Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-67 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / 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. § 65-17-201.nr2 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / 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. § 65-33-3 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 33-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-3
Status: in_force

The words “sea wall,” as used in this chapter, shall be held to include filling behind the sea wall, culverts, sluiceways, flood gates, and any other construction work found necessary for the protection of the water front from storms, caving banks, overflow, and other like dangers.

The terms “roads, streets, avenues, and highways” as herein used shall include all such roads, streets, avenues, and highways as may form any part of any highway extending along such body of water through or across such county, or any other existing or contemplated public road, street, avenue, or highway connected therewith, extending to or along the side of a harbor or to a boat landing or dock, which, in the discretion of the board of supervisors of such county, is in need of the protection provided in this chapter, whether the same is under the jurisdiction of the national government, the state, the county, or of any municipality.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-39 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 11-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-39
Status: in_force

When used in sections 65-11-39 to 65-11-59 , unless the context indicates otherwise:

(a) The term “construction” shall mean the supervising, inspection, actual building, and all expenses incidental to the construction or reconstruction of a road or bridge, including locating, surveying, mapping, cost of right of way, and elimination of the hazards of railway grade crossings.

(b) The term “county roads” shall mean all county roads now under the jurisdiction of, or being maintained by, the board of supervisors of any county.

(c) The term “board of supervisors” shall mean the board of supervisors of each county in the State of Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-9-29 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 9-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-9-29
Status: in_force

(1) Federal aid secondary funds allocated to Mississippi and to be expended on the federal aid secondary system roads shall be expended as follows:

(a) Effective only upon the passage of an act of the Legislature providing state aid funds, federal aid secondary funds allocated to Mississippi and to be expended on the federal aid secondary system shall be divided between the Mississippi Department of Transportation and the several counties, so that fifty percent (50%) will be matched by the Mississippi Department of Transportation and expended on the federal aid secondary system roads on the state highway system, and fifty percent (50%) matched by the counties with state aid funds and expended on the federal aid secondary roads of the state aid road system.

(b) Such division will be made upon allocation by the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration after the Department of Transportation provides for the matching of the percent of such allotment as covered by federal act and available for financing in part the Mississippi Department of Transportation's Division of Highway Planning. The expenditure of all federal aid secondary funds shall be through and under the Department of Transportation, subject to and in accordance with all rules and regulations and applicable laws of the federal government.

(c) The amount of funds allocated to each county for use on State Aid System roads shall be apportioned among the counties of this state by the Mississippi Transportation Commission subject to and in accordance with applicable federal law, rules and regulations, and limited to such counties as recommended by the State Aid Engineer. The Mississippi Transportation Commission is authorized to finance from its own funds the preliminary surveys, engineering and plans for all work involving funds expended on federal aid secondary projects on the state aid road system, and the rights-of-way required for state aid system roads constructed with federal aid secondary funds shall be provided by the county receiving such aid from its funds other than state aid funds. The Mississippi Transportation Commission shall program federal aid secondary funds made available to the counties under this act on such projects and limited to such counties as recommended by the State Aid Engineer.

(2) Federal “safer off-system” funds, and/or any other available federal road funds, except the federal aid secondary funds hereinabove provided for separately, allocated to Mississippi and to be expended on county roads, but not on the designated state highway system, shall be expended as follows:

(a) Federal “safer off-system” funds and/or any such other available federal road funds shall be matched with available state aid funds and expended on such county roads.

(b) The expenditure of such federal “safer off-system” funds and all such other available federal road funds shall be through and under the Mississippi Department of Transportation, subject to, and in accordance with, all rules and regulations and applicable laws of the federal government.

(c) The amount of such federal “safer off-system” funds and/or all such other available federal road funds allocated to each county for use on such county roads shall be apportioned among the counties of this state by the Mississippi Transportation Commission in accordance with the formula in the manner provided in Section 65-9-3, Mississippi Code of 1972 . The Mississippi Transportation Commission will program such federal “safer off-system” funds and all such other available federal road funds made available to the counties on such projects and limited to such counties as recommended by the State Aid Engineer.

(3) Federal aid off-system highway funds allocated to Mississippi, (except federal aid secondary funds and federal “safer off-system” funds provided for separately in subsections (1) and (2) of this section), including federal bridge replacement funds and other special grants made available for expenditure of county roads, shall be expended as follows:

(a) Federal aid off-system highway funds expended on state aid roads shall be matched with available state aid funds and/or other available local funds, or as otherwise provided in Section 65-1-70, Mississippi Code of 1972 .

(b) Federal aid off-system highway funds available for expenditure on roads not on the state aid system and not eligible for inclusion on the state aid system shall be matched with available local funds, or as otherwise provided in Section 65-9-17 or Section 65-1-70, Mississippi Code of 1972 .

(c) The expenditure of all federal off-system highway funds on county roads shall be programmed by the Mississippi Transportation Commission, subject to and in accordance with applicable federal law, rules and regulations, and limited to such county projects as recommended by the State Aid Engineer. The State Aid Engineer is authorized to assign state aid personnel to administer off-system construction projects and other special federal aid program requirements in the same manner and under the same provisions and conditions as other projects authorized under this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-4-43 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-43
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-4-43
Status: in_force

All bonds issued under Sections 65-4-25 through 65-4-45 and the income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation within the State of Mississippi, except gift, transfer and inheritance taxes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-31 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / 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. § 65-26-19 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 26-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-19
Status: in_force

(1) Upon the adoption of a resolution by the Highway Commission, declaring the necessity for the issuance of any part or all of the general obligation bonds authorized by this chapter, the Highway Commission shall deliver a certified copy of its resolution or resolutions to the Bond Commission. Upon receipt of same, the Bond Commission shall, in its discretion, 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.

(2) For the payment of said bonds and the interest thereon, the full faith, credit, and taxing power of the State of Mississippi are hereby irrevocably pledged. If the legislature shall find that there are funds available in the General Fund of the Treasury of the State of Mississippi in amounts sufficient to pay maturing principal and accruing interest of said general obligation bonds, and if the legislature shall appropriate such available funds to the bond retirement fund for the purpose of paying such maturing principal and accruing interest, then the maturing principal and accruing interest of said bonds shall be paid from appropriations made from the General Fund of the Treasury of the State of Mississippi by the legislature thereof. But, if there are not available sufficient funds in the bond retirement fund and General Fund of the Treasury of the State of Mississippi to pay the maturing principal and accruing interest of said bonds, or if such funds are available and the legislature should fail to appropriate a sufficient amount thereof to pay such principal and accruing interest as the same becomes due, then, and in that event, there shall annually be levied upon all taxable property within the State of Mississippi an ad valorem tax at the rate sufficient to provide the funds required to pay the said bonds at maturity and the interest thereon as the same accrues.

(3)(a) From and after that year in which the state shall become obligated to make the final expenditure of the ten million dollars ($10,000,000.00) required by Section 65-26-7 , there is hereby pledged the net revenue derived from the funds received by the State of Mississippi from the Tennessee Valley Authority in lieu of ad valorem taxes, being twelve and two-tenths percent (12.2%) of the total funds paid by the Authority in Mississippi, as provided in Section 27-37-301, Mississippi Code of 1972 , said funds to be deposited directly into the bond retirement fund. Such funds paid by the Authority in lieu of ad valorem taxes are hereby pledged for the payment of principal of and interest on bonds authorized by subsection (1) of Section 65-26-15 . When twenty-five percent (25%) of the total costs of the bonds and the debt service thereon has been paid by the use of funds of the State of Mississippi, the diversion of such funds from the Authority from the general fund of the State of Mississippi into the bond retirement fund shall cease.

(b) For repayment to the State of Mississippi to the extent of the local share of all bonds issued under the authority of this chapter and the interest thereon, there are hereby pledged the following revenues:

(i) From and after January 1, 1976, any sum in excess of the sum received in 1975 by the counties of Alcorn, Chickasaw, Clay, Itawamba, Kemper, Lee, Lowndes, Monroe, Noxubee, Pontotoc, Prentiss and Tishomingo from funds paid by the Tennessee Valley Authority to said counties under the provisions of Section 27-37-301, Mississippi Code of 1972 , which shall be deposited directly into the bond retirement fund;

(ii) The revenue derived from the one (1) mill special improvement ad valorem tax levied by Section 65-26-13 ;

(iii) The revenue derived from the levy of tolls as required by Section 65-26-11 ; provided, however, that no toll shall be levied or collected until such time as the revenue from the following sources is insufficient to pay the annual cost of the principal of the bonds and the interest thereon; the funds paid the state as set forth in subparagraph (a) until terminated as provided therein, the funds paid the counties as set forth in subparagraph (b)(i), the one (1) mill tax as set forth in subparagraph (b)(ii), and a sum equal to the portion of the balance of the bond retirement fund representing the state's participation therein;

(iv) The revenue derived from the levy of the bridge tax as provided in Section 65-26-17 ; provided, however, that no such tax shall be levied or collected until revenue from the following sources shall be insufficient to pay the annual costs of the principal of the bonds and the interest thereon: the funds paid the state as set forth in subparagraph (a) until terminated as provided therein, the funds paid the counties as set forth in subparagraph (b)(i), the one (1) mill tax set forth in subparagraph (b)(ii), the tolls as set forth in subparagraph (b)(iii) and a sum equal to the portion of the balance of the bond retirement fund representing the state's participation therein.

(c)(i) If the revenue provided for in subparagraphs (b)(i), (b)(ii) and (b)(iii) is sufficient for a period of two (2) consecutive years, to meet the cost of the principal of the bonds and the interest maturing thereon, the levy of the bridge tax as set forth in subparagraph (b)(iv) of this section shall cease;

(ii) If the revenue provided for in subparagraphs (b)(i) and (b)(ii) is sufficient, for a period of two (2) consecutive years, to meet the cost of the principal of the bonds and the interest maturing thereon, the tolls as set forth in subparagraph (b)(iii) of this section shall cease to be collected.

(d)(i) If, at any time after the bridge tax shall cease to be collected to be used to pay the cost of the principal of the bonds and interest thereon, the revenue provided for in subparagraphs (b)(i), (b)(ii) and (b)(iii) shall be insufficient to pay the annual costs of the principal and interest on the bonds, the state tax commission shall again levy the bridge tax.

(ii) If, at any time after the tolls shall cease to be collected for payment of the bonds and interest thereon, the revenue provided for in subparagraphs (b)(i) and (b)(ii) shall be insufficient to pay the annual costs of the principal and interest on the bonds, the State Highway Commission shall again collect the tolls.

(4) Such bonds shall bear date or dates, be in such denomination or denominations, bear interest at such rate or rates, be payable at such place or places within or without the State of Mississippi, shall mature absolutely at such time or times, be redeemable prior to maturity at such time or times and upon such terms, with or without premium, shall bear such registration privileges, and shall be substantially in such form, all as shall be determined by resolution of the bond commission. Provided, however, that such bonds shall mature in annual installments beginning not more than two (2) years from date thereof and extending not more than twenty (20) years from date thereof.

(5) Such bonds shall be signed by the chairman of the Bond Commission, or by his facsimile signature, and the official seal of the bond commission shall be affixed thereto, attested by the secretary of the bond commission. The interest coupons to be attached to such bonds may be executed by the facsimile signatures of said officers. Whenever any such bonds shall have been signed by the officials herein designated to sign the bonds, who were in office at the time of such signing but who may have ceased to be such officers prior to 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 the delivery of the same to the purchaser, or had been in office on the date such bonds may bear.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-13 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 26-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-13
Status: in_force

(1) A state special improvement ad valorem tax of one (1) mill on the dollar for the year 1976 and for each year thereafter until eliminated as provided in subsection (4) of this section is hereby levied by the State of Mississippi on all taxable property in the counties of Tishomingo, Prentiss, Itawamba, Monroe, Clay and Lowndes of the State of Mississippi.

(2) The tax levied by subsection (1) of this section shall be a supplemental special improvement tax levy and shall be in addition to any other state, county, municipal or other ad valorem tax being levied in any such county. The tax shall not be reimbursable under any provisions of the Homestead Exemption Law of this state.

(3) The proceeds of the tax levied by subsection (1) of this section shall be paid to the State Tax Commission which shall deposit the proceeds into the bridge bond retirement fund. The proceeds of the tax shall be used only to retire any bonds issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, or to reimburse the State of Mississippi for any advances or expenditures in excess of the state share.

(4) The state special improvement ad valorem tax levied pursuant to this section shall cease to be levied or collected for any fiscal year after the 1986 fiscal year.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-37-5 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 37-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-37-5
Status: in_force

In administering the provisions of this chapter, the State Aid Engineer shall have the following powers and duties:

(a) To supervise the use of all funds made available under this chapter for local bridge replacement and rehabilitation projects on local road systems;

(b) To review and certify all projects for which funds are authorized to be made available under this chapter for local bridge replacement and rehabilitation projects on local road systems;

(c) To requisition monies in the Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Fund and pay and distribute those monies on a project-by-project basis in accordance with the allocation formula established by Section 65-37-3 ;

(d) To insure that each four-year plan submitted by a county to the State Aid Engineer and the funds allocated to a county under this chapter provide for an equitable distribution of projects and funds among the county and incorporated municipalities located therein based upon the number and costs of deficient bridges in both the county and the municipalities;

(e) To establish and require specific designs and standards to be followed by the counties in replacing and rehabilitating bridges under this chapter, which designs and standards shall equal or exceed the design and standards prescribed for bridges on the State Aid Road System;

(f) To maintain an accurate record of all local bridge replacement and rehabilitation funds allocated to counties and of the number of bridges replaced or rehabilitated, their location and the costs for each project. Such records shall be kept separate from other records of the Office of State Aid Road Construction;

(g) To periodically notify the counties of bridges eligible for replacement and rehabilitation under the provisions of this chapter;

(h) To adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary or desirable for the purpose of implementing the provisions of this chapter; and

(i) To file annually with the Legislature a report detailing how monies in the Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Fund were spent during the preceding fiscal year in each county, including in the incorporated municipalities of each county, the number of projects approved and constructed, the length of bridges completed and the cost per foot of each bridge constructed.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-25 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 29-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-25
Status: in_force

Said ferries may be maintained, purchased, and operated, or either, by the board of supervisors of each county which comes in under this chapter or by a ferry commission consisting of not more than three members, which ferry commission may be designated by the board of supervisors of each county. Such commission, if so designated, shall receive a salary of not to exceed four hundred ($400.00) dollars each per annum, to be paid out of the funds hereinabove designated as being set aside for ferry purposes.

