemed to be a contract with the holders of any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-9-7 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 9-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-9-7
Status: in_force

The Division of State Aid Road Construction of the Mississippi State Highway Department, is hereby authorized and empowered to own and operate seven passenger automobiles, the same to be purchased, owned, and operated in strict accordance with the provisions of Sections 25-1-77 to 25-1-93, Mississippi Code of 1972 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-13 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 39-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-13
Status: in_force

The State Bond Commission shall act as the issuing agent for the bonds authorized under Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33 , prescribe the form of the bonds, advertise for and accept bids, issue and sell the bonds so authorized to be sold, pay all fees and costs incurred in such issuance and sale, and do all other things necessary and advisable in connection with the issuance and sale of the bonds. The State Bond Commission may pay the costs that are incident to the sale, issuance and delivery of the bonds authorized under Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33 from the proceeds derived from the sale of the bonds. The State Bond Commission shall sell such bonds on sealed bids at public sale, and for such price as it may determine to be for the best interest of the State of Mississippi, but no such sale may be made at a price less than par plus accrued interest to the date of delivery of the bonds to the purchaser. All interest accruing on such bonds so issued shall be payable semiannually or annually; however, the first interest payment may be for any period of not more than one (1) year.

Notice of the sale of any such bond shall be published at least one (1) time, not less than ten (10) days before the date of sale, and shall be so published in one or more newspapers published or having a general circulation in the City of Jackson, Mississippi, and in one or more other newspapers or financial journals with a national circulation, to be selected by the State Bond Commission.

The State Bond Commission, when issuing any bonds under the authority of Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33 , may provide that bonds, at the option of the State of Mississippi, may be called in for payment and redemption at the call price named therein and accrued interest on such date or dates named therein.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.271 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.271
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.271
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of United States Highway 82 in Leflore County from the point of its intersection with Berclair Road to the point of its intersection with Valley of Scholars Boulevard is designated and shall be known as the “B.B. King Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-103 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 17-103
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-103
Status: in_force

The road accountant shall attend all meetings of the board of supervisors, and shall at each regular meeting submit to said board an estimate of the amount of money required to pay the said labor employed on the said road and bridge work, transportation charges, and repair bills. Said board shall examine said estimate and shall set aside for the current month a fund to be known as the “road labor” fund, which sum shall be placed to the credit of the said fund in the county depository, subject to the order of the road accountant; and said road accountant shall use the said fund to pay off the said labor and all freight bills. At each regular meeting of the board of supervisors the road accountant shall make a report to the said board, showing all disbursements by him and proper receipts therefor. The board of supervisors shall carefully audit the said report, and if they shall find any payment or payments or any disbursements so made by the road accountant to be illegal or improper, said board may deduct any and all such payments from the salary of the road accountant, or they may cause suit to be filed on his bond for the recovery of any such sum so illegally or improperly paid out by the road accountant.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-13 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 15-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-13
Status: in_force

No existing law providing methods for the construction or maintenance of any public highway, bridges, or culverts of the county or special or separate road district shall be affected by Section 65-15-9 ; and it does not supersede or impair the obligation of any county to levy a sufficient legal ad valorem tax for the purpose of construction and maintenance of public highways, bridges, or culverts, or a sufficient ad valorem tax to pay the interest or principal of any bonds heretofore or hereafter issued for the purpose of building bridges and constructing public roads. Nor does it supersede or impair any right to issue bonds for any purpose, and it shall not alter, amend or repeal any statute except insofar as such statutes are inconsistent herewith.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-9-35 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 9-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-9-35
Status: in_force

In addition to any authority granted to the Division of State Aid Road Construction in Chapter 9, Title 65, Mississippi Code of 1972 , and notwithstanding any general prohibition contained therein with respect to the administration by the division of certain federal funds on designated state highways, the division is authorized and empowered to administer a project utilizing available federal and state funds to reconstruct that portion of designated Mississippi Highway 407 in Attala County, Mississippi, that spans Tibby Creek in Section 25, Township 16 North, Range 9 East, jurisdiction for the maintenance of which is, on April 17, 2017, vested in Attala County.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-13 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 39-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-13
Status: in_force

