Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-65 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 33-65
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-65
Status: in_force

The fact of the issuance and delivery of refunding bonds hereunder shall be certified by the clerk of the board of supervisors to the state Treasurer, who shall immediately register such bonds in a suitable bond register. Thereafter, the revenues and taxes which would otherwise be paid into the county treasury of such county for the payment of road protection and seawall bonds and interest thereon under the provisions of section 65-33-45 , shall be paid by the official collecting such taxes into the state treasury on a proper receive warrant of the state auditor to the credit of such county in a special fund to be designated “interest and sinking fund for road protection and seawall bonds of __________ County, Mississippi,” which fund shall be held and shall be applied by the state treasurer in the payment of interest accruing on such refunding bonds and the principal thereof at maturity, according to law. In the event that less than all of outstanding bonds payable under the provisions of this chapter shall be refunded as herein provided, then and in that event there shall be paid into the state treasury, for the credit of the aforesaid interest and sinking fund, only the proportion of the revenues and taxes as the amount of refunding bonds issued and outstanding bears to the total amount of outstanding bonds payable from the revenues herein referred to.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-4-31 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / 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. § 65-23-307 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 23-307
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-307
Status: in_force

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

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

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

(c) The term “cost of bridge,” as applied to a bridge to be constructed pursuant to the provisions hereof, shall embrace the cost of construction, the cost of all land, property, rights, easements, and franchises acquired, which are deemed necessary for such construction, financing charges, interest prior to and during construction and for eighteen months after acceptance of the completed work by the governing body of such county or counties, cost of traffic estimates and of engineering and of legal expenses, plans, specifications, surveys, estimates of cost and of revenues, other expenses necessary or incident to determining the feasibility or practicability of the enterprise, administrative expense, and such other expenses as may be necessary or incident to the financing herein authorized and the construction of the bridge and the placing of the bridge in operation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-1 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 13-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-1
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known as the Highway and Street Revenue Bond Authority Law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-27-11 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 27-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-27-11
Status: in_force

Any county or municipality authorized to construct bridges and issue bridge revenue bonds to pay the cost thereof is hereby authorized to acquire by purchase any competing ferry or ferries within fifteen miles of any such bridge, and to include the cost thereof as a part of the cost of construction of such bridge.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-15 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 13-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-15
Status: in_force

If the board of supervisors at the hearing provided in Section 65-13-13 finds that (1) the public convenience and necessity require the creation of the authority, and (2) the creation of the authority is sound and desirable, the board of supervisors shall adopt a resolution making the aforesaid findings and declaring its intention to create the authority in its respective county on the specified date.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-13 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 23-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-13
Status: in_force

The public agencies herein named, either jointly or severally, may acquire by purchase, gift, donation, or by eminent domain all necessary land, rights of way, easements, and supplies for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, owning, operating, improving, extending, and maintaining toll bridges and approaches thereto, acquiring same in such necessary width and length as the governing authority of such political subdivision or subdivisions may determine will be necessary, right, and proper for such bridge purposes. Such public agencies are likewise granted such rights in any adjoining state, provided that such rights do not in anywise conflict with the laws of such adjoining state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-75 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 41-75
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-75
Status: in_force

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

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

(2) Outdoor advertising shall be allowed on the following portions of U.S. Highway 90 within the corporate limits of the impacted municipalities subject to the zoning and signage ordinances of the impacted municipalities: the end of the Bay St. Louis Bridge to Fort Henry Street; Church Avenue to Fleitas Avenue in Pass Christian; White Harbor Road to Marcie Drive in Long Beach; Russell Avenue to South Nicholson Avenue in Long Beach; Camp Avenue to Pratt Avenue in Gulfport; and Courthouse Road to Paradise Avenue in Gulfport.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-15 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / 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. § 65-11-41 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / 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. § 65-29-23 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / 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. § 65-3-71.225 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.225
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.225
Status: in_force

(1) That section of U.S. Highway 51 in Copiah County within the corporate limits of the City of Crystal Springs beginning from its intersection with Mississippi Highway 27 and extending southerly to its intersection with Pat Harrison Drive is designated and shall be known as the “Tommy Johnson Blues Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching that section of highway designated in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-7 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 23-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-7
Status: in_force

The powers conferred by this article shall be in addition to the powers conferred by any other law, general, special or local. This article, without reference to any other statute or to any charter, shall be deemed full authority to purchase, build, improve, own, and operate the revenue producing system by this article authorized; to fix, maintain, and collect toll rates for the facilities afforded by such toll bridge; and to issue and sell bonds by this article authorized; and shall be construed as an additional and alternative method therefor, any provision of the laws of the state or any charter of any municipality to the contrary notwithstanding. Where no funds are pledged as security for bonds to be issued by the municipality or other political subdivision other than the revenues arising from the tolls of the bridge to be purchased, erected, or extended, bonds may be authorized and issued under this article by ordinance incorporating the terms and conditions of said bonds passed by the governing authority of such municipality, county, taxing district, or other political subdivision, which article, resolution, or ordinance shall be spread in full upon the minutes of such political subdivision. It shall not be necessary to submit same to an election of the qualified voters of such political subdivision unless moneys for the payment of such bonds or interest thereon or maintenance of such bridge, or construction thereof, shall be pledged from taxes or other funds other than the revenue alone arising from the tolls collected on such bridge. In such event the proposition for the pledging of such additional funds and the issuance of such bonds shall be submitted for the approval of same to the voters of the municipality or other political subdivision at a special election called therefor according to law, and after a majority of the qualified electors voting at said election have voted in favor of the proposed bond issue. Where bonds have been authorized under this article, it shall not be necessary to make publication of any ordinance, resolution, notice, or proceedings relating thereto.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-51 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 25-51
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-51
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of such county or the governing authority of such city shall appoint the members of such commission. In making the first appointments, one (1) member shall be appointed for a term of one (1) year, one (1) member for a term of two (2) years, one (1) member for a term of three (3) years, one (1) member for a term of four (4) years, and one (1) member for a term of five (5) years. If the governing authorities shall elect to continue an existing commission in effect, then the order so providing shall reappoint the membership of such commission for varying terms of from one (1) to five (5) years, as hereinabove provided in cases of a newly established commission and, thereafter, their successors shall be appointed for a term of five (5) years. Said governing authorities shall, by resolution entered upon their minutes, prescribe the duties, powers, and rights of such commission and provide for the reasonable compensation, if any, of such commissioners. The acts of such commissioners shall regularly, and not less than four (4) times each year, be reported to such governing body and be subject to its approval and concurrence.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-4-35 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 4-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-4-35
Status: in_force

All bonds issued under Sections 65-4-25 through 65-4-45 shall be executed on behalf of the state by the manual or facsimile signature of the Chairman of the State Bond Commission and shall be countersigned by the manual or facsimile signature of the Secretary of the State Bond Commission. All coupons shall be executed on behalf of the state by the facsimile signatures of the Chairman and Secretary of the State Bond Commission. If the officers whose signatures or countersignatures appear on the bonds or interest coupons shall cease to be such officers before delivery of the bonds, such signatures or countersignatures shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes, the same as if they had remained in office until such delivery, or had been in office on the date such bonds may bear.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-37 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 39-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-37
Status: in_force

The Mississippi Transportation Commission may require the Mississippi Department of Transportation to provide the twenty percent (20%) state matching share and federal nonparticipating costs for Special Category Projects as provided for in Public Law 102-240 (the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991). In addition to any other authorized use, such funds may be expended for Special Category Projects within Public Law 102-240 as set forth in Section 1103 “High Cost Bridge Projects,” Section 1104 “Congestion Relief Projects,” Section 1105 “High Priority Corridors on National Highway System,” Section 1106 “Rural and Urban Access Projects,” Section 1107 “Innovative Projects,” and Section 1108 “Priority Intermodal Projects.” The department shall use funds obtained pursuant to this section for the specific purpose of facilitating the use of additional eighty percent (80%) federal funds provided to the Mississippi Department of Transportation from the Congress of the United States throughout each of the five (5) Congressional Districts of the State of Mississippi. The department also shall utilize any funds obtained pursuant to this section to provide the state matching share and nonparticipating share for preliminary engineering and right-of-way acquisition work for all projects so authorized and shall provide the state share and nonparticipating portion for all projects for which the federal share of the construction is provided through funds not within the normal annual apportionment of the Highway Trust Fund to the State of Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-19 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 7-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-19
Status: in_force

In case the boards of supervisors of the several counties or if any one of them fail or refuse to erect or cause to be erected such sign or guide boards as provided in Sections 65-7-15 and 65-7-17 , then upon a petition to the circuit court by as many as twenty-five qualified electors, who are also taxpayers on real property in the county, joining in said petition, the remedy by way of mandamus shall apply and shall be fully available to enforce the provisions of the said two sections. The said petitioners of the number and qualifications aforesaid shall be deemed to possess all the necessary interest and to be fully entitled to demand, in the proceeding by mandamus, the enforcement by the court of all the duties aforementioned, and the court may upon the trial make all proper orders fully for said enforcement.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-1-133 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-133
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-1-133
Status: in_force

A person arrested by a security officer appointed and commissioned under Section 65-1-131 shall be handled or processed in the jurisdiction in which the offense was committed, in the same manner as if the arrest had been made by a sheriff or constable. If such security officer detains any person arrested by him, he shall forthwith deliver the arrested person to the sheriff of the county in which the offense was committed, and such security officer shall have no further authority as to the custody of such arrested person.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.90 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.90
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.90
Status: in_force

(1) U.S. Highway 80 within the State of Mississippi is designated and shall be known as the “Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway” in honor and memory of and in gratitude, recognition and appreciation for sacrifices and contributions made by the veterans of the Korean War.

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching U.S. Highway 80.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.287 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.287
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.287
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of United States Highway 27 in Copiah County, Mississippi, beginning at its intersection with United States Highway 51 and extending southeasterly to its intersection with Old Highway 27 #2 is designated and shall be known as “Larry Grantham 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. § 65-15-13.nr2 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 15-13.nr2
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-13.nr2
Status: in_force

No existing law providing methods for the construction or maintenance of any public highway, bridges or culverts of the county shall be affected by Section 65-15-9 ; and it does not supersede or impair the obligation of any county to levy a sufficient legal ad valorem tax for the purpose of construction and maintenance of public highways, bridges or culverts, or a sufficient ad valorem tax to pay the interest or principal of any bonds heretofore or hereafter issued for the purpose of building bridges and constructing public roads. Nor does it supersede or impair any right to issue bonds for any purpose, and it shall not alter, amend or repeal any statute except insofar as such statutes are inconsistent herewith.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-2 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 43-2
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-2
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds and declares as a matter of public policy that, for the benefit of the people of this state, it is essential to foster, promote and provide public infrastructure, including toll roads and bridges.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-31-3 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 31-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-31-3
Status: in_force

The State Highway Commission is authorized to contract with the Department of Economic and Community Development, on terms and conditions agreeable between the two (2) state agencies, for the operation of one or more of such hospitality stations constructed under the provisions of this chapter. The commission and the department are further authorized to enter into agreement with an adjoining state for the operation of a hospitality station on an interstate highway where the states' boundary is the Mississippi River and there is no feasible location for a hospitality station between the bank of the Mississippi River and a national military park in the State of Mississippi, or where the states' boundary is the Pearl River and there is no feasible location for a hospitality station between the bank of the Pearl River and the buffer zone to a test facility operated by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in the State of Mississippi. The commission and the department are authorized to pay whatever expenses may be agreed upon between the two (2) states as to the fair share of the operating and maintenance cost of the hospitality station operated primarily for the benefit of the state. Such contracts and agreements shall provide for the furnishing of suitable personnel for the operation of such stations and that such stations shall be kept supplied with such information, pamphlets and other materials as will advertise and publicize the history, commerce, industry, natural resources and tourist attractions of this state. Such information, pamphlets and other materials shall be available to the traveling public and shall be distributed by the personnel employed to operate such stations. The agency operating such hospitality stations shall provide for the free distribution to the traveling public of such literature, pamphlets, refreshments and other items that may be of interest to tourists in such manner as deemed to be in the best interest of promoting the tourist trade in this state. Such agency may sell, or contract for the sale of, merchandise on the premises of any hospitality station, provided such sale or contract for sale is subject to any applicable federal laws and Section 43-3-93 . Revenue derived from such sales shall be paid into the special revolving fund established pursuant to Section 57-1-66 and shall be expended to promote and market Mississippi and to maintain and improve hospitality stations.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-31-5 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 31-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-31-5
Status: in_force

Both the State Highway Commission and the agricultural and industrial board in exercising the powers granted in this chapter are hereby authorized to accept private donations and public grants which may be available to them, respectively, for the furtherance of the purposes of this chapter. In addition thereto, either or both of such agencies may expend, for the purposes of this chapter, any funds available to them not otherwise specifically designated for a different public purpose. Each of such agencies shall cooperate with other state agencies in carrying out the provisions of this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-71 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 19-71
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-71
Status: in_force

There may be selected by the road commissioners, subject to the confirmation of the board of supervisors, a competent road superintendent, whose compensation shall be fixed by the board of supervisors, who shall hold his office for one year unless sooner removed, and who shall give a good and sufficient bond for the faithful performance of his duties. Such superintendent shall work under the direction of the road commissioners and may require any or all directions given him by the commissioners to be in writing. He shall give his whole time to the working of the roads in the district except when the commissioners, on account of weather or other conditions, may direct him otherwise. All labor employed on the roads in the district shall be employed by the superintendent and shall be under his control and direction, but the wages paid or agreed to be paid such labor shall be subject to revision and correction by the road commissioners. The superintendent shall file each month with the road commissioners a payroll showing the name of each laborer, the number of days each worked, and the amount due him. When this payroll shall have been approved by the commissioners and transmitted to the board of supervisors and approved by them, warrants on the road fund of the district shall be issued in accordance therewith.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-205 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 17-205
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-205
Status: in_force