Where said ferriage fund is being supplemented by funds as herein provided from any municipality or municipalities within said county, and said ferriage and other things pertaining thereto are to be supervised and operated by a ferry commission, then said commission shall be composed of the president of the board of supervisors of said county, the mayor or mayors of any such municipality or municipalities that may contribute to said fund as herein provided, and one other person to be chosen by the governor and who shall serve during the tenure of such ferry operation, shall act as chairman of said commission, and shall be the only member of said commission to receive compensation, such compensation to be paid out of funds hereinabove designated and set aside for ferry purposes and shall be fixed at $1,200.00 per annum.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.329 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.329
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.329
Status: in_force

(1) The segment of United States Highway 61 located in Jefferson County, Mississippi, beginning at the Town of Fayette and extending northerly for one (1) mile is designated and shall be known as the “Highway Patrol Lieutenant Troy Morris 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. § 65-3-53 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-53
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of State Highway 481 from State Highway 43 southeast at Pisgah in Rankin County, Mississippi, to United States Highway 80 in Morton, Scott County, Mississippi, shall be designated and henceforth known as the Perry Davis Memorial Highway.

(2) The Mississippi State Highway Department is hereby directed to erect appropriate signs along and approaching said highway and, further, to erect a suitable memorial marker between Pisgah, Mississippi, and the Town of Morton, Mississippi, at a site to be chosen with the approval of the family of Perry Davis.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.43 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.43
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.43
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of U. S. Highway 278 in Monroe County beginning at Amory and extending southeasterly to the Mississippi/Alabama state line is designated and shall be known as the “William Jerome Huskey Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs on and along that portion of U. S. Highway 278 described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-77 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 19-77
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-77
Status: in_force

The road superintendent shall have the power to purchase nails, lumber, tools, and other things necessary, where the need for the same is immediate and the value of said purchase does not exceed fifty dollars ($50.00). In cases of emergency he shall have power to contract for the immediate repair of a bridge, causeway, culvert, or a bad place in the road, provided such contract is not for a sum greater than fifty dollars ($50.00) and the need of the repair immediate and urgent. Such purchases and contracts shall be subject to ratification by the road commissioners and the board of supervisors.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-13 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 25-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-13
Status: in_force

Any municipality is hereby authorized and empowered to construct, whenever it shall deem such construction expedient, any toll bridge located as provided in Section 65-25-3 . Such municipality is hereby authorized to purchase within this state and within any adjoining state, solely from funds provided under the authority of this article, such lands, structures, rights of way, franchises, easements, and other interests in lands, including lands under water and riparian rights of any person, copartnership, association, railroad or other corporation, or municipality or political subdivision, deemed necessary for the construction of any such bridge, upon such terms and at such prices as may be considered by it to be reasonable and can be agreed upon between it and the owner thereof, and to take title thereto in the name of such municipality. The State of Mississippi hereby consents to the use of all lands lying under water, which are within the state and are necessary for the construction and operation of any such bridge and the approaches and appurtenances thereto.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-3 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 13-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-3
Status: in_force

The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the construction, operation, and maintenance of highways, streets, culverts, and bridges in order to furnish access from interstate, primary, or secondary highways to reservoirs, parks, residential or industrial areas, and similar facilities and to provide a method for the financing thereof.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-21 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 29-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-21
Status: in_force

The proceeds from the sale of any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter shall be placed to the credit of such municipality, county, ferry commission, or trustee in a bank or banks which are members of the federal reserve system, may be withdrawn therefrom in accordance with any agreement or agreements entered into between such municipality and the purchaser or purchasers of such bonds or other obligations, and shall be used for no other purpose than the purpose or purposes set forth in the original resolution of the governing body of such municipality. Any officer or other person diverting or assisting to divert any such funds to any other purpose or purposes than the purpose or purposes originally set forth in said resolution of the governing body of said municipality or county shall be guilty of a felony and punishable accordingly, and shall be liable both personally and officially on bond for such diversion. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as a guarantee on the part of the State of Mississippi to pay the principal of or interest on any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-3 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 23-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-3
Status: in_force

In order to secure funds or a part of the funds for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, owning, operating, improving, extending, and maintaining toll bridges and approaches thereto, all public agencies named in Section 65-23-1 may issue negotiable toll bridge revenue bonds and sell such bonds to the United States government or any authorized agency thereof or other investor or investors. In the event of the issuance and sale of bonds authorized by this article by a public agency, such agency shall charge a reasonable toll for the use of any such toll bridge, the amount of which toll shall be sufficient to pay the reasonable cost of maintaining, repairing, and operating such bridge and to provide a sinking fund sufficient to amortize and repay any such loan, including interest and financing cost, on such terms and within such period of time as may be agreed upon between the borrower and purchaser of such revenue bonds. Such toll shall be used for no other purpose except for the necessary purpose of maintenance and repair of said bridge; and any public body which shall issue bonds under the provisions of this article is hereby authorized and required to fix a toll schedule, alter and change it, and make all necessary provisions for the payment of principal and interest on any such bonds by the fixing, collecting, segregating, and allocating of the tolls and other revenues received from the operation of such bridge or bridges. Such public agencies enumerated above may execute liens, in proper form, and pledge the revenue derived from the toll of such bridges or such bridge and approaches, or both, which are constructed or acquired with funds borrowed as above to the retirement of such bonds. No revenue bonds or 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 such public agency, or a pledge of the credit of such agency, unless specifically so voted by a majority of the qualified electors participating in an election held according to law for the purpose of so authorizing. At such time when all moneys borrowed as aforesaid shall have been repaid, together with interest and charges thereon, no further toll shall be charged for the use of such bridges by the traveling public. Bonds shall have semiannual interest coupons attached; such bonds may be made negotiable, may bear interest not to exceed six and one-half percent (6 1 / 2 %) per annum, may mature annually or semiannually, and may contain a clause giving to the issuing authority the right to redeem any part of said issue of bonds with or without premium, and if with premium then not to exceed two percent (2%). Such bonds may be sold at such time and in such manner as the issuing authority may determine upon. All of such bonds so issued shall mature not more than thirty years after the issuing date thereof. Such bonds shall be payable at such place or places as may be determined upon by the issuing authority, which place of payment shall appear in said bonds. Any provisions of the general laws to the contrary notwithstanding, any bonds or interest coupons issued pursuant to the authorities of this article shall possess all of the qualities of negotiable instruments. The bonds and interest coupons shall be executed in such manner and shall be substantially in the form prescribed in the authorizing ordinance. In case any of the officers whose signature or signatures appear on the bonds or interest coupons shall cease to be such officers before delivery of such bonds, such signatures or counter-signatures shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes, the same as though they had remained in office until such delivery. Such bonds shall be sold in such manner and upon such terms as the governing body of the issuing authority or authorities shall determine; but in no event shall the interest cost to maturity exceed six and one-half percent (6 1 / 2 %) per annum. If serial bonds, such bonds shall mature annually or semiannually, and the first maturity date thereof shall not be more than five years from the date of such bonds.

All bonds, maturing annually or semiannually, with all maturities not longer than twenty-five years, with not less than one-fiftieth of the total issue to mature each year during the first ten years of the life of said bonds, and not less than one-twenty-fifth of said total issue to mature annually during the succeeding ten year period of the life of said bonds, shall have the remainder to be divided into approximately equal payments, one payment to mature during each year, or each half year, for the remaining life of the bonds. The bonds and interest coupons shall be exempt from all state, county, municipal, and other taxation under the laws of the State of Mississippi; and the bridge and approaches shall likewise be exempt from all state, county, municipal, and other taxation under the laws of the State of Mississippi. No bonds issued pursuant to this article shall constitute an indebtedness of a municipality or county or taxing district within the meaning of any statute or charter restriction, limitation, or provision. It shall be plainly stated on the face of each such bond, in substance, that the same has been issued under the provisions of this article, that the taxing power of the municipality issuing the same is not pledged to the payment of such bond or interest thereon, and that such bond and interest thereon are payable solely from the revenues of the system to be acquired or improved, for which such bond is issued, unless, as heretofore set forth, a majority of the qualified electors participating in an election for the purpose of issuing such bonds shall have voted other funds toward payment of such bonds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.313 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / 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. § 65-29-15 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 29-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-15
Status: in_force

Any municipality or county issuing bonds or other obligations pursuant to this chapter shall, so long as any such bonds or other obligations remain outstanding and unpaid, by resolution or resolutions duly adopted, authorize and appoint a trustee, satisfactory to the purchaser or purchasers of any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter, or any successor thereto, with the following powers and duties:

(a) Such trustee so appointed, or any successor thereto, shall receive and receipt for all moneys collected or to be collected as receipts from the aforesaid two-mill tax by the aforesaid tax collector, or any other tax collecting agency authorized by law for the collection of said taxes, as provided in Section 65-29-1 ;

(b) Such trustee so appointed, or any successor thereto, shall receive and receipt for all moneys paid or to be paid to it in accordance with Section 65-29-5 , constituting the net revenues derived from the operation of the improvements and facilities authorized by this chapter;

(c) Such trustee so appointed, or any successor thereto, shall deposit all moneys received or to be received in a special account or accounts in a bank or banks which are members of the federal reserve system, with such provisions for security therefor as may be incorporated in any agreement or agreements entered into between any such municipality and the purchaser or purchasers of any such bonds or other obligations;

(d) Such trustee so appointed, or any successor thereto, shall use and apply all such moneys so received to the payment of principal of and interest on any bonds or other obligations issued by any municipality or county pursuant to this chapter, as the same become due, and shall use and apply any surplus remaining after such payment or payments for the prior redemption, with or without premium, of bonds or other obligations issued by any municipality or county pursuant to this chapter, or in accordance with the provisions of any agreement or agreements as may be made between any municipality issuing bonds or other obligations pursuant to this chapter and the purchaser or purchasers of such bonds or other obligations;

(e) Such trustee so appointed, or any successor thereto, shall have and be vested with all rights, powers, and duties, in addition to the foregoing, as may be provided in any agreement or agreements between any municipality or county issuing bonds or other obligations pursuant to this chapter and the purchaser or purchasers of such bonds or other obligations;

(f) Such trustee so appointed, or any successor thereto, shall, by an instrument of writing, accept such trust and shall file such written acceptance of such trust with the clerk of the municipality or county so appointing such trustee;

(g) If such trustee so appointed, or any successor thereto, shall fail, neglect or refuse to perform any of the duties herein imposed or that may be imposed by reason of any of the provisions of any agreement or agreements as aforesaid, such trustee, or any successor thereto, shall, on the written request of twenty per centum or more in aggregate principal amount of the holder or holders of bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter, be removed, by resolution duly adopted by the municipality or county, by which such trustee or any successor thereto, was appointed; and in such event, it shall be the duty of any such trustee so removed to effectuate a valid transfer of all moneys then in the possession or under the control of such trustee so removed to a duly appointed successor, and a failure on the part of such trustee so removed to do so shall constitute an embezzlement of such moneys and shall be punishable accordingly;

(h) In the event any such trustee so appointed, or any successor thereto, shall be removed as hereinabove provided, it shall be the duty of any municipality or county which shall have removed any such trustee, immediately by resolution duly adopted to appoint a trustee, as successor thereto, who is satisfactory to said holder or holders of twenty per centum or more in aggregate principal amount of bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-35 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 43-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-35
Status: in_force

Bonds issued under the provisions of Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 and income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation in the State of Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.23 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.23
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.23
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of Mississippi Highway 24 between the cities of Liberty and McComb is hereby designated the “Jerry Clower Highway.”

(2) The State Highway Department is hereby directed to erect appropriate signs along and approaching such highway.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-37-3 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 37-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-37-3
Status: in_force

(1) For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this subsection:

(a) “ Deficient bridge ” means a bridge with a condition rating of fair or less for its deck, superstructure or substructure, as determined by National Bridge Inspection Standards and that is included on the latest annual bridge inventory prepared by the Office of State Aid Road Construction.

(b) “ Local system road miles ” means all highways, roads and streets within a county, including highways, roads and streets within incorporated municipalities of the county, that are not included on the designated state highway system.

(c) “ Local system bridge ” means a bridge that is included on the latest annual official bridge inventory prepared by the Office of State Aid Road Construction, excluding bridges on the state aid road system, the municipal urban system and the rural major collector system.

(d) “ Bridge ” means a bridge that is included on the latest annual official bridge inventory prepared by the Office of State Aid Road Construction.

(2)(a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection (2), from the funds on deposit and credited to the Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Fund created in Section 65-37-13 , each county shall be allocated a percentage of such funds as they become available, which percentage shall be based:

(i) One-half ( 1 / 2 ) on the proportion that the total number of deficient bridges in the county bears to the total number of deficient bridges in all counties of the state; and

(ii) One-half ( 1 / 2 ) on the proportion that the total number of local system road miles in the county bears to the total number of local system road miles in all counties of the state.

