Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.387 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.387
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.387
Status: in_force

(1) The segment of Mississippi Highway 9 located in Webster County, Mississippi, extending from North Lake Circle in Eupora, Mississippi, in a northern direction for approximately one (1) mile to Dump Road in Eupora, Mississippi, is designated and shall be known as the “CW2 William H. “Bill” Seaborn, Jr. Memorial Highway” in memory of the late CW2 William H. “Bill” Seaborn, Jr., who was the recipient of four (4) military medals and who valiantly sacrificed his life in the Vietnam War.

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-39 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 43-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-39
Status: in_force

The State Treasurer is authorized, without further process of law, to certify to the Department of Finance and Administration the necessity for warrants, and the Department of Finance and Administration is authorized and directed to issue such warrants, in such amounts as may be necessary to pay when due the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, or the accreted value of, all bonds issued under Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 ; and the State Treasurer shall forward the necessary amount to the designated place or places of payment of such bonds in ample time to discharge such bonds, or the interest thereon, on the due dates thereof.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-307 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / 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. § 65-3-143.13 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / 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. § 65-7-115 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-115
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-115
Status: in_force

The supervisor of each district in each county is to have and is required to exercise general supervision over the public highways of his district.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.314 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.314
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.314
Status: in_force

(1) The segment of Mississippi Highway 50 in Lowndes County, Mississippi, in the corporate limits of the City of Columbus, Mississippi, beginning at its intersection with Gardner Boulevard and extending one (1) mile east, is designated as the “Senator William ‘Bill’ Canon Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-37-1 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 37-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-37-1
Status: in_force

(1) There is established a local system bridge replacement and rehabilitation program to be administered by the State Aid Engineer for the purpose of assisting counties and municipalities in the replacement and rehabilitation of certain bridges located on local road systems in the counties and in incorporated municipalities within the counties. In order to be eligible under this program, a bridge must be a deficient bridge as defined by Section 65-37-3(1)(a) .

(2) In the replacement or rehabilitation of bridges pursuant to this chapter, consideration may be given to utilizing timber products on some projects, provided that such projects using timber products will be comparable in cost to, and can be constructed to meet current standards for, similar projects using concrete and steel.

(3) The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed to permit routes on which projects are performed under this chapter to be eligible for inclusion on the state aid road system except in accordance with the provisions of Section 65-9-1 et seq.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.246 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.246
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.246
Status: in_force

(1) The segment of Mississippi Highway 30 extending from the Lafayette/Union County line to its intersection with Mississippi Highway 7 within the corporate limits of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, is designated and shall be known as the William Faulkner Memorial Highway.

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs approaching and along this segment of Mississippi Highway 30.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-1 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 39-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-1
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

(c) Mississippi 4 from Mississippi 3 to Senatobia;

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(b) In addition to the funds provided for under paragraph (a) of this subsection, funds for the project described in subsection (2)(s) of this section also may be provided from any available federal, state, county or municipal funds authorized for such project, including the Economic Development Highway Act.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-87 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 7-87
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-87
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county of the state of the second class, having a population of more than fifty thousand according to the 1930 federal census, situated wholly within a levee district, and in which there is situated a city of more than fourteen thousand population, is hereby authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to construct or assist in the construction of any streets of any village or town of less than five hundred population in said county, and to pay for same out of the highway maintenance fund or any other county fund available to said county for highway construction purposes.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-5-9 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-5-9
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, the highway authorities of the state, county, city, town, or village may acquire private or public property and property rights for controlled-access facilities and service roads, including rights of access, air, view, and light, by gift, devise, purchase, or condemnation in the same manner as such units are now or hereafter may be authorized by law to acquire such property or property rights in connection with highways and streets within their respective jurisdictions. All property rights acquired under the provisions of this chapter shall be acquired in accordance with the provisions of Section 65-1-47 , and the estate acquired shall be specified in accordance with said section. In connection with acquisition of property or property rights for any controlled-access facility or portion thereof or service road in connection therewith, the state, county, city, town, or village highway authority may, in its discretion, acquire an entire lot, block, or tract of land if, by so doing, the interests of the public will be best served, even though said entire lot, block, or tract is not needed for the right of way proper.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-77 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-77
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-77
Status: in_force

(1) Whenever the board of supervisors of any county finds that any public road, bridge, or causeway located in a contiguous county and leading therefrom and into that county is not properly worked or is not kept in good repair by the county in which same is located, and finds that its own county would be benefited by the proper working and repairing of such public road, bridge, or causeway, then in such event the board of supervisors of the county which would be benefited is authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to cause to be constructed, improved, worked, repaired, and maintained, at the expense of the county which would be benefited, any such public road, bridge, or causeway for a distance not exceeding three and one-half miles beyond the line of the county which would be benefited, provided that the board of supervisors of the county in which such public road, bridge, or causeway is located shall consent thereto. The board of supervisors of any county which would be benefited is authorized and empowered, for and in the name of such county, to make all necessary contracts for the construction, improving, working, repairing, or maintaining of such public road, bridge, or causeway as herein provided, and to pay for the same either out of the general funds of the benefited county or out of the proceeds of the bonds of such benefited county, issued as otherwise provided by law, either for such purpose or for such purpose and any other lawful purpose. In instances where one or more, or parts of one or more, townships of any county are cut off from convenient communication with the county seat of last said county, either by the interposition of the territory of a contiguous county or by a watercourse or other body of water or by both, then the board of supervisors of the county which would be benefited or whose communication with its county seat is so obstructed or interfered with as aforesaid may, at its discretion and with the consent of the board of supervisors of such contiguous county, lay out, open, construct, improve, work, repair, and maintain, or construct, improve, work, repair, or maintain if already laid out, opened, or established, as much as three and one-half miles in length of road in or through a contiguous county, and pay for the same as hereinabove provided.

(2) Whenever the board of supervisors of any county finds by order or resolution entered upon its minutes that it is to the best interest of the citizens of said county for it so to do, that a public necessity therefor exists, and that said county would be benefited thereby, it is authorized and empowered in its discretion to cause to be constructed or reconstructed, at the expense of such county, such portion as it may elect of any public road lying in a contiguous county which extends from the county line of such county into such contiguous county, together with one or more connecting roads leading therefrom located in the contiguous county. The construction or reconstruction of the public road lying in a contiguous county which extends from the county line of such county into such contiguous county may be paid for out of county road funds, state aid road funds, or such other funds as may be available therefor. However, state aid road funds shall not be used to construct or reconstruct any connecting road located in the contiguous county, and the county constructing or reconstructing said connecting roads may pay therefor only from county road funds or such funds as may be available therefor other than state aid road funds. In the event state aid funds are used in connection with the exercise of the power and authority granted in this subsection, the state aid engineer's duties, responsibilities, and authority with respect thereto shall be the same as that provided by the law governing state aid projects.

Before exercising any rights or authority granted in this subsection, the board of supervisors of the county proposing to take advantage of the authority herein contained shall secure the consent of the board of supervisors of the contiguous county, which consent shall be evidenced by an order or resolution of the board of supervisors of the contiguous county and spread upon its minutes.

(3) The boards of supervisors of any two adjoining counties may, by an agreement spread upon the minutes of the board of each of such counties, join together in the construction, reconstruction, improvement, working, repair, or maintenance of any public road, bridge, or causeway, including the approaches to such bridge or causeway, located partly in each of such counties, or benefiting each of such counties, for a distance of not exceeding three and one-half miles beyond the county line in either of such counties, and may jointly perform such work or jointly award contracts therefor and jointly pay the cost thereof, as provided in said agreement between said boards, from funds authorized by law for roads, bridges, or causeways located entirely within either of such counties. Such an agreement may be terminated in whole or in part by a succeeding board of supervisors of either of such counties, provided, however, that each of such counties shall remain obligated to pay its respective part of any outstanding obligations connected with or arising from said joint project. Unless the board of each county agrees otherwise, upon termination of such an agreement the responsibilities of future construction, reconstruction, improvement, working, repair, or maintenance on such road, bridge, or causeway shall be that of the county in which the respective parts thereof are located.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-25 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / 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. § 65-3-66 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-66
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-66
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of Mississippi Highway 39 from its intersection with Mississippi Highway 45 in Lauderdale County as it extends north to the intersection with Mississippi Highway 16 in DeKalb, Mississippi, is hereby designated and henceforth shall be known as the “John C. Stennis Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi State Highway Department is hereby authorized and directed to erect not less than two (2) granite memorials at appropriate locations along and approaching the highway, and such other signs as the department shall deem suitable.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-53 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 17 / 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. § 65-26-23 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 26-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-23
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

(5) The Bond Commission, when issuing any bonds under the authority of this chapter, shall provide that bonds maturing eleven (11) or more years after the date of the issuance of such bonds may, at the option of the State of Mississippi, be called in for payment and redemption in reverse numerical order at the call price named therein and accrued interest, or on the tenth anniversary of the date of issue, or on any interest payment date thereafter prior to maturity.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-1 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 15-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-1
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors may raise funds for working, constructing, reconstructing, and maintaining public roads or for building bridges by an ad valorem tax on all assessed taxable property in the county or supervisors district or districts, or by a bond issue, or by either or both of said methods.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.354 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.354
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.354
Status: in_force

(1) The section of Mississippi Highway 315 located in Panola County, Mississippi, beginning at of King Road in Sardis, Mississippi, and extending approximately one (1) mile southeast to Khimes Cove in Sardis, Mississippi, is designated and shall be known as the “Nolan Mettetal Memorial Highway” in memory of the late former Legislator Nolan Mettetal, who served as both a senator and representative for Panola County, Mississippi, for twenty four (24) years.

(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. § 65-3-71.149 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.149
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.149
Status: in_force

(1) That segment of U.S. Highway 90 in the City of Pascagoula from 14th Street to Chicot Street is designated and shall be known as the “Nathaniel Smith, Jr. Memorial Highway. ”

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

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

Any violation of this section shall also, upon conviction, be punishable as provided under Section 99-19-31 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-41 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 13-41
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-41
Status: in_force

All bonds issued by the authority shall be and are hereby declared to be legal and authorized investments for public funds of counties, cities, towns, school districts, banks, savings banks, trust companies, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, insurance companies, and for funds of the Mississippi Public Employees' Retirement System. Such bonds shall be eligible to secure the deposit of any and all public funds of cities, towns, villages, counties, school districts, or other political corporations or subdivisions of the State of Mississippi; and such bonds shall be lawful and sufficient security for said deposits to the extent of their value, when accompanied by all unmatured coupons appurtenant thereto.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-301 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-301
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-301
Status: in_force

The Governor, on behalf of this state, is hereby authorized to execute a compact, in substantially the following form, with the State of Arkansas and the State of Alabama; and the Legislature hereby signifies in advance its approval and ratification of such compact, which compact is as follows:

U.S. HIGHWAY 82 FOUR LANE CONSTRUCTION COMPACT

ARTICLE I. The purpose of this compact is to promote and ensure the four laning of U.S. Highway 82 within the party states and to establish a joint interstate authority to assist that effort.