The State Bond Commission shall act as the issuing agent for the bonds authorized under Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33 , prescribe the form of the bonds, advertise for and accept bids, issue and sell the bonds so authorized to be sold, pay all fees and costs incurred in such issuance and sale, and do all other things necessary and advisable in connection with the issuance and sale of the bonds. The State Bond Commission may pay the costs that are incident to the sale, issuance and delivery of the bonds authorized under Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33 from the proceeds derived from the sale of the bonds. The State Bond Commission shall sell such bonds on sealed bids at public sale, and for such price as it may determine to be for the best interest of the State of Mississippi, but no such sale may be made at a price less than par plus accrued interest to the date of delivery of the bonds to the purchaser. All interest accruing on such bonds so issued shall be payable semiannually or annually; however, the first interest payment may be for any period of not more than one (1) year.

Notice of the sale of any such bond shall be published at least one (1) time, not less than ten (10) days before the date of sale, and shall be so published in one or more newspapers published or having a general circulation in the City of Jackson, Mississippi, and in one or more other newspapers or financial journals with a national circulation, to be selected by the State Bond Commission.

The State Bond Commission, when issuing any bonds under the authority of Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33 , may provide that bonds, at the option of the State of Mississippi, may be called in for payment and redemption at the call price named therein and accrued interest on such date or dates named therein.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-143 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 7-143
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-143
Status: in_force

(1) All streets and roads of any municipality or county, and all other roads, highways or streets of this state that are not otherwise officially named or numbered shall be assigned a number and said roads, highways or streets shall henceforth be, for official purposes, known and referenced by an assigned number. In addition, the State Aid Division of the State Highway Department is further authorized to name or identify such roads, highways or streets by the names of individuals, subject to the approval of the appropriate governing authorities.

(2) The designation appearing in the Highway Department Road Inventory developed by the State Highway Department for each county and municipality shall constitute the official designation for counties and municipalities from and after July 1, 1988, unless prior to said date the board of supervisors of a county or the governing authority of a municipality adopts an ordinance duly spread upon its minutes adopting an official map or otherwise officially designates or names the public streets, roads and highways within its jurisdiction.

(3) Nothing herein shall be construed to require the marking of roads or the provision of road or street name signs; however, the boards of supervisors of the several counties and the governing authorities of any municipality may accept donations of money, materials, labor or other assistance to provide for the marking of streets, roads and highways.

(4) The provisions of this section shall not be construed to prohibit local governing authorities from naming, renaming or accepting named streets or roads as public ways in their discretion; however, any such action constituting an addition or change to the official county or municipal map shall be by ordinance duly adopted and spread upon the minutes of the governing authority, a certified copy of which shall be transmitted to the State Highway Department.

(5) The boards of supervisors are hereby authorized to expend excess funds as provided by Section 19-5-313 for paying the costs of identifying roads, highways and streets.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-53.nr2 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-53.nr2
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-53.nr2
Status: in_force

Whenever in the discretion of the board of supervisors of any county it seems proper so to do, the board may, by order on its minutes, authorize the road manager of the county or the county engineer to forbid the use of any hard surfaced road, or portion thereof, when under construction or repair. The county road manager or the engineer, when so authorized by the board of supervisors, may close said road or any portion thereof to travel by an obstruction placed thereon in such manner as to indicate its closing, or by a sign marked “closed by order of the county road manager (or county engineer).”
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-51 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 41-51
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-51
Status: in_force

The following highways, roads or streets located in the State of Mississippi are hereby designated as an official Mississippi Scenic Byway to be known as the “Grand Gulf-Raymond Scenic Byway,” pursuant to Section 65-41-1 et seq. :

Beginning at the Grand Gulf Military Monument on the Mississippi River then east along the historic Back Grand Gulf Road to Frasier Road, following east along Frasier Road to Y-Camp Road, following east along Y-Camp Road to Ingleside-Karnac Ferry Road through the community of Ingleside to Highway 61, then the route continues one-half ( 1 / 2 ) mile north of Highway 61, eastward along Willows Road to the community of Willows, then northeastward along the Old Port Gibson Road terminating at the Raymond Military Park at the City of Raymond.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-31-13 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 31-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-31-13
Status: in_force