The compensation of the county engineer shall be determined by the board of supervisors of the county employing such engineer. The manner of making such compensation shall be spread annually upon the minutes of the board.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.132 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.132
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.132
Status: in_force

(1) The bridge on U.S. Highway 90 in Mississippi that spans the Gulf of Mexico and St. Louis Bay between the municipalities of Bay St. Louis and Pass Christian is designated and shall be known as the “Leo W. Seal, Jr., Memorial Bridge.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs and markers along and approaching, and at each end of, the bridge described in subsection (1) of this section, reflecting its name and the contributions made by the late Mr. Seal as a prominent economic development leader of the Mississippi Gulf Coast and a dedicated philanthropist and supporter of education throughout the state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-61 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 33-61
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-61
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county operating under the provisions of this chapter is hereby authorized to refund any bonded indebtedness of such county now outstanding, payable from the sources of revenue provided by this chapter, and to issue refunding bonds of such county, which shall be secured by and payable from the same sources of revenue as the bonds refunded thereby. The said refunding bonds may be issued by the board of supervisors of such county only after the question of the issue of said refunding bonds shall have been submitted to the qualified electors of such county at an election to be held for that purpose in said county, and only after the said issue has been authorized by a vote of three fifths of the qualified electors voting in an election to be ordered by the board of supervisors for that purpose, whenever any such board of supervisors shall find it necessary or advisable or in the best interest of such county so to do. Such refunding bonds may be issued only to redeem outstanding bonds at maturity, or on any date upon which outstanding bonds may be redeemable, or upon the voluntary surrender of outstanding bonds by the owners thereof. Such refunding bonds may be sold for not less than par and accrued interest, or may be exchanged for bonds to be refunded thereby; however, the issue of such refunding bonds shall be accomplished in such manner as to avoid payment by the county of interest on the refunding bonds and on the bonds refunded thereby for the same period of time.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-55 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-55
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-55
Status: in_force

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

(2) The Mississippi State Highway Department is hereby directed to erect appropriate signs along and approaching the Hospitality Highway, as described in this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-21 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 23-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-21
Status: in_force

This article, being necessary for and to secure the public health, safety, convenience, and welfare of municipalities, counties, and other political agencies of the State of Mississippi, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes hereof.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-5 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 29-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-5
Status: in_force

The authorities of any county in which there is situated and located, in whole or in part, a county ferry, are hereby given the authority to engage in, either directly or through the commission hereinafter provided and designated and such other agencies as hereafter may be provided by law, promoting, developing, constructing, maintaining, and operating or contract to have operated a ferry or ferries and ferry service within the county and its jurisdiction and to the opposite shore of an adjoining county or state, and either directly or through the commission hereinafter provided, shall have the power to acquire, purchase, install, rent, lease, mortgage, or otherwise encumber, to construct, own, hold, maintain, equip, use, control, and operate wharves, piers, docks, quays, warehouses, other water and rail terminals, and other necessary structures and facilities needful for the convenient use of the same in the aid of ferry service from said county to adjoining county or state. The entire cost to any such county or city of engaging in such work or development shall not exceed the sum of two hundred thousand dollars for lands and equipment and annually not more than fifty thousand dollars for maintenance, repairs, and operations.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.164 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.164
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.164
Status: in_force

(1) That segment of U.S. Interstate 59 beginning at Exit 5 in the City of Picayune and extending northerly to the southern corporate limits of the City of Hattiesburg shall be known and designated as the “Mississippi Gold Star Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the highway.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-5 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / 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. § 65-25-53 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 25-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-53
Status: in_force

The commissioners appointed by such governing body or municipality, or the commissioners whose terms are continued in force as above authorized, shall, subject to the approval of such governing body, have the following authority, powers, and rights: Said commission shall manage and control the affairs of the bridge as a separate proprietary venture, apart from other public roads and bridges within the county, and shall provide for the regular inspection, repair, maintenance, and upkeep of said bridge and its approaches, which expenses and all liabilities which may exist or later come into being or be claimed to exist shall be wholly borne from the bridge properties themselves and the revenues received from the lease of such properties to private or public utilities. In connection with operating the affairs of the said bridge and maintaining the same, said commission is vested with the following powers and authority, subject to the veto power or approval of the governing body owning the said bridge, viz: (1) Contracts and purchases shall be made on the same basis and under the same requirements of advertisement for bids as those made by the board of supervisors; (2) the commissioners may employ a superintendent or manager of the bridge properties and fix the amount of his salary, and either employ or delegate to said manager the employment of subordinate personnel and provide for the wages and compensation of such employees, and, should the commission so determine, may require the manager or other employees to post bond in such sum as the commission may designate for the faithful discharge of their duties as such employees; however, the number of persons employed in an election year shall not exceed the average number employed during the preceding three (3) years, except that additional employees may be hired on a temporary basis in cases of emergency when the specific reasons therefor shall be entered on the minutes of the commission; (3) provide for an adequate bookkeeping system pertinent to the affairs of said bridge and for regular audits, with the revenues derived following the freeing of said bridge to vehicular traffic, if any there be over and above cost of operating and maintaining the said bridge, to be kept by the clerk of the said board or treasurer of the said municipality in a separate account and to so remain, properly invested in the same manner as sinking funds of the county or municipality may be invested, said assets to be subject to bear and discharge the liabilities of the said bridge and not to be utilized for any other or different purpose until a period of at least five (5) years following the freeing of the said bridge from tolls (unless sooner there be another free bridge constructed and opened to public travel crossing said Mississippi River located not more than one (1) mile from said bridge, in which event that factor, rather than the five-year time limit, shall be determinative), and then not until a determination is made by the board or governing authority that such funds, to the extent amassed, will not be further needed for operational maintenance purposes; and that said audits thus caused to be made shall be done by a certified public accountant or accountants duly qualified under the laws of this state; (4) that, without in anywise sacrificing or waiving the entire exempt status of the said bridge properties from ad valorem taxation, to pay a sum or sums in lieu of ad valorem taxes which, by agreement with the taxing authorities of this or any neighboring state, will in no event exceed in any year a sum equaling more than one-half ( 1 / 2 ) of the average amount paid per year by way of such taxes or in lieu thereof over the five-year period preceding June 15, 1966; (5) employ nationally recognized engineers and such other professional assistance as may be deemed necessary, and to pay reasonable compensation for such services; (6) to have and exercise any other authority and right conferred by existing laws, state or federal, applicable to the operation of such bridge; and (7) fulfill the requirements of any outstanding lease contracts to the extent that the bridge properties will permit and the revenues to be derived from such leases will allow, but without incurring any pecuniary liability on the part of the governing authorities or taxpayers generally.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-27 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 25-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-27
Status: in_force

Any holder of any bonds issued under the provisions of this article or of any of the coupons attached thereto, and the trustee under the trust indenture, if any, except to the extent the rights herein given may be restricted by resolution passed before the issuance of the bonds or by the trust indenture, may either at law or in equity, by suit, action, mandamus, or other proceeding, protect and enforce any and all rights granted hereunder or under such resolution or trust indenture, and may enforce and compel performance of all duties required by this article, or by such resolution or trust indenture, to be performed by the municipality, its governing body, or by the state highway commission, or any officer thereof, including the fixing, charging, and collecting of tolls for transit over such bridges.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-309 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 23-309
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-309
Status: in_force

Any such county acting separately or jointly with another county is hereby authorized and empowered to construct, whenever it shall deem such construction expedient, any toll bridge located as provided in Section 65-23-305 . Authority is hereby granted to any such county or counties to purchase, solely from funds provided under the authority of this article, such lands, rights of way, easements, and other interests in lands, including lands under water and riparian rights of any person, copartnership, association, railroad or other corporation, 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 or them to be reasonable and can be agreed upon between it or them and the owner thereof, and to take title thereto in the name of such county or counties. Any such county or counties may acquire such lands, rights of way, easements, and other interest in land by eminent domain in the manner now provided by law. 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. § 65-3-71.82 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.82
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.82
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of Interstate Highway 10 in Hancock County beginning at the Mississippi/Louisiana state line and extending easterly to its intersection with Mississippi Highway 43 is designated and shall be known as the “Stephen E. Ambrose Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching that portion of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-71 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 33-71
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-71
Status: in_force

The provisions of sections 65-33-61 to 65-33-71 , without reference to any other statute, shall be deemed full and complete authority for the issuance of refunding bonds as therein provided; and all powers necessary to be exercised by the board of supervisors of such counties, in order to carry out the provisions of said sections, are hereby conferred.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-25 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 26-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-25
Status: in_force

(1) Upon the issuance and sale of such bonds, the Bond Commission shall transfer the principal proceeds of any such sale or sales to the bridge construction fund hereby created in the state treasury. The proceeds of such bonds shall be used solely for the payment of the cost of the project or combined projects, which shall include costs incident to the issuance and sale of such bonds, and shall be disbursed solely upon the order of the Highway Commission under such restrictions, if any, as may be contained in the resolution providing for the issuance of the bonds.

(2) Any revenues transferred to the bridge construction fund from the bond retirement fund as provided in this chapter shall be expended for the construction of any bridges described in Section 65-26-5 upon the order of the Highway Commission. Such revenues shall not be commingled with any other funds in the bridge construction fund but shall be kept separate and distinct therefrom.

(3) Any funds in the bridge construction fund which are not needed to make current payments to meet contractual obligations shall be invested in interest-bearing certificates of deposit in accordance with the provisions of Section 27-105-33 , except interest so earned shall be credited to the bridge construction fund.

(4) When all contracts for bridge construction are paid in full then all funds in the bridge construction fund and all funds invested as provided in subsection (3) of this section shall be transferred to the bond retirement fund and no further diversion or transfer of said funds shall be made to the bridge construction fund.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.122 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.122
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.122
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of U.S. Highway 90 within the City of Gulfport between Cowan Road and Debuys Road is designated and shall be known as the “Judith Toups Least Tern 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. § 65-41-53 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 41-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-53
Status: in_force

(1) The following highways, roads and streets located in the State of Mississippi are hereby designated as an official Mississippi Scenic Byway to be known as the “Lower Mississippi Historic Scenic Byway,” pursuant to Section 65-41-1 et seq. :

Begin on U.S. Highway 61 at the Issaquena County line and travel south along U.S. Highway 61 in Warren County, to Business 61 (North Washington Street); travel north on Washington Street to downtown Vicksburg. Continue traveling on Washington Street as it merges into Warrington Road; travel Warrington Road to U.S. Highway 61; continue on U.S. Highway 61 South to Claiborne County.

Upon entering Claiborne County, continue traveling south on U.S. Highway 61. At Grand Gulf Road, travel west to Grand Gulf Military Park. Turn on Grand Gulf Road to U.S. Highway 61. Travel south on U.S. Highway 61 to Port Gibson. U.S. Highway 61 at Port Gibson is also known as “Church Street.” At the intersection of Church Street and Orange Street, travel west on Orange Street, past the Claiborne County Courthouse to Market Street. Travel south on Market Street four (4) blocks, past Mississippi Cultural Crossroads, Matt Ross Administrative Building, Harriette Pearson Memorial Library and Meyer Marx Building until you reach Carroll Street. Return to Church Street and travel south on U.S. Highway 61 to Jefferson County. This corridor also includes Rodney Road, which is Carroll Street (west of Market Street). Travel west on Rodney Road, past the Shaifer House and grounds; travel past the Ruins of Windsor where Rodney Road merges into Highway 552. Travel past Alcorn State University on Highway 552 back to U.S. Highway 61.

Travel south on U.S. Highway 61 until you reach Adams County and continue on U.S. Highway 61 through the City of Natchez to U.S. Highway 61 / 84 Interchange; travel west on U.S. Highway 84 to the Natchez Intermodal Center at the Mississippi River Bridge. Return to U.S. Highway 61 / 84 interchange and travel south on U.S. Highway 61 through the southern portion of Natchez to Wilkinson County. Traveling south on U.S. Highway 61 through Woodville to the Louisiana state line. This terminates the Lower Mississippi Historic Byway.