ARTICLE II. This compact shall become effective immediately as to the states ratifying it whenever the State of Mississippi and either the State of Arkansas or the State of Alabama have ratified it and Congress has given consent thereto.

ARTICLE III. The states which are parties to this compact (referred to as “party states”) do hereby establish and create a joint agency which shall be known as the U.S. Highway 82 Four Lane Construction Authority (hereinafter referred to as “the authority”). The membership of such authority shall consist of one (1) representative named by the highway department of each party state and three (3) other citizens of each party state to be selected in the manner provided by laws enacted by the party states. The members of the authority shall not be compensated for service on the authority, but each of the members shall be entitled to actual and reasonable expenses incurred in attending meetings, or incurred otherwise in the performance of his duties as a member of the authority. The members of the authority shall hold regular quarterly meetings and such special meetings as its business may require. They shall choose annually a chairman and vice-chairman from among their members, and the chairmanship shall rotate each year among the party states in order of their acceptance of this compact. The secretary of the authority (hereinafter provided for) shall notify each member in writing of all meetings of the authority in such a manner and under such rules and regulations as the authority may prescribe. The authority shall adopt rules and regulations for the transaction of its business; and the secretary shall keep a record of all its business and shall furnish a copy thereof to each member of the authority. It shall be the duty of the authority, in general, to promote, encourage and coordinate the efforts of the party states to secure the timely four laning of U.S. Highway 82 within the party states. Toward this end, the authority shall have power to hold hearings; to conduct studies and surveys of all problems, benefits, and other matters associated with the four laning of U.S. Highway 82 within the party states, and to make reports thereon; to acquire, by gift, grant or otherwise, from local, state, federal or private sources such money or property as may be provided for the proper performance of their function, and to hold and dispose of same; to cooperate with other public or private groups, whether local, state, regional or national, having an interest in the four laning of U.S. Highway 82 within the party states; to formulate and execute plans and policies for emphasizing the purpose of this compact before the Congress of the United States and other appropriate officers and agencies of the United States; and to exercise such other powers as may be appropriate to enable it to accomplish its functions and duties in connection with the four laning of U.S. Highway 82 within the party states.

ARTICLE IV. The authority shall appoint a secretary, who shall be a person familiar with the nature, procedures and significance of the four lane completion and the informational, educational and publicity methods of stimulating general interest in such construction, and who shall be the compact administrator. The term of office of the secretary shall be at the pleasure of the authority, and such officer shall receive such compensation as the authority shall prescribe. The secretary shall maintain custody of the authority's books, records and papers, which shall be kept by the secretary at the office of the authority, and shall perform all functions and duties and exercise all powers and duties which may be delegated to the secretary by the authority.

ARTICLE V. Each party state agrees that its Legislature may, in its discretion, from time to time make available and pay over to the authority funds for the establishment and operation of the authority. The contribution of each party state will be in equal amounts.

ARTICLE VI. Nothing in this compact shall be construed so as to conflict with any existing statute, or to limit the powers of any party state, or to repeal or prevent legislation, or to authorize or permit curtailment or diminution of any other highway construction project, or to affect any existing or future cooperative arrangement or relationship between any federal agency and a party state.

ARTICLE VII. This compact shall continue in force and remain binding upon each party state until the Legislature or Governor of each or either state takes action to withdraw therefrom; provided that such withdrawal shall not become effective until six (6) months after the date of the action taken by the Legislature or the Governor. Notice of such action shall be given to the other party state or states by the party state which takes such action.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-7 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 43-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-7
Status: in_force

(1) For the purpose of providing funds to defray the expenses of projects authorized pursuant to Sections 65-43-1 and 65-43-3 , the board of supervisors of a county or the governing authorities of a municipality shall have the right to borrow money for the project, and to issue revenue bonds therefor in such principal amounts as the board of supervisors or governing authorities 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 . The bonds shall be payable out of any revenues derived from the project, including grants or contributions from the federal government or other sources. Such bonds may be sold at public or private sale at not less than par and shall bear interest at a rate or rates not exceeding that allowed in Section 75-17-103 . Any such bonds so issued shall not constitute a debt of the county, the municipality or any political subdivision of the county or the city within the meaning of any constitutional, statutory or charter restriction, limitation or provision. It shall be plainly stated on the face of each bond in substance that the bond has been issued pursuant to the authority granted in this section and that the taxing power of the county or municipality issuing the bond is not pledged to the payment of the bond or the interest on it and that the bond and the interest on it are payable solely from the revenues of the project for which the bond is issued.

(2) All bonds issued under the authority of this section shall bear such date or dates, shall be in such form or denomination, shall bear such rate of interest, and shall mature at such times as the county or municipality shall determine, but no bonds issued under the authority of this section shall mature more than thirty (30) years from the date of the issuance thereof and none of the bonds shall be sold for less than par and accrued interest. All bonds shall be sold in the manner now provided by law for the sale of bonds without any restrictions, limitations, requirements or conditions applicable to the borrowing of such money and the issuance of such bonds which are not herein contained. The denomination, form, place of payment and other details of such bonds may be determined by resolution or order of the board of supervisors of a county or the governing authorities of a municipality, and shall be executed on behalf of the county or municipality as is now provided by law.

(3) Before issuing any bonds under the provisions of this section, the board of supervisors of the county or the governing authorities of the municipality shall, by resolution spread upon the minutes, declare its intention to issue such bonds for the purposes authorized by this section and shall state in the resolution the amount of bonds proposed to be issued and shall likewise fix in the resolution the date upon which the board of supervisors of the county or the governing authorities of the municipality proposes to direct the issuance of the bonds. Notice of such intention shall be published once a week for at least three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper published or having a general circulation in the county or the municipality, with the first publication of the notice to be made not less than twenty-one (21) days prior to the date fixed in the resolution for the issuance of the bonds and the last publication to be made not more than seven (7) days prior to such date. If, on or before the date specified in the resolution, twenty percent (20%) or fifteen hundred (1500), whichever is less, of the qualified electors of the county or municipality shall file a written protest against the issuance of the bonds, then an election upon the issuance of the bonds shall be called, and held, as provided in this section. If no such protest shall be filed, then the board of supervisors of the county or the governing authorities of the municipality may issue such bonds without an election on the question of the issuance of the bonds at any time within a period of two (2) years after the date specified in the resolution.

(4) If an election is called under the provisions of this section on the question of the issuance of bonds, the election shall be held, insofar as practicable, in the same manner as other elections are held in the county or municipality. At the election, all qualified electors of the county or municipality may vote and the ballots used in the election shall have printed thereon a brief statement of the amount and purposes of the proposed bond issue and the words “FOR THE BOND ISSUE” and the words “AGAINST THE BOND ISSUE,” and the voters shall vote by placing a cross (X) or check mark (✓) opposite their choice on the proposition.

(5) When the results of any election provided for in this section shall have been canvassed by the election commissioners of the county or municipality and certified by them to the proper authorities, it shall be the duty of the board of supervisors of the county or the governing authorities of the municipality to determine and adjudicate whether or not a majority of the qualified electors who voted in the election voted in favor of the issuance of the bonds and unless a majority of the qualified electors who voted in the election voted in favor of the issuance of the bonds, then the bonds shall not be issued. Should a majority of the qualified electors who vote in the election vote in favor of the bonds, the board of supervisors of the county or the governing authorities of the municipality may issue the bonds, either in whole or in part, within two (2) years from the date of such election, or within two (2) years after final favorable determination of any litigation affecting the issuance of such bonds at such time or times, and in such amount or amounts, not exceeding that specified in the notice of the election, as shall be deemed proper.

(6) This section, without reference to any other statute, shall be deemed to be full and complete authority for the issuance of bonds and borrowing of money as authorized in this section by counties or municipalities, and shall be construed as an additional and alternate method therefor. The bonds authorized by this section shall not constitute an indebtedness within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory limitation or restriction.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-203 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 17-203
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-203
Status: in_force

The duties of the county engineer shall be to prepare all plans and estimates for the construction of bridges and superintend their construction, to make all estimates and plans of work to be done in the construction and maintenance of roads and superintend the work, to go over the report to the board of supervisors what work should be done to properly upkeep and maintain all roads and bridges in the county, and to check over and report to the board of supervisors on all estimates before payment by the board of supervisors of all work done on public roads.

The engineer may be required to furnish plans and estimates, and may superintend the construction of any road under the supervision of the state highway commission, if the highway commission may so elect. The purpose of this section is to provide a means whereby the board of supervisors and the highway commission may co-operate in such work, when same can be done, and reduce the expense of construction of any road.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-321 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 23-321
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-321
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 county or counties, its or their governing body, including the fixing, charging, and collecting of tolls for transit over such bridges.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.156 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.156
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.156
Status: in_force

(1) That bridge which is constructed over U.S. Highway 45 at Euclatubba Road in Lee County is designated and shall be known as the “Euclatubba Memorial Crossing.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs approaching each end of the bridge described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-45 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-45
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-45
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county in this state may, at the discretion of such board, regulate the maximum load of any vehicle using the public roads and bridges of such county, or any section or length of any public road, or any particular bridge in such county by order spread on its minutes, which order shall, before being in full force and effect, be first published in a newspaper published in the county for three (3) consecutive weeks, whereupon such resolution shall be in force and effect.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-5-7 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / 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. § 65-5-11 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 5-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-5-11
Status: in_force

Court proceedings necessary to acquire property or property rights for purposes of this chapter shall take precedence over all other causes not involving the public interest in all courts, to the end that the provisions of controlled-access facilities may be expedited.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-7 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 26-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-7
Status: in_force

(1) The intent of the legislature is for the state to invest not more than the amount necessary to pay the principal of and the interest on twenty-five percent (25%) of the bonds issued under the authority of subsection (1) of Section 65-26-15 , not to exceed the principal amount of ten million dollars ($10,000,000.00), being twenty-five percent (25%) of the forty million dollars ($40,000,000.00) authorized to be issued. In the event the state is required to pay in excess of this amount, the state auditor of public accounts shall maintain a record of such excess expenditures, and the revenue pledged shall continue to be deposited in the bond retirement fund until the principal of and interest on all bonds issued under the authority of subsection (1) of Section 65-26-15 shall have been paid and the state has been reimbursed for its excess expenditures. The local participation shall be seventy-five percent (75%) of the total obligation incurred by the state, and such amount shall be paid into the bond retirement fund as set forth in this chapter.