(b) From the funds on deposit and credited to the Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Fund created in Section 65-37-13 , which are deposited into this fund after July 1, 2021, each county shall be allocated a percentage of such funds as they become available, which percentage shall be based:

(i) One-half ( 1 / 2 ) on the proportion that the total number of local system bridges in the county bears to the total number of local system bridges in all counties of the state; and

(ii) One-half ( 1 / 2 ) on the proportion that the total square footage of deck area of all local system bridges in the county bears to the total square footage of deck area of all local system bridges in all counties of the state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-1-705 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-705
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-1-705
Status: in_force

(1)(a) There is hereby created the Port Multi-Modal Fund Committee whose membership shall consist of:

(i) Seven (7) directors of ports, appointed by the President of the Mississippi Water Resources Association, or their designees, as follows: three (3) directors of the coastal ports and four (4) directors of the inland river ports;

(ii) The Executive Director of MDA, or his designee;

(iii) The Executive Director of MDOT, or his designee; and

(iv) The Executive Director of the Mississippi Water Resources Association, or his designee.

(b) A majority of the membership of the committee shall constitute a quorum. MDOT shall call meetings of the committee and shall call a meeting for the purpose of reviewing and approving applications as required in Section 65-1-707 by not later than August 1 of each fiscal year.

(2)(a) There is hereby created an Airport Multi-Modal Fund Committee whose membership shall consist of:

(i) Five (5) directors of airports appointed by the President of the Mississippi Airport Association, or their designees, at least three (3) of whom shall represent airports with commercial passenger service;

(ii) The Executive Director of MDA, or his designee; and

(iii) The Executive Director of MDOT, or his designee.

(b) A majority of the membership of the committee shall constitute a quorum. MDOT shall call meetings of the committee and shall call a meeting for the purpose of reviewing and approving applications as required in Section 65-1-707 by not later than August 1 of each fiscal year.

(3)(a) There is hereby created the Railroad Multi-Modal Fund Committee whose membership shall consist of:

(i) The director of each railroad, or his designee;

(ii) The Executive Director of MDA, or his designee; and

(iii) The Executive Director of MDOT, or his designee.

(b) A majority of the membership of the committee shall constitute a quorum. MDOT shall call meetings of the committee and shall call a meeting for the purpose of reviewing and approving applications as required in Section 65-1-707 by not later than August 1 of each fiscal year.

(4)(a) There is hereby created the Public Transit Multi-Modal Fund Committee whose membership shall consist of:

(i) Three (3) directors of transit systems, other than the Coast Transit Authority and the City of Jackson Transit System serving the greater Jackson urbanized area, appointed by the President of the Mississippi Public Transit Association, or their designees;

(ii) The Executive Director of MDA, or his designee; and

(iii) The Executive Director of MDOT, or his designee.

(b) A majority of the membership of the committee shall constitute a quorum. MDOT shall call meetings of the committee and shall call a meeting for the purpose of reviewing and approving applications as required in Section 65-1-707 by not later than August 1 of each fiscal year.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-115.nr2 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / 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. § 65-43-85 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 43-85
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-85
Status: in_force

The processing agency may contract with a collection agency to collect unpaid toll evasion penalties, fees and charges.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.323 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.323
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.323
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of Mississippi Highway 302, also known as Goodman Road, in Horn Lake, Mississippi, beginning at its intersection with U.S. Highway 51 and extending eastward to its intersection with Interstate 55, is designated and shall be known as the “Sam Dye Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the portion of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-11 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 29-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-11
Status: in_force

Any municipality or county in which there is situated and located, in whole or in part, a ferry as aforesaid is hereby given authority, upon the adoption of a resolution to such effect, to issue bonds or other obligations for any or all of the purposes as in this chapter provided. The books of account and other sources of information pertaining to duties under the provisions of this chapter, or any ferry commission, municipality, or county affected by this chapter, shall be and remain at all times open to inspection and subject to audit by the holder or holders of any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-69 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-69
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-69
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors may construct public roads along the side of and on the right of way of drainage canals or on any levees of any drainage districts of their respective counties, and for this purpose may use the dumps of earth taken from any canal or ditch, either as a road bed or otherwise, provided that no such road shall be constructed without the consent of the commissioners of the drainage district affected, and paying all damages to landowner. Before establishing and constructing said public road, a written resolution of the commissioners of the drainage district agreeing to the establishing of said road shall be presented to the board of supervisors, and said resolution shall be and constitute a part of the order of the board of supervisors establishing the public road. Said road shall not be so constructed as to interfere with the drainage of lands in the drainage district, and the same shall not be so constructed as to hinder or impede the drainage canals for the use and purpose for which they were constructed.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.89 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.89
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.89
Status: in_force

(1) Mississippi Highway 773 located in Tippah County is designated and shall be known as the “Joe Mitch McElwain Memorial Highway.”

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

If the board of supervisors of any county notify the State Highway Commission that it refuses to accept the benefits of Sections 65-11-1 to 65-11-37 on the terms and conditions specified therein and in the federal laws, rules, and regulations, or if any county shall fail to submit a description of recommended projects as required by Section 65-11-15 , the amount of the appropriation made by the state for the purposes hereof and the amount available from federal aid funds which has been apportioned to such county may be expended in the discretion of the State Highway Commission on any other highway, state or county, on the approved system of secondary and feeder roads within or without such county; however, the Highway Commission may grant an additional three months for the filing of the description of projects, provided such extension shall not cause a lapse of federal aid funds apportioned to this state by reason of the expiration of a federal fiscal year.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-7 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-7
Status: in_force

If any person shall fell any bush or tree and leave any portion thereof in any stream or on any public highway, road, or ditch draining the roadway or obstruct the same in any manner whatever, and not immediately remove the obstruction, the overseer of the road shall remove the same, and the person so felling the tree or bush, or otherwise obstructing the road or water shall forfeit and pay all expenses of removing the same, to be recovered before any justice of the peace of the county, in the name of the county. It is the duty of the overseer to cause suit to be commenced therefor, and such person shall be liable for all damages occasioned to another by the obstruction. However, no cattle gap placed on a county road, subject to overflow by the Mississippi River and not protected by levees, shall be considered an obstruction in the public road if such cattle gap is installed with the permission of the board of supervisors and the person installing same also provides a gate adjacent to the road for the passage of stock.

Any violation of this section shall also, upon conviction, be punishable as provided under Section 99-19-31 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-83 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-83
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-83
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county may, by consent of or agreement with the proper governing authorities of any municipality within such county, assume concurrent jurisdiction over any street in such municipality for maintenance purposes where such street is a continuation of or intersects a local or county road already under the jurisdiction of such board of supervisors.

Such consent or agreement to the assumption of said concurrent jurisdiction shall be entered into only by the entering of an order on the minutes of both of said boards.

The liability heretofore imposed by law upon any municipality for or on account of the negligent construction or maintenance of any municipal street shall not be changed, diminished, or increased in any way by the provisions of this section.

Said boards of supervisors may, in their discretion, authorize the use of county-owned machinery and equipment in the construction and maintenance of municipal streets, whether or not said streets intersect a local or county road.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.368 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / 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. § 65-33-31 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / 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. § 65-25-25 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / 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. § 65-4-13 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 4-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-4-13
Status: in_force

If, after reviewing the application of the political subdivision and the report of the State Highway Department or political subdivision, the board determines that the application meets the requirements for approval and should be approved, the board shall notify the political subdivision and the State Highway Commission of its approval and contracts may be let. Upon certification by the board that monies currently available in the Economic Development Highway Fund are sufficient to defray the costs of the construction or improvement, then contracts with respect to such work may be executed by the highway department or political subdivision and work necessary for the construction or improvement of the highways and highway segments so approved shall commence by the State Highway Department or political subdivision, as determined by the Department of Economic and Community Development. If the construction or improvement is by a political subdivision, the State Aid Engineer shall have such work inspected periodically during the progress of such construction or improvement to ensure that it meets the standards prescribed in Section 65-4-17, Mississippi Code of 1972 . However, no application shall be approved by the board if the total costs for constructing or improving the proposed highways or highway segments to be funded hereunder, according to estimates in the report of the State Highway Department or political subdivision, will exceed monies currently available in the Economic Development Highway Fund created in Section 65-4-15, Mississippi Code of 1972 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-29 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / 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. § 65-19-87 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 19-87
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-87
Status: in_force

The board shall provide for the collection of taxes from the benefit district in such annual installments as it may determine, extending over not more than fifteen years, and may borrow money in advance of the collection of such taxes, in which event an amount sufficient to pay the annual interest shall be collected in addition to the principal. The taxes so assessed and levied shall be a lien upon the land and be collected at the same time and in the same manner that state and county taxes are collected. A separate assessment roll shall be provided by the board, and the assessor shall assess the lands in each benefit district separately, together with the benefit tax assessed thereon. He shall also mark in red ink on the general assessment roll the particular lands the benefits of which have been assessed.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-9-15 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-9-15
Status: in_force

Nothing herein shall prevent any county from employing, by agreement with not more than four (4) other counties, the same engineer to act as county engineer for each and all of said counties so agreeing. Each county engineer 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). If a county engineer is engineer for two (2) or more counties, the same bond shall serve as said engineer's bond in and for each county, respectively, and the premium on said bond and the salary and expenses of such engineer and assistants shall be divided between and paid by the counties for whom he is so employed in such proportions as may be agreed upon by said counties. In the event any county is unable to obtain the services of a competent engineer, the Transportation Commission may loan such county an engineer, if available, for a specified period of time, by granting such engineer a leave of absence for such period without loss of any benefits accruing to him by reason of length of service; and such time so spent on such leave of absence shall be counted as part of such engineer's length of service with the Department of Transportation. The salary of such engineer so loaned shall be paid by the county or the counties to whom he is loaned.

The salary and other expenses, including the premium on all bonds, of the county engineer and his assistants shall be paid by the county or counties employing such county engineer and assistants. Any salary limitations or ceiling heretofore placed by law on the salary of a county engineer is hereby removed as to county engineers employed under the terms of this chapter. In lieu of salary and other expenses, any county may employ a registered civil engineer on a fee basis for furnishing complete engineering services on state aid projects. Engineering costs, including the salaries or fees of the county engineer, incurred on state aid projects may be paid from state aid funds allocated to said county or counties, with the methods of payments to be approved by the State Aid Engineer under regulations promulgated by the State Aid Engineer; however, unless the project is being partially funded with federal funds, no such costs shall be paid to the county from state aid funds prior to the approval for advertisement for bids for a project by the State Aid Engineer. If the project is being partially funded with federal funds, the State Aid Engineer may approve payment of a portion of such costs from state aid funds prior to the approval for advertisement for bids.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.166 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.166
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.166
Status: in_force

(1) That segment of U.S. Highway 51 within the corporate limits of the Town of Coldwater, Mississippi, shall be known and designated as “Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Highway.”

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

(1) The State Bond Commission, at one time or from time to time, may declare by resolution the necessity for issuance of revenue bonds of the State of Mississippi for the purpose of providing funds to defray the expenses of projects authorized pursuant to Sections 65-43-1 and 65-43-3 . Upon the adoption of a resolution by the Mississippi Transportation Commission, declaring the necessity for the issuance of the revenue bonds authorized by this section, the Mississippi Transportation Commission shall deliver a certified copy of its resolution or resolutions to the State Bond Commission. Upon receipt of 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, at public or private sale, 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. Revenue bonds issued under this section shall be in such principal amounts as the Mississippi Transportation Commission may determine to be necessary to provide sufficient funds to defray the expenses of projects authorized pursuant to Sections 65-43-1 and 65-43-3 .

(2) Any investment earnings on amounts deposited into the special fund created in Section 65-43-9 shall be used to pay debt service on bonds issued under Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 , in accordance with the proceedings authorizing issuance of such bonds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-37-7 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 37-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-37-7
Status: in_force

(1) In order for a county to be eligible for the expenditure of funds under the provisions of this chapter, the board of supervisors of the county shall meet the following conditions:

(a) On or before January 1, 1995, and on or before January 1 of each year thereafter, the board of supervisors shall present to the State Aid Engineer on a form to be prepared by the State Aid Engineer, a four-year plan of bridge replacement and rehabilitation for the county. The plan shall identify the project or projects and shall contain a detailed plan prepared and approved by the engineer for the county. The plan shall specify the condition of the existing bridges included in the project, the drainage requirements, the type of replacement or rehabilitation to be made and the design and specifications therefor. Four-year plans may be modified each year or more often as necessary provided that the modifications are submitted to the State Aid Engineer.

(b) The county shall agree to employ a qualified engineer and such other technical experts as may be necessary to perform all engineering services required for the projects. The engineer shall be required to inspect the construction of the projects and to approve all estimate payments made on the projects.

(c) The county and municipalities shall agree to construct, at their own expense, the base and surface of all approaches providing necessary connections to each bridge project within their respective jurisdictions, including the base and surface for culvert projects whenever fill material is placed as part of the contract.

(d) The county and municipalities shall agree to acquire all rights-of-way and relocate or make adjustments to public utilities for each bridge project within their respective jurisdictions as may be necessary in the manner provided by law for the acquisition of rights-of-way and the uniform policy for accommodation of utility facilities within the rights-of-way of state aid roads as adopted by the State Aid Engineer under authority of Section 65-9-1 et seq. Rights-of-way may be acquired by gift, purchase, deed, dedication or eminent domain. The only costs that may be paid from funds provided under this chapter for right-of-way acquisition shall be the actual cost paid by the county to the landowner for the land acquired as certified to the State Aid Engineer by the attorney for the board of supervisors. The only cost that may be paid from funds provided under this chapter for utility adjustments shall be the actual cost paid by the county for utility adjustments pursuant to contract let by the county as certified to the State Aid Engineer by order of the board of supervisors.