(2) Outdoor advertising as identified in the Lower Mississippi Historic Byway Corridor Management Plan shall be allowed on U.S. Highway 61 and U.S. Highway 84 within the corporate limits of the impacted municipalities along the byway subject to the zoning and signage statutes and ordinances of the state and the impacted municipalities. Outdoor advertising outside of a municipality's corporate limit must be in compliance with applicable local, state and federal guidelines.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-207 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 23-207
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-207
Status: in_force

The commissioners hereinabove provided shall receive the sum of ten dollars ($10.00) per day for each day, or major fraction thereof, in which they are called upon to attend the meetings of the board, together with necessary travel expenses not to exceed six cents (6¢) per mile for miles actually travelled while engaged in the business of their office.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-21 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 33-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-21
Status: in_force

Bonds issued under the provisions of Sections 65-33-17 to 65-33-21 shall be full faith and credit obligations of the county for which the same are issued, shall mature so as to be paid within twenty years from their date of issuance, and shall be paid out of the funds collected under this chapter. All bonds, notes and certificates of indebtedness heretofore issued by such county for seawall and road protection purposes maturing each year and the interest thereon however, shall be first provided for and paid out of said funds. The bonds authorized to be issued under Sections 65-33-17 to 65-33-21 shall not be subject to other limitations, restrictions or provisions of the general laws or laws which may be enacted at the Regular 1940 Session of the Mississippi Legislature governing the borrowing of money, amounts of indebtedness, budget and election, and shall be payable, both as to principal and interest, from the same sources of revenue and taxes made available for the payment of road protection bonds under the provisions of this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-105 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 7-105
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-105
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 One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00), the road commissioner, 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 road commissioner, 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. § 65-33-5 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / 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. § 65-11-49 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 11-49
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-49
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of counties who do not have an engineer employed are hereby authorized and empowered to employ a competent engineer to prepare all necessary surveys, plans, and specifications and to supervise the construction and repairing of roads and bridges in their respective counties. The salary of same shall be paid from the common fund of said county.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-35 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 33-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-35
Status: in_force

All expenses incurred prior to the issuance and sale of bonds as hereinabove provided may be paid out of the general county fund or such other fund as the board of supervisors may select. The fund out of which such expense is paid shall be reimbursed out of the proceeds of such bond issue when the bonds are issued and sold.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-37 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 39-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-37
Status: in_force

The Mississippi Transportation Commission may require the Mississippi Department of Transportation to provide the twenty percent (20%) state matching share and federal nonparticipating costs for Special Category Projects as provided for in Public Law 102-240 (the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991). In addition to any other authorized use, such funds may be expended for Special Category Projects within Public Law 102-240 as set forth in Section 1103 “High Cost Bridge Projects,” Section 1104 “Congestion Relief Projects,” Section 1105 “High Priority Corridors on National Highway System,” Section 1106 “Rural and Urban Access Projects,” Section 1107 “Innovative Projects,” and Section 1108 “Priority Intermodal Projects.” The department shall use funds obtained pursuant to this section for the specific purpose of facilitating the use of additional eighty percent (80%) federal funds provided to the Mississippi Department of Transportation from the Congress of the United States throughout each of the five (5) Congressional Districts of the State of Mississippi. The department also shall utilize any funds obtained pursuant to this section to provide the state matching share and nonparticipating share for preliminary engineering and right-of-way acquisition work for all projects so authorized and shall provide the state share and nonparticipating portion for all projects for which the federal share of the construction is provided through funds not within the normal annual apportionment of the Highway Trust Fund to the State of Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-325 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / 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. § 65-3-71.370 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.370
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.370
Status: in_force

(1) The intersection of U.S. Highway 80 and Highway 481 in the City of Morton, Scott County, Mississippi, is designated and shall be known as the “Reverend Scott Mangum Life Springs Ministries Memorial Intersection.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the intersection described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-7 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 17 / Section 25-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-7
Status: in_force

Any municipality is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire by purchase, whenever it shall deem such purchase expedient, any toll bridge located as provided in Section 65-25-3 , or any such toll bridge partly constructed, or any franchises, easements, permits, or contracts for the construction of any such bridge, or any such toll bridge or facilities thereof which may be under lease in whole or in part and which may be so acquired subject to the terms of such lease, all upon such terms and at such prices as may be reasonable and can be agreed upon between such municipality and the owner thereof, title thereto to be taken in the name of such municipality. For the purpose of paying the cost of such acquisition, any municipality is hereby authorized and empowered to issue its bridge revenue bonds as hereinafter provided.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-1-83 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-83
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-1-83
Status: in_force

The State Highway Commission shall continue through the State Highway Department to cooperate with the United States Department of Transportation, as necessary, in the taking of a traffic census and the making of other surveys, inspections or studies as said federal agency may request or require pertaining to or on the state highway system and such other roads, bridges and highways within this state as it may deem advisable.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-65 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 33-65
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-65
Status: in_force

The fact of the issuance and delivery of refunding bonds hereunder shall be certified by the clerk of the board of supervisors to the state Treasurer, who shall immediately register such bonds in a suitable bond register. Thereafter, the revenues and taxes which would otherwise be paid into the county treasury of such county for the payment of road protection and seawall bonds and interest thereon under the provisions of section 65-33-45 , shall be paid by the official collecting such taxes into the state treasury on a proper receive warrant of the state auditor to the credit of such county in a special fund to be designated “interest and sinking fund for road protection and seawall bonds of __________ County, Mississippi,” which fund shall be held and shall be applied by the state treasurer in the payment of interest accruing on such refunding bonds and the principal thereof at maturity, according to law. In the event that less than all of outstanding bonds payable under the provisions of this chapter shall be refunded as herein provided, then and in that event there shall be paid into the state treasury, for the credit of the aforesaid interest and sinking fund, only the proportion of the revenues and taxes as the amount of refunding bonds issued and outstanding bears to the total amount of outstanding bonds payable from the revenues herein referred to.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.390 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.390
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.390
Status: in_force

(1) The section of Mississippi Highway 7 located in Lafayette County, Mississippi, beginning at the intersection of Mississippi Highway 7 North and County Road 299 in Oxford, Mississippi, and extending north for approximately one (1) mile to County Road 1018 in Oxford, Mississippi, shall be known as the “Johnny Morgan Memorial Highway” in memory of the late State Senator and President of the Lafayette County Board of Supervisors, Johnny Morgan.

(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. § 65-3-71.276 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.276
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.276
Status: in_force

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

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-307 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 23-307
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-307
Status: in_force

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

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

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

(c) The term “cost of bridge,” as applied to a bridge to be constructed pursuant to the provisions hereof, shall embrace the cost of construction, the cost of all land, property, rights, easements, and franchises acquired, which are deemed necessary for such construction, financing charges, interest prior to and during construction and for eighteen months after acceptance of the completed work by the governing body of such county or counties, cost of traffic estimates and of engineering and of legal expenses, plans, specifications, surveys, estimates of cost and of revenues, other expenses necessary or incident to determining the feasibility or practicability of the enterprise, administrative expense, and such other expenses as may be necessary or incident to the financing herein authorized and the construction of the bridge and the placing of the bridge in operation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.60 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.60
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.60
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of Mississippi Highway 35 in Panola County beginning with its intersection with Mississippi Highway 6 and extending southerly to the Tallahatchie County line shall be known as the “Waverly Wray Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching that portion of Mississippi Highway 35 described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-79 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 19-79
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-79
Status: in_force

All the provisions of law in respect to roads and bridges, so far as applicable and where not in conflict with the special provisions in respect to separate road districts, shall govern in said road districts.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-5-5 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-5-5
Status: in_force

The highway authorities of the state, counties, cities, towns, and villages, acting alone or in cooperation with each other or with any federal, state, or local agency or any other state having authority to participate in the construction and maintenance of highways, are hereby authorized to plan, designate, establish, regulate, vacate, alter, improve, maintain, and provide controlled-access facilities for public use wherever such authority or authorities are of the opinion that traffic conditions, present or future, will justify such special facilities; however, within cities and villages such authority shall be subject to such municipal consent as may be provided by law. Such highway authorities of the state, counties, cities, villages, and towns, in addition to the specific powers granted in this chapter, shall also have and may exercise, relative to controlled-access facilities, any and all additional authority now or hereafter vested in them relative to highways or streets within their respective jurisdictions. Said units may regulate, restrict, or prohibit the use of such controlled-access facilities by the various classes of vehicles or traffic in a manner consistent with Section 65-5-3 .

No existing public street or highway shall be converted into a controlled-access facility except with the consent of the owners of lands abutting said freeway or with the purchase or condemnation of the access rights of said abutting land owners.

Nothing herein shall be construed as requiring the consent of the owners of the abutting lands where a street or highway is constructed, established, or located for the first time as a new way for the use of vehicular or pedestrian traffic.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-13.nr2 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 15-13.nr2
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-13.nr2
Status: in_force

No existing law providing methods for the construction or maintenance of any public highway, bridges or culverts of the county shall be affected by Section 65-15-9 ; and it does not supersede or impair the obligation of any county to levy a sufficient legal ad valorem tax for the purpose of construction and maintenance of public highways, bridges or culverts, or a sufficient ad valorem tax to pay the interest or principal of any bonds heretofore or hereafter issued for the purpose of building bridges and constructing public roads. Nor does it supersede or impair any right to issue bonds for any purpose, and it shall not alter, amend or repeal any statute except insofar as such statutes are inconsistent herewith.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-4-21 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-4-21
Status: in_force

On each transfer date the Director of the State Highway Department shall make requisition upon the State Fiscal Management Board and thereupon the State Fiscal Management Board shall issue its warrant to the State Treasurer, who shall immediately pay the same into the appropriate fund specified in Section 65-4-19 as provided by law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-225 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 23-225
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-225
Status: in_force

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

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

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

(c) The balance, if any, to be placed in an interest and sinking fund to be used for future maintenance and operations and the retirement of the bonded indebtedness.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-57 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / 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. § 65-31-1 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 31-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-31-1
Status: in_force

The Mississippi Transportation Commission is hereby authorized to locate, design, construct, operate, and maintain hospitality stations on trunkline highways at or near points of entry into this state from other states. In carrying out the provisions of this chapter, the commission shall have authority to employ such engineers, architects, skilled and unskilled labor as may be determined necessary by the commission, for the preparation of plans for such hospitality stations and their proper location, design, construction, maintenance, and operation. The commission also may employ full-time security officers, as authorized under Section 65-1-131 , and/or may contract for the employment of private security officers, as authorized under Section 65-1-136 , to patrol and protect the property of hospitality stations and visitors, patrons and other employees of hospitality stations.

Prior to the location of such hospitality stations the commission shall afford the opportunity for a public hearing in the county wherein such hospitality station is to be located for the purpose of receiving testimony regarding the most feasible and advantageous location for such hospitality station, at which hearing all interested persons may appear and present testimony in regard thereto. A notice of such proposed location shall be given in some newspaper published or having general circulation in the county wherein such hospitality station is proposed to be located. Should a public hearing be requested thereon, notice by publication shall be given at least ten (10) days prior to the date upon which public hearing is to be held and written notice thereof shall likewise be given, within said time, to the governing authorities of all municipalities within such county and the governing authority of such county.

Each hospitality station constructed under the provisions of this chapter shall be maintained and kept in a neat and attractive condition.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-1-141 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-141
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-1-141
Status: in_force

(1)(a) The Highway Commission shall annually have the Highway Department prepare a three-year plan for the maintenance, construction, reconstruction and relocation of the State Highway System. The plan shall include:

(i) For each interstate, primary, secondary and other highway or road system under the jurisdiction of the Highway Commission, a list and detailed description of those highways, or segments thereof, on the highway system which are determined to have the highest priority for maintenance and which can be maintained within the three-year period from funds available or estimated to be made available for such purpose;

(ii) For each interstate, primary, secondary and other highway or road system under the jurisdiction of the Highway Commission, a list and detailed description of those highways, or segments thereof, on the highway system which are determined to have the highest priority for construction, reconstruction or relocation and for which contracts can be let for construction, reconstruction or relocation within the three-year period from funds available or estimated to be available for such purpose;

(iii) The reasons for the priority assigned to highways, or segments thereof, pursuant to the criteria established in the following subsection (1)(b), and the annual cost and total estimated cost of completion for each such project; and

(iv) A synopsis of any analyses or studies considered by the commission to develop the criteria in determining priorities.

(b) The Highway Commission shall determine the criteria on which the Highway Department shall assign priority for maintenance, construction, reconstruction and relocation of highways, or segments thereof, on each highway or road system under its jurisdiction, taking into consideration all of the following criteria:

(i) Public necessity and public safety;

(ii) Present and future economic benefit and commercial value;

(iii) Present and future traffic census; and

(iv) Route continuity.

Additionally, the Highway Commission shall take into consideration conditions potentially hazardous to the public safety at points on highways having substantial truck traffic entering and leaving the highway. In setting priorities for construction, the department shall take into consideration the construction of turning lanes at such points on highways to facilitate the safe movement of traffic.

(c) To develop the criteria to be used in determining priorities, the State Highway Commission may conduct public hearings; shall conduct analyses or studies of highway needs, utilizing highway department personnel; and shall consider highway needs analyses or studies submitted to them by the University Research Center, which is hereby directed to develop such highway needs analyses or studies with respect to the criteria set forth in subsection (1)(b)(ii) above and to timely submit or present such analyses or studies to the State Highway Commission.

(2) All funds appropriated and made available to the State Highway Department from any source within the state for maintenance, construction, reconstruction and relocation of the state highway system shall be expended on order of the State Highway Commission according to the priorities herein set forth and without regard to the provisions of Sections 65-3-29 through 65-3-33 . The commission shall spread upon its minutes, from time to time, the priority of roads for application of such funds, the specific reasons for each priority so assigned, and the source and amount of funds applied to each project.

(a) All interstate funds apportioned to the State Highway Commission under the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 shall be allocated on the basis of need to complete the interstate system of highways to provide for the maximum commercial benefit to the state.

(b) All primary road construction money shall be used in the priorities established pursuant to subsection (1)(b) hereof.

(c) The State Highway Department shall match all available federal money for highways.

(d) Federal aid primary system as constituted. Priority of use of these funds shall be determined by roads meeting most of the criteria receiving priority established pursuant to subsection (1)(b) hereof.

(e) Secondary road construction money shall be used with priorities established by roads meeting most of the following criteria receiving priority:

(i) Roads in the order of the relative use and importance of such highways, as may be determined by the present and future traffic censuses thereof, taking into consideration their present and future use, convenience, public necessity and public safety, the connecting of Mississippi towns, cities and population centers and the economic contribution to the state should a specific highway be improved, the recorded maintenance expense and their continuity as highways through the state.

(ii) Roads which carry the most traffic.

(iii) Roads which connect the federal aid primary or interstate system in a uniform manner.

(iv) Roads which serve the most commercial value.

(v) Roads which are arterial in nature.

(vi) Roads which connect the major rural communities with similar communities in adjoining counties.

(f) The State Highway Department shall when funds are available match all available federal money for highways.