(2) The intent of the legislature is for the counties of Alcorn, Chickasaw, Clay, Itawamba, Lee, Lowndes, Monroe, Noxubee, Kemper, Pontotoc, Prentiss and Tishomingo to pay the principal of and the interest on one hundred percent (100%) of the additional bonds in the amount of thirty million dollars ($30,000,000.00) issued under the authority of subsection (2) of Section 65-26-15 .

(3) If at any time the bond retirement fund has a balance in excess of the amount needed to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds maturing in the ensuing two (2) fiscal years, such excess, to the extent necessary, shall be paid into the General Fund of the State of Mississippi until such time as the state has been reimbursed for expenditures in excess of twenty-five percent (25%) of the total costs of the principal and interest on bonds issued under the authority of subsection (1) of Section 65-26-15 and for all expenditures for costs of the principal and interest on bonds issued under the authority of subsection (2) of Section 65-26-15 , and the balance of such excess shall be deposited into the bridge construction fund for cash expenditure on the construction of bridges.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-9.nr2 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 15-9.nr2
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-9.nr2
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county in the state in which there are county road bonds, seawall bonds, or road protection bonds outstanding which were issued for the purpose of building bridges or constructing public roads may, in its discretion, in addition to all other lawful uses, use such county's share, or any part thereof, of the funds heretofore or hereafter derived from the tax on gasoline and the road and bridge privilege tax for the further purpose of paying interest and principal of such county road bonds heretofore issued for any of the said above stated purposes. However, nothing in this section shall in anywise affect Section 65-33-45 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.157 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.157
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.157
Status: in_force

(1) That segment of Mississippi Highway 382 in Monroe County beginning at its intersection with U.S. Alternate Highway 45 and extending easterly to its intersection with Mississippi Highway 25, is designated and shall be known as “The Gulf Ordnance Plant Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-7 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 17 / Section 26-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-7
Status: in_force

(1) The intent of the legislature is for the state to invest not more than the amount necessary to pay the principal of and the interest on twenty-five percent (25%) of the bonds issued under the authority of subsection (1) of Section 65-26-15 , not to exceed the principal amount of ten million dollars ($10,000,000.00), being twenty-five percent (25%) of the forty million dollars ($40,000,000.00) authorized to be issued. In the event the state is required to pay in excess of this amount, the state auditor of public accounts shall maintain a record of such excess expenditures, and the revenue pledged shall continue to be deposited in the bond retirement fund until the principal of and interest on all bonds issued under the authority of subsection (1) of Section 65-26-15 shall have been paid and the state has been reimbursed for its excess expenditures. The local participation shall be seventy-five percent (75%) of the total obligation incurred by the state, and such amount shall be paid into the bond retirement fund as set forth in this chapter.

(2) The intent of the legislature is for the counties of Alcorn, Chickasaw, Clay, Itawamba, Lee, Lowndes, Monroe, Noxubee, Kemper, Pontotoc, Prentiss and Tishomingo to pay the principal of and the interest on one hundred percent (100%) of the additional bonds in the amount of thirty million dollars ($30,000,000.00) issued under the authority of subsection (2) of Section 65-26-15 .

(3) If at any time the bond retirement fund has a balance in excess of the amount needed to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds maturing in the ensuing two (2) fiscal years, such excess, to the extent necessary, shall be paid into the General Fund of the State of Mississippi until such time as the state has been reimbursed for expenditures in excess of twenty-five percent (25%) of the total costs of the principal and interest on bonds issued under the authority of subsection (1) of Section 65-26-15 and for all expenditures for costs of the principal and interest on bonds issued under the authority of subsection (2) of Section 65-26-15 , and the balance of such excess shall be deposited into the bridge construction fund for cash expenditure on the construction of bridges.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-27 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 43-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-27
Status: in_force

The bonds authorized under Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 may be issued without any other proceedings or the happening of any other conditions or things other than those proceedings, conditions and things which are specified or required by Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 . Any resolution providing for the issuance of bonds under the provisions of Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 shall become effective immediately upon its adoption by the commission, and any such resolution may be adopted at any regular or special meeting of the commission by a majority of its members.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-35 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 25-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-35
Status: in_force

Any municipality is hereby authorized to provide by resolution for the issuance of bridge revenue refunding bonds of such municipality for the purpose of refunding any bridge revenue bonds issued under the provisions of this article and then outstanding. The issuance of such bridge revenue refunding bonds, the maturities and other details thereof, the rights of the holders thereof, and the duties of such municipality and of any other municipality or the state highway commission in respect to the same, shall be governed by the foregoing provisions of this article insofar as the same may be applicable, and by the following provisions:

(a) No bridge revenue refunding bonds shall be delivered unless delivered in exchange for bridge revenue bonds to be refunded thereby, except in the amount necessary to provide for the payment of matured or redeemable bridge revenue bonds or bridge revenue bonds maturing or redeemable within three months, including any redemption premium thereon.

(b) No bridge revenue refunding bonds shall be issued unless issued to refund bridge revenue bonds which have matured or will mature within six months, or unless the interest rate of the bridge revenue refunding bonds shall be at least one fourth of one percent ( 1 / 4 of 1%) less than the interest rate borne by the bridge revenue bonds to be refunded.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-9 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 21-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-9
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors shall require the keeper of every toll bridge or ferry to give bond with two or more sufficient sureties, to be approved by the president and clerk of the board in a penalty, to be fixed by the board, of not less than five hundred dollars ($500.00) and not more than two thousand dollars ($2,000.00), and conditioned to keep the bridge or ferry at all times in good repair so as to secure the safe transportation, on the payment of the fixed tolls, of all persons and property, and in all things to comply with the law and the reasonable orders of the board regulating the keeping of such toll bridge or ferry, but saving to the keeper a reasonable time within which to repair damage done by a sudden freshet, storm, or other unforeseen accident.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.286 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.286
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.286
Status: in_force

(1) U.S. Highway 82 within the State of Mississippi is designated and shall be known as the “Blues and Heritage Highway.”

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

The board of supervisors of each county, now having full jurisdiction over all roads, ferries, and bridges in its respective county not maintained as state highways, is hereby fully authorized and empowered to construct and maintain the same (including designated state highways not yet taken over by the highway department); and all such roads under the jurisdiction of the several boards of supervisors are hereby designated, defined, and declared to be either (a) “feeder” or “local farm roads” or (b) “state aid roads.”

State aid roads are hereby defined as that group or class of roads composing the main collector and distributor routes feeding into local trade areas or into the state highway network, which are not designated as state highways by the Legislature, and particularly those essential to the conservation and development of natural resources, of economic and social value, and encouraging desirable land utilization, having in addition the following characteristics, to wit: roads (including bridges and ferries) which

(a) Connect communities within the individual counties and with those of adjoining counties and/or which also connect with the state highway system to form a complete network of secondary or collector routes.

(b) Carry heavy volumes of traffic serving most of the following interests of the counties, to wit:

(1) Agricultural

(2) Business

(3) Educational

(4) Industrial

The State Aid Engineer shall see that the criteria imposed herein are explicitly followed in the designation and in the construction of the state aid roads in each county. The State Aid Engineer shall promulgate regulations pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act to require the development of a network of intercounty roads and to provide for a review process within the state aid division for the designation of said state aid roads. Such regulations shall also establish standards for state aid route designation. The State Aid Engineer is hereby authorized and directed to withhold funds from such counties until the state aid roads therein are designated and constructed according to the characteristics set forth herein.

All other roads under the jurisdiction of the several boards of supervisors are hereby declared to be “local farm roads” and not affected in anywise by this chapter.

State aid roads in the several counties shall be eligible for state aid in the manner and under the terms and conditions hereinafter set out. Local system roads (as defined in Section 65-18-3 ) in the several counties shall be eligible for state aid in the manner and under the terms and conditions set out in the Local System Road Program established in Sections 65-18-1 through 65-18-17 . State aid, by way of funds to be expended on state aid roads and local system roads (as defined in Section 65-18-3 ), shall consist of any sum or sums provided by the Legislature to supplement funds furnished by the several counties for the purpose of constructing, improving, widening, straightening, surfacing, or reconstructing roads on the state aid system or for the purpose of the construction, reconstruction and paving of roads on the Local System Road Program, and shall be available to the several counties in such proportion as may be fixed and determined by law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.389 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.389
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.389
Status: in_force

(1) The section of Mississippi Highway 15 located in Pontotoc County, Mississippi, beginning at the intersection of Mississippi Highway 15 and Mississippi Highway 278 in Pontotoc, Mississippi, and extending approximately one (1) mile south, is designated and shall be known as the “Judge Fred Wicker Memorial Highway” in memory of the late former World War II Army Veteran, Mississippi State Senator and Circuit Court Judge, Thomas Frederick Wicker.