(2) A county shall not be eligible for the expenditure of monies allocated to it under this chapter and the State Aid Engineer shall not certify the use or expenditure of such monies on any bridge that is not a deficient bridge as defined by Section 65-37-3(1)(a) , unless the State Aid Engineer certifies that all bridges on the local road system within the county for which funds may be made available under this chapter that are deficient are currently under contract for replacement or rehabilitation. When the State Aid Engineer certifies that all deficient bridges within the county are currently under contract for replacement or rehabilitation, then that county shall:

(a) Be eligible for the expenditure of funds allocated to it according to the formula established in Section 65-37-3(2)(a) for:

(i) The maintenance and replacement of other drainage-related structures in accordance with designs and standards prescribed for such projects by the Office of State Aid Road Construction;

(ii) The Local System Road Program established pursuant to Sections 65-18-1 through 65-18-17 ; and

(iii) The matching of federal funds for expenditure on state aid roads and bridge replacement in accordance with Section 65-9-29 ; and

(b) Be eligible for the expenditure of funds allocated to it according to the formula established in Section 65-37-3(2)(b) solely for the preservation, maintenance and rehabilitation of local system bridges of the county which are deficient bridges as defined in Section 65-37-3(1)(a) .

(3)(a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (d) of this subsection (3), when a county has failed to expend the monies allocated to it under the Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Program, as described in this chapter, for an uninterrupted period of two (2) successive fiscal years, the county shall forfeit and no longer be entitled to the outstanding cumulative balance on hand of the monies that were allocated to it under the program before that period of time.

(b) The county is eligible to receive funds allocated to it in fiscal years occurring after that period of time that caused a forfeiture under the provisions of paragraph (a) of this subsection (3), unless it so forfeits monies again under that provision.

(c) Monies forfeited each fiscal year under the provisions of this subsection (3) shall be reallocated annually among only those counties that are determined by the State Aid Engineer to have Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Program projects that are ready for construction but are not being undertaken due to lack of funds.

(d) Before a forfeiture of funds may occur under the provisions of paragraph (a) of this subsection (3), the State Aid Engineer shall give written notice to the board of supervisors of the county at least ninety (90) days before the forfeiture, and for good cause shown, he may allow the county an additional twelve (12) months to expend the funds subject to the forfeiture.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-111 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / 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. § 65-43-39 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / 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. § 65-3-133 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-133
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-133
Status: in_force

SECTION 1.

(1) The mileage of highway specifically designated in subsection (2) of this section is in addition to the total mileage limitation of eight thousand six hundred (8,600) miles that is set out in Section 65-3-3 .

(2) The following highway is designated as a state highway and is placed under the jurisdiction of the Mississippi Transportation Commission for construction and maintenance; and such highway, together with the highways designated in Sections 65-3-3 and 65-3-5 , and all other laws adding links to the designated state highway system, are declared to be the state highway system of Mississippi:

Southern District--Lawrence and Marion Counties:

An extension of Mississippi 44 beginning at its intersection with Mississippi 27 in Lawrence County and extending easterly across the Pearl River to Mississippi 13 in Marion County.

(3) The Mississippi Transportation Commission shall maintain, construct, take over and assume jurisdiction of the highway designated in subsection (1) of this section in the same manner and upon the same terms and conditions as set out in Sections 65-1-75 , 65-3-3 , 65-9-1 and 65-9-3 .

SECTION 2.

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 Wayne County:

Southern District--Wayne County:

Beginning on Mississippi 510 at the end of state maintenance south of Mathersville, thence southeasterly approximately 4.4 miles to Supervisors District 2 of Wayne County.

SECTION 3.

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 Humphreys County:

Central District--Humphreys County:

Mississippi 435 (Silent Shade Road) beginning at a point on Mississippi 12 approximately 5 miles east of Belzoni, thence northeasterly along the Yazoo River for 9 miles; all in Humphreys County.

SECTION 4.

The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall perform preliminary engineering, acquire necessary right-of-way and construct or reconstruct and maintain as a four-lane highway the following segment of highway:

Northern District--Lafayette County:

Mississippi 7 beginning at its intersection with Mississippi 6 and extending southerly to its intersection with Mississippi 9 West.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-23 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 17 / Section 26-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-23
Status: in_force

(1) The 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 shall be made at a price less than par plus accrued interest to date of delivery of the bonds to the purchaser. The bonds authorized by this chapter shall not bear a greater overall maximum interest rate to maturity than eight percent (8%) per annum. No bond shall bear more than one (1) rate of interest; each bond shall bear interest from its date to its stated maturity date at the interest rate specified in the bid; all bonds of the same maturity shall bear the same rate of interest from date to maturity; all interest accruing on such bonds so issued shall be payable semiannually or annually, except that the first interest coupon attached to any such bond may be for any period not exceeding one (1) year.

(2) No interest payment shall be evidenced by more than one (1) coupon and neither cancelled nor supplemental coupons shall be permitted; the lowest interest rate specified for any bonds issued shall not be less than seventy percent (70%) of the highest interest rate specified for the same bond issue. The interest rate of any one (1) maturity shall not exceed eight percent (8%).

(3) Each interest rate specified in any bid must be in a multiple of one-eighth of one percent ( 1 / 8 of 1%) or one-tenth of one percent ( 1 / 10 of 1%) and a zero rate of interest cannot be named.

(4) Notice of the sale of any such bonds shall be published at least two (2) times, the first of which shall be made not less than ten (10) days prior to the date of sale, and shall be so published in one or more newspapers having a general circulation in the City of Jackson and in one or more other newspapers or financial journals with a large national circulation, to be selected by the Bond Commission.

(5) The Bond Commission, when issuing any bonds under the authority of this chapter, shall provide that bonds maturing eleven (11) or more years after the date of the issuance of such bonds may, at the option of the State of Mississippi, be called in for payment and redemption in reverse numerical order at the call price named therein and accrued interest, or on the tenth anniversary of the date of issue, or on any interest payment date thereafter prior to maturity.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.342 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.342
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.342
Status: in_force

(1) The intersection of Mississippi Highway 18 and U.S. Highway 45 located in Clarke County, Mississippi, is designated and shall be known as the “PFC Damian Laquasha Heidelberg Memorial Intersection.”

(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. § 65-23-201 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 23-201
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-201
Status: in_force

When fifty or more owners of real property within a proposed district shall file a petition with the chancery court of the county in which the largest portion of the lands of the proposed district are situated, seeking to establish a bridge district for the purpose of constructing, maintaining, and operating an interstate bridge and the approaches thereto embracing their property, said petition shall describe the region or area to be embraced within said district and describe generally the location of said bridge, the proposed plan of financing the construction, maintenance, and operation of said bridge, together with a general idea of its character and expenses, accompanied by a certificate or resolution from the Mississippi State Highway Commission showing the need and necessity for the construction of such bridge; then it shall be the duty of the clerk of the chancery court to enter upon its records an evidence of having filed the petition. After having filed said petition, said property owners or their representatives shall apply to the chancellor in vacation or term time for an order fixing a day and date for a hearing on said petition to determine whether or not the petition should be granted or denied. The chancery clerk, after having received the order fixing a day and date for such hearing, shall thereupon give notice by publication once each week for three consecutive weeks in some newspaper published and having a general circulation in the county or counties within which the lands of the proposed district are situated, notifying all persons owning property therein to appear before the chancery court on the day and date fixed by said court to show cause in favor of or against the establishment of said district. At the time named in said notice, the chancery court shall meet and hear all property owners within the proposed district who wish to appear for or against the establishment of the district. If it is deemed to the best interest of the owners of real property within said district that the same shall be created under the provisions of this article the court shall enter an order establishing the district as an interstate bridge district, which shall be subject to all of the terms and provisions of this article. Any landowner feeling aggrieved by the order of the court shall have the right of appeal within thirty days from the date the order was entered, and such appeal may be prosecuted in the manner now provided by law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-107 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / 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. § 65-18-5 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 18-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-18-5
Status: in_force

(1) There is established a Local System Road Program which shall be administered by the State Aid Engineer for the purpose of assisting the counties of this state in the construction, reconstruction and paving of local system roads.

(2) Routes on which projects are performed under this chapter are not eligible for inclusion on the state aid system except in accordance with the provisions of Section 65-9-1 et seq.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-87 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 19-87
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-87
Status: in_force

The board shall provide for the collection of taxes from the benefit district in such annual installments as it may determine, extending over not more than fifteen years, and may borrow money in advance of the collection of such taxes, in which event an amount sufficient to pay the annual interest shall be collected in addition to the principal. The taxes so assessed and levied shall be a lien upon the land and be collected at the same time and in the same manner that state and county taxes are collected. A separate assessment roll shall be provided by the board, and the assessor shall assess the lands in each benefit district separately, together with the benefit tax assessed thereon. He shall also mark in red ink on the general assessment roll the particular lands the benefits of which have been assessed.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-55 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 13-55
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-55
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to violate any provision of the federal or state constitutions, and all acts done under this chapter shall be done in such manner as will conform thereto, whether herein expressly provided or not. Where any procedure hereunder may be held by any court to be violative of either of such constitutions, the authority shall have the power by resolution to provide an alternative procedure conformable with such constitutions.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.363 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.363
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.363
Status: in_force

(1) The section of Interstate 220 North located in Hinds County, Mississippi, beginning at the Highway 49 intersection in Jackson, Mississippi, and extending north for one (1) mile, is designated and shall be known as the “Senator Douglas Anderson Memorial Highway” in honor of former Mississippi Senator Mr. Douglas Anderson of Jackson, Mississippi.

(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. § 65-7-33 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-33
Status: in_force

All wheeled vehicles traveling over or upon said roads so designated by said signal or signboards, when operated by steam, gas, or electricity, shall be equipped with a whistle, horn, or other signal which shall be duly sounded upon approaching said danger zones, so indicated by said signal or signboards.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-31-9 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 31-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-31-9
Status: in_force

(1) The state hospitality station constructed and located at the intersection of U.S. Highway 49 and U.S. Highway 61 in Coahoma County is designated and shall be known as the “Senator Delma Furniss Hospitality Station.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain suitable signs at and approaching the hospitality station, reflecting its name.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-13 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-13
Status: in_force

For all counties where this has not already been done, the state highway department or the state highway engineer shall prepare and file with the clerk of the board of supervisors of the said several counties of the state, plans and specifications for highway sign or guide boards, showing the construction, size, material, color, and how said sign or guide boards are to be erected on the roads or highways within the said several counties. All such specifications are to be uniform, so as to obtain a uniform system of highway sign or guide board markers throughout the state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-67 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / 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. § 65-3-71.95 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.95
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.95
Status: in_force

(1) That segment of Mississippi Highway 19 located in Neshoba County beginning at the corporate limits of Philadelphia in Neshoba County and extending southeasterly to the Neshoba/Newton county line is designated and shall be known as the “ Chaney, Goodman and Schwerner Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-13 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 17 / 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. § 65-4-13 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-4-13
Status: in_force

If, after reviewing the application of the political subdivision and the report of the State Highway Department or political subdivision, the board determines that the application meets the requirements for approval and should be approved, the board shall notify the political subdivision and the State Highway Commission of its approval and contracts may be let. Upon certification by the board that monies currently available in the Economic Development Highway Fund are sufficient to defray the costs of the construction or improvement, then contracts with respect to such work may be executed by the highway department or political subdivision and work necessary for the construction or improvement of the highways and highway segments so approved shall commence by the State Highway Department or political subdivision, as determined by the Department of Economic and Community Development. If the construction or improvement is by a political subdivision, the State Aid Engineer shall have such work inspected periodically during the progress of such construction or improvement to ensure that it meets the standards prescribed in Section 65-4-17, Mississippi Code of 1972 . However, no application shall be approved by the board if the total costs for constructing or improving the proposed highways or highway segments to be funded hereunder, according to estimates in the report of the State Highway Department or political subdivision, will exceed monies currently available in the Economic Development Highway Fund created in Section 65-4-15, Mississippi Code of 1972 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.250 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.250
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.250
Status: in_force

(1) That segment of Mississippi Highway 9 in Calhoun County beginning at its intersection with County Road 406 and extending northerly to its intersection with Pittsboro Park Road is designated and shall be known as the “Spencer Glenn Beckley 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. § 65-33-3 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 33-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-3
Status: in_force

The words “sea wall,” as used in this chapter, shall be held to include filling behind the sea wall, culverts, sluiceways, flood gates, and any other construction work found necessary for the protection of the water front from storms, caving banks, overflow, and other like dangers.