(3) Projects eligible for reimbursement under the provisions of P.L. 97-424 shall be exempt from the requirements of subsection (1)(a) of this section, but the State Highway Commission shall expend funds available to it for such projects in the priorities established pursuant to subsection (1)(b) hereof.

(4) All highway construction, reconstruction and relocation shall be by contract, let on competitive bid in the manner provided by statute. On any one (1) reconstruction project the total cost of which does not exceed Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00), reconstruction may be accomplished by highway department labor, equipment or materials. Nothing herein shall be construed to affect maintenance and repair work done or to be done on existing roads. When new programs require the utilization of professional services, the Mississippi State Highway Department may contract with, engage, or retain available, competent firms actively offering such professional services as a primary source of livelihood. “Professional services” is defined as services normally performed on a fee basis or contract by engineers, architects, business management, administrative and consulting firms.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-101 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 17-101
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-101
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors may elect a road accountant, whose salary shall be fixed by the board and who shall give bond, with sufficient surety, to be payable, conditioned and approved as provided by law, in a penalty not less than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00). For the purpose of enabling the road accountant, in counties working their roads and building and repairing bridges on the unit system or countywide basis, to meet weekly payrolls and to pay for same each week or biweekly, the board of supervisors may advance to him at each regular monthly meeting, out of the road and bridge fund of the county, a sum not exceeding fifty percent (50%) of the amount of his bond. Said road accountant shall place said funds in the county depository to his credit as road accountant, to be checked on by him to meet weekly payrolls for labor, and said fund shall be a public fund and shall be secured as other public funds are secured. The road accountant shall report to the next meeting of the board his disposition of said money, including an itemized payroll for same, which payroll must be approved by the board of supervisors before another advance to him may be made. In the event the board finds any discrepancies in said payroll account, he shall be liable on his official bond for same; and the board of supervisors, in such event, shall not make further allowances to him until said discrepancies are corrected. It shall be the duty of the road accountant to pay all labor employed on the road and bridge work of the county, to pay transportation charges on supplies and material used in such road and bridge work, and all bills for repairs. Every three (3) months he shall take an inventory of all the personal property of the county used in said road and bridge work.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-21 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 15-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-21
Status: in_force

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

Any municipality may contract with its board of supervisors, or any member thereof, whereby work may be performed on the streets maintained by said municipality in lieu of the refund of one-half ( 1 / 2 ) of the road taxes collected under this section and in such event such agreement shall be spread at large upon the minutes of both the governing authorities of such municipality and the board of supervisors of such county.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.221 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.221
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.221
Status: in_force

(1) That segment of Mississippi Highway 30 in Union County beginning in the City of New Albany at its intersection with Mississippi Highway 178 and extending westerly to its intersection with the Union-Lafayette County Line, is designated and shall be known as the “William Faulkner 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. § 65-19-65 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 19-65
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-65
Status: in_force

The boards of supervisors of the several counties upon request of a separate road district are hereby authorized to cooperate in the construction and maintenance of any public road connecting two such districts, and may, in their discretion, appropriate and expend such district road funds for such purpose in such an amount as may appear to be for the best interest of the respective districts.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-67 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 19-67
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-67
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the boards of supervisors to build all bridges and culverts in districts coming under this chapter, the cost of which shall be paid out of either the county fund or the proceeds from the sale of bonds of said separate road district, in the discretion of the board of supervisors.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.319 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.319
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.319
Status: in_force

(1) The segment of Mississippi Highway 16 in Leake County, Mississippi, in the corporate limits of the City of Carthage, Mississippi, beginning at its intersection with Dona Drive and extending west to 1300 Highway 16, is designated as the “Blake Burgess 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. § 65-33-51 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 33-51
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-51
Status: in_force

(1) In any county maintaining a sea wall or road protection structure under the provisions of this chapter, the board of supervisors may borrow funds not in excess of one million, five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000.00), at a rate of interest not exceeding four per cent per annum, in addition to such sums as have heretofore been borrowed for the purpose of constructing, repairing, strengthening, or maintaining the road protection structure or sea wall of the county. Such board of supervisors shall have the authority to acquire by purchase or otherwise a dredge boat and to use and operate it for the purpose of pumping a sand beach adjacent to such sea wall or road protection structure or for the maintenance thereof, and to pay for same out of any funds provided under this section. The funds or amount borrowed for the purposes provided for in this section shall be repaid within a period of fifteen years from the date borrowed, and shall be paid out of the funds collected under this chapter. All bonds, notes, or certificates of indebtedness maturing each year and the interest thereon, however, shall be first provided for and paid out of said funds. The loans authorized herein shall not be subject to other limitations, restrictions, or provisions of the general laws governing the borrowing of money, amounts of indebtedness, budget, and election; and said loans may be made by the board of supervisors of such county either by issuance of county bonds, notes, or certificates of indebtedness which shall be full faith and credit obligations of the county issuing same and shall be payable, both as to principal and interest, from the same sources of revenue and taxes made available for the payment of road protection bonds under the provisions of this chapter. The money herein authorized to be borrowed by such board of supervisors may be borrowed from any person, firm, corporation, governmental lending agency, or from any sinking funds of such county; if the money be borrowed from any sinking fund, it shall be repaid before the sinking fund from which it is borrowed, when supplemented by funds paid into same, is needed. Before the board of supervisors shall borrow money under this section, it shall spread on its minutes an order reciting such intention, and shall thereafter publish a copy of such order in three weekly issues of some newspaper having a general circulation in the county. If, within fifteen days after the first publication of a copy of such order, fifteen per cent of the qualified electors of the county shall file with such board of supervisors a petition in writing requesting an election on the question of borrowing money in the amount and for the purpose as set forth in such order, then such money shall not be borrowed unless authorized by a majority of the qualified voters of such county voting in an election to be ordered by such board of supervisors for that purpose. Notice of such election shall be given and such election shall be held and conducted as provided by law in connection with elections for the submission of bond issues in such county. If such proposition shall fail to receive such majority vote at such election, then no further proceedings for the borrowing of such money shall be had or taken within a period of six months from and after the date of such election. If, however, no such petition shall be so filed, or if at such election such petition shall be assented to by a majority vote, then such board of supervisors shall be authorized to borrow such money in the amount and for the purpose as set forth in such order as published. The amount authorized to be borrowed under this section may be borrowed at any time and in any amount, but the total borrowed shall not exceed one million, five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000.00) in addition to such sums as may heretofore have been borrowed for the purposes herein enumerated, or either of them.

(2) The board of supervisors is hereby given full power and authority to meet and do and grant any request of the United States Beach Erosion Board of the United States Army Engineers by and under Public Law 727, 79th Congress, Chapter 960, 2nd Session, and to assure either or both the following:

(a) Assure maintenance of the sea wall and drainage facilities, and of the beach by artificial replenishment, during the useful life of these works, as may be required to serve their intended purpose;

(b) Provide, at the county's own expense, all necessary land, easements, and rights of way;

(c) To hold and save the United States free from all claims for damages that may arise either before, during, or after prosecution of the work;

(d) To prevent, by ordinance, any water pollution that would endanger the health of the bathers;

(e) To assume perpetual ownership of any beach construction and its administration for public use only, and that the board of supervisors is given full power and authority to do any and all things necessary in and about the repair and reconstruction, or construction or maintenance of the sea wall and sloping beach adjacent thereto; and it is given such power to cooperate with the requirements of the United States government to receive any grant or grants of money from Congress or to contribute any grant or grants to the United States Army Engineers in and about this construction and maintenance and it is further given full power and authority to employ engineers, lawyers, or any other professional or technical help in and about the completion of this project. In the event the county engineer is selected to do any or all of said work, the board of supervisors is hereby authorized to pay and allow him such reasonable fees or salary which, in its opinion, is necessary, just, and commensurate to the work done by him.

It is further given full power and authority to let, by competitive bids, any contract for the repair of said wall, or for the installation and drainage, and for the construction of any additional section of wall, together with any artificial beach adjacent to said wall; or it may, in its discretion, negotiate a contract for any and all construction or any part thereof for the construction, repair, reconstruction, or additions thereto; or it may do any or all of said work under the direction of the county engineer or engineers employed by it and for which purpose it may employ all necessary labor and equipment and purchase necessary materials.

The intent and purpose of this section is to give unto the respective boards of supervisors the full power and authority to carry out all the provisions herein, and to act independently, jointly, or severally with the United States government by and under Public Law 727, 79th Congress.

(3) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any county with an assessed valuation of less than $10,000,000.00.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-29 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 11-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-29
Status: in_force

Any county may, by resolution of its board of supervisors, request that all or any portion of the moneys available for expenditure in such county from federal aid and state appropriated funds be expended on any state highway in such county which is on the approved system of secondary and feeder roads. In that event, the State Highway Commission may expend such money on such state highway in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1944 [58 U. S. Stat. 838, ch. 626] and the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, notwithstanding any provision of Sections 65-11-1 to 65-11-37 to the contrary.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-25 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-25
Status: in_force

All powers of the highway and street revenue bond authority shall be exercised by a board of trustees, to be composed as follows:

(a) Two members of the board of trustees shall be appointed by the board of supervisors. These two members shall be qualified electors who reside within the supervisors district in which the facility is located.

(b) One member of the board of trustees shall be appointed by the board of supervisors and shall be a qualified elector not a resident of the supervisors district in which is located the proposed facility.

(c) Any municipality joining the authority, either during organization or afterwards, shall appoint two members of the board of trustees who shall be qualified electors in the municipality appointing them.

(d) One of the members of the board of trustees appointed under (a) above and one of the members of the board of trustees appointed under (c) above shall be appointed for an initial term of five years, but all other appointments shall be for a term of four years, or until appropriate successors in office have been appointed and have accepted appointment.

(e) At any time the membership of a board of trustees composed as outlined herein is of an equal number, the trustees themselves shall select, from any part of the county, one member at large who shall have all the rights and privileges as any other member and who shall serve for a period of four years.

(f) Members of the board of trustees of the authority may succeed themselves.

(g) No member shall be appointed by the board of supervisors who is not a qualified elector and bona fide resident of the county.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-29 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 7-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-29
Status: in_force

At such intervals on said road as may be deemed extremely dangerous, such board shall be double faced, with said inscription on each side thereof, and shall be placed in such manner as to be easily seen by travelers at night when proper lights upon vehicles are reflected thereon.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-5-13 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-5-13
Status: in_force

The highway authority of the state, county, city, town, or village may designate and establish controlled-access highways as new and additional facilities or may designate and establish an existing street or highway as included within a controlled-access facility. The state or any of its subdivisions shall have authority to provide for the elimination of intersections at grade of controlled-access facilities with existing state and county roads and city, town, or village streets by grade separation or service road, or by closing off such roads and streets at the right of way boundary line of such controlled-access facility; and after the establishment of any controlled-access facility, no highway or street which is not part of said facility shall intersect the same at grade unless it be an approved interchange. No city, town, or village street, county or state highway, or other public way shall be opened into or connected with any such controlled-access facility without the consent and previous approval of the highway authority in the state, county, city, town, or village having jurisdiction over such controlled-access facility. Such consent and approval shall be given only if the public interest shall be served thereby.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-327 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 23-327
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-327
Status: in_force

The exercise of the powers conferred by this article constitute the performance of essential governmental functions, and as bridges which are owned and operated by counties constitute public property used for public purposes, such bridges shall at all times be free from taxation within the state. No county shall be required to pay taxes or assessments upon any such bridge or any part thereof owned by it, and bonds issued under the provisions of this article, their transfer, and the income therefrom shall at all times be free from taxation within the state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.218 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.218
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.218
Status: in_force

(1) The segment of Mississippi Highway 9 in Choctaw County, Mississippi, beginning at the Choctaw-Webster County Line and extending southerly to the corporate limits of the Town of Ackerman is designated and shall be known as the “Phyllis A. Graham-Steven B. Moss Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the highway.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-19 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 21-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-19
Status: in_force

When a bridge over any stream or other water will connect two or more districts in any county and the districts so connected shall desire to join in defraying the costs and expenses incident to the building and construction of said bridge, or if only one of said districts shall desire to defray said costs and expenses, it shall be the duty of the board of supervisors of such county, upon petition of twenty percent (20%) of the qualified electors of said districts or, in the case last mentioned, of the district, to order an election to be held on a day to be fixed by it, submitting to the qualified electors of the districts or the district affected, as the case may be, the proposal of said board of supervisors to issue bonds for said purpose against all the taxable property in said districts or district, as the case may be. Said board shall give notice of such election to issue such bonds by publication in a newspaper having a general circulation in said county for three consecutive weeks, which said election shall be held, conducted, and certified as required by law for the holding of general elections, so far as applicable. The tickets to be used in said election shall have printed thereon the purposes for and the amount of said proposed bond issue, after which shall be printed thereon “for the issuance of the bonds” and below that thereon “against the issuance of the bonds.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-209 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 23-209
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-209
Status: in_force

The board of commissioners shall have the power to employ engineers, attorneys, auditors, manager or superintendent, and such other employees as may be necessary for the orderly function of such district, and to fix their respective compensation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-31-3 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 31-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-31-3
Status: in_force