(1) The Mississippi Department of Transportation rest area located along U.S. Highway 49 in Wiggins, Mississippi, is designated and shall be known as the “'Dizzy' Dean Rest Area.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain suitable signs at and approaching the rest area, reflecting its name, and may place a plaque at such rest area in memory of Dizzy's extraordinary contributions to the sport of baseball.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-27 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 17 / Section 26-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-27
Status: in_force

Any holder of bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter or of any of the interest coupons pertaining thereto may, either at law or in equity, by suit, action, mandamus or other proceeding, protect and enforce any and all rights granted hereunder, or under such resolution, and may enforce and compel performance of all duties required by this chapter to be performed, in order to provide for the payment of bonds and interest thereon.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-71 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 41-71
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-71
Status: in_force

The following highways located in the State of Mississippi are hereby designated as an official Mississippi Scenic byway to be known as the “Gateway to History,” pursuant to Section 65-41-1 et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972:

(a) Segment 1: Beginning at the intersection of Highway 463 and Reunion Parkway and traveling north along Highway 463 for four and eight-tenths (4.8) miles to the intersection of Highway 22.

(b) Segment 2: Begin at the corner of Highway 463 and Highway 22 and continue west for eight and seven-tenths (8.7) miles to the Petrified Forest in the Town of Flora.

(c) Segment 3: Begin at the corner of Highway 463 and Highway 22 and continue east for twelve and three-tenths (12.3) miles to the City of Canton. The roadway changes to four-lane for one and four-tenths (1.4) miles surrounding the I-55 Canton interchange which is excluded and resumes for one and four-tenths (1.4) miles to the City of Canton.

(d) Segment 4: Begin at the intersection of Highway 51 and Highway 22 in Canton and travel for one and seven-tenths (1.7) miles. At the intersection of Highway 16 (Highway 22 becomes Highway 16) turn right on Highway 43 and travel for six and seven-tenths (6.7) miles to the Natchez Trace.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-33 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 13-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-33
Status: in_force

The highway and street revenue bond authority, through its board of trustees and subject to the approval of the board of supervisors and the governing body of any other municipality joining the authority, either at the time of its creation or afterward, is further empowered to finance all cost in connection with the work authorized in this chapter by the issuance of revenue bonds. Such bonds shall be issued at such times and in such amounts as shall be provided by resolution of the board of trustees and approved by the board of supervisors of the county and the governing body of other municipalities, agencies or departments involved in the payment of cost.

The board of trustees is further authorized to make such contracts, within the authority of this chapter, in the issuance of bonds as may be necessary to insure the marketability thereof. All bonds sold to any person or persons other than agencies of the county, state, or federal government will be sold by the sealed bid procedure, and the bonds will be sold and delivered to the parties proposing the lowest overall average interest cost.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-37.2 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-37.2
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-37.2
Status: in_force

(1) On Mississippi Highway 25 in Rankin County, Mississippi, where the Pisgah and Ross Barnett Reservoir signs are located near the Pisgah exit may be erected a sign or signs that reads as follows: “Home of Tori Bowie, Olympic Gold Medalist, Pisgah High School Graduate.”

(2) The sign or signs described in subsection (1) of this section are to be erected in accordance with the Mississippi Department of Transportation's permitting process and must be paid for by Rankin County.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-9-9 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-9-9
Status: in_force

The State Aid Engineer shall be appointed by the Governor for a term of two (2) years, subject to removal pursuant to Section 25-9-101 et seq. by the Governor at any time; provided, however, upon the expiration of the term of the State Aid Engineer serving on July 1, 1985, the State Aid Engineer shall be appointed by the Governor for a term of four (4) years. The State Aid Engineer shall be a registered engineer with at least eight (8) years' experience as a county road or highway engineer and a thorough knowledge of rural road problems. He shall be paid a salary equal to that paid assistant chief engineers of the Mississippi Department of Transportation as established by the department's personnel and merit system, plus travel expenses actually incurred by him in the discharge of his duties; and he shall, each month, make a detailed report to the Governor of such expenses. He shall be authorized to employ assistant state aid engineers, together with such other engineers, employees, and other assistants as may be necessary to carry out the terms of this chapter, all of whom may be removed at any time by the State Aid Engineer. The compensation of all such engineers, employees, and assistants shall be comparable to the salaries of like employees of the Mississippi Department of Transportation.