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-23 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 26-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-23
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

(5) The Bond Commission, when issuing any bonds under the authority of this chapter, shall provide that bonds maturing eleven (11) or more years after the date of the issuance of such bonds may, at the option of the State of Mississippi, be called in for payment and redemption in reverse numerical order at the call price named therein and accrued interest, or on the tenth anniversary of the date of issue, or on any interest payment date thereafter prior to maturity.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.212 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.212
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.212
Status: in_force

(1) The intersection on Mississippi Highway 513 and River Road in the Town of Enterprise in Clarke County, Mississippi, is designated and shall be known as the “Chief Randy Boykin Memorial Intersection.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the intersection.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-27 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 19-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-27
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the board of supervisors in case the election shall result in favor of the creation of the district, at its next regular meeting or any subsequent meeting, to appoint three commissioners, who shall be qualified electors of the district and real estate owners therein, who shall hold office for a term of four years from the time of their appointment and until their successors are appointed by the board of supervisors, whose duty it shall be to have the management and supervision of the construction and maintenance of the roads built under the provisions hereof, subject to the approval of the board of supervisors, and for their services shall be paid their actual expenses, not exceeding one hundred dollars each per annum. The board of supervisors may remove any commissioner, for cause or at pleasure, at any time and fill the vacancy thereby caused; and the board may, at any time after the roads within a district have been constructed by the proceeds of bonds sold, discontinue the commissioners, proceed to administer the fiscal affairs of the road district in the manner authorized by law, and make tax levies without recommendation of the commissioners on all taxable property in such district or districts. The commissioners may employ an attorney, if necessary, and pay him a reasonable compensation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-4-19 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 4-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-4-19
Status: in_force

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

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

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

(b) “Transfer date” means the second business day following the delivery to the Director of the State Highway Department of a certificate signed by the State Treasurer to the effect: (i) that, pursuant to Section 4(c) of Chapter 39, Extraordinary Session of 1969 (as amended by Section 1 of Chapter 418, Laws of 1976, as amended by Section 1 of Chapter 478, Laws of 1978, and as amended by Section 1 of Chapter 469, Laws of 1985), the State Bond Commission of the State of Mississippi has restructured the investments held in the investment account established pursuant to such Section 4(c) and relating to the State's Highway Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 1985; (ii) that, as a result of such restructuring and pursuant to such Section 4(c), the State Bond Commission has declared a specified sum held in such investment account as being surplus (i.e., as being the investment account surplus for such transfer date); (iii) that the State Bond Commission has applied such investment account surplus to deposit into the bond fund relating to the State's Highway Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 1985, in order to reduce on a dollar for dollar basis the amount of gasoline excise taxes which must be deposited in such bond fund, or to retention in such investment account in order to reduce on a dollar for dollar basis the amount of gasoline excise taxes which must be deposited in such investment account, or to any combination of such deposit and retention; (iv) that any portion of the investment account surplus deposited in such bond fund has been invested pending its disbursement to pay principal of or interest on such bonds; (v) that any portion of the investment account surplus retained in such investment account has been invested pending its disbursement to purchase U.S. government obligations which are scheduled to be held in such investment account; and (vi) that provision has been made for all interest earnings on investments of such investment account surplus, pending its disbursement to pay principal of or interest on such bonds, or pending its disbursement to purchase U.S. government obligations scheduled to be held in such investment account, as the case may be, to be paid into the State Highway Fund.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-7 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 29-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-7
Status: in_force

Said county authorities or ferry commission if there be one shall, subject to and in accordance with any agreement or agreements as may be made by any such county or municipality with the purchaser or purchasers of bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter, prescribe, levy, and collect all rents, fees, tolls, revenues, and other charges in connection with the use and occupancy of the aforesaid improvements and facilities, and shall pay over all net revenues derived from the operation of said improvements and facilities to any trustee, or successor thereto, established as hereinafter in this chapter provided. Net revenues shall be deemed to be such as may be defined in any agreement or agreements entered into between any such municipality and the purchaser or purchasers of any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter. The said ferry commission shall make an annual report to the governor of the State of Mississippi, to the county or municipality having such ferry, and to the state legislature.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-61 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / 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. § 65-5-5 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / 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. § 65-19-69 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 19-69
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-69
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors are authorized to acquire rights of way for the roads proposed to be constructed in said district, in the manner now prescribed by law for the acquisition of the rights of way for roads. Such rights of way shall be of necessary width, and if it be deemed necessary to acquire rights of way for such roads in excess of thirty feet, then the board of supervisors is authorized to acquire same up to any width deemed by them to be necessary for such road.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-7 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 13-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-7
Status: in_force

Whenever used in this chapter, unless a different meaning clearly appears in the context, the following terms, whether used in the singular or plural, shall be given the following respective definitions:

(a) “Highway and street revenue bond authority” or “authority” means an instrumentality through which certain municipalities intend to accomplish the purposes of this chapter.

(b) “Trustee” shall refer to the board of trustees of the highway and street revenue bond authority created by this chapter.

(c) “Governing body” shall refer to the board of supervisors of a county, mayor and board of aldermen of towns and cities, directors of districts, commissioners and other governing bodies of any municipal government or agency located in the State of Mississippi.

(d) “Highways and streets” shall be deemed to include roadways, pavements, culverts, bridges, driveways, and also all property, rights, easements, and franchises relating thereto and deemed necessary or convenient for the operation thereof.

(e) The term “cost” shall include the cost of all construction, maintenance, and operation of facilities constructed; and shall embrace 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 highway and street revenue bond authority; cost of traffic estimates, engineering and 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 and the placing of the completed facility in operation.

(f) “Develop” shall refer to the initiation, creation, studying, planning, purchasing, financing, constructing, building, surveying, platting, and otherwise bringing into being facilities planned and designed to serve the purposes of this chapter.

(g) “Project” shall mean any section, part, phase, or other subdivision of the total work involved in the construction of highways and streets as outlined in this chapter.

(h) “Sealed bid procedure” shall refer to the procedure designated under Section 31-19-25 Mississippi Code of 1972 , wherein the governing authority advertises for the sale of bonds, and as supplemented herein.

(i) “Revenues” shall mean all charges, rentals, tolls, rates, gifts, grants, moneys, volunteer assessments, and all other funds coming into the possession of the authority by virtue of the provisions of this chapter, except the proceeds from the sale of bonds issued hereunder. “Net revenues” shall mean the revenues after payment of costs and expenses of operation and maintenance of the project and related facilities.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-67 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 41-67
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-67
Status: in_force

The following highways and roads located in Choctaw, Winston and Noxubee Counties in Mississippi are hereby designated as an official Mississippi Scenic Byway to be known as the “Noxubee Hills Route” pursuant to Section 65-41-1 et seq. :

The Noxubee Hills Route begins at the intersection of the Choctaw Lake Road with Mississippi Highway 15 in the SE 1 / 4 , S4, T16N, R1lE, Choctaw County, Mississippi, and runs in an easterly and northeasterly direction along the said Choctaw Lake Road to cross the dam of Choctaw Lake, located in the Tombigbee National Forest, to the intersection with the Webster Road in the Northeast 1 / 4 , of S2, T16N, R1lE, Choctaw County. Thence, the route runs in an easterly direction along the Choctaw Lake Road to intersect the Choctaw/Winston County line near the Northwest corner of S6, T16N, R12E, in Winston County where the route becomes known as the Gumbranch-Ackerman Road in Winston County. Thence, the route runs in a southeasterly direction along the Gumbranch-Ackerman Road to intersect the Sturgis Road in the West 1 / 2 of S15, T16N, R12E, in Winston County. Thence, the route runs in a southeasterly direction along the Gumbranch-Hwy 25 Road to an intersection with Mississippi Hwy 25 at or near the Northwest corner of S28, T16N, R13E, in Winston County. Thence, the route runs in an easterly and northeasterly direction along the Bluff Lake Road to the Winston/Noxubee County line on the West line of S6, T16N, R15E, in Noxubee County. Thence, the route runs in an easterly direction along a Noxubee County route (CR-234) to intersect with the Levee (CR-267) and Bluff Lake (CR-266) Roads near the West line of S4, T16N, R15E, in Noxubee County and in the Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge. Thence, the route runs in a southerly direction along the Bluff Lake Road (CR-266) to intersect the Lynn Creek Road (CR-223) at or near the North line of S21, T16N, R15E, in Noxubee County. Thence, the route runs in an easterly direction along Lynn Creek Road (CR-223) to ultimately intersect US Hwy 45 in Brooksville, Mississippi, at or near the Northeast corner of S20, T16N, R17E, in Noxubee County, Mississippi. The Noxubee Hills Route runs approximately forty three (43) miles and serves parts of Choctaw, Winston, and Noxubee Counties in Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.127 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.127
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.127
Status: in_force

That Mississippi State Highway No. 17, running from Pickens in Holmes County to Carrollton in Carroll County, excluding that segment in Holmes County beginning at the northern corporate boundary of Lexington and extending northerly to its intersection with Bellbottom Road, is hereby designated the John Stewart Watson Memorial Highway; and the Highway Department of the State of Mississippi is hereby directed to appropriately mark such highway with suitable memorial markers in accordance with the provisions of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-115.nr2 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 7-115.nr2
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-115.nr2
Status: in_force

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

(2) The board of supervisors may by order duly adopted and entered on its minutes, provide for such transportation of individual members of the board as is necessary and essential in the performance of their official duties.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-29 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / 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. § 65-19-27 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 19-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-27
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the board of supervisors in case the election shall result in favor of the creation of the district, at its next regular meeting or any subsequent meeting, to appoint three commissioners, who shall be qualified electors of the district and real estate owners therein, who shall hold office for a term of four years from the time of their appointment and until their successors are appointed by the board of supervisors, whose duty it shall be to have the management and supervision of the construction and maintenance of the roads built under the provisions hereof, subject to the approval of the board of supervisors, and for their services shall be paid their actual expenses, not exceeding one hundred dollars each per annum. The board of supervisors may remove any commissioner, for cause or at pleasure, at any time and fill the vacancy thereby caused; and the board may, at any time after the roads within a district have been constructed by the proceeds of bonds sold, discontinue the commissioners, proceed to administer the fiscal affairs of the road district in the manner authorized by law, and make tax levies without recommendation of the commissioners on all taxable property in such district or districts. The commissioners may employ an attorney, if necessary, and pay him a reasonable compensation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-89 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-89
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-89
Status: in_force

When the board of supervisors shall be unable to agree with the owners for any land necessary for widening any existing public road or for making changes therein or for laying out new public roads, it is authorized and empowered, in addition to the methods of procedure provided in previous sections of this chapter, to condemn any such land in the name of the county in the manner as is provided by law for the exercise of the right of eminent domain.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-57 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 17 / 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. § 65-13-53 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 13-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-53
Status: in_force

When the particular bonds issued for the projects to be constructed under this chapter and the interest thereon shall have been paid, or a sufficient amount shall have been provided for their payment and shall continue to be held for that purpose, and upon acceptance of the responsibility for operation and maintenance of the project by an agency of government legally authorized to do so, the authority shall cease to charge tolls or levy assessments for use of the project or projects, and thereafter the use of such projects shall be free.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-1 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 33-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-1
Status: in_force

When any public road, street or highway shall extend along the beach or shore of any body of tidewater, and such road, street, or highway, or any part thereof shall be exposed or subject to, or in danger of, damage by water driven against the shore by storms, the boards of supervisors shall have the power, and it is hereby made their duty, to erect and maintain all necessary seawalls, breakwaters, bulkheads, shore stabilization structures, causeways, bridges, breakwaters, or other necessary structures or improvements connecting the beach or shore of any such bodies of water with islands or other land areas located offshore or connecting therewith, pumped-in sand or earth fills, sloping beaches, topping, road surfacing, road protection pavements, aprons, or other necessary devices to protect and preserve such roads, streets, and highways, or to increase the strength or stability of any existing road protection structures by hard surface aprons or other road protection devices or structures, and for that purpose and for the purpose of constructing or improving such highway, may issue the bonds of the county therefor.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.148 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.148
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.148
Status: in_force