The terms “roads, streets, avenues, and highways” as herein used shall include all such roads, streets, avenues, and highways as may form any part of any highway extending along such body of water through or across such county, or any other existing or contemplated public road, street, avenue, or highway connected therewith, extending to or along the side of a harbor or to a boat landing or dock, which, in the discretion of the board of supervisors of such county, is in need of the protection provided in this chapter, whether the same is under the jurisdiction of the national government, the state, the county, or of any municipality.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-33 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 17 / Section 19-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-33
Status: in_force

The public highway or highways so surveyed and adopted by such commissioners shall be constructed and maintained out of the proceeds of the aforementioned bonds, proceeds of such bonds to be used alone in their construction and maintenance. The board of supervisors shall levy an annual tax, on the recommendation of the commissioners, on all the taxable property in the district not exceeding three mills on the dollar, which shall be used to supplement the general fund of the county in maintaining said road or roads and the culverts, bridges, and levees therein. For the purpose of paying such bonds and interest and so maintaining said roads, the board of supervisors shall, at the time fixed by law, levy the tax for the same, and it shall be the duty of the county auditor to keep a separate account of such funds so raised from the other funds of the county; and it shall be the duty of the county depository, which shall be the treasurer of such funds and liable on its bond therefor, to keep a separate account thereof. All allowances against said special funds shall be made by the board of supervisors on the recommendation of the commissioners, and special warrants prepared for the purpose shall be issued against said funds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-18-15 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / 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. § 65-25-45 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 25-45
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-45
Status: in_force

The commissioners appointed by such governing body or municipality shall, subject to the approval of such governing body, have the following authority, powers and rights: Said commissioners may adopt reasonable bylaws for the conduct of said commission. Said commissioners shall be governed by and fulfill the terms and provisions of the trust indenture or resolution under which the revenue bonds of such governing body were issued, and in so doing the commission shall manage and control the bridge, the approaches thereto, and all appurtenant and physical properties connected therewith, both real and personal, and shall provide for the regular inspection, repair, maintenance and improvement of said bridge and its approaches. Said commission may make any contract and authorize any purchases from the funds realized from the revenues of said bridge and available under the trust indenture or resolution under which the bridge revenue bonds of the governing body were issued for the purposes of repairs, maintenance and improvements, which said contracts and purchases may, in the sound business judgment of the commission, be made without the necessity of prior advertisement or public bids. Said commissioners may employ a superintendent or manager of the bridge properties, fix the amount of his salary, either employ or delegate to said manager the employment of all subordinate personnel, provide for the wages and compensation of such subordinate employees, and shall require the said manager and such other employees as the commissioners may require to give bond, with sufficient surety, to be payable, conditioned and approved as provided by law, in a penalty equal to Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00). The commissioners may place in effect, reclassify, revise and charge a schedule of tolls for transit over said bridge properties, and alter or revise the toll schedule as often as it shall appear necessary or proper; provide for the collection of such tolls and all other revenues and the safe handling and deposit of the funds so received, prepare such budgets and estimates alone or in connection with consulting engineers annually, or for such lesser period of time as may be deemed desirable; provide for an adequate bookkeeping system and regular audits, and keep or cause to be kept full and correct records of finances of said bridge; negotiate for all contracts incidental to or necessary for the proper insurance, maintenance, repair, improvement and operation of said bridge, including employer's liability insurance with medical benefits for those employed by the commission for the operation and maintenance of said bridge; do and perform all other acts and negotiate for all other contracts which in the sound judgment of the commissioners, meeting with the approval of the governing body issuing the revenue bonds, are desirable or necessary in the interest of the proper, efficient, and economical management and operation of the said bridge and the advancement of the business thereof, all toward the object of fulfilling the obligations in the trust indenture or resolution under which the governing body authorized and issued its revenue bonds, and toward the ultimate freeing of the said bridge from tolls, as to the vehicular portion thereof, at the earliest date possible.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-1-46 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-46
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-1-46
Status: in_force

(1) There is created an Appeals Board of the Mississippi Transportation Commission. If any person feels aggrieved by a penalty for excess weight assessed against him by an agent or employee of the Mississippi Department of Transportation pursuant to Section 27-19-89 , he may apply to the appeals board. Beginning July 1, 2021, the Appeals Board shall be administratively located within the Commercial Transportation Enforcement Division of the Mississippi Department of Public Safety and shall receive appeals with respect to penalties for excess weight assessed by agents or employees of the Commercial Transportation Enforcement Division.

(2) The members serving on the appeals board on April 7, 1995, shall continue to serve until July 1, 1995. On July 1, 1995, the appeals board shall be reconstituted to be composed of five (5) qualified people. The initial appointments to the reconstituted board shall be made no later than June 30, 1995, for terms to begin July 1, 1995, as follows: One (1) member shall be appointed by the Governor for a term ending on June 30, 1996, one (1) member shall be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor for a term ending on June 30, 1997, one (1) member shall be appointed by the Attorney General for a term ending on June 30, 1998, one (1) member shall be appointed by the Chairman of the State Tax Commission for a term ending on June 30, 1999, and one (1) member shall be appointed by the Executive Director of the Mississippi Department of Transportation for a term ending on June 30, 2000. After the expiration of the initial terms of the members of the reconstituted board, all subsequent appointments shall be made for terms of four (4) years from the expiration date of the previous term. Any member serving on the appeals board before July 1, 1995, may be reappointed to the reconstituted appeals board. Appointments to the board shall be with the advice and consent of the Senate; however, the advice and consent of the Senate shall not be required for the appointment of a person to the reconstituted appeals board for a term beginning on July 1, 1995, if such person was serving as a member of the appeals board on June 30, 1995, and such person received the advice and consent of the Senate for that appointment. The term of the member appointed by the Executive Director of the Mississippi Department of Transportation shall end on June 30, 2021, and the vacancy shall be filled by a member appointed by the Commissioner of Public Safety for a term ending on June 30, 2024, after which the position shall be for a four-year term.

(3) There shall be a chairman and vice chairman of the board who shall be elected by and from the membership of the board. Any member who fails to attend three (3) consecutive regular meetings of the board shall be subject to removal by a majority vote of the board. A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum. The chairman, or a majority of the members of the board, may call meetings as may be required for the proper discharge of the board's duties. Members of the board, except a member who is an officer or employee of the Mississippi Department of Transportation or, beginning July 1, 2021, is an officer or employee of the Department of Public Safety, shall receive per diem in the amount authorized by Section 25-3-69 , for each day spent in the actual discharge of their duties and shall be reimbursed for mileage and actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties in accordance with the provisions of Section 25-3-41 .

Application shall be made by petition in writing, within thirty (30) days after assessment of the penalty, for a hearing and a review of the amount of the assessment. At the hearing the appeals board shall try the issues presented according to the law and the facts and within guidelines set by the Transportation Commission or, beginning July 1, 2021, by the Department of Public Safety. Upon due consideration of all the facts relating to the assessment of the penalty, the appeals board, except as otherwise provided under this section or under Section 27-19-89 , may require payment of the full amount of the assessment, may reduce the amount of the assessment or may dismiss imposition of the penalty entirely. The appeals board shall dismiss in its entirety the imposition of any penalty imposed against the holder of a harvest permit if the permittee proves to the appeals board, by clear and convincing evidence, that the average load transported by the permittee during the permittee's last five (5) haul days immediately preceding the day upon which the penalty appealed from was assessed did not exceed eighty thousand (80,000) pounds. The appeals board shall reduce the penalty assessed against the holder of a harvest permit to a maximum of Two Cents (2¢) per pound of overweight if the permittee proves to the appeals board, by clear and convincing evidence, that the average load transported by the permittee during the permittee's last five (5) haul days immediately preceding the day upon which the penalty appealed from was assessed exceeded seventy-nine thousand nine hundred ninety-nine (79,999) pounds but did not exceed a gross vehicle weight tolerance of ten percent (10%), not to exceed eighty-eight thousand (88,000) pounds. The board shall make such orders in the matter as appear to it just and lawful and shall furnish copies thereof to the petitioner. If the appeals board orders the payment of the penalty, the petitioner shall pay the penalty, damages and interest, if any, within ten (10) days after the order is issued unless there is an application for appeal from the decision of the board as provided in the succeeding paragraph. Interest shall accrue on the penalty at the rate of one percent (1%) per month, or part of a month, beginning immediately after the expiration of the ten-day period.

If any person feels aggrieved by the decision of the appeals board, he may appeal the decision to the Chancery Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-4-19 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 4-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-4-19
Status: in_force

(1) The State Highway Commission, acting through the Director of the State Highway Department, is hereby authorized and directed as follows: on each transfer date, the State Highway Commission shall transfer from the State Highway Fund into the appropriate fund specified below the sum equal to the investment account surplus for such transfer date. During fiscal year 1989, the investment account surplus sums available for transfer shall be transferred into the Economic Development Highway Fund created by Section 65-4-15 , until Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00) in the aggregate has been transferred to that fund, and any additional investment account surplus sums available for transfer not exceeding Twenty-five Million Dollars ($25,000,000.00) in the aggregate shall be transferred into the State General Fund. During fiscal year 1990 and thereafter, any investment account surplus sums available for transfer shall be transferred into the Economic Development Highway Fund.

(2) As used in Sections 65-4-19 , 65-4-21 and 65-4-23 , the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(a) “Investment account surplus” means, with respect to each transfer date, the amount specified in item (ii) of the definition of transfer date, as set forth below.

(b) “Transfer date” means the second business day following the delivery to the Director of the State Highway Department of a certificate signed by the State Treasurer to the effect: (i) that, pursuant to Section 4(c) of Chapter 39, Extraordinary Session of 1969 (as amended by Section 1 of Chapter 418, Laws of 1976, as amended by Section 1 of Chapter 478, Laws of 1978, and as amended by Section 1 of Chapter 469, Laws of 1985), the State Bond Commission of the State of Mississippi has restructured the investments held in the investment account established pursuant to such Section 4(c) and relating to the State's Highway Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 1985; (ii) that, as a result of such restructuring and pursuant to such Section 4(c), the State Bond Commission has declared a specified sum held in such investment account as being surplus (i.e., as being the investment account surplus for such transfer date); (iii) that the State Bond Commission has applied such investment account surplus to deposit into the bond fund relating to the State's Highway Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 1985, in order to reduce on a dollar for dollar basis the amount of gasoline excise taxes which must be deposited in such bond fund, or to retention in such investment account in order to reduce on a dollar for dollar basis the amount of gasoline excise taxes which must be deposited in such investment account, or to any combination of such deposit and retention; (iv) that any portion of the investment account surplus deposited in such bond fund has been invested pending its disbursement to pay principal of or interest on such bonds; (v) that any portion of the investment account surplus retained in such investment account has been invested pending its disbursement to purchase U.S. government obligations which are scheduled to be held in such investment account; and (vi) that provision has been made for all interest earnings on investments of such investment account surplus, pending its disbursement to pay principal of or interest on such bonds, or pending its disbursement to purchase U.S. government obligations scheduled to be held in such investment account, as the case may be, to be paid into the State Highway Fund.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-7 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 19-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-7
Status: in_force

At the time and place named in said notice, or at any other time or place not later than fifteen days thereafter which may be designated by said board, said board of supervisors shall meet and shall hear remonstrances or objections to the creation of said road district or to the bringing of any part of said territory within the district, shall pass upon and determine the sufficiency of the petition, the boundaries of the district to be created, or the territory to be placed therein, and shall make such orders as justice and equity shall require. The board of supervisors upon said hearing is hereby vested with full authority to decline to create the district or to exclude from said district any lands named in its previous order or in said petition which, in the discretion of said board, should not be included in said district. If it be determined to create the district, the order to that effect shall clearly define the territory to be included therein, which territory and district may be described by a reference to supervisors' districts or to fixed and known boundaries of the county or of any subdivision thereof, or by specifying the lands included by range, township, and section or lot, or by defining the metes and bounds. The said order shall designate said district or territory by some suitable name, or the district or territory may be designated “road district No.__________ of __________ county, or road district of __________ county.”

If at the time of the said hearing twenty-five percent (25%) of the qualified electors of such proposed district petition against its creation or against the amount of the bonds proposed, then the district shall not be created unless at an election, ordered by the board of supervisors for the purpose, a majority of the qualified voters of such district, voting in such election, vote in favor of the creation of the district; the board of its own motion may order an election with like effect as if ordered under the foregoing proviso.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-7 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 19-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-7
Status: in_force

At the time and place named in said notice, or at any other time or place not later than fifteen days thereafter which may be designated by said board, said board of supervisors shall meet and shall hear remonstrances or objections to the creation of said road district or to the bringing of any part of said territory within the district, shall pass upon and determine the sufficiency of the petition, the boundaries of the district to be created, or the territory to be placed therein, and shall make such orders as justice and equity shall require. The board of supervisors upon said hearing is hereby vested with full authority to decline to create the district or to exclude from said district any lands named in its previous order or in said petition which, in the discretion of said board, should not be included in said district. If it be determined to create the district, the order to that effect shall clearly define the territory to be included therein, which territory and district may be described by a reference to supervisors' districts or to fixed and known boundaries of the county or of any subdivision thereof, or by specifying the lands included by range, township, and section or lot, or by defining the metes and bounds. The said order shall designate said district or territory by some suitable name, or the district or territory may be designated “road district No.__________ of __________ county, or road district of __________ county.”