The State Aid Engineer, before entering upon the discharge of his duties, shall give bond in the sum of Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) in some surety company authorized to do business in this state, which bond shall be conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties; and likewise each assistant state aid engineer shall give bond in the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties. The State Aid Engineer is hereby authorized to require other assistants who are charged with responsible duties to likewise give bond in amounts not to exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) each, conditioned for the faithful performance of their duties.

The salaries of the State Aid Engineer and his assistants and of all other employees of the Office of State Aid Road Construction, and all other expenses incurred by the Office of State Aid Road Construction in carrying out the provisions of this chapter, including the premiums of bonds of the State Aid Engineer, assistant state aid engineers, and other assistants, shall be paid from the State Aid Road Fund in the State Treasury prior to allocation to the several counties, by requisition drawn by the State Aid Engineer directed to the Department of Finance and Administration, which will issue its warrant to the State Treasurer in the sum and for the purpose stated in the requisition. The State Aid Engineer shall, each month, make a detailed report to the Governor of all expenditures so made.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-27-5 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 27-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-27-5
Status: in_force

Every person licensed to keep a toll ferry shall give bond, with two or more sufficient sureties, to be approved by the president and clerk of the board of supervisors, payable to the county, and in a penalty of not less than five hundred nor more than two thousand dollars, to be fixed by the board, conditioned to constantly provide and keep good and sufficient boats and appliances for the speedy and safe transportation of persons and property over the stream, to provide safe landings for the ferryboat, and in all things to comply with the law and the reasonable orders of the board regulating the keeping of the ferry; but saving to the keeper a reasonable time within which to repair damage done by sudden freshet, storm, or other unforeseen accident.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-27 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 26-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-27
Status: in_force

Any holder of bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter or of any of the interest coupons pertaining thereto may, either at law or in equity, by suit, action, mandamus or other proceeding, protect and enforce any and all rights granted hereunder, or under such resolution, and may enforce and compel performance of all duties required by this chapter to be performed, in order to provide for the payment of bonds and interest thereon.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-5 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 23-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-5
Status: in_force

The holders of any bond or interest coupon issued under the provisions of this article may by suit, action, mandamus, or other proceedings at law or in equity enforce or compel performance by the appropriate official or officials of a municipality or public body of any and all acts and duties to be performed by such public body under the provisions of this article and the ordinance authorizing the issuance of such bonds and interest coupons. If there be any default in the payment of the interest and principal of any of said bonds, any court having jurisdiction in the proper action may, upon petition of the holder of any such bond, appoint a receiver to administer and operate the bridge, with power to fix rates and collect charges sufficient to provide for the payment of all bonds outstanding to the payment of which the revenue of such bridge is pledged, to pay the expenses of operating and maintaining such toll bridge, and to apply the revenues of such toll bridge in conformity with the provisions of this article and the ordinance authorizing the issuance of such bonds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-305 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-305
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-305
Status: in_force

The three (3) citizens of the State of Mississippi who are members of the U.S. Highway 82 Four Lane Construction Authority shall be appointed by the Governor as follows: Each appointee shall be a resident of a county in this state which is traversed by U.S. Highway 82; one (1) shall be appointed from a county bordering the State of Arkansas, one (1) from a county bordering the State of Alabama, and one (1) from a county in the central portion of the state. Such members shall serve for terms of four (4) years each. Vacancies shall be filled by the Governor for the unexpired terms.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-25 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-25
Status: in_force