(1) That segment of U.S. Highway 90 in the City of Pascagoula from Pascagoula Street to 14th Street is designated and shall be known as the “Jeffery Rugheimer 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. § 65-19-15 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 19-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-15
Status: in_force

When a separate district has been established or abolished under Sections 65-19-11 or 65-19-13 , the said establishment or abolishment shall not release the territory or taxable property or persons of the former district or districts or parts thereof from assessments for the benefit and purposes of the original district or districts or parts thereof, nor impair nor in any wise release the property or persons in the new district so established from assessment and liability for the payment of the debts and obligations of the original district. In the respects last aforesaid, the creation of such new district as in the foregoing sections provided shall in no wise change the lines or territorial construction and integrity of the original district or districts or parts thereof from which such new district may be formed. In event a separate road district is consolidated or added to or otherwise established or abolished, as in the foregoing sections provided, out of territory embraced in whole or in part within any district that has outstanding bonds or loan warrants or other valid indebtedness, the board of supervisors shall annually levy a tax on the territory that originally issued said bonds or loan warrants or incurred the indebtedness, in accordance with the contract under which such indebtedness was created, until the same is fully paid.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-27 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 26-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-27
Status: in_force

Any holder of bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter or of any of the interest coupons pertaining thereto may, either at law or in equity, by suit, action, mandamus or other proceeding, protect and enforce any and all rights granted hereunder, or under such resolution, and may enforce and compel performance of all duties required by this chapter to be performed, in order to provide for the payment of bonds and interest thereon.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-7 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / 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. § 65-19-55 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 19-55
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-55
Status: in_force

When the funds raised in any separate road district by bond issue have been expended and the contracts for road construction have been completed under the methods of building roads authorized by law, it shall be lawful for the road commissioners of any such road district, by and with the consent of the board of supervisors, to turn over to the county in which such road district is situated the roads so constructed. It shall then become the duty of the board of supervisors of such county to maintain and keep up such roads in place and stead of and in the same manner as the road commissioners of such district, and manage in place of said commissioners all of the fiscal affairs of said road district. The funds of each district shall be kept separate and applied to the district in which it was collected.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-151 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 7-151
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-151
Status: in_force

Sections 65-7-151 and 65-7-153 shall be known and may be cited as the “Mississippi Highway Patrol Fallen Officer's Memorial Highway Act.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.291 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.291
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.291
Status: in_force

(1) United States Highway 82 in Washington County, Mississippi, is designated the “Delta Rhythm & Bayous Highway” as part of the corridor that connects to the “Delta Rhythm & Bayous Highway” in Arkansas.

(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. § 65-21-23 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 21-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-23
Status: in_force

When a bridge shall be necessary over a stream or any other body of water which divides one county from another, or a bridge over a river or any other body of water flowing from one county into another shall be necessary at the intersection of the river and the line between the counties, (or necessary to two or more counties and within five miles of each of said counties), the boards of supervisors of all interested counties to which it may be necessary may join in the agreement for building, repairing, and keeping the same. The charge therefor shall be defrayed by all such interested counties as may be agreed upon by the boards of all of said counties; and if the board of supervisors of one county refuses to join in the agreement, the other county or counties may construct the bridge, with the consent of the board of supervisors of the county refusing or failing to join, and have exclusive control of it and charge toll thereon against citizens of the county not joining in the building. The will of the several boards of supervisors hereunder shall be expressed by a resolution duly adopted, entered on the minutes, and published in a newspaper in the county, if there be one; if there be no newspaper in the county, then in a newspaper in an adjoining county, for three weeks before such resolution shall take effect.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-15 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 7-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-15
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of the several counties of the state shall forthwith erect or cause to be erected, at all forks, crossroads or road intersections on all of the state highways and all other principal roads within their county, sign or guide boards in compliance with specifications theretofore furnished by the state highway department or state highway engineer.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.34 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.34
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.34
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of U.S. Highway 49 in Collins, Mississippi, beginning at a point eight-tenths (.8) of a mile south of the intersection of U.S. Highway 49 and U.S. Highway 84 and extending south on U.S. Highway 49 for two (2) miles shall be known and designated as the “Billy M. Langham Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching such highway.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.191 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.191
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.191
Status: in_force

(1) U.S. Highway 82 in the State of Mississippi is designated and shall be known as the “Mississippi Heritage Highway.”

(2) The municipalities and counties along the highway shall designate historical sites and events along the Mississippi Heritage Highway to offer to tourists and targeted groups a structured tour of historical sites and events.

(3) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall purchase appropriate Mississippi Heritage Highway markers from any of its available funds. The texts for the historical markers shall be approved by the department and the department shall erect and maintain the markers.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-315 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 23-315
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-315
Status: in_force

In the discretion of the governing body of any such county or counties issuing 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 county or counties 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. Said 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 county or counties and the governing body thereof in relation to the construction, maintenance, operation, repair, and insurance of the bridges, and the custody, safeguarding, and application of all moneys; and it may also provide that the bridge or bridges shall be constructed and paid for under the supervision and approval of consulting engineers employed or designated by the governing body of such county or counties 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 county or counties. 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 county or counties 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. § 65-9-13 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 9-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-9-13
Status: in_force

Any county shall be entitled to receive state aid and to expend state aid monies in conjunction with monies furnished by said county on state aid roads in such county on projects approved for construction in such county, provided:

(a) The state aid system in such county has been designated and approved as herein provided.

(b) The county has employed a county engineer to act for and on behalf of the county as a whole, who shall be a registered professional engineer, and such other competent technical assistants as may from time to time be deemed necessary by the board of supervisors of said county.

(c) An annual program shall have been filed by the county engineer with the division of state aid road construction and approved by the State Aid Engineer, and in accordance with the uniform design standards and specifications set up by the State Aid Engineer; such program may be modified or revised in whole or in part by the State Aid Engineer, with the agreement of the county involved.

(d) Such county has complied with all rules and regulations promulgated by the State Aid Engineer.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.46 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / 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. § 65-13-33 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 13-33
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-33
Status: in_force

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

The board of trustees is further authorized to make such contracts, within the authority of this chapter, in the issuance of bonds as may be necessary to insure the marketability thereof. All bonds sold to any person or persons other than agencies of the county, state, or federal government will be sold by the sealed bid procedure, and the bonds will be sold and delivered to the parties proposing the lowest overall average interest cost.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-207 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / 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. § 65-13-27 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 13-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-27
Status: in_force

Each member of the board of trustees shall take and subscribe to the general oath of office, required by Section 268 of the Constitution of the State of Mississippi , before the chancery clerk that he will faithfully discharge the duties of the office, which oath shall be filed with the said clerk and by him preserved.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-21 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / 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. § 65-3-71.89 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.89
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.89
Status: in_force

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

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.261 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.261
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.261
Status: in_force

(1) The segment of U.S. Highway 45 Alternate within Lowndes County, Mississippi, is designated and shall be known as the Tom Goode Memorial Highway.

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of Mississippi Highway 45.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-127 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 25-127
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-127
Status: in_force

When the Governor shall have executed said compact on behalf of this state and shall cause a verified copy thereof to be filed with the Secretary of State, and when said compact shall have been ratified by the State of Arkansas, then said compact shall become operative and effective as between the States of Arkansas and Mississippi. The Governor is hereby authorized and directed to take such action as may be necessary to complete the exchange of official documents between this state and the State of Arkansas with respect to ratifying said compact.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-26-25 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / 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. § 65-23-323 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 23-323
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-323
Status: in_force

Any county or counties, acting pursuant to the terms of this article, 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, or state, or state agency, or other political subdivisions, loans or 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.

Authority is hereby granted to any such county or counties to secure loans to finance planning of the bridges herein authorized from any governmental agency, repayable solely from the sale of said revenue bonds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-71 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 43-71
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-71
Status: in_force

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

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

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

(c) “ Toll facility ” means any road or bridge for which tolls or fees are charged for the use thereof.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.141 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.141
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.141
Status: in_force

(1) The Dorsey-Fawn Grove intersection in Itawamba County on United States Highway 78 (future I-22) shall be known as “Phyllis Hawkins Harper Interchange.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the intersection described in subsection (1).
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-1-327 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-327
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-1-327
Status: in_force

In all cases of procedure under this article, whenever the mode or manner of conducting the action is not expressly provided for in this article or by the Mississippi Rules of Civil Procedure, or whenever the rules of civil procedure are inapplicable, the judge before whom such proceeding may be pending may make all the necessary orders and rules of procedure necessary to carry into effect the object and intent of this article. The practice in such cases shall conform as nearly as practicable to the practice in other civil actions in the courts.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-61 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 11-61
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-61
Status: in_force

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

The Mississippi State Highway Commission is authorized, in its discretion, to repair any roadbeds which have been damaged by floods on roads built under the provisions of the cited sections, out of any monies on hand from the appropriation to carry out the provisions of said sections to the credit of the county in which said road is situated.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-27-9 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 27-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-27-9
Status: in_force

All penalties and forfeitures incurred by the owner or keeper of a toll ferry, bridge, turnpike, causeway, or plank road may be recovered by suit on the bond of the owner or keeper, one half to go to the person who sues for it, the other half to be paid into the county treasury; and damages may likewise be recovered against such owner or keeper by suit on the bond.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-23 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 15-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-23
Status: in_force

Where a levy is made for road purposes as provided in Section 65-15-21 , the tax assessor of the county shall set up a column on the assessment rolls of said county or district, which shall show the exact amount of the assessed valuation of the property within the corporate limits of a municipality which maintains its own streets and which pays the road taxes authorized to be levied under the aforesaid section. When said taxes are collected by the tax collector of the county, he shall isolate and separate the proportionate part of said taxes going to said municipality under the provisions of said section and shall cover same into the municipal treasury monthly, as provided by law.