If at the time of the said hearing twenty-five percent (25%) of the qualified electors of such proposed district petition against its creation or against the amount of the bonds proposed, then the district shall not be created unless at an election, ordered by the board of supervisors for the purpose, a majority of the qualified voters of such district, voting in such election, vote in favor of the creation of the district; the board of its own motion may order an election with like effect as if ordered under the foregoing proviso.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-23 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / 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. § 65-3-71.74 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / 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. § 65-23-229 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 23-229
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-229
Status: in_force

The board of commissioners, acting for and in behalf of the district, shall have the right, power, and authority to purchase, hold, and possess such real estate as may be necessary for the purposes for which the district was organized and, in addition thereto, the district organized hereunder shall have the right of eminent domain. If condemnation proceedings become necessary, such proceedings shall be instituted and conducted in the manner as is now provided by law for such condemnation proceedings.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-319 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 23-319
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-319
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 county or counties 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.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-23 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 29-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-23
Status: in_force

Any municipality or county issuing bonds or other obligations pursuant to this chapter, by resolution or resolutions duly adopted, is hereby given authority to execute and deliver a mortgage or deed of trust in such form, with such validity, and with such remedies as at present authorized under the laws of the State of Mississippi, on any or all properties, improvements, and facilities, the acquisition, construction, maintenance, or operation of which are provided by this chapter. Such resolution or resolutions of said municipality or county shall prescribe the provisions, covenants, and conditions of any such mortgage or deed of trust. Such provisions, covenants, and conditions, if not self-executing, may be enforced by appropriate proceedings, either in law or in equity.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-23 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 13-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-23
Status: in_force

Any party having an interest in the subject matter and aggrieved or prejudiced by the findings and adjudication of the board of supervisors may appeal to the circuit court of his or her respective county in the manner provided by law for appeals from orders of the board of supervisors; if no such appeal be taken within a period of fifteen days from and after the date of the adoption of the resolution creating the authority, the creation of the highway and street revenue bond authority shall be final and conclusive and shall not thereafter be subject to attack in any court.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-171 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-171
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-171
Status: in_force

Sections 65-7-171 and 65-7-173 shall be known and may be cited as the “Mississippi Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient's Memorial Highway Act.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-59 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 19-59
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-59
Status: in_force

All the public roads of any separate road district, or parts thereof, shall be worked by contract, if the board of supervisors of such county so elect, by an order entered to that effect on its minutes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-57 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 33-57
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-57
Status: in_force

In any county wherein a seawall or road protection structure is maintained under the provisions of this chapter, which has invested surplus funds belonging to a road protection bond and interest sinking fund in the purchase of any notes, certificates of indebtedness, bonds, or other interest bearing obligations issued under the authority of Section 65-33-49 , or refunding bonds issued or authorized to be issued in lieu thereof, and such notes, bonds, certificates of indebtedness, or refunding bonds are now held by such county for the use and benefit of such fund, and the board of supervisors of such county finds, by order spread upon its minutes, that the needs of such sinking fund demands it, or that it is to the best interest of the county to reduce such obligations so held to cash, such board of supervisors may authorize to be issued and issue and sell new road protection bonds in the aggregate amount of such notes, bonds, or certificates of indebtedness so held and authorized for the purpose of providing funds with which to take up, redeem, and cancel such obligations now held in such sinking fund. Upon the issuance of such road protection bonds, the said bonds, notes, certificates of indebtedness, and refunding bonds issued under authority of said section shall be cancelled.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-33 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 43-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-33
Status: in_force

All bonds issued under the provisions of Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 shall be legal investments for trustees and other fiduciaries, and for savings banks, trust companies and insurance companies organized under the laws of the State of Mississippi, and such bonds shall be legal securities which may be deposited with and shall be received by all public officers and bodies of this state and all municipalities and political subdivisions for the purpose of securing the deposit of public funds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-25 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 29-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-25
Status: in_force

Said ferries may be maintained, purchased, and operated, or either, by the board of supervisors of each county which comes in under this chapter or by a ferry commission consisting of not more than three members, which ferry commission may be designated by the board of supervisors of each county. Such commission, if so designated, shall receive a salary of not to exceed four hundred ($400.00) dollars each per annum, to be paid out of the funds hereinabove designated as being set aside for ferry purposes.

Where said ferriage fund is being supplemented by funds as herein provided from any municipality or municipalities within said county, and said ferriage and other things pertaining thereto are to be supervised and operated by a ferry commission, then said commission shall be composed of the president of the board of supervisors of said county, the mayor or mayors of any such municipality or municipalities that may contribute to said fund as herein provided, and one other person to be chosen by the governor and who shall serve during the tenure of such ferry operation, shall act as chairman of said commission, and shall be the only member of said commission to receive compensation, such compensation to be paid out of funds hereinabove designated and set aside for ferry purposes and shall be fixed at $1,200.00 per annum.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-37-3 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 37-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-37-3
Status: in_force

(1) For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this subsection:

(a) “ Deficient bridge ” means a bridge with a condition rating of fair or less for its deck, superstructure or substructure, as determined by National Bridge Inspection Standards and that is included on the latest annual bridge inventory prepared by the Office of State Aid Road Construction.

(b) “ Local system road miles ” means all highways, roads and streets within a county, including highways, roads and streets within incorporated municipalities of the county, that are not included on the designated state highway system.

(c) “ Local system bridge ” means a bridge that is included on the latest annual official bridge inventory prepared by the Office of State Aid Road Construction, excluding bridges on the state aid road system, the municipal urban system and the rural major collector system.

(d) “ Bridge ” means a bridge that is included on the latest annual official bridge inventory prepared by the Office of State Aid Road Construction.

(2)(a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection (2), from the funds on deposit and credited to the Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Fund created in Section 65-37-13 , each county shall be allocated a percentage of such funds as they become available, which percentage shall be based:

(i) One-half ( 1 / 2 ) on the proportion that the total number of deficient bridges in the county bears to the total number of deficient bridges in all counties of the state; and

(ii) One-half ( 1 / 2 ) on the proportion that the total number of local system road miles in the county bears to the total number of local system road miles in all counties of the state.

(b) From the funds on deposit and credited to the Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Fund created in Section 65-37-13 , which are deposited into this fund after July 1, 2021, each county shall be allocated a percentage of such funds as they become available, which percentage shall be based:

(i) One-half ( 1 / 2 ) on the proportion that the total number of local system bridges in the county bears to the total number of local system bridges in all counties of the state; and

(ii) One-half ( 1 / 2 ) on the proportion that the total square footage of deck area of all local system bridges in the county bears to the total square footage of deck area of all local system bridges in all counties of the state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-83 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 43-83
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-83
Status: in_force

(1) If the affidavit of nonliability is returned to the governmental entity within thirty (30) days of the mailing of the notice of toll evasion violation, together with the proof of a written rental agreement or lease between a bona fide renting or leasing company and its customer which identifies the rentee or lessee and provides the driver's license number, name, and address of the rentee or lessee, the processing agency shall mail, by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the rentee or lessee identified in the affidavit of nonliability a final notice of toll evasion violation.

(2) If the affidavit of nonliability is returned with evidence that the registered owner served has made a bona fide sale or transfer of the vehicle and has delivered possession thereof to the purchaser prior to the date of the alleged violation, the processing agency shall cancel the notice of toll evasion violation with respect to that registered owner and the processing agency shall mail, by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the purchaser identified in the affidavit of nonliability a final notice of toll evasion violation. If payment is not received within fifteen (15) days of the mailing of the final notice of toll evasion violation, the processing agency may proceed against the purchaser identified pursuant to Section 65-43-73 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-47 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / 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. § 65-13-39 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 13-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-39
Status: in_force

All bonds issued pursuant to this chapter shall be validated as now provided by law by Sections 31-13-1 to 31-13-11, Mississippi Code of 1972 . The services of the state's bond attorney may be employed in the preparation of such bond resolutions, forms, or proceedings as may be necessary, for which he shall be paid a reasonable fee. Such validation proceedings shall be instituted in the chancery court of the county in which the projects proposed by this chapter are located, but notice of such validation proceedings shall be published at least two times in a newspaper of general circulation and published in any county involved, the first publication of which in each case shall be made at least ten days preceding the date set for the validation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-107 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 17-107
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-107
Status: in_force

The road accountant shall keep a complete set of books, showing in detail all receipts and disbursements had or made by him. With every report made by him to the board of supervisors as hereinbefore required, he shall submit a trial balance of the said books, showing in detail all his transactions as such road accountant.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-325 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 23-325
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-325
Status: in_force

The governing body of any county or counties issuing its or their bonds under the provisions of this article shall have power to make and enter into all contracts or agreements necessary or incidental to the execution of its powers under this article, may employ engineering and construction experts, inspectors, attorneys, and such other employees as may be deemed necessary, and may fix their compensation. All such compensation and all expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this article shall be paid solely from funds provided under the authority of this article, and no liability or obligation shall be incurred hereunder beyond the extent to which money shall have been provided under the authority of this article. All public or private property damaged or destroyed in carrying out the powers granted under this article shall be restored or repaired and placed in its original condition, as nearly as practicable, or adequate compensation made therefor out of funds provided by this article.

The powers and duties of counties and the governing bodies thereof hereinabove enumerated in this article shall not be construed as a limitation on the general powers or duties of such counties or the governing bodies thereof. It shall be the duty of the governing body of any county or counties issuing its bonds pursuant to the provisions of this article, in addition to the powers and duties enumerated in this article, to do and perform any and all things and acts necessary in the construction, maintenance, and operation of any bridge to be constructed under the provisions of this article, to the end that such bridge or bridges may become and be operated free of tolls as early as possible and practicable, subject only to the express limitations of this article and the limitations of the other laws and constitutional provisions applicable thereto.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-85 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / 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. § 65-17-205 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / 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. § 65-19-27 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 19-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-27
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the board of supervisors in case the election shall result in favor of the creation of the district, at its next regular meeting or any subsequent meeting, to appoint three commissioners, who shall be qualified electors of the district and real estate owners therein, who shall hold office for a term of four years from the time of their appointment and until their successors are appointed by the board of supervisors, whose duty it shall be to have the management and supervision of the construction and maintenance of the roads built under the provisions hereof, subject to the approval of the board of supervisors, and for their services shall be paid their actual expenses, not exceeding one hundred dollars each per annum. The board of supervisors may remove any commissioner, for cause or at pleasure, at any time and fill the vacancy thereby caused; and the board may, at any time after the roads within a district have been constructed by the proceeds of bonds sold, discontinue the commissioners, proceed to administer the fiscal affairs of the road district in the manner authorized by law, and make tax levies without recommendation of the commissioners on all taxable property in such district or districts. The commissioners may employ an attorney, if necessary, and pay him a reasonable compensation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-85 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 43-85
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-85
Status: in_force

The processing agency may contract with a collection agency to collect unpaid toll evasion penalties, fees and charges.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-65 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-65
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-65
Status: in_force

The damages assessed and allowed by the board shall be paid out of the county treasury.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-1-86 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-86
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-1-86
Status: in_force

The Attorney General shall, with or without a request by the State Highway Commission, bring any lawsuit, in the name of the State Highway Commission, to recover any monies lost through illegal contracts, fraud, false pretense or any other criminal act, and the highway commission shall, at the direction of the Attorney General, supply internal audits or perform any other necessary act to furnish the attorney general with any evidence pertaining to such loss for use by the Attorney General in the preparation of said lawsuits.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-1 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 43-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-1
Status: in_force

The Mississippi Transportation Commission, county boards of supervisors and/or the governing authorities of municipalities (hereinafter referred to as governmental entities), in their discretion, may construct, operate and maintain, individually or jointly with other governmental entities, one or more new toll roads or toll bridges in the state for motor vehicle traffic, including toll booths and related facilities, at those locations where an alternate untolled route exists. All such highways, pavement, bridges, drainage-related structures and other infrastructure comprising the projects shall be built and maintained in accordance with not less than the minimum highway design, construction and maintenance standards established by the contracting governmental entity for such highways, infrastructure and facilities.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.357 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.357
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.357
Status: in_force

(1) The segment of Mississippi Highway 8 located in Houston, Chickasaw County, Mississippi, extending westerly for a distance of one (1) mile from the incorporated city limits of Houston, Chickasaw County, Mississippi, is designated and shall be known as the “Deputy Jeremy Allen Voyles 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. § 65-7-73 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-73
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-73
Status: in_force

In any county in the State of Mississippi in which there is located a branch experiment station, the boards of supervisors of such counties are hereby authorized, in their discretion, to open up, lay out, construct, and maintain public roads into and across the land owned by the State of Mississippi and used in connection with said branch experiment station. No petition shall be required to have such road opened up, laid out, constructed, and maintained, but the boards of supervisors of such counties are authorized to proceed with such work when requested so to do by the manager in charge of said branch experiment station. Boards of supervisors are hereby authorized to expend the funds of said county in opening up, laying out, constructing, and maintaining said roads.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-18-11 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 18-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-18-11
Status: in_force

(1) In order for a county to be eligible to utilize its Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Program allocation or any of its state aid road funds for the Local System Road Program, a county must meet the following conditions:

(a) The county has employed a county engineer, together with such other technical assistance as is necessary to carry out the duties of this chapter, the same as provided under the provisions of Section 65-9-15 , for its state aid road system and, through its official minutes, has authorized the county engineer to perform the necessary engineering services connected with the Local System Road Program. The county engineer shall prepare the necessary plans and designs for all construction projects, including state aid projects and projects provided under this chapter. He also shall provide engineering supervision for the construction of such projects and shall approve all estimate payments made on the projects. Engineering cost for any project performed under the Local System Road Program may be paid from any funds allocated to a county under the program; however, the maximum fee paid to an engineer shall not exceed twelve percent (12%) of the final construction cost. No such cost shall be reimbursed to the county before the letting of the project; and

(b) The county has presented a plan for the construction, reconstruction and paving of a local system road which plan has been made and approved by the county engineer of the county, showing the specific road or project to be improved, stating the condition of the existing roadbed, drainage and bridges and outlining the type of construction or reconstruction to be made and the designs and specifications therefor including the paving of the road and the sources of revenue to be used and the sources and types of material to be used thereon. The plan shall be presented to the State Aid Engineer for the initial approval of the beginning of a project to receive monies.

(2) After the initial approval of the plan and plans as specified in subsection (1)(b) of this section has been made by the State Aid Engineer, the county shall be eligible to receive all funds made available to the county under the Local System Road Program to be used exclusively for the construction, reconstruction or paving of the local system road. The project may be done either by contract or by using county equipment and employees. It shall be according to the original plan or any amendments thereto which have been approved by the State Aid Engineer. The board may use county equipment and employees if the construction can be accomplished at a more reasonable cost than can be achieved by contract.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.183 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.183
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.183
Status: in_force

(1) The Interstate Highway 55 and Mississippi Highway 8 interchange in Grenada County is designated and shall be known as the “John Wayne Haddock Memorial Interchange.”