The State Highway Commission is authorized to contract with the Department of Economic and Community Development, on terms and conditions agreeable between the two (2) state agencies, for the operation of one or more of such hospitality stations constructed under the provisions of this chapter. The commission and the department are further authorized to enter into agreement with an adjoining state for the operation of a hospitality station on an interstate highway where the states' boundary is the Mississippi River and there is no feasible location for a hospitality station between the bank of the Mississippi River and a national military park in the State of Mississippi, or where the states' boundary is the Pearl River and there is no feasible location for a hospitality station between the bank of the Pearl River and the buffer zone to a test facility operated by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in the State of Mississippi. The commission and the department are authorized to pay whatever expenses may be agreed upon between the two (2) states as to the fair share of the operating and maintenance cost of the hospitality station operated primarily for the benefit of the state. Such contracts and agreements shall provide for the furnishing of suitable personnel for the operation of such stations and that such stations shall be kept supplied with such information, pamphlets and other materials as will advertise and publicize the history, commerce, industry, natural resources and tourist attractions of this state. Such information, pamphlets and other materials shall be available to the traveling public and shall be distributed by the personnel employed to operate such stations. The agency operating such hospitality stations shall provide for the free distribution to the traveling public of such literature, pamphlets, refreshments and other items that may be of interest to tourists in such manner as deemed to be in the best interest of promoting the tourist trade in this state. Such agency may sell, or contract for the sale of, merchandise on the premises of any hospitality station, provided such sale or contract for sale is subject to any applicable federal laws and Section 43-3-93 . Revenue derived from such sales shall be paid into the special revolving fund established pursuant to Section 57-1-66 and shall be expended to promote and market Mississippi and to maintain and improve hospitality stations.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-47 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 25-47
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-47
Status: in_force

The governing body of such county or city shall cause to be kept separate minutes and records of the operation of such bridge properties available for public inspection, which minutes from time to time shall show the approval or disapproval of the actions of said commission. Concerning the management and operation of said bridge by the commission and the governing body of said city or county, there shall be no obligation on said commission, nor shall there be any general obligation on said city or county, other than from the revenues derived from the operation of said bridge properties and as may be set forth or provided for in the trust indenture or resolution under which the revenue bonds of such governing body were issued for the acquisition of said bridge properties.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-47 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 25-47
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-47
Status: in_force

The governing body of such county or city shall cause to be kept separate minutes and records of the operation of such bridge properties available for public inspection, which minutes from time to time shall show the approval or disapproval of the actions of said commission. Concerning the management and operation of said bridge by the commission and the governing body of said city or county, there shall be no obligation on said commission, nor shall there be any general obligation on said city or county, other than from the revenues derived from the operation of said bridge properties and as may be set forth or provided for in the trust indenture or resolution under which the revenue bonds of such governing body were issued for the acquisition of said bridge properties.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-5 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 15-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-5
Status: in_force

No failure to strictly comply with the provisions of this chapter, such as the invalidity of any contract or other like irregularity, shall in any manner affect the validity of the assessment of the ad valorem tax hereby provided, but the validity of such assessments shall be tested by the same rules of law that the validity of other assessments are determined by.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-37 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 39-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-37
Status: in_force

The Mississippi Transportation Commission may require the Mississippi Department of Transportation to provide the twenty percent (20%) state matching share and federal nonparticipating costs for Special Category Projects as provided for in Public Law 102-240 (the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991). In addition to any other authorized use, such funds may be expended for Special Category Projects within Public Law 102-240 as set forth in Section 1103 “High Cost Bridge Projects,” Section 1104 “Congestion Relief Projects,” Section 1105 “High Priority Corridors on National Highway System,” Section 1106 “Rural and Urban Access Projects,” Section 1107 “Innovative Projects,” and Section 1108 “Priority Intermodal Projects.” The department shall use funds obtained pursuant to this section for the specific purpose of facilitating the use of additional eighty percent (80%) federal funds provided to the Mississippi Department of Transportation from the Congress of the United States throughout each of the five (5) Congressional Districts of the State of Mississippi. The department also shall utilize any funds obtained pursuant to this section to provide the state matching share and nonparticipating share for preliminary engineering and right-of-way acquisition work for all projects so authorized and shall provide the state share and nonparticipating portion for all projects for which the federal share of the construction is provided through funds not within the normal annual apportionment of the Highway Trust Fund to the State of Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-43 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 19-43
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-43
Status: in_force

The roads hereinbefore provided shall have been completed for a period of at least one month before the board of supervisors and the road commissioners shall finally accept the same and make final settlement therefor. Nor shall the board of supervisors allow any final payment to any contractor for the construction of any such road until an itemized statement shall be filed, showing in detail the amount that may be due for each separate mile, the number of yards hauled for each mile, and the amount of work completed for each mile.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-65 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 19-65
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-65
Status: in_force

The boards of supervisors of the several counties upon request of a separate road district are hereby authorized to cooperate in the construction and maintenance of any public road connecting two such districts, and may, in their discretion, appropriate and expend such district road funds for such purpose in such an amount as may appear to be for the best interest of the respective districts.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-35 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 19-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-35
Status: in_force

The tax assessor, when ordered so to do by the board of supervisors, shall make a separate assessment of all the taxable property of the district or part of districts or territory forming a road district. In making such assessment, it shall not be necessary for him to reassess the property in the road district, but he shall copy from the assessment rolls in use at the time, or mark and separate thereon, all the property and persons in the district or parts of districts forming a road district, so that the county tax collector, in collecting the taxes levied on such road district, may easily ascertain the property and persons situated therein.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-25 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 26-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-25
Status: in_force

(1) Upon the issuance and sale of such bonds, the Bond Commission shall transfer the principal proceeds of any such sale or sales to the bridge construction fund hereby created in the state treasury. The proceeds of such bonds shall be used solely for the payment of the cost of the project or combined projects, which shall include costs incident to the issuance and sale of such bonds, and shall be disbursed solely upon the order of the Highway Commission under such restrictions, if any, as may be contained in the resolution providing for the issuance of the bonds.

(2) Any revenues transferred to the bridge construction fund from the bond retirement fund as provided in this chapter shall be expended for the construction of any bridges described in Section 65-26-5 upon the order of the Highway Commission. Such revenues shall not be commingled with any other funds in the bridge construction fund but shall be kept separate and distinct therefrom.

(3) Any funds in the bridge construction fund which are not needed to make current payments to meet contractual obligations shall be invested in interest-bearing certificates of deposit in accordance with the provisions of Section 27-105-33 , except interest so earned shall be credited to the bridge construction fund.

(4) When all contracts for bridge construction are paid in full then all funds in the bridge construction fund and all funds invested as provided in subsection (3) of this section shall be transferred to the bond retirement fund and no further diversion or transfer of said funds shall be made to the bridge construction fund.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-203 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 23-203
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-203
Status: in_force

If, upon the hearing provided in section 65-23-201 , petitions are presented to the chancery court signed by property owners within the proposed district who own a majority of the real property in said district as determined by the value thereof, praying that the improvement be made, it shall be the duty of the chancery court to make an order establishing the district without further inquiry; however, this shall not preclude the rights of appeal hereinabove provided. If no such petitions are filed in the chancery court, then the question of whether such improvement be made shall be submitted to a special election held for the purpose. If a majority of those voting in said election approve the improvement, then upon proper certification thereof the matter may be submitted to the chancery court, and the court shall proceed to investigate the matters relevantly before the court. If it is the opinion of the court that such district should be formed, an order may be entered to that effect. The petitions of the property owners in this section referred to may be signed by any person, firm, or corporation owning real property therein; and guardians may sign for their wards, and fiduciaries may sign for the property they represent.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-25 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 19-25
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-25
Status: in_force

The bonds issued under authority hereof shall mature not later than twenty-five (25) years from the date of their issuance; shall bear interest at such rate or rates, provided that the bonds of any issue shall not bear a greater overall maximum interest rate to maturity than that allowed in Section 75-17-101 , payable annually or semiannually, as the board of supervisors shall direct; shall be exempt from all taxes, and shall be payable in annual installments, the amount to be paid each year to be fixed by the board of supervisors when the bonds are issued. All such bonds, with interest coupons if any attached, shall be lithographed with suitable devices to prevent counterfeiting; shall be in denominations to be fixed by the board of supervisors; shall be registered by the clerk of the board of supervisors in a book to be kept for that purpose; shall be numbered as provided by the board of supervisors, and shall be signed by the president of the board and countersigned by the clerk, who shall impress the seal of the county upon each bond as it is issued. The coupons, if any, shall be lithographed with the facsimile signatures of the president and clerk of said board, and every such bond shall specify on its face the purpose for which it was authorized and the total amount authorized to be issued. Each bond shall be made payable to a person by name, or may be made payable to bearer without any name, such bonds to be entitled “Road bonds of ,” describing by name or number the territory created and organized into a road district. Such bonds shall not be sold for less than their face value; and the board of supervisors of each county shall levy annually a special tax upon all the taxable property of the district to be used exclusively in paying the interest on the bonds and providing a sinking fund for their redemption.

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, bonds referred to hereinabove may be issued pursuant to the supplemental powers and authorizations conferred by the provisions of the Registered Bond Act, being Sections 31-21-1 through 31-21-7 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.31 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.31
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.31
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of Mississippi Highway 25 within the corporate limits of the City of Aberdeen, beginning at the intersection of Mississippi Highway 25 and Poplar Street and extending to the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Bridge, is designated and shall be known as the “Pat Patterson Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching such highway.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-1-51 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-51
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-1-51
Status: in_force

The Mississippi Transportation Commission may acquire by gift, purchase or otherwise, and may have the Mississippi Department of Transportation improve and maintain strips of land necessary for the restoration, preservation and enhancement of scenic beauty adjacent to the state highway rights-of-way. The commission may acquire and have the Transportation Department develop publicly owned and controlled rest and recreation areas and sanitary and other facilities within or adjacent to the highway right-of-way reasonably necessary to accommodate the traveling public.

The Mississippi Transportation Commission, in its discretion, may acquire by gift, purchase or otherwise, including the exercise of eminent domain, public or privately owned wetlands and other lands suitable for creation as wetlands for the purpose of mitigating wetland losses and replacing those wetlands purchased and damaged or eliminated by development and use, on a basis not to exceed that required by the Federal Highway Administration as a condition for receiving federal aid funds, provided that some governmental agency or approved organization agrees, without compensation, to accept title to the lands acquired and maintain such lands as wetlands in perpetuity. However, the commission shall replace those coastal wetlands purchased and damaged or eliminated by development and use on the basis required by the “Coastal Wetlands Protection Law” and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Mississippi Commission on Marine Resources.

The Mississippi Transportation Commission, in its discretion, may acquire by gift, purchase or otherwise, wetlands credits from an approved organization with a plan establishing a wetland mitigation bank. The commission shall, if possible, acquire credits on wetlands within the State of Mississippi before acquiring credits on wetlands located outside the State of Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-107 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / 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. § 65-43-13 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / 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. § 65-39-25 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / 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. § 65-25-13 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / 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. § 65-7-31 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-31
Status: in_force

The expense of preparing and erecting said signal or signboard shall be paid out of the road funds of the county.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.342 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / 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. § 65-33-5 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / 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. § 65-3-71.231 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / 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. § 65-37-7 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / 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. § 65-7-145 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-145
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-145
Status: in_force

Every dwelling house, whether or not located on a public road in this state and not otherwise designated by a street and number address, shall be assigned a street and number address.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-87 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 17 / 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. § 65-23-329 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 23-329
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-329
Status: in_force

This article, being necessary for the welfare of the state and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes hereof. But this article shall not be construed to repeal the laws under which any bridge has heretofore been constructed or operated by any county of the state and, as to such counties, the present laws shall remain in force and effect.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-11 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 17 / Section 25-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-11
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the governing body of any municipality, at or before the time any such bridge shall be acquired by such municipality by purchase or by condemnation, to determine what repairs, replacements, additions, or betterments will be necessary to place the bridge in safe and efficient condition for the use of the public, and to cause an estimate of the cost of such improvement to be made. The governing body of the municipality shall authorize such improvements before the sale of any bridge revenue bonds for the acquisition of such bridge, and the cost of such improvements shall be paid for out of the proceeds of such bonds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-21 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 43-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-21
Status: in_force

The State Bond Commission shall act as the issuing agent for the bonds authorized under Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 , 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, pay all fees and costs incurred in such issuance and sale, and do any and all other things necessary and advisable in connection with the issuance and sale of such bonds. The State Bond Commission is authorized and empowered to pay the costs that are incident to the sale, issuance and delivery of the bonds authorized under Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 from the proceeds derived from the sale of such bonds. The State Bond Commission shall sell such bonds on sealed bids at public or private 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 the date of delivery of the bonds to the purchaser. All interest accruing on such bonds so issued shall be payable semiannually or annually; however, the first interest payment may be for any period of not more than one (1) year.