The boards of supervisors of the several counties of this state are required, within sixty days after receipt of a petition signed by twenty-five or more regular travelers of any public highway within their respective county, to have prepared and properly posted along said highway certain sign or signal boards at such intervals as may be deemed necessary to avoid danger for speedy travel, not exceeding four to the mile, with such inscriptions written thereon as will sufficiently warn the traveling public of the danger zones thereon.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-39 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 43-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-39
Status: in_force

The State Treasurer is authorized, without further process of law, to certify to the Department of Finance and Administration the necessity for warrants, and the Department of Finance and Administration is authorized and directed to issue such warrants, in such amounts as may be necessary to pay when due the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, or the accreted value of, all bonds issued under Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 ; and the State Treasurer shall forward the necessary amount to the designated place or places of payment of such bonds in ample time to discharge such bonds, or the interest thereon, on the due dates thereof.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-13 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 23-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-13
Status: in_force

The public agencies herein named, either jointly or severally, may acquire by purchase, gift, donation, or by eminent domain all necessary land, rights of way, easements, and supplies for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, owning, operating, improving, extending, and maintaining toll bridges and approaches thereto, acquiring same in such necessary width and length as the governing authority of such political subdivision or subdivisions may determine will be necessary, right, and proper for such bridge purposes. Such public agencies are likewise granted such rights in any adjoining state, provided that such rights do not in anywise conflict with the laws of such adjoining state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-7 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 41-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-7
Status: in_force

(1) There is created a Scenic Byways Advisory Committee to assist the department in the development and administration of the Mississippi Scenic Byways Program, the adoption of a corridor management plan, the review of scenic byway applications and the selection and nomination of highways, roads and streets as scenic byways. The committee shall consist of:

(a) Two (2) members from each of the following entities, with one (1) member from each entity being the executive director of that entity, or his or her designee, and the other member being a member of that entity selected by its executive director:

(i) The Mississippi Department of Transportation;

(ii) The Mississippi Development Authority, Division of Tourism Development;

(iii) The Keep Mississippi Beautiful/People Against Litter Association;

(iv) The Mississippi Association of Supervisors;

(v) The Mississippi Outdoor Advertising Association;

(vi) The Mississippi Retail Association;

(vii) The Mississippi Tourism Association; and

(viii) The Mississippi Municipal League; and

(b) Three (3) members to be selected by the Mississippi Transportation Commission, one (1) from each commissioner's district.

(2) The corridor management plan adopted by the committee shall use best management practices to maintain the intrinsic qualities of highways, roads and streets designated as scenic byways while ensuring the rights of landowners, including riparian owners, to continue existing agriculture, forestry, water supply, recreational, residential, commercial and industrial uses, and any other uses of land and water, identified in the plan. The department may enter into agreements for the mutual management of scenic byways with counties, municipalities and other political subdivisions of the state, state and federal agencies and private landowners or businesses. The plan shall ensure that landowners have input into management practices of any land or water that is designated as a scenic byway or that is included within a scenic byway corridor. Land placed in the program shall not be obtained by eminent domain. A landowner's decision to participate in the program shall be entirely voluntary and a participating landowner may terminate his participation at any time without liability, criminally or civilly, for his subsequent failure to participate. Counties, municipalities and other political subdivisions of the state may participate in the program as landowners in the same manner as private landowners. For the purposes of carrying out the intent of this chapter, counties, municipalities and other political subdivisions of the state, in addition to and supplemental to any other powers authorized by law for the acquisition of real property, may acquire by donation or purchase, but not by eminent domain, interests in real property.

(3) The plan adopted under this chapter shall be in compliance with all applicable Federal Highway Administration rules, regulations and policies regarding outdoor advertising on or along a highway, road or street designated as a scenic byway. Nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted as amending or limiting any county or municipal zoning or land use ordinance unless the county or municipality has authorized the amendment according to the procedure provided for in its ordinance.

(4) A corridor management plan may not become effective until a draft of the plan has been submitted for review and recommendation to the Transportation Committee of the House of Representatives and the Highways and Transportation Committee of the Senate.