(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. § 65-3-71.314 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.314
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.314
Status: in_force

(1) The segment of Mississippi Highway 50 in Lowndes County, Mississippi, in the corporate limits of the City of Columbus, Mississippi, beginning at its intersection with Gardner Boulevard and extending one (1) mile east, is designated as the “Senator William ‘Bill’ Canon 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. § 65-3-71.232 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.232
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.232
Status: in_force

(1) The segment of Mississippi Highway 15 in Jones County beginning at the city limits of Laurel, Mississippi, and extending northerly to its intersection with Trace Road, is designated and shall be known as the “Coach Morris Brown 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. § 65-7-45 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 7-45
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-45
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county in this state may, at the discretion of such board, regulate the maximum load of any vehicle using the public roads and bridges of such county, or any section or length of any public road, or any particular bridge in such county by order spread on its minutes, which order shall, before being in full force and effect, be first published in a newspaper published in the county for three (3) consecutive weeks, whereupon such resolution shall be in force and effect.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-27-15 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 17 / Section 27-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-27-15
Status: in_force

Every ferryman shall give constant and diligent attendance at his ferry and shall not deny or unreasonably delay carrying over any passenger, horse, cattle, carriage, or goods; and all passengers shall be received into the ferryboat and carried over the ferry in the order of their arrival, or first coming to the ferry. Any ferryman offending against this provision shall forfeit the sum of ten dollars for every offense, and shall be liable to an action for damages at the suit of the party aggrieved; but a ferryman shall not be obliged to pass the ferry when it appears to be dangerous to do so on account of a storm or freshet. All public officers and such as go on public and urgent occasions--as posts, expresses, physicians, and the like--shall be carried over first, or with the first.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-15 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / 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. § 65-41-1 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 41-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-1
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Mississippi Scenic Byways Program.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-23 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 25-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-23
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions of Section 65-25-21 , any municipality other than the state may, by resolution or ordinance passed prior or subsequent to the issuance of its bonds under the provisions of this article, or by such trust indenture, covenant to contribute funds apart from bridge earnings to pay all or any part of the cost of maintaining, repairing, and operating any bridge or bridges acquired, constructed, or improved by it under the provisions of this article, and may likewise covenant to make such contribution to the payment of bonds and the interest thereon issued pursuant to this article, by another municipality. Such covenant, authorized by such resolution, ordinance, or trust indenture, shall have the force of a contract between such municipality and the holders of the bonds issued on account of such bridge or bridges, and shall obligate the municipality to raise such funds. Any municipality in the state may aid any other municipality in the state and contribute funds to pay any part of the cost of acquiring, constructing, maintaining, repairing, and operating any bridge or bridges; and the twenty miles limitation contained in Section 65-25-3 shall have no application and shall not be construed to restrict such municipality from contributing such funds to aid the municipality which issues its revenue bonds as herein provided. But no such contribution shall be made unless authorized 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.

No municipality shall enter into any contract or covenant provided for in the first paragraph of this section without there being first held an election in which a majority of those voting shall authorize said covenant or contract to be entered into by said municipality.

The State of Mississippi, acting by and through the state highway commission as an agency thereof, may receive from the federal government or any agency thereof funds specifically allotted or appropriated by the federal government for constructing, acquiring, maintaining, and repairing bridges across the Mississippi River, which the state highway commission may by resolution allocate to pay the costs or any part thereof of constructing, acquiring, maintaining, repairing, and operating any bridge or bridges acquired, constructed, or improved under this article and to the payment of principal and interest of such bonds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.69 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.69
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.69
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of U.S. Highway 61 in Coahoma County beginning at its intersection with State Road 161 North and extending southerly to its intersection with State Road 161 South is designated and shall be known as “Veterans' Memorial Drive.”

(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. § 65-39-25 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 39-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-25
Status: in_force

All bonds issued under the provisions of Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33 shall be legal investments for trustees and other fiduciaries, and for savings banks, trust companies and insurance companies organized under the laws of the State of Mississippi, and such bonds shall be legal securities which may be deposited with and shall be received by all public officers and bodies of this state and all municipalities and political subdivisions for the purpose of securing the deposit of public funds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-13 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-13
Status: in_force

The projects upon such county federal aid highway system shall be selected jointly by the several boards of supervisors and the State Highway Commission in conformity with the applicable laws, rules, and regulations of the federal government and the public roads administration, of the federal works agency, or any other authorized agency of the federal government. The order of the construction and completion of such projects shall likewise be determined jointly by the several boards of supervisors and the State Highway Commission in conformity with such laws, rules, and regulations; the State Highway Commission shall first call upon the several boards of supervisors to select and recommend a series of projects in the respective counties in the order in which, in the opinion of the board or a majority thereof, the projects should be constructed. Such selections and recommendations shall be examined and analyzed by the State Highway Commission and, if found to be proper and correct based on the relative use and importance of such roads, shall be approved by the State Highway Commission.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-305 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 23-305
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-305
Status: in_force

Any county of this state bordering on the Pearl River is hereby authorized and empowered, separately or jointly, with any other county of the state bordering on the Pearl River:

(a) To plan, construct, operate, and maintain a toll bridge or bridges and adjacent roadways across the flood plain of, and over and across, the Pearl River.

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

However, no bonds or liens given under authority of this article shall constitute a lien on any property of such county or counties other than the bridge or bridges constructed under this article, or a pledge of the revenues therefrom.

(c) In the event two counties, acting jointly, exercise the powers conferred by this article, all acts shall be authorized by the governing body of each county, and in such event any revenue bonds issued shall be bonds of both of said counties.

(d) To enter into contracts and/or 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.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-11 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 43-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-11
Status: in_force

For the purpose of providing for the payment of the principal of and interest upon bonds issued under the provisions of Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 , there is created a special bond sinking fund in the State Treasury. The special bond sinking fund shall consist of the monies required to be deposited into the fund under Section 65-43-3 and such other amounts as the Legislature may direct to be paid into the fund by appropriation or other authorization by the Legislature. Unexpended amounts remaining in the special bond sinking 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 special bond sinking fund shall be deposited into such sinking fund.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-1-179 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-179
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-1-179
Status: in_force

(1) There is created in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the “Emergency Road and Bridge Repair Fund,” into which shall be deposited money appropriated by the Legislature or otherwise made available in any manner, and funds from any other source designated for deposit into such fund. 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 the fund. The expenditure of money deposited into the fund shall be under the direction of the Mississippi Department of Transportation, and such funds shall be paid by the Mississippi Department of Transportation upon warrants issued by the Department of Finance and Administration.

(2) Money in the fund shall be utilized by the Mississippi Department of Transportation, with the advice of the Emergency Road and Bridge Repair Fund Advisory Board, to provide funding for emergency repairs to roads, streets and highways in this state and emergency bridge repairs on public roads, streets and highways in this state, as determined by a majority vote of the Mississippi Transportation Commission. However, before the expenditure of money in the fund, the department shall promulgate rules and regulations as authorized in subsection (3) of this section.

(3)(a) There is created the Emergency Road and Bridge Repair Fund Advisory Board which shall consist of the following members:

(i) The President and Chief Executive Officer of the Mississippi Economic Council;

(ii) The President and Chief Executive Officer of the Mississippi Manufacturers Association;

(iii) The President of the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation;

(iv) The President of the Mississippi Poultry Association;

(v) The President of the Mississippi Trucking Association;

(vi) The Executive Director of the Mississippi Association of Supervisors;

(vii) The Executive Director of the Mississippi Municipal League;

(viii) The Executive Vice President of the Mississippi Cattlemen's Association;

(ix) The Executive Director of the Mississippi Loggers Association; and

(x) The Executive Director of the American Council of Engineering Companies-Mississippi.

(b) The Governor shall appoint the chairman of the board, and the board shall elect such other officers as it considers necessary from among its members.

(c) A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the conduct of meetings, and all actions of the board shall be by a majority vote. No compensation, per diem, or mileage expense shall be provided to board members.

(d) The Governor's office shall provide any necessary administrative support to the board.

(e) The board shall meet at least quarterly to conduct business.

(f) The board shall provide nonbinding advice to the Department of Transportation regarding the expenditure of money in the Emergency Road and Bridge Repair Fund.

(4) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall have all powers necessary to implement and administer the program established under this section to maximize all potential sources of funding including state and federal, for projects covered by the program. Any available sources of funding may be combined to fund any project covered by the program. This includes state aid road funds and/or Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Program funds, which may be used in conjunction with Emergency Road and Bridge Repair Fund monies within the discretion of the State Aid Engineer. Under no circumstances, however, shall Emergency Road and Bridge Repair Fund monies be used to reimburse any amount that has been expended on the project prior to the award of such monies to the recipient.

(5) When monies in the Emergency Road and Bridge Repair Fund are distributed for projects, such monies shall not be redeposited in the State Treasury, absent extraordinary circumstances where the recipient must return monies received under the program. This requirement is not intended to inhibit state agencies from receiving Emergency Road and Bridge Repair Fund monies for appropriate projects or to curtail any proper transfer of monies to accomplish such a project.

(6) The department shall promulgate rules and regulations, in accordance with the Mississippi Administrative Procedures Law, necessary for the implementation of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-57 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / 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. § 65-33-5 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 33-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-5
Status: in_force

Prior to the issuance of any bonds hereunder, and precedent to the inauguration of this program, the following steps shall be taken:

(a) Any such board of supervisors is authorized to employ competent engineers or technical assistants to make necessary preliminary plans and specifications and estimates of cost of the construction of any causeways or bridges or other structures in connection with any proposed project or projects which the board may deem necessary and proper. After said preliminary plans, specifications and estimates of cost have been approved by said board, the same shall be filed in the office of the chancery clerk of such county;

(b) Such board of supervisors shall obtain approval by the proper United States governmental authorities of the building of the proposed project, or projects, with regard to questions of navigation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-41 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 11-41
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-41
Status: in_force

It being recognized that county roads and bridges of the various counties of the state 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 county roads and bridges is a matter of primary state-wide concern, it is hereby declared to be the purpose of Sections 65-11-39 to 65-11-59 to provide for a county rural road and bridge construction program in addition and supplemental to that provided by cooperation with the Federal Highway Act of 1944, in addition to that provided by Sections 65-11-1 to 65-11-37 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-33 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / 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. § 65-21-21 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 21-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-21
Status: in_force

Should the result of such election show that it has carried in favor of the issuance of bonds by a majority vote in each district or in the one district, as the case may be, then it shall be the duty of the board of supervisors to issue the bonds of such districts or district affected thereby, as the case may be, for the purpose aforesaid in any amount which, with other outstanding district road or bridge bonds, will not exceed fifteen percent (15%) of the assessed valuation of said districts or district affected thereby, as the case may be.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-105.nr2 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-105.nr2
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-105.nr2
Status: in_force

Before any road, or any part thereof, or any bridge shall be let out to contract where the amount of the contract will exceed Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00), the county road manager, or engineer if there be one, shall inspect the road or part thereof or the bridge so proposed to be contracted, and shall carefully note the character and amount of work needed on same and all else necessary to make same a good and acceptable highway. The county road manager, or engineer if there be one, shall then prepare detailed plans and specifications for the construction or reconstruction or working of same by contract, which shall be presented to the board of supervisors for approval. The plans and specifications shall be filed with the clerk of the board of supervisors for the inspection of prospective bidders, prior to the first public letting under the terms hereof at a regular meeting to be named; and at any time prior to the acceptance of bids, the board may alter the plans and specifications submitted, and thereupon readvertise.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.23 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.23
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.23
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of Mississippi Highway 24 between the cities of Liberty and McComb is hereby designated the “Jerry Clower Highway.”

(2) The State Highway Department is hereby directed to erect appropriate signs along and approaching such highway.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-4-31 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 4-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-4-31
Status: in_force

No bond issued under Sections 65-4-25 through 65-4-45 shall bear more than one (1) rate of interest; each bond shall bear interest from its date to its stated maturity date at the interest rate specified on the bonds; and all bonds of the same maturity shall bear the same rate of interest from date to maturity. All interest accruing on bonds shall be payable semiannually or annually. If bonds are issued in coupon form, no interest payment shall be evidenced by more than one (1) coupon, and neither cancelled nor supplemental coupons shall be permitted. If serial bonds, such bonds shall mature annually, and the first maturity date thereof shall not be more than five (5) years from the date of such bonds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-25 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 15-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-25
Status: in_force

In any county where tolls collected for the use of a bridge or bridges are allocated to the payment of the bonds issued for the construction of said bridge, interest, sinking fund, and the expense of operating and maintaining said bridge or bridges, if the tolls so collected are more than sufficient to meet the payment of said bonds as they severally mature, the interest thereon, the sinking fund, and the expenses of operating and maintaining said bridge or bridges, the board of supervisors may, in their discretion, transfer to the county road and bridge fund any excess of tolls collected over and above the amount necessary to pay the maturing bonds, interest, sinking fund, and expenses of maintaining and operating said bridge or bridges.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-15 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 23-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-15
Status: in_force

Nothing in this article shall authorize or permit the collection of tolls on any bridge heretofore made toll-free or on any existing bridge on which tolls are not at present collected.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-17 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 39-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-17
Status: in_force

(1) The proceeds of the bonds issued under Section 65-39-5 and the proceeds of notes issued under Section 31-17-127 for the purpose of providing funds for infrastructure projects under Section 65-39-1 shall be deposited in a special fund that is created in the State Treasury to be known as the “Gaming Counties State Assisted Infrastructure Fund.”