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

The State Bond Commission, when issuing any bonds under the authority of Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 , may provide that bonds, at the option of the State of Mississippi, may be called in for payment and redemption at the call price named therein and accrued interest on such date or dates named therein.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-143.13 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-143.13
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-143.13
Status: in_force

The following segment of highway is deleted from the state highway system, removed from the jurisdiction of the Mississippi Transportation Commission and returned to the jurisdiction of the governing authorities of the City of Tunica, Mississippi:

Northern District--Tunica County

Mississippi Highway 4 beginning at the west corporate limits of the City of Tunica, Mississippi, and extending easterly to U.S. Highway 61, for a total approximate length of seven-tenths (.7) miles.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-17 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 25-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-17
Status: in_force

All moneys received from any bridge revenue bonds issued pursuant to this article shall be applied solely to the payment of the cost of the bridge or bridges, or to the appurtenant sinking fund, and there is hereby created and granted a lien upon such moneys until so applied, in favor of the holders of such bonds or the trustee hereinafter provided in respect of such bonds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-19 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 11-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-19
Status: in_force

After the selection and determination of the projects in the manner prescribed in Sections 65-11-1 to 65-11-37 , the State Highway Commission shall prepare and submit to the commissioner of public roads of the public roads administration for approval detailed programs of such proposed projects for the utilization of any apportionment of funds made to the state under the provisions of subsection (b) of section 3 of the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1944 [58 U. S. Stat. 838, ch. 626], same to be done in the manner and in the form required by the applicable federal laws, rules, and regulations.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-301 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 23-301
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-301
Status: in_force

This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the “Pearl River Bridge Revenue Bond Law”.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-19 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 17 / Section 19-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-19
Status: in_force

The elections hereinbefore mentioned shall be held and conducted according to the provisions of Chapter 5, Title 23, Mississippi Code of 1972 , so far as applicable, the tickets to be used in said election to contain the following: “For the creation of the district” and, either below or above on the ticket, “Against the creation of the district.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-21 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 33-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-21
Status: in_force

Bonds issued under the provisions of Sections 65-33-17 to 65-33-21 shall be full faith and credit obligations of the county for which the same are issued, shall mature so as to be paid within twenty years from their date of issuance, and shall be paid out of the funds collected under this chapter. All bonds, notes and certificates of indebtedness heretofore issued by such county for seawall and road protection purposes maturing each year and the interest thereon however, shall be first provided for and paid out of said funds. The bonds authorized to be issued under Sections 65-33-17 to 65-33-21 shall not be subject to other limitations, restrictions or provisions of the general laws or laws which may be enacted at the Regular 1940 Session of the Mississippi Legislature governing the borrowing of money, amounts of indebtedness, budget and election, and shall be payable, both as to principal and interest, from the same sources of revenue and taxes made available for the payment of road protection bonds under the provisions of this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-3 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 25-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-3
Status: in_force

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

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

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

No revenue bonds and no liens securing such bonds shall be repaid in whole or in part from any funds arising from taxation, nor shall any such bonds or liens given under authority of this article constitute a lien on any other property of a city or county other than the bridge constructed or acquired under this article or a pledge of the credit of such agency unless specifically so voted by a majority of the qualified electors voting in favor of same in an election held according to law for the purpose of so authorizing.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-19 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 25-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-19
Status: in_force

In the discretion of the governing body of any municipality issuing its bonds under the provisions of this article, each or any issue of such bonds may be secured by a trust indenture by and between such municipality and a corporate trustee, which may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or outside of the state, which trust indenture may, in the discretion of the governing body, convey or mortgage the revenues, the bridge, or any part thereof.

Either the resolution providing for the issuance of bridge revenue bonds or such trust indenture may contain such provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the bondholders as may be reasonable and proper and not in violation of law, including covenants setting forth the duties of such municipality and the governing body thereof in relation to the acquisition, construction, improvement, maintenance, operation, repair, and insurance of the bridges, and the custody, safeguarding, and application of all moneys; and may also provide that the bridge or bridges shall be acquired, constructed, or partly acquired and partly constructed, and paid for under the supervision and approval of consulting engineers employed or designated by the governing body of such municipality and satisfactory to the original purchasers of the bonds issued therefor; and may also require that the security given by contractors and by any depository of the proceeds of the bonds or revenues of the bridges or other moneys pertaining thereto be satisfactory to such purchasers. It shall be lawful for any bank or trust company incorporated under the laws of this state to act as such depository and to furnish such indemnifying bonds or to pledge such securities as may be required by the governing body of such municipality. Such indenture may set forth the rights and remedies of the bondholders and of the trustee, and may restrict the individual right of action of bondholders as is customary in trust indentures securing bonds and debentures of corporations. Except as in this article otherwise provided, the governing body of such municipality may provide, by resolution or by such trust indenture, for the payment of the proceeds of the sale of the bonds and the revenues of the bridges to such officer, board, or depository as it may determine for the custody thereof and for the method of disbursement thereof, with such safeguards and restrictions as it may determine. All expenses incurred in carrying out such trust indenture may be treated as a part of the cost of maintenance, operation, and repair of the bridge or bridges affected by such indenture.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-37-3 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / 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. § 65-41-69 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 41-69
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-69
Status: in_force

The following highways, roads or streets located in the State of Mississippi are hereby designated in the following four (4) segments as an official Mississippi Scenic Byway to be known as the “Delta Bluffs Scenic Byway” pursuant to Section 65-41-1 et seq. :

(a) Northern Branch: Beginning at the intersection of Austin Road and Mississippi Highway 301 and continuing westward to the intersection of Delta View Road and Austin Road; then north along Delta View Road to the Great River Road National Scenic Byway (connectivity through the Town of Walls via Delta View Road, U.S. Highway 161 and 2nd Street);

(b) Central Branch: Beginning at the intersection of Mississippi Highway 301 and Austin Road and continuing south along Mississippi Highway 301 to Arkabutla Lake;

(c) East-West Branch: Beginning at the intersection of Old Mississippi Highway 304 and Interstate 55 in Hernando and continuing westward to Bluff Road; and

(d) Robertson Gin Road Extension Branch: Beginning at the intersection of U.S. Highway 51 and Commerce Street in DeSoto County and continuing south along U.S. Highway 51 to Oak Grove Road; thence westward on Oak Grove Road to Robinson Gin Road; then south along Robinson Gin Road to Wheeler Road; thence westward along Wheeler Road to its point of terminus at Hernando Point at Arkabutla Lake.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.273 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.273
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.273
Status: in_force

(1) The segment of U.S. Interstate Highway 55 in Pike County, Mississippi, beginning at exit 20A located in Summit, Mississippi, and extending southerly to exit 13 located in Fernwood, Mississippi, is designated and shall be known as the “Bo Diddley 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 on both the northbound and southbound lanes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-211 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 23-211
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-211
Status: in_force

As soon as the board of commissioners shall have formed plans for such bridge and the approaches thereto and shall have ascertained the cost thereof, it shall file the same with the chancery clerk of each county having territory in said district. The plans shall be accompanied by a map showing the location of the bridge and approaches thereto, together with specifications describing the construction and character of the improvement to be made.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-67 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-67
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-67
Status: in_force

All proceedings of the board of supervisors in laying out, altering, or changing any public road and assessing damages therefor may be reviewed by the circuit court in respect to any matter of law arising on the face of the proceedings; and on the question of damages the cause may be tried anew, and the damages may be assessed by a jury if the owners of the land so desire. The board of supervisors shall grant appeals for that purpose, when prayed for, on the appellant giving bond for the costs in such penalty as the board may require, not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200.00), payable to the county; and such bond shall have the same effect and be subject to the same proceedings as appeal bonds in other cases. Any person interested and a taxpayer may appeal in like manner and with like effect from the action of the board in assessing, allowing, or disallowing damages in opening or changing a road. If the road laid out or changed is a part of a federal aid project, such appeal to, and such review by, the circuit court shall be without supersedeas and only after the assessment of damages herein provided; on such appeal and review, all of the proceedings involving the taking of land for a public road and assessing damages therefor, and otherwise, shall be before the circuit court for consideration on such review and appeal. If the road laid out or changed is a part of a federal aid project, after the board of supervisors has confirmed the report of the committee examining and viewing the contemplated route of a road and finding the same practicable, such road may be opened, worked, constructed, and used, and such opening, working, constructing, and using of said road shall not be stopped or held up by appeal, by writ of supersedeas, writ of certiorari, direct appeal, other method of appeal, review, by writ of prohibition, or otherwise after the board of supervisors has entered an order on its minutes to the effect that the county shall be liable to the landowner for all damages sustained by such laying out, working, and construction of such road and the taking of the land therefor; and the board of supervisors shall have actually deposited the amount assessed as damages with the clerk of the circuit court, subject to the order of the landowner.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.93 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.93
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.93
Status: in_force

(1) That segment of U.S. Highway 84 located in Jones County beginning from 16th Avenue within the corporate limits of Laurel and extending westerly to the Jones/Covington county line is designated and shall be known as the “Veterans 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).
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-41 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 25-41
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-41
Status: in_force

Such bonds may be issued for the purpose herein and, regardless of the amount thereof, same shall not be subject to the limitations as to amount of bonded debt based upon amount of the assessed value of taxable property, in a municipality or county.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-23 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 17 / Section 19-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-23
Status: in_force

Such election shall be held so far as practicable in accordance with the laws regulating general elections in this state; however, in order to authorize the creation of such proposed road district, a majority of the qualified electors residing in such territory shall vote in favor of such creation. When the election commissioners of the county shall have received returns of said election and have declared the result thereof, they shall, after having canvassed the same, forthwith make returns of said election to the board of supervisors by filing with the board of supervisors a certificate stating the number of votes cast in favor of the creation, the number of votes cast against the creation, and the number of qualified electors residing in the territory proposed to be created into a road district. The number of qualified electors residing in said territory shall be determined at the meeting of the election commissioners first preceding said election, as required by Section 23-5-79, Mississippi Code of 1972 . At its next meeting after it has received said returns, the board of supervisors shall adjudicate whether or not a majority of the qualified electors of the territory have voted in favor of the creation of said road district, from the findings of the election commissioners as herein required.

Should the result of such election show that it has carried in favor of the creation of the district by a majority vote of the qualified electors residing in the proposed district, then it shall be the duty of the board of supervisors to issue the bonds of such district in the necessary amount, not to exceed ten percent (10%) of the assessed value of all taxable property of the district. The amount within this limit shall be fixed by the commissioners hereinafter provided for, subject to the approval of the board of supervisors, such bonds to be issued and sold either all at one time or in installments from time to time as funds are needed for the construction of such highway or highways, in the discretion of the commissioners and the board of supervisors. Any county, supervisor's district, part of supervisor's district, or districts which have heretofore issued bonds in said county, supervisor's district, parts of supervisor's district, or districts for road purposes may, under the provisions of this chapter and in pursuance thereof, issue bonds in addition to those already issued, provided that the total amount of bonds for road purposes outstanding and to be issued shall not exceed ten percent (10%) of the assessed value of all the taxable property of the district.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-117 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-117
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-117
Status: in_force

Each member of the board of supervisors shall inspect every road, bridge and ferry in each district at least annually, at times to be fixed by the board, and shall file with the clerk of the board a report, under oath, of the condition of the several roads, bridges and ferries inspected by him, with such recommendations as are needful, which reports shall be presented to the board of supervisors and kept on file for three (3) years.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-85 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / 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. § 65-19-37 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 19-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-37
Status: in_force

Each separate road district shall receive a fair portion of the convict labor assigned to the roads of the county.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-2-5 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-2-5
Status: in_force

The board shall elect a chairman and may adopt rules of procedure. The board may be called into session by the Mississippi Transportation Commission or by a contractor who has a dispute with the Mississippi Department of Transportation which, under the rules of the board, may be the subject of arbitration. The party requesting the board's consideration shall give notice of the same to each member.

Absent agreement of the parties, the board shall have jurisdiction to hear matters concerning Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($750,000.00) or less per contract without regard to the size of the contract. The parties by mutual written agreement may submit to the board claims in excess of the jurisdictional limit of Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($750,000.00). Absent agreement of the parties, the number of arbitration proceedings regarding monetary issues shall be limited to three (3) per contract.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-15 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 33-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-15
Status: in_force

Except as herein to the contrary provided, such counties, acting by and through their respective boards of supervisors in the performance of the powers and duties hereunder granted and provided, shall have and may exercise all powers and rights, including but not limited to the right of eminent domain heretofore granted by and under this chapter.

The provisions of Sections 65-33-1 to 65-33-15 are additional and supplemental to all other powers heretofore or hereafter granted to counties, and no county shall be deemed to be required to issue bonds under the provisions hereof. Unless and until a county shall have issued bonds under the provisions hereof, such county shall not be obligated by any of the provisions of said sections, and may avail itself of any law now or hereafter enacted and which may contain other and different provisions concerning the application of the revenues herein referred to.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-27 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 29-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-27
Status: in_force

Any municipality within whose confines one of the terminals is located shall have the right, power, and authority, whether such municipality be special charter or otherwise, to set aside and appropriate from its general fund as much as three mills for the defraying of the expenses of operation of said free or limited free ferry service.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-37-11 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 37-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-37-11
Status: in_force

(1) The board of supervisors of each county and the governing authorities of each municipality shall be responsible for properly maintaining all bridges replaced or repaired in their respective jurisdictions and for performing National Bridge Inspection Standard (NBIS) compliant inspections under the provisions of this chapter.

(2) The State Aid Engineer and his assistants shall make annual maintenance inspections of completed bridge projects and ensure that NBIS compliant inspections are performed as the State Aid Engineer deems necessary. If at any time the State Aid Engineer is of the opinion that a county or municipality has not provided NBIS compliant bridge inspections or proper maintenance as required by subsection (1) of this section, he shall give written notice thereof to the board of supervisors of the county or the governing authorities of the municipality of default and direct such maintenance as may be necessary to be performed. If within sixty (60) days of the receipt of such notice the board of supervisors or governing authorities have not performed such maintenance as may be necessary, then the county or municipality shall not thereafter be eligible to participate in the Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Program.