Where any municipality may be entitled to a portion of any road tax under the laws in effect prior to the adoption of this section which has not yet been paid to it, such municipality shall be entitled to receive payment thereof on application to the board of supervisors of the county in which it is located, and the board of supervisors is hereby authorized to pay to such municipality its portion of such tax.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.267 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.267
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.267
Status: in_force

(1) The segment of Old U.S. Highway 45, also designated as Mississippi Highway 145, in Alcorn, Prentiss and Lee Counties, Mississippi, beginning at the Mississippi-Tennessee state line and extending southerly to its intersection with U.S. Interstate Highway 22, is designated and shall be known as “Rockabilly Way.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-43 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 13-43
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-43
Status: in_force

The board of trustees may, in lieu of charging and collecting tolls or in combination with the charging and collection of tolls, levy or assess adjacent property owners or the different supervisors districts, municipalities, agencies, departments, or other instrumentalities assisting in the development of the works authorized herein with an amount of money which, together with other revenues, will provide sufficient funds to carry out the purpose of this chapter. All political subdivisions of this state are hereby authorized and empowered to make such agreements with the board of trustees as are necessary to carry out the purpose of this section. All assessments shall be voluntary and at the discretion of the party or governmental subdivision upon which the assessment is to be levied. All procedures, regulations, commitments, etc., shall be outlined in detail on a resolution by the board of trustees of the authority prior to acceptance by any political subdivision of this state and agencies, commissions, departments, and other instrumentalities thereof.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-41 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 19-41
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-41
Status: in_force

The payment to the contractors for the construction of the roads adopted by said commission, when the roads are constructed or maintained by contract, shall be made by the board of supervisors on certificates issued by the engineer or superintendent and approved by the commission.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.103 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.103
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.103
Status: in_force

(1) That segment of Mississippi Highway 1 within the corporate limits of the City of Rosedale, Bolivar County, is designated and shall be known as “Joe Pope Boulevard.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-69 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 19-69
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-69
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors are authorized to acquire rights of way for the roads proposed to be constructed in said district, in the manner now prescribed by law for the acquisition of the rights of way for roads. Such rights of way shall be of necessary width, and if it be deemed necessary to acquire rights of way for such roads in excess of thirty feet, then the board of supervisors is authorized to acquire same up to any width deemed by them to be necessary for such road.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-37-13 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 37-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-37-13
Status: in_force

(1) There is created in the State Treasury a special fund to be designated as the “Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Fund.” The fund shall consist of monies that the Legislature appropriates under subsection (2) of this section, the proceeds of bonds issued under Section 10 of Chapter 557, Laws of 2009, and any other monies that the Legislature may designate for deposit into the fund. Monies in the fund may be expended upon legislative appropriation in accordance with the provisions of Sections 65-37-1 through 65-37-15 .

(2)(a) During each regular legislative session held in calendar years 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1998, if the official General Fund revenue estimate for the succeeding fiscal year for which appropriations are being made reflects a growth in General Fund revenues of three percent (3%) or more for that succeeding fiscal year, then the Legislature shall appropriate Twenty-five Million Dollars ($25,000,000.00) from the State General Fund for deposit into the Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Fund.

(b) During the regular legislative session held in calendar year 1999, if the official General Fund revenue estimate for the succeeding fiscal year for which appropriations are being made reflects a growth in General Fund revenues of two percent (2%) or more for the succeeding fiscal year, then the Legislature shall appropriate Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000.00) from the State General Fund for deposit into the Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Fund.

(c) Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph (c), during each regular legislative session held in calendar years 2001 through 2017, if the official General Fund revenue estimate for the succeeding fiscal year for which appropriations are being made reflects a growth in General Fund revenues of two percent (2%) or more for the succeeding fiscal year, then the Legislature shall appropriate Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000.00) from the State General Fund for deposit into the Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Fund. However, during the regular legislative sessions held in calendar years 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015 and 2016 the Legislature shall not be required to appropriate funds for deposit into the Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Fund.

(3) Monies that are deposited into the fund under the provisions of this section may be expended upon requisition therefor by the State Aid Engineer in accordance with the provisions of Sections 65-37-1 through 65-37-15 . The Office of State Aid Road Construction shall be entitled to reimbursement from monies in the fund, upon requisitions therefor by the State Aid Engineer, for the actual expenses incurred by the office in administering the provisions of the Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Program. Unexpended amounts remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not lapse into the State General Fund, and any interest earned on amounts in the fund shall be deposited to the credit of the fund.

(4) Monies in the Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Fund shall be allocated and become available for distribution to counties in accordance with the formula prescribed in Section 65-37-3 beginning January 1, 1995, on a project-by-project basis. Monies in the Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Fund may not be used or expended for any purpose except as authorized under Sections 65-37-1 through 65-37-15 .

(5) Monies in the Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Fund may be credited to a county in advance of the normal accrual to finance certain projects, subject to the approval of the State Aid Engineer and subject further to the following limitations:

(a) That the maximum amount of such monies that may be advanced to any county shall not exceed ninety percent (90%) of the funds estimated to accrue to such county during the remainder of the term of office of the board of supervisors of such county;

(b) That no advance credit of funds will be made to any county when the unobligated balance in the Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Fund is less than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00); and

(c) That such advance crediting of funds be effected by the State Aid Engineer at the time of the approval of the plans and specifications for the proposed projects.

It is the intent of this provision to utilize to the fullest practicable extent the balance of monies in the Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Fund on hand at all times.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-31 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 19-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-31
Status: in_force

Where contracts are let upon competitive bids, if the commissioners deem the bids too high, they are authorized to reject all bids.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.335 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 3-71.335
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.335
Status: in_force

(1) The segment of Mississippi Highway 35 located in Smith County, Mississippi, beginning fifteen hundredths (.15) of a mile north of its intersection with Cottonwood Drive and extending southerly to a point one-half ( 1 / 2 ) mile south of its intersection with Cottonwood Drive, is designated and shall be known as the “Senator Billy H. Thames Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.260 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.260
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.260
Status: in_force

(1) The segment of U.S. Highway 61 beginning at the northern city limits of Shaw and continuing north to the O'Reilly Community in Bolivar County is designated and shall be known as the “Henry Butler Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching that segment of U.S. Highway 61 in Bolivar County.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-1 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / 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. § 65-19-81 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 19-81
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-81
Status: in_force

Where any public highway being constructed, improved, or maintained by any separate road district shall run or extend into or through any incorporated municipality within the said district, such highway may be constructed, improved, and maintained the same within as without the corporate limits of said municipality. With the consent of and in conjunction with the road commissioners, the said municipality may, out of its own funds, add such street crossings or make improvements, such as grading, culverts, graveling, paving, or other improvements, as it may desire; the mayor and board of aldermen shall, by an order spread upon their minutes, consent for the work to be done by the commissioners. This section shall not be construed as any limitation upon those sections of this title in reference to state highways.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-38.1 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-38.1
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-38.1
Status: in_force

(1) No highway, road, street or bridge on the designated state highway system may be named after any person elected by the people to any public office in this state during the term of such person's office or for a period of ten (10) years after such person no longer served in any such office.

(2) No legislation shall be enacted by the Legislature naming any highway, road, street or bridge on the designated state highway system after any person unless the governing body of each county and municipality where the highway, road, street or bridge is located duly adopts a resolution requesting the Legislature to enact such legislation and files a certified copy of such resolution with the Chairman of the Senate or House Committee to which such legislation is referred.

(3) The provisions of this section shall not apply to Sections 65-7-151 and 65-7-153 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.317 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.317
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.317
Status: in_force

(1) The segment of Mississippi Highway 35 in Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi, beginning at the northern corporate limits of the Town of Bassfield and extending south for one (1) mile, is designated as the “H.D. Broome 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. § 65-27-13 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 27-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-27-13
Status: in_force

The owner or keeper of every ferry shall at all times be provided with good and tight boats suited to the ferry, sufficient in size, strength, steadiness, and accommodation for the safe and speedy transportation of passengers, vehicles, horses, cattle, and goods, well furnished with all necessary machinery, oars, poles, and other appliances, and men, prudent, skilful and competent to such business and service; and the banks and landing places shall be kept in good order, so as to be safe and easy for travelers. If any owner or keeper of a ferry shall convey or attempt to carry any person over any ferry in a boat not good and sufficient and furnished and manned according to law, or without having such banks and landing places in good order, he shall be liable to a penalty of ten dollars for each offense, besides being liable to the parties injured for any damages sustained.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-13 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 13-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-13
Status: in_force

Upon the filing of a petition with the board of supervisors as outlined above, it shall be the duty of said board to fix a time and place for a public hearing upon the question of the public convenience and necessity for the creation of the proposed authority. The date fixed for such hearing shall be not more than thirty days after the filing of the petition, and the date of the hearing, the place at which it shall be held, and the purpose of the hearing shall be set forth in a notice to be signed by the clerk of the board of said county. Said notice shall be published in a newspaper having general circulation within such county once a week for at least three consecutive weeks prior to the date of such hearing. The first such publication shall be made not less than twenty-one days prior to the date of such hearing, and the last such publication shall be made not more than seven days prior to the date of such hearing.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-205 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 23-205
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-205
Status: in_force

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

No commissioner shall be eligible to discharge the duties of his office until the oath herein required has been taken.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-19 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 39-19
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-19
Status: in_force

The bonds authorized under Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33 may be issued without any other proceedings or the happening of any other conditions or things other than those proceedings, conditions and things which are specified or required by Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33 . Any resolution providing for the issuance of bonds under the provisions of Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33 shall become effective immediately upon its adoption by the State Bond Commission, and any such resolution may be adopted at any regular or special meeting of the State Bond Commission by a majority of its members.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-5 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 17-5
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-5
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of such commissioner to supervise the construction of such highways and their maintenance after the construction, and to see that the directions for such construction and maintenance are carried out, calling to his assistance, when necessary, the service of a competent civil engineer, which civil engineer shall receive for his services a reasonable compensation to be fixed by the board of supervisors, to be paid out of the funds arising from the proceeds of the sale of such bonds and the levy of such maintenance tax as provided by law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-87 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 19-87
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-87
Status: in_force

The board shall provide for the collection of taxes from the benefit district in such annual installments as it may determine, extending over not more than fifteen years, and may borrow money in advance of the collection of such taxes, in which event an amount sufficient to pay the annual interest shall be collected in addition to the principal. The taxes so assessed and levied shall be a lien upon the land and be collected at the same time and in the same manner that state and county taxes are collected. A separate assessment roll shall be provided by the board, and the assessor shall assess the lands in each benefit district separately, together with the benefit tax assessed thereon. He shall also mark in red ink on the general assessment roll the particular lands the benefits of which have been assessed.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-45 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 13-45
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-45
Status: in_force

The authority, through its board of trustees, shall have authority to act jointly with political subdivisions of the state, agencies, commissions, and instrumentalities thereof, with other states, with municipalities, and with the federal government and other agencies thereof in the performance of the purposes and services authorized in this chapter, upon such terms as may be agreed upon by the trustees.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-21 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 29-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-21
Status: in_force

The proceeds from the sale of any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter shall be placed to the credit of such municipality, county, ferry commission, or trustee in a bank or banks which are members of the federal reserve system, may be withdrawn therefrom in accordance with any agreement or agreements entered into between such municipality and the purchaser or purchasers of such bonds or other obligations, and shall be used for no other purpose than the purpose or purposes set forth in the original resolution of the governing body of such municipality. Any officer or other person diverting or assisting to divert any such funds to any other purpose or purposes than the purpose or purposes originally set forth in said resolution of the governing body of said municipality or county shall be guilty of a felony and punishable accordingly, and shall be liable both personally and officially on bond for such diversion. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as a guarantee on the part of the State of Mississippi to pay the principal of or interest on any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.379 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.379
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.379
Status: in_force

(1) The segment of Mississippi Highway 25 located in Tishomingo County, Mississippi, beginning at County Road 150 in Iuka, Mississippi, and extending north for one (1) mile, is designated and shall be known as the “Dr. Kelly S. Segars, Sr. and Martha Segars Memorial Highway” in memory of Dr. Kelly S. Segars, Sr. and Martha Segars, who were known for their significant lifelong contributions to the development, growth and health of the citizens of Tishomingo County.