(2) Unexpended amounts remaining in the special fund created in subsection (1) of this section at the end of a fiscal year shall not lapse into the State General Fund, and any interest earned on amounts in such special fund shall be deposited to the credit of the special fund.

(3) Upon the issuance and sale of bonds under the provisions of Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33 or notes under Section 31-17-127 for the purpose of providing funds for infrastructure projects under Section 65-39-1 , the State Bond Commission shall transfer the proceeds of any such sale or sales to the special fund created in subsection (1) of this section. The proceeds of such bonds or notes shall be disbursed solely upon the order of the Transportation Commission, and shall be issued under such restrictions, if any, as may be contained in the resolution providing for the issuance of the bonds or notes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-75 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 19-75
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-75
Status: in_force

The reports of the road commissioners and the road superintendent shall be kept on file by the clerk of the board of supervisors and shall be open to inspection of any resident or taxpayer of such road district.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.231 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.231
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.231
Status: in_force

(1) The segment of U.S. Highway 84 in Covington County beginning at its intersection with Salem School Road and Mississippi Highway 588 and extending easterly to its intersection with Mississippi Highway 37, is designated and shall be known as the “Mack Jordan Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the highway. The signs shall include the words “Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient,” pursuant to the Mississippi Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient's Memorial Highway Act.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-21 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 19-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-21
Status: in_force

In any election held under the provisions of this chapter in respect to the creation of, or addition to, separate road districts, the board of supervisors shall have the power to fix the place and provide for holding the election by the qualified electors of such territory, whenever the voting precincts as fixed for general elections will not be convenient or suitable.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-11 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / 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. § 65-13-55 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 13-55
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-55
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to violate any provision of the federal or state constitutions, and all acts done under this chapter shall be done in such manner as will conform thereto, whether herein expressly provided or not. Where any procedure hereunder may be held by any court to be violative of either of such constitutions, the authority shall have the power by resolution to provide an alternative procedure conformable with such constitutions.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-4-13 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 4-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-4-13
Status: in_force

If, after reviewing the application of the political subdivision and the report of the State Highway Department or political subdivision, the board determines that the application meets the requirements for approval and should be approved, the board shall notify the political subdivision and the State Highway Commission of its approval and contracts may be let. Upon certification by the board that monies currently available in the Economic Development Highway Fund are sufficient to defray the costs of the construction or improvement, then contracts with respect to such work may be executed by the highway department or political subdivision and work necessary for the construction or improvement of the highways and highway segments so approved shall commence by the State Highway Department or political subdivision, as determined by the Department of Economic and Community Development. If the construction or improvement is by a political subdivision, the State Aid Engineer shall have such work inspected periodically during the progress of such construction or improvement to ensure that it meets the standards prescribed in Section 65-4-17, Mississippi Code of 1972 . However, no application shall be approved by the board if the total costs for constructing or improving the proposed highways or highway segments to be funded hereunder, according to estimates in the report of the State Highway Department or political subdivision, will exceed monies currently available in the Economic Development Highway Fund created in Section 65-4-15, Mississippi Code of 1972 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.301 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.301
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.301
Status: in_force

(1) The segment of United States Highway 11 in Jones County, Mississippi, beginning at its intersection with the southernmost corporate limits of the City of Ellisville, Mississippi, and extending southerly to its intersection with Hall Street in the unincorporated community of Moselle, Mississippi, is designated as the “Coach Phillip James 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. § 65-43-9 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / 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. § 65-25-63 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 17 / Section 25-63
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-63
Status: in_force

The governing authorities of any county which has heretofore issued bridge revenue bonds or bridge revenue refunding bonds for the purpose of acquiring a combined highway and railway bridge over the Mississippi River as authorized under the provisions of Sections 65-25-1 to 65-25-41 may, in their discretion and in lieu of taxes, annually pay to any municipality of this state in which the portion of said bridge properties lying within the State of Mississippi are located a sum not exceeding that required to be paid and paid by way of ad valorem taxes for the year 1961 within or to a sister state or the political subdivisions thereof. Such payment or payments in lieu of taxes as are hereby authorized and as may be determined upon by the board of supervisors of any county owning such bridge, concurred in by any commission appointed under authority of Sections 65-25-43 to 65-25-47 , to have control over the affairs of said bridge, shall be made from any fund created by such bond resolution or indenture enabling the caring for of contingencies not otherwise provided for. However, in no event shall such payment or payments impair any debt service fund or debt service reserve fund or lessen the minimum amount by said bond resolution or indenture required to be carried in any debt service fund or debt service reserve fund created by said resolution or indenture.

The municipality, upon receipt of such payment or payments, must treat and account for the same just as though and as if such funds had been received from ad valorem taxation for general municipal purposes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-7 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 17-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-7
Status: in_force

Such highway commissioner shall, from time to time as required by the board of supervisors, report to the board his acts and doings touching his official duties, and all of his acts shall be subject to the approval or rejection of the board of supervisors.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-1 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 25-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-1
Status: in_force

This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the “Mississippi River Bridge Revenue Bond Law”.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-1-8.2 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-8.2
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-1-8.2
Status: in_force

(1) The Mississippi Transportation Commission may allow for the erection of signs for member institutions of the Mississippi Association of Independent Colleges and Universities that display the name and emblem of such institutions that are similar to signs erected for public state institutions of higher learning. The institutions for which the signs are erected shall be required to purchase and pay the cost of erecting and maintaining such signs which shall conform to the requirements of similar signs that are erected for public state institutions of higher learning.

(2) The Mississippi Transportation Commission shall promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-7 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 17-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-7
Status: in_force

Such highway commissioner shall, from time to time as required by the board of supervisors, report to the board his acts and doings touching his official duties, and all of his acts shall be subject to the approval or rejection of the board of supervisors.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-37-9 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 37-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-37-9
Status: in_force

Engineering costs for any project performed under this chapter, including the salaries or fees of the engineer, may be paid from the Local Bridge Replacement Rehabilitation Fund allocations to a county; however, the maximum fee paid to an engineer from the fund shall not exceed twelve percent (12%) of the final construction cost, with the methods of payment to be approved by the State Aid Engineer under regulations promulgated by the State Aid Engineer. No such costs shall be paid to an engineer before the letting of the project.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-1 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / 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. § 65-15-11.nr2 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 15-11.nr2
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-11.nr2
Status: in_force

In any county having 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 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 road or bridge maintenance fund.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-51.nr2 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-51.nr2
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-51.nr2
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 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. § 65-43-9 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / 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. § 65-23-205 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 23-205
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-205
Status: in_force

When the chancery court has established a bridge district as hereinabove provided, it shall appoint five owners of real property residing within the district to act as commissioners. Each commissioner shall take the oath of office required by section 268 of the Constitution of Mississippi , and shall also swear that he will not directly or indirectly be interested in any contract made by the board of commissioners and that he will well and truly assess all benefits resulting from said improvement.

No commissioner shall be eligible to discharge the duties of his office until the oath herein required has been taken.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-71 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / 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. § 65-21-21 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 21-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-21
Status: in_force

Should the result of such election show that it has carried in favor of the issuance of bonds by a majority vote in each district or in the one district, as the case may be, then it shall be the duty of the board of supervisors to issue the bonds of such districts or district affected thereby, as the case may be, for the purpose aforesaid in any amount which, with other outstanding district road or bridge bonds, will not exceed fifteen percent (15%) of the assessed valuation of said districts or district affected thereby, as the case may be.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-1 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / 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. § 65-25-5 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 25-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-5
Status: in_force

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

(a) The word “municipality” shall be deemed to include any county or city in this state.

(b) The word “bridge” shall be deemed to include the substructure and the superstructure of the bridge and the approaches thereto and also all property, rights, easements, and franchises relating thereto and deemed necessary or convenient for the operation thereof, and shall embrace bridges which are now in existence or hereafter constructed and wholly or partly within the municipality or are within twenty miles of the territory over which such municipality has jurisdiction and which are over the Mississippi River, and shall also embrace combined railroad and highway bridges, as well as highway bridges.

(c) The term “governing body” shall mean the board of supervisors of a county or the council, board of aldermen, or other legislative body of a city.

(d) The word “improvements” shall mean such repairs, replacements, additions, and betterments of and to a bridge acquired by purchase or by condemnation as are deemed necessary to place it in a safe and efficient condition for the use of the public, if such repairs, replacements, additions, and betterments are ordered prior to the sale of any bonds for the acquisition of such bridge.

(e) The term “cost of bridge”, as applied to a bridge to be acquired by purchase or by condemnation, shall include the purchase price or the amount of the award, cost of improvements, financing charges, interest during any period of disuse before completion of improvements, cost of traffic estimates and of engineering and legal expenses, plans, specifications and 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 acquisition of the bridge and the placing of the bridge in operation.

(f) The term “cost of bridge”, as applied to a bridge to be constructed, shall embrace the cost of construction, the cost of all land, property, rights, easements, and franchises acquired, which are deemed necessary for such construction, the cost of all machinery and equipment, financing charges, interest prior to and during construction and for six months after completion of construction, 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.

(g) The word “owner” shall include all individuals, incorporated companies, copartnerships, societies, or associations having any title or interest in any property, rights, easements, or franchises authorized to be acquired by this article.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-107 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 17-107
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-107
Status: in_force

The road accountant shall keep a complete set of books, showing in detail all receipts and disbursements had or made by him. With every report made by him to the board of supervisors as hereinbefore required, he shall submit a trial balance of the said books, showing in detail all his transactions as such road accountant.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-213 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 23-213
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-213
Status: in_force

The board of commissioners shall proceed to assess the lands within the district, shall inscribe in a book the description of each tract, piece, and parcel of land, shall assess the benefits to accrue to each tract, piece, and parcel of land by reason of such improvement, and shall enter such assessment of the benefits to be derived opposite the description thereof. The assessment shall embrace not merely the lands but all public and corporate roads, railroads, tramroads, and other improvements on the land that will be benefited by the improvement. They shall place opposite each tract, piece, and parcel of land the supposed name of the owner, as shown by the last general assessment of lands within the county; but a mistake in name shall not vitiate or invalidate the assessment, and they may correct evident errors which occur in the assessment list.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-1-149 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-149
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-1-149
Status: in_force

The Mississippi Transportation Commission shall file a detailed annual report with the Governor, Department of Finance and Administration, Secretary of the Senate, Clerk of the House of Representatives, and each member of the Senate and the House of Representatives requesting one, by January 15 of each year showing by county the construction and maintenance work in progress, the cost of each project with an indication of specific cost incurred and expenses paid during the fiscal year reported, a list of contracts let, a summary of the bids received, and the name and address of the contractor to whom the contract was awarded in each case. The annual report of the Transportation Commission shall also contain all receipts and disbursements during the preceding fiscal period and an estimate of the receipts for not less than the next fiscal period, plus the average cost of maintenance of each general type of road and the average cost of construction of the various types of surface. Any information and recommendations, including proposed legislation which in the opinion of the commission is needed, shall be contained in said report, in addition to any other required by law to be in the annual report of every department, agency or institution.

In addition to the report hereinabove required, there shall be presented, by January 15 of each year to the Senate Highways and Transportation Committee and to the House Transportation Committee, a report on the projected projects for the next three (3) years outlined in detail sufficient enough to facilitate an accurate assessment of such projects by such committees.

The Transportation Commission shall adopt a complete, detailed and itemized budget based on information as required by the Legislative Budget Office, which budget shall not exceed a reasonably anticipated income of the commission for the succeeding fiscal year, and the essential features of such budget shall be spread at large on the minutes of the commission. A copy of the detailed budget shall be filed with the Legislative Budget Office and the Department of Finance and Administration and shall cover all anticipated expenditures for the ensuing fiscal year. The commission shall not make expenditures in excess of its published budget or any item thereof without written notice to the Legislative Budget Office and prior approval of the Department of Finance and Administration, except in case of extraordinary, unusual or unprecedented occurrences arising by reason of unforeseen events, floods, hurricanes or other Acts of God or force majeure, in which event, upon the declaration of emergency and necessity spread at large upon the minutes, appropriate and necessary emergency expenditures may be made.

The books and accounts of the Mississippi Department of Transportation shall be audited at the end of each fiscal year by the State Auditor. A copy of the audit shall be filed with the Governor, the State Auditor, the Legislative Budget Office, the Department of Finance and Administration, and a copy kept on file in the office of the Transportation Commission. The audit should be so segregated that it shall show in detail the expenditures of the Transportation Department for the period involved.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-71 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / 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. § 65-3-71.7 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.7
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.7
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of Interstate Highway 110 north of the Interstate Highway 110 bridge within the municipal limits of the City of d'Iberville is hereby designated and henceforth shall be known as the “Lee C. Seymour, Sr., Memorial Highway.”

(2) The State Highway Department is hereby directed to erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching such highway.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-11 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 13-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-11
Status: in_force

A petition for the creation of a highway and street revenue bond authority may be submitted to the board of supervisors of the county in which the project or projects authorized by this chapter are to be developed. Such petition shall be signed by not less than twenty qualified electors residing within the county of the board to which the petition is submitted. Such petition shall include (1) a statement of the necessity for the service or services to be supplied by the proposed highway and street revenue bond authority, (2) the services to be provided by the authority, and (3) the limits of the facility to be constructed by the authority. Such petition shall be signed in person by the petitioners, with their respective residence addresses, and shall be accompanied by a sworn statement of the person or persons circulating the petition, who shall state under oath that he or they witnessed the signature of each petitioner, that each signature is the signature of the person it purports to be, and that, to the best of his or their knowledge, each petitioner was at the time of signing a resident of the county.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-27 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / 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. § 65-41-1 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 41-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-1
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Mississippi Scenic Byways Program.”