(3) Whenever any county fails to be eligible for the expenditure of monies allocated to it under the provisions of this chapter for a continuous period of two (2) years because it has failed to properly maintain bridges under the Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Program, then the county shall forfeit and no longer be entitled to any part of the monies in the Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Fund theretofore allocated to it. The balance of the monies theretofore allocated to it shall be reallocated pro rata among all other eligible counties in accordance with the formula established in Section 65-37-3 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-47.nr2 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 11-47.nr2
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-47.nr2
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of each county, at its next regular or special meeting after receipt of notice of the amount of money apportioned such county, shall spread upon the minutes of such meeting the roads and bridges selected by it to be constructed or improved. In the selection of such projects the boards of supervisors shall select roads and bridges which will be of the greatest benefit to the county as a whole, judged from the standpoint of relative use and importance. However, if the board of supervisors selects a portion of the federal aid farm-to-market system, as set up in Sections 65-11-1 through 65-11-37 , then the road shall be built up to the specifications for the federal aid farm-to-market system, and the funds made available under Sections 65-11-39 through 65-11-59 shall be expended under the provisions of the former sections. No reference is intended to any order of the board of supervisors heretofore made with reference to farm-to-market roads in the respective counties.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-5 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 11-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-5
Status: in_force

It being recognized that county highways generally have deteriorated to a considerable extent during the past several years, and it being further recognized that the selection, construction, and improvement of a system of all-weather rural secondary, feeder, or farm-to-market roads is a matter of primary state-wide concern, it is hereby declared to be the purpose of Sections 65-11-1 to 65-11-37 to provide for a more comprehensive rural-road program through cooperation between the federal government, the state highway commission of Mississippi, and the county boards of supervisors; and it is further the purpose and intent of said sections to provide a means, manner, and funds whereby the counties of this state will be enabled to participate in the federal aid program, and will be enabled to participate in and avail themselves of the funds apportioned to the State of Mississippi for the construction and improvement of secondary and feeder roads, including farm-to-market roads, rural mail routes, and public school bus routes, under the terms of the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1944 [58 U. S. Stat. 838, ch. 626]. It is hereby declared to be the intent and purpose of the cited sections that, insofar as permissible under federal laws, rules, and regulations, not less than fifty per cent (50%) of the funds apportioned to Mississippi for secondary and feeder roads under the terms of subsection (b), section 3, of the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1944 [58 U. S. Stat. 838, ch. 626] should be expended for the construction and improvement of county highways as defined in said sections.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.185 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.185
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.185
Status: in_force

(1) That segment of Mississippi Highway 30 Bypass in Prentiss County and the City of Booneville, Mississippi, beginning at its intersection with U.S. Highway 45 and extending easterly to its intersection with Mississippi Highway 30, is designated and shall be known as the “F. Wade Lambert 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. § 65-11-21 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 11-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-21
Status: in_force

The State Highway Commission is hereby authorized and directed to prepare all necessary surveys, plans, specifications, and estimates for all projects upon county highways, to furnish engineering and technical assistance for the preparation of such surveys, plans, specifications, and estimates, and to supervise the construction of all projects upon county highways under the provisions of Sections 65-11-1 to 65-11-37 ; the cost and expense of such surveys, plans, specifications, estimates, and the supervision of projects shall be paid from the federal aid or state appropriated funds allocated for such project, or from any other funds that the county might have available for such purpose.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-55 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 41-55
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-55
Status: in_force

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

Begin at the Tennessee state line and travel south on U.S. Highway 61 to the intersection of Mississippi Highway 161. Continue on Mississippi Highway 161 to the Town of Walls, Mississippi, and travel south on Old Highway 61 through DeSoto County and Tunica County to the intersection with U.S. Highway 49 near Lula, Mississippi. Continue northwest on U.S. Highway 49 to the intersection with Mississippi Highway 1, and travel south along Mississippi Highway 1. Continue south along Mississippi Highway 1 through Coahoma County, Bolivar County, Washington County, east along Mississippi Highway 1 at Sharkey County and then south along Mississippi Highway 1 at Issaquena County. Continue on Mississippi Highway 1 south to the intersection of U.S. Highway 61 at Mississippi Highway 1 at Onward; continue south along U.S. Highway 61 to the Issaquena/Warren County line. This terminates the “Mississippi Delta Great River Road Scenic Byway.”

(2) Outdoor advertising as identified in the Mississippi Delta Great River Road Scenic Byway Corridor Management Plan shall be allowed on Mississippi Highway 1 and U.S. Highway 61 within the corporate limits of the impacted municipalities along the byway subject to the zoning and signage statutes and ordinances of the state and the impacted municipalities. Outdoor advertising outside of a municipality's corporate limit must be in compliance with applicable local, state and federal guidelines.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-57 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 7-57
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-57
Status: in_force

When any person shall desire to have a public road other than a road being maintained by the state highway department laid out, altered, or changed, a petition shall be presented to the board of supervisors of the county, signed by ten or more freeholders or householders of the county interested in the road, setting forth the commencement and termination and general course thereof and that the public interest or convenience requires the road to be laid out and opened or altered or changed, as shown in the petition. The petitioners, if not owners of the land through which the road runs or is proposed to be run, or if the land through which the road runs or is proposed to run is owned by the county or a municipality, shall give a copy of the same to the president of the board of supervisors if the county is the owner of the land, or to the mayor if a municipality is the owner thereof, and shall give five days' notice to the owners of the land in person, or by leaving the same at their residence if they reside in the county, or if the owners be nonresidents of the county, by putting up the notice in some conspicuous place on the land through which the road runs or is proposed to run. Thereupon the board of supervisors shall hear the parties, and if it determine that the prayer of the petitioners ought to be granted, in whole or in part, it shall appoint a committee of two members, of districts other than that of the road or proposed road, who shall examine and view the contemplated route of the road. If they find the same practicable, they shall lay out and mark the road, or the alteration or change, and report their proceedings in writing to the board at its next meeting.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-29 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 39-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-29
Status: in_force

The proceeds of the bonds issued under the provisions of Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33 shall be used solely for the purposes herein provided, including the costs incident to the issuance and sale of such bonds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-5-19 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 5-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-5-19
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for any person (1) to drive a vehicle over, upon, or across any curb, central dividing section, or other separation or dividing line on controlled-access facilities; (2) to make a left turn or a semicircular or U-turn except through an opening provided for that purpose in the dividing curb section, separation, or line; (3) to drive any vehicle except in the proper lane provided for the purpose and in the proper direction and to the right of the central dividing curb, separation section, or line; (4) to drive any vehicle into the controlled-access facility from a local service road except through an opening provided for that purpose in the dividing curb or dividing section or dividing line which separates such service road from the controlled-access facility proper. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon arrest and conviction therefor, shall be punished by a fine of not less than five dollars ($5.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00), or by imprisonment in the city or county jail for not less than five days nor more than ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-101 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 25-101
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-101
Status: in_force

The Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint three (3) commissioners to enter into a compact on behalf of the State of Mississippi with the State of Arkansas. If the Senate is not in session at the time for making such appointments, the Governor shall make temporary appointments as in the case of a vacancy. Any two (2) of the commissioners so appointed, together with the Attorney General of the State of Mississippi, may act to enter into the following compact:

COMPACT BETWEEN ARKANSAS AND MISSISSIPPI CREATING AN ARKANSAS-MISSISSIPPI BRIDGE COMMISSION

Article I

There is hereby created an Arkansas-Mississippi Bridge Commission (hereinafter referred to as the commission) which shall be a body corporate and politic and which shall have the following powers and duties:

1. To plan, construct, maintain and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Mississippi River at or near Helena, Arkansas, and Friars Point, Mississippi, at a point deemed by the commission as most suitable to the interests of the citizens of the States of Arkansas and Mississippi in accordance with the provisions of an act of the Seventy-Ninth Congress, Second Session, of the United States entitled “The General Bridge Act of 1946”;

2. To purchase, maintain and, in its discretion, to operate all or any ferries across the Mississippi River within twenty-five miles of the site selected for the bridge;

3. To contract, to sue and be sued in its own name; to purchase or otherwise acquire, hold and dispose of real and personal property;

4. To acquire by proper condemnation proceedings such real property as may be necessary for the construction and operation of the bridge and the approaches thereto;

5. To issue bonds on the security of the revenues derived from the operation of the bridge and ferries for the payment of the cost of the bridge, its approaches, ferry or ferries, and the necessary lands, easements and appurtenances thereto including interest during construction and all necessary engineering, legal, architectural, traffic surveying and other necessary expenses. Such bonds shall be the negotiable bonds of the commission, the income of which shall be tax free. The principal and interest of the bonds, and any premiums to be paid for their retirement before maturity, shall be paid solely from the revenues derived from the bridge and ferries;

6. To establish and charge tolls for transit over such bridge and ferries in accordance with the provisions of this compact;

7. To perform all other necessary and incidental functions.

Article II

The rates of tolls to be charged for transit over such bridge and ferries shall be so adjusted as to provide a fund sufficient to pay for the reasonable cost of maintenance, repairs and operation (including the approaches to the bridge) under economical management, and also to provide a sinking fund sufficient to pay the principal and interest of the outstanding bonds. All tolls and other revenues derived from facilities of the commission are hereby pledged to such uses.

Article III

The commission shall keep an accurate record of the cost of the bridge and other expenses and of the daily revenues collected and shall report annually to the governor of each state setting forth in detail the operations and transactions conducted by it pursuant to this agreement and any legislation thereunder.

Article IV

When the bonds have been retired, the part of the bridge within the State of Arkansas shall be conveyed to the State of Arkansas, and the part within the State of Mississippi to the State of Mississippi, and the high contracting parties to this compact do hereby agree that thereafter the bridge shall be free of tolls and shall be properly maintained, operated and repaired by the two states as may be agreed upon.

Article V

The commission shall consist of eighteen members, nine of whom shall be qualified electors of the State of Mississippi and nine of whom shall be qualified electors of the State of Arkansas. The Arkansas members are to be chosen by the State of Arkansas, and the Mississippi members are to be chosen by the State of Mississippi, in the manner and for the term fixed by the Legislature of each state, except as herein provided. The first commission, acting under this compact, shall be the present members of the Arkansas-Mississippi Bridge Commission heretofore appointed under the terms and provisions of Act of Congress approved May 17, 1939 (Public Act 80, 76th Congress), as amended by Act of Congress approved June 19, 1948 (Public Act 701, 80th Congress), said commission consisting of the following members: J. B. Lambert, Helena, Arkansas; R. L. Brooks, Helena, Arkansas; K. B. Lasswell, Helena, Arkansas; John C. Sheffield, Helena, Arkansas; C. N. Houck, Marianna, Arkansas; William Campbell, Forrest City, Arkansas; Clarence Thomas, Clarendon, Arkansas; Ballard Deane, St. Charles, Arkansas; DeWitt Poe, McGehee, Arkansas; W. K. Anderson, Clarksdale, Mississippi; E. Cage Brewer, Jr., Clarksdale, Mississippi; M. D. Brett, Clarksdale, Mississippi; R. N. Baltzer, Clarksdale, Mississippi; Sol Hirsburg, Friars Point, Mississippi; John Dunlap, Batesville, Mississippi; Noel M. Hodge, Oxford, Mississippi; Grady Cook, Pontotoc, Mississippi; James A. Finley, Tupelo, Mississippi.

Article VI

1. The Commission shall elect from its number a chairman and a vice-chairman and may appoint such officers and employees as it may require for the performance of its duties and shall fix and determine their qualifications and duties.

2. Until otherwise determined by the legislatures of the two states no action of the commission shall be binding unless taken at a meeting at which at least five members from each state are present and unless a majority of the members from each state present at such meeting shall vote in favor thereof. Each state reserves the right hereafter to provide by law for the exercise of the veto power by the governor thereof over any action of any commissioner appointed therefrom.

3. The two states shall provide penalties for violations of any order, rule or regulation of the commission, and for the manner of enforcing same.

Article VII

The commission is authorized and directed to proceed with the planning and construction of the bridge and the approaches thereto as rapidly as may be economically practicable and is hereby vested with all necessary and appropriate powers, not inconsistent with the constitution or the laws of the United States or of either state, to effect the same, except the power to assess or levy taxes.

Article VIII

In witness thereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals under authority vested in us by law.

(Signed)

In the presence of:

(Signed)
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-1-305 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-305
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-1-305
Status: in_force

(1) Upon the filing of the complaint and the declaration of taking and deposit in court, to the use of the person entitled thereto, of the amount of the compensation stated in the declaration, and upon the Transportation Department having filed proof of service of process, title to the land or such other interest therein specified in the complaint and the declaration of taking, together with the right to immediate possession thereof, shall vest in the Mississippi Transportation Commission, and the judge shall enter such orders in the cause as may be required to place the Transportation Commission in possession and title. Thereafter, the land shall be deemed to be condemned and taken for use of the Transportation Department, and the right to just compensation therefor shall vest in the person owning the property or any compensable interest therein at the time of the filing of the complaint and the declaration of taking and deposit of the money in court. Compensation shall then be determined and awarded in the action and established by judgment therein.

(2) If there is a life estate and a remainder, either vested or contingent, in lieu of the investment of the proceeds of the amount determined and awarded as just compensation to which the life tenant would be entitled to the use during the life estate, the court, in its discretion, may order the value of the life tenant's share during the probable life of such life tenant to be ascertained as provided by law and paid directly to the life tenant out of the final award as just compensation established by the judgment in the cause, and the life tenant may have the relief provided for in Section 65-1-307 .