(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. § 65-3-140 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-140
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-140
Status: in_force

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

Central District--Yazoo County:

Mississippi 828--U.S. 49E Spur--Begins on U.S. 49E and extends west to Yazoo City, Yazoo County.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-13 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / 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. § 65-43-83 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 43-83
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-83
Status: in_force

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

(2) If the affidavit of nonliability is returned with evidence that the registered owner served has made a bona fide sale or transfer of the vehicle and has delivered possession thereof to the purchaser prior to the date of the alleged violation, the processing agency shall cancel the notice of toll evasion violation with respect to that registered owner and the processing agency shall mail, by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the purchaser identified in the affidavit of nonliability a final notice of toll evasion violation. If payment is not received within fifteen (15) days of the mailing of the final notice of toll evasion violation, the processing agency may proceed against the purchaser identified pursuant to Section 65-43-73 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-3 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 17-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-3
Status: in_force

In any counties lying in two levee districts through which the Yazoo River flows, traversed by U.S. Highway No. 49W and in which Mississippi Highways Nos. 12, 14, and 7 run, the board of supervisors is authorized, in its discretion, to compensate any such road commissioner of said county in an amount not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00) per month.

In any counties bordering on the Pearl River, in which U.S. Highway No. 80 intersects Mississippi Highway No. 18, and having a population in excess of thirty-four thousand in the 1960 federal decennial census, the board of supervisors is authorized, in its discretion, to compensate any such road commissioner of said county in an amount not to exceed four hundred dollars ($400.00) per month.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.125 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.125
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.125
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of U.S. Highway 82 in Montgomery County beginning at the western corporate limit of the Town of Kilmichael and extending easterly to the eastern corporate limit of the Town of Kilmichael, is designated and shall be known as the “Juanell Lollar Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-29 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / 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. § 65-41-3 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / 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. § 65-13-17 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 13-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-17
Status: in_force

A certified copy of the resolution so adopted shall be published in a newspaper having a general circulation within the county once a week for at least three consecutive weeks prior to the date specified in such resolution as the date upon which said board intends to create such authority. The first such publication shall be made not less than twenty-one days prior to the date thus specified, and the last such publication shall be made not more than seven days prior to such date.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-45 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 33-45
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-45
Status: in_force

Where any county issues or has heretofore issued its bonds under this chapter or any previous statutes of a similar character for protection of any highway, there shall be paid into the treasury of such county fifty per cent (50%) of any license taxes which would otherwise be paid into the state highway fund collected by the state in such county on motor vehicles or drivers thereof, and fifty per cent (50%) of any excise taxes levied and collected in such county by the state on gasoline which would otherwise be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the state highway fund, to meet the interest and annual sinking fund on such bonds. Such funds shall be applied toward the liquidation of the interest and sinking fund accruing annually on such bonds, the other fifty per cent (50%) to go into the state treasury to the credit of the state highway commission, and, if such taxes in any year should be insufficient to cover such interest and sinking fund, the deficiency therein shall be supplied out of any other such funds collected by the state in such county and allotted by law to such county for road purposes. Nothing herein shall be construed as a guarantee on the part of the state to pay the interest or principal on any bonds issued hereunder.

This section shall not apply to the tax collected from registration fees and the sale of automobile tags.

Of the surplus of such funds so paid into the treasuries of Harrison and Jackson Counties, the portions thereof hereinafter designated, to the extent necessary under the limitations hereinafter stated, shall be paid by Harrison and Jackson Counties to the state highway commission and shall be applied by said commission on the annual payments of principal of and interest on bonds to be issued by the state bond commission in an amount not to exceed seven million dollars ($7,000,000.00), for the construction, by the state highway commission, of a four-lane highway bridge across the Bay of Biloxi, to form a part of United States Highway No. 90, to the extent that two thirds of the total cost of principal and interest on such bonds shall be paid out of such surplus funds of Harrison County, and one third out of such surplus funds of Jackson County.

For the purpose of this section, such “surplus funds of Harrison County” shall be construed to be the amount paid to Harrison County under this section not pledged to the payment of principal and interest of bonds issued under this chapter, or any previous statutes of a similar character for the protection of any highway, and presently outstanding. “Surplus funds of Jackson County” shall be construed to be the amount paid to Jackson County under this section not pledged to the payment of principal and interest of bonds issued under this chapter, or any previous statutes of a similar character for the protection of any highway, and presently outstanding, and remaining after payment of principal and interest on bonds now issued or authorized by an election by Jackson County in connection with its Bayou Casotte development project under the authority of Senate Bill No. 1265, Extraordinary Session of 1954, as amended by Senate Bill No. 1624 enacted at the Regular 1958 Session of the Mississippi Legislature.

Annually, to the extent necessary to meet the annual requirements for the payment of principal of and interest on said bonds, Harrison County shall pay to the state highway commission not exceeding two thirds of its aforesaid annual surplus, as hereinabove defined; and, to the extent necessary and available, Jackson County shall annually pay to the state highway commission from such surplus funds an amount not exceeding one third of the annual requirements for bonds issued by the state bond commission, and such amounts as may be necessary to satisfy any deficiency in preceding annual payments required to be made under the provisions hereof.

Surplus funds remaining to both Harrison and Jackson Counties, after making the payments above directed, may be pledged, used, and expended in whole or part for the payment of the principal of and interest on bonds issued and to be issued under the authority of Sections 59-9-1 to 59-9-83 ; however, unless and until so pledged all or any part of such surplus now or hereafter accumulated may be transferred by the board of supervisors to a fund designated the county port fund and shall be subject to expenditure by the county port authority or county development commission for the purposes and objects authorized by said sections. All expenditures made by the county port authority or county development commission shall be audited by the county auditor, who shall annually report such expenditures to the board of supervisors.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-229 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 23-229
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-229
Status: in_force

The board of commissioners, acting for and in behalf of the district, shall have the right, power, and authority to purchase, hold, and possess such real estate as may be necessary for the purposes for which the district was organized and, in addition thereto, the district organized hereunder shall have the right of eminent domain. If condemnation proceedings become necessary, such proceedings shall be instituted and conducted in the manner as is now provided by law for such condemnation proceedings.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.112 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.112
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.112
Status: in_force

(1) Proposed new Mississippi Highway 22 Alternate in Hinds and Madison Counties beginning at or near Edwards and extending northeasterly to or near Canton shall be designated and shall be known, upon completion, as the “Dudley R. Bozeman Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-35 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 15 / Section 25-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-35
Status: in_force

Any municipality is hereby authorized to provide by resolution for the issuance of bridge revenue refunding bonds of such municipality for the purpose of refunding any bridge revenue bonds issued under the provisions of this article and then outstanding. The issuance of such bridge revenue refunding bonds, the maturities and other details thereof, the rights of the holders thereof, and the duties of such municipality and of any other municipality or the state highway commission in respect to the same, shall be governed by the foregoing provisions of this article insofar as the same may be applicable, and by the following provisions:

(a) No bridge revenue refunding bonds shall be delivered unless delivered in exchange for bridge revenue bonds to be refunded thereby, except in the amount necessary to provide for the payment of matured or redeemable bridge revenue bonds or bridge revenue bonds maturing or redeemable within three months, including any redemption premium thereon.

(b) No bridge revenue refunding bonds shall be issued unless issued to refund bridge revenue bonds which have matured or will mature within six months, or unless the interest rate of the bridge revenue refunding bonds shall be at least one fourth of one percent ( 1 / 4 of 1%) less than the interest rate borne by the bridge revenue bonds to be refunded.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-35 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 25-35
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-25-35
Status: in_force

Any municipality is hereby authorized to provide by resolution for the issuance of bridge revenue refunding bonds of such municipality for the purpose of refunding any bridge revenue bonds issued under the provisions of this article and then outstanding. The issuance of such bridge revenue refunding bonds, the maturities and other details thereof, the rights of the holders thereof, and the duties of such municipality and of any other municipality or the state highway commission in respect to the same, shall be governed by the foregoing provisions of this article insofar as the same may be applicable, and by the following provisions:

(a) No bridge revenue refunding bonds shall be delivered unless delivered in exchange for bridge revenue bonds to be refunded thereby, except in the amount necessary to provide for the payment of matured or redeemable bridge revenue bonds or bridge revenue bonds maturing or redeemable within three months, including any redemption premium thereon.

(b) No bridge revenue refunding bonds shall be issued unless issued to refund bridge revenue bonds which have matured or will mature within six months, or unless the interest rate of the bridge revenue refunding bonds shall be at least one fourth of one percent ( 1 / 4 of 1%) less than the interest rate borne by the bridge revenue bonds to be refunded.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-43 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-43
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-43
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of United States Highway 78 being situated between the southern boundary of the state of Tennessee and the western boundary of the state of Alabama shall be designated and henceforth known as the Elvis Aaron Presley Memorial Highway.