(3) On and after July 1, 1997, the Transportation Department, at the time of the filing of the complaint and declaration of taking and deposit of fair market value compensation, shall record a memorandum of action in the land deed records of the chancery clerk in all counties in which the land involved therein is located, and the memorandum shall be recorded among the land records of the county. Upon the amending of any complaint and declaration of taking affecting the property taken, the Transportation Department shall record a supplemental memorandum of action. The memorandum of action shall contain the following:

(a) The names of those persons who the Transportation Department is informed and believes may have or claim to have an interest in the lands and who are parties to the action;

(b) A description of the entire tract or tracts affected by the taking sufficient for the identification thereof;

(c) A statement of the estate or interest in the land taken for public use; and

(d) The date of institution of the action, the county in which the action is pending, and such other reference thereto as may be necessary for the identification of the action.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.304 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.304
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.304
Status: in_force

(1) The segment of United States Highway 51 in Lincoln County, Mississippi, beginning at its intersection with Lee Drive and extending northerly to its southern most intersection with Cold Springs Lane is designated as the “Deputy Donald William Durr 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. § 65-19-85 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 17 / Section 19-85
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-85
Status: in_force

The board, in assessing the benefits derived by any land in such district, shall consider only its proximity to the road and its market terminus. No benefit assessment shall be made on any lands when the distance between it and the nearest point on the road is greater than three tenths of the distance from such point on the road to the market terminus of the road, and no benefit assessment shall be made on any land more than three and one-half miles from the road. Any subdivision of a section of land containing forty acres, more or less, for the purposes of the benefit assessment may be included in such district if one fourth thereof is within the lines of the district. The board may collect from a benefit district an amount equal to one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) for each lineal mile of road constructed therein, and no more, except interest on the amount that may be expended twelve months or more in advance of the collection of any tax. The board shall not undertake the construction of any road when the estimate indicates that the total cost will exceed thirty-five hundred dollars ($3,500.00) per mile.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.64 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.64
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.64
Status: in_force

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

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-27-15 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / 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. § 65-41-3 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 41-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-3
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, the following terms have the meanings ascribed to them in this section unless the context clearly requires otherwise:

(a) “ Corridor ” means a highway, road or street right-of-way and the adjacent area that is visible from and extends along the highway, road or street;

(b) “ Department ” means the Mississippi Department of Transportation;

(c) “Intrinsic qualities,” as related to scenic byways, include:

(i) Scenic: Beauty, whether natural or man-made. The quality of the feature is measured by how memorable, distinctive, unique, uninterrupted and unified a scenic byway is;

(ii) Natural: Minimal disturbance of the natural ecological features that are associated with the region;

(iii) Historic: Landscapes, buildings, structures or other visual evidence of the past other than just a site;

(iv) Cultural: Visual evidence of the unique customs, traditions, folklore or rituals of a currently existing human group;

(v) Archeological: Visual evidence of the unique customs, traditions, folklores or rituals of a no longer existing human group;

(vi) Recreational: Use of a scenic byway or its corridor for recreational activities like jogging, biking, roadside picnics or for direct access to recreational sites like campgrounds, lakes, etc.;

(d) “ Program ” means the Mississippi Scenic Byways Program created under the provisions of this chapter;

(e) “ Scenic byway ” means a public highway, road or street, including the corridor through which it passes, that has been designated as a scenic byway in order to develop, promote and maintain its intrinsic qualities.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-31-7 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 31-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-31-7
Status: in_force

(1) The Mississippi State Highway Department is hereby authorized, in the event private donations are made available therefor, to erect an appropriate commemorative sign at the state hospitality station located on federal Interstate Highway 20 east of Meridian, Mississippi, to read as follows:

“WELCOME TO MISSISSIPPI BIRTHPLACE OF JIMMIE RODGERS THE FATHER OF COUNTRY MUSIC”

Such sign shall be attractive and designed to invite and encourage tourism and recreation in the state.

(2) The Mississippi State Highway Department is hereby authorized to accept and expend private donations for the purchase, installation and maintenance of the sign authorized hereunder. No state funds shall be expended for such purpose.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-37 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 43-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-37
Status: in_force

The proceeds of the bonds issued under Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 shall be used solely for the purposes provided in Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 , including the costs incident to the issuance and sale of such bonds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-73 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 19-73
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-73
Status: in_force

The road superintendent shall have the custody, care, and control of all the teams, machinery, materials, supplies, and any and all property owned or hired by the district and used in working the road. It shall be his duty to care for and preserve the same, and he and his bondsmen shall be responsible for the proper care and safekeeping of such property and the economical use of the supplies and materials. He shall make a monthly report to the commissioners, which shall be forwarded by them with their recommendations or criticisms to the board of supervisors. Such report shall be a complete inventory of such property, showing the present number, amount, and condition of such property and what was used since his preceding report.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-3 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 39-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-3
Status: in_force

There is created in the State Treasury a special fund to be designated as the “Gaming Counties Bond Sinking Fund.” Such monies as the Legislature directs or provides to be deposited into the fund may be expended, upon legislative appropriation, to pay the interest on and principal of bonds issued pursuant to Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33 or to pay the interest on and principal of notes issued under Section 31-17-127 for the purpose of providing funds for infrastructure projects under Section 65-39-1 ; provided, however, that if at any time the fund has a balance in excess of the amount needed to pay the interest on or the principal of any bonds or notes maturing in the next two (2) consecutive fiscal years, such excess may be transferred to the “Gaming Counties State Assisted Infrastructure Fund” to be disbursed solely upon the order of the Transportation Commission. Unexpended amounts remaining in the sinking fund at the end of the fiscal year shall not lapse into the State General Fund, and any interest earned on amounts in the sinking fund shall be deposited to the credit of the sinking fund.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-29 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 25-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-29
Status: in_force

Any municipality, in addition to the revenues which may be received from the sale of bridge revenue bonds and from the collection of tolls and other bridge revenues derived under the provisions of this article, shall have authority to receive and accept from any federal agency, state, state agency, municipality, municipal agency, or other political subdivision grants for or in the aid of the construction or acquisition of any bridge, and to receive and accept contributions from any source of either money or property or other things of value, to be held, used, and applied only for the purpose for which such grants and contributions may be made.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-1 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 13-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-1
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known as the Highway and Street Revenue Bond Authority Law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-11 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / 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. § 65-23-1 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 23-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-1
Status: in_force

Any municipality, state highway commission, or county, severally or acting with other authorized agencies in this or adjoining states, may acquire, own, operate, construct, or aid in the construction in whole or in part improving and extending, and maintain toll bridges or free bridges, including the approaches thereto, either within such political subdivision or within five miles adjacent to the territory over which such public agency or subdivision has jurisdiction, which bridges shall extend over any of the rivers and waters in or forming the boundary of this and other states.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-11 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 7-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-11
Status: in_force

When hedges are planted along any public road, the owner of the land shall trim the hedges on the side next to the road and keep them trimmed, so that travelers will not be inconvenienced thereby. If the hedges intrude upon any road, the overseer shall give written notice to the owner or occupant of the land to have the hedges trimmed within ten days after notice, so as not to obstruct the road or interfere with travelers; otherwise, the owner or occupant shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, punished as for obstructing a public highway. Such owner or occupant shall forfeit two dollars per day for every day's failure to comply with such notice, to be recovered by action.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-59 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / 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. § 65-33-29 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 33-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-29
Status: in_force

The road protection commission shall organize by the election of a chairman, and they shall serve without compensation except actual expenses, which shall be allowed by the board of supervisors and paid out of the general county fund or the road fund, as the board of supervisors may elect. Three members shall constitute a quorum to transact business, and all meetings shall be held at the courthouse. Their tenure of office shall be four years or until the work for which bonds are issued is completed and accepted, if less than four years. The clerk of the board of supervisors shall be ex-officio clerk of the road protection commission, shall attend all meetings, and shall preserve a record of all proceedings of said commission.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-143.8 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-143.8
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-143.8
Status: in_force

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

Central District--Rankin County:

A three-mile section of Old U.S. 49 beginning at U.S. 80 and extending southerly to new U.S. 49 in the City of Richland.

(2) The Mississippi Transportation Commission shall take over and assume responsibility for construction and maintenance of the segment of highway described under subsection (1) of this section whenever the commission certifies that such segment of highway has been brought up to commission standards and all utilities, signs, structures and other encroachments on such highway and right-of-way, are removed or relocated.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-45 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-45
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-45
Status: in_force

The State Fiscal Management Board shall notify the board of supervisors of each county of the amount of money to be available for expenditure in such county from any appropriation made by the state for the purpose of Sections 65-11-39 through 65-11-59 . The board of supervisors, upon the receipt of such notice, shall divide the amount available for such county among the five (5) supervisors districts. All funds which may be appropriated for the purpose of said sections shall be expended for materials and labor in construction and improvement of county roads and bridges selected by the board of supervisors of each county. However, the board of supervisors shall first select for construction and reconstruction all school bus routes and, next, rural mail routes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-27 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-27
Status: in_force

Said signal or signboards shall be made of some suitable material with a face of not less than twelve by eighteen inches (12” x 18”), which shall be painted white with the lettering or inscription thereon printed or written in black. The inscription upon said signal or signboards shall consist of the following words, to wit: “danger zone” or some like suitable inscription; and the same, when so done, shall constitute sufficient notice to all travelers along said road of any and all defects in said road within said danger zone.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.69 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / 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. § 65-9-3 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-9-3
Status: in_force

(1) There is hereby set up for designation by cooperative action of the state and counties a state aid system of roads (including bridges and ferries), as classified and defined in Section 65-9-1 , which system shall be designated by the several boards of supervisors in their respective counties, with the consent and approval of the State Aid Engineer, to a total mileage not in excess of twenty-five thousand eight hundred fifty-seven and four-hundredths (25,857.04) miles not including any municipal streets, except that a state aid route may be extended into a municipality in order to make a convenient and orderly connection with the nearest paved or surfaced street or highway capable of carrying the traffic originating on or destined for such state aid route and thereby making a systematic connection with the highway and street systems of the state and its political subdivisions. Such system may be modified or revised from time to time by mutual agreement between the said boards of supervisors and the State Aid Engineer. Mileage on the state aid system shall be allocated to the several counties of the state in the following proportions:

(a) One-third ( 1 / 3 ) shall be allocated to all counties in equal shares;

(b) One-third ( 1 / 3 ) shall be allocated to counties based on the proportion that the total number of rural road miles in a county bears to the total number of rural road miles in all counties of the State; and

(c) One-third ( 1 / 3 ) shall be allocated to counties based on the proportion that the rural population of the county bears to the total rural population in all counties of the state, according to the latest federal decennial census.

(2) If the number of miles allocated to any county in accordance with the formula specified in subsection (1) of this section for any fiscal year after fiscal year 1994 is less than the number of miles allocated to that county for fiscal year 1994, then each county in that situation shall be allocated an additional number of miles that, when added to the number of miles allocated to the county in accordance with the formula specified in subsection (1) of this section, will be equal to the number of miles allocated to the county for fiscal year 1994.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-17 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 15-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-17
Status: in_force

In counties which have heretofore created special or general road funds under then existing laws, the boards of supervisors may use such funds as if originally collected hereunder. In case the board of supervisors shall, in availing themselves of this provision, relieve from the operation of the contract system any part of a county entitled to a special fund, the board may also order that such special fund shall become a part of the general fund.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.57 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.57
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.57
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of U.S. Interstate 20 within the State of Mississippi shall be known as the “31st Infantry Division Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching such highway.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-29 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 43-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-29
Status: in_force

The bonds authorized under the authority of Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 may be validated in the Chancery Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, Mississippi, in the manner and with the force and effect provided by Chapter 13, Title 31, Mississippi Code of 1972 , for the validation of county, municipal, school district and other bonds. The notice to taxpayers required by such statutes shall be published in a newspaper published or having a general circulation in the City of Jackson, Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-5-7 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 5-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-5-7
Status: in_force

The highway authorities of the state, county, city, town, and village are authorized to so design any controlled-access facility and to so regulate, restrict, or prohibit access as to best serve the traffic for which such facility is intended. In this connection such highway authorities are authorized to divide and separate any controlled-access facility into separate roadways by the construction of raised curbings, central dividing sections, or other physical separations, or by designating such separate roadways by signs, markers, stripes, and the proper lane for such traffic by appropriate signs, markers, stripes, and other devices. No person shall have any right of ingress or egress to, from, or across controlled-access facilities to or from abutting lands except at such designated points at which access may be permitted, upon such terms and conditions as may be specified from time to time.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.46 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.46
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.46
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of Mississippi Highway 43 in Rankin County beginning at Mississippi Highway 25 and extending easterly to Mississippi Highway 481 shall be known as the “Bobby McRary Memorial Drive.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching such highway.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-1 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / 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. § 65-43-73 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 43-73
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-73
Status: in_force

(1) A person may not use any toll facility without payment of tolls, except as specifically provided by statute, ordinance, regulation or rule of a governing entity.

(2) If a vehicle is found by automated devices, visual observation, or otherwise to have evaded tolls on any toll facility, the processing agency shall, within thirty (30) days of the violation, forward to the registered owner of the vehicle involved in the violation, by certified mail, return receipt requested, or by personal delivery, a notice of toll evasion violation setting forth the violation, including reference to the statute, ordinance, regulation or rule violated, the approximate time and location of the violation and the amount of the toll owed by the violator. Included with the notice of toll evasion violation shall be an affidavit of nonliability that complies with the requirements of Section 65-43-81 . In the case of joint ownership of a motor vehicle, the notice must be mailed to the first name appearing on the registration, unless the first name is a business organization, in which case the second name appearing on the registration may be used. Mailing the notice to the address provided for notice or personal delivery constitutes legal notification to the violator. If accurate information concerning the identity and address of the registered owner of the vehicle is not available to the processing agency within thirty (30) days of the violation, the processing agency shall have an additional forty-five (45) calendar days to obtain such information and forward the notice of toll evasion violation. If after ninety (90) calendar days of the violation the processing agency has not obtained accurate information concerning the identity and address of the registered owner of the vehicle, the processing agency may publish the notice of the toll evasion for two (2) weeks in a newspaper having general circulation in the county of the registered owner's last known residence. This publication shall constitute legal notification to the violator. The notice of toll evasion violation shall also set forth the following:

(a) The vehicle license plate number;

(b) If practicable, the registration expiration date and the make of the vehicle;

(c) A clear and concise explanation of the procedures for contesting the violation and appealing an adverse decision.

(3) A violation of subsection (1) of this section is an infraction subject to a penalty established pursuant to Section 65-43-75 . The collection of civil penalties shall be governed by the civil administrative procedures set forth in Section 65-43-77 .