(2) The Mississippi State Highway Department is hereby directed to erect appropriate signs along and approaching said highway and, further, to erect a suitable memorial marker between the City of Tupelo, Mississippi, and the Town of Mineral Wells, Mississippi, at a site to be chosen with the approval of the family of Elvis Aaron Presley.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-27 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 43-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-43-27
Status: in_force

The bonds authorized under Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 may be issued without any other proceedings or the happening of any other conditions or things other than those proceedings, conditions and things which are specified or required by Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 . Any resolution providing for the issuance of bonds under the provisions of Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 shall become effective immediately upon its adoption by the commission, and any such resolution may be adopted at any regular or special meeting of the commission by a majority of its members.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.242 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.242
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.242
Status: in_force

(1) The following segments of Mississippi Highway 550 shall be designated as the “Peyton Coleman Flowers Memorial Highway”:

(a) The segment beginning at the eastern most point of the school zone near Loyd Star Attendance Center and extending one (1) mile easterly; and

(b) The segment beginning at the western most point of the school zone near Loyd Star Attendance Center and extending one (1) mile westerly.

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-31 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 13 / Section 39-31
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-31
Status: in_force

No elected or appointed official shall derive or receive, directly or indirectly, any income, compensation or pecuniary benefit, as a result of such elected or appointed official's duties under Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33 that provides for the issuance of bonds by the state, or any political subdivision thereof, contrary to the provisions of Section 109, Mississippi Constitution of 1890, or Article 3, Chapter 4, Title 25, Mississippi Code of 1972 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-63 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 9 / Section 33-63
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-63
Status: in_force

Such refunding bonds shall bear such rate or rates of interest as may be determined by the board of supervisors, not exceeding, however, three and one-half per centum per annum, payable semiannually; shall be in such denomination or denominations and form as may be determined by the board of supervisors; shall be executed on behalf of the county by the president of the board of supervisors, countersigned by the clerk of such board; and the interest to accrue on such bonds shall be represented by coupons to be attached thereto, which may be executed by the facsimile signatures of such officers. Such refunding bonds shall mature in such amount or amounts and at such time or times, not exceeding twenty-five years from date thereof, as may be specified by the board of supervisors. All such refunding bonds and interest thereon shall be payable at the office of the state treasurer of the State of Mississippi in the city of Jackson, Mississippi, and a certified copy of the proceedings authorizing the issuance of such refunding bonds shall be filed in said office. The bonds issued under the provisions of Sections 65-33-61 to 65-33-71 shall in no way be construed as state obligations or state bonds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-27-11 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / 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. § 65-23-311 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 23-311
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-23-311
Status: in_force

The governing body of any such county is hereby authorized to provide by resolution, at one time or from time to time, for the issuance of bridge revenue bonds of such county, if acting separately, and of such counties, if acting jointly, for the purpose of paying the cost, as hereinabove defined, of any one or more of such bridges, which resolution shall recite an estimate of such cost. The principal and interest of such bonds shall be payable solely from the special fund herein provided for such payment. The bonds of each issue shall be dated, shall bear interest at such rate or rates not exceeding six percent (6%) per annum, payable semiannually, shall mature at such time or times, not exceeding forty (40) years from their date or dates, as may be determined by the governing body of such county or counties, and may be made redeemable before maturity, at the option of the county or counties, at such price or prices and under such terms and conditions as may be fixed by the governing body of such county or counties prior to the issuance of the bonds. The principal and interest of such bonds may be made payable in any lawful medium. The governing body of such county or counties shall determine the form of the bonds, including any interest coupons to be attached thereto, and shall fix the denomination or denominations of the bonds and the place or places of payment of principal and interest thereof, which may be at any bank or trust company within or without the state. The bonds and any interest coupons attached thereto shall be executed in such manner as shall be determined by the governing body of the county or counties. In case any officer whose signature shall appear on the bonds or coupons shall cease to be such officer before the delivery of such bonds, such signature shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes the same as if he had remained in office until such delivery. All bridge revenue bonds issued under the provisions of this article are hereby declared to have, as between successive holders, all the qualities and incidents of negotiable instruments under the Uniform Commercial Code of the state. Provision may be made for the registration of any of the bonds in the name of the owner as to principal alone, in the manner now provided by law for the registration of bonds issued by a county. The governing body of such county or counties may sell such bonds at public or private sale in such manner and for such price as it or they may determine to be for the best interest of such county or counties, but no such sale shall be made at a price so low as to require the payment of interest on the money received therefor at more than six percent (6%) per annum, computed with relation to the absolute maturity of the bonds in accordance with standard tables of bond values. The proceeds of such bonds shall be used solely for the payment of the cost of the bridge or bridges, and shall be disbursed under such restrictions, if any, as the governing body of such county or counties thereof may provide. If the proceeds of such bonds, by error of calculation or otherwise, shall be less than the cost of the bridge or bridges, additional bonds may in like manner be issued to provide the amount of such deficit, and unless otherwise provided in the trust indenture hereinafter mentioned, shall be deemed to be of the same issue and shall be entitled to payment from the same fund without preference or priority of the bonds first issued for the same bridge or bridges. If the proceeds of bonds issued for any bridge or bridges shall exceed the cost thereof, the surplus shall be paid into the fund hereinafter provided for the payment of principal and interest of such bonds. Prior to the preparation of definitive bonds, such county or counties may, under like restrictions, issue temporary bonds, with or without coupons, exchangeable for definitive bonds upon the issuance of the latter. The governing body of any such county or counties may also provide for the replacement of any bond which shall become mutilated or be destroyed or lost. Such bridge revenue bonds may be issued without any other proceedings or the happening of any other conditions or things than those proceedings, conditions and things which are specified and required by this article. The powers conferred by this article shall be in addition to the power conferred by any other law, general, special, or local, and this article, without reference to any other statute, shall be deemed full authority for the purpose hereof. In the discretion of the governing body of any such county or counties, bridge revenue bonds of a single issue may be issued for the purpose of paying the cost of any one or more bridges.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-11 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 17 / Section 21-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-21-11
Status: in_force

The boards of supervisors of the respective counties are hereby authorized and empowered to acquire by purchase or condemnation proceedings privately owned bridges across rivers or other bodies of water where the said bridges form a link or part of any county, public road, or highway. The boards of supervisors may, in their discretion, contract to purchase and buy any such privately owned bridges at such price and upon such terms as may seem reasonable to the board.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.307 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.307
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.307
Status: in_force

(1) That portion of Mississippi Highway 25 from the city limits of Aberdeen, Monroe County, Mississippi, to Highway 382, is designated and shall be known as the “Thomas Lee Bales 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. § 65-3-71.202 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.202
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.202
Status: in_force

(1) That segment of Mississippi Highway 4 within Prentiss County, Mississippi, beginning at the Prentiss/Tishomingo County line and extending to the intersection of Mississippi Highway 4 and Mississippi Highway 371 is designated and shall be known as the “Sergeant Jonathan W. Lambert, U.S.M.C. Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the highway.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-9 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 33-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-9
Status: in_force

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

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

To secure the payment of such mortgage and revenue bonds and to fix the rights of the holders thereof, said board may execute a trust indenture constituting a mortgage lien upon any of the lands acquired under the provisions of Sections 65-33-1 to 65-33-15 , and which indenture may, in the discretion of the board, pledge and assign any revenues and tolls which the board may fix and collect for the use of any bridge or bridges, causeway or causeways, or other structure financed under the provisions of said sections. Said indenture shall contain such provisions and conditions as the board may find necessary or proper, shall include provisions for insurance of such bridges or causeways against such hazards as the board may deem proper and necessary, and shall fix the terms and conditions for calling said mortgage and revenue bonds for prepayment before their maturities.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.96 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.96
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.96
Status: in_force

(1) That segment of U.S. Highway 49E located in Leflore and Tallahatchie Counties beginning at the intersection of U.S. Highway 49E and U.S. Highway 82 and extending to the intersection of U.S. Highway 49E and Mississippi Highway 3 is designated and shall be known as the “Emmitt Till Memorial Highway.”

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-29-15 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / 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. § 65-3-71.317 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-71.317
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.317
Status: in_force

(1) The segment of Mississippi Highway 35 in Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi, beginning at the northern corporate limits of the Town of Bassfield and extending south for one (1) mile, is designated as the “H.D. Broome Memorial Highway.”

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

There is hereby created within the Mississippi Department of Transportation an office to be called the Office of State Aid Road Construction, for the purpose and charged with the duty of administering this chapter. The office shall be administered by a state aid engineer and such assistant engineers or other employees as may be provided in this chapter. Whenever the term “Division of State Aid Road Construction” appears in the laws of this state, it shall mean the Office of State Aid Road Construction.

All duties, powers and responsibilities for the administration and management of the Office of State Aid Road Construction shall be vested in and performed exclusively by the State Aid Engineer.

All of the powers of the State Aid Engineer herein provided are with reference to the expenditures of state aid funds and are not intended to interfere in any way with the constitutional jurisdiction of any board of supervisors. In order to obtain state aid funds, however, and whenever any state aid funds are being used, the provisions of this chapter shall have full force and effect.

The State Aid Engineer shall adopt a complete, detailed and itemized budget for the Office of State Aid Road Construction, as may be required by the Legislative Budget Office, separate and apart from the budget of the Mississippi Department of Transportation. Copies of the detailed budget shall be filed with the Governor, the Legislative Budget Office and the State Fiscal Management Board on or before April 30 of each year, and shall cover anticipated construction and administrative expenditures for the ensuing fiscal year. No expenditures shall be made in excess of the budget amount approved and appropriated by the Legislature.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-9-27 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 9-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-9-27
Status: in_force

Whenever any county is ineligible for state aid under the provisions of this chapter for a continuous period of four (4) years, then such county shall forfeit and no longer be entitled to any part of the funds in the State Aid Road Fund theretofore allocated to it; and the balance of such funds so theretofore allocated to it shall be reallocated pro rata between all other eligible counties in the same relative proportions as those specified in any law providing state aid road funds.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.256 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 3-71.256
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-71.256
Status: in_force

(1) U.S. Highway 61 that lies in the State of Mississippi is designated and shall be known as the “Military Order of the Purple Heart Trail.”

(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. § 65-33-49 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 33-49
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-49
Status: in_force

In those counties operating under this chapter, the board of supervisors may borrow funds not in excess of three hundred fifty thousand dollars ($350,000.00) at a rate of interest not exceeding six per cent. per annum, in addition to such sums as may have heretofore been borrowed, for the purpose of extending, constructing, repairing, or maintaining the road protection of the county or to protect by sea wall or road protection any street, highway, road, or avenue connected therewith extending to or along the side of a harbor or to a boat landing or dock, which, in the judgment of the board of supervisors of such county, should be so protected either for an existing or a contemplated road, street, highway, or avenue. Such board of supervisors shall have authority to acquire by purchase or otherwise a dredge boat and use and operate the same for the purpose of pumping a sand beach adjacent to such sea wall or road protection structure, and to pay for same out of any funds provided under this section or any funds collected under Section 65-33-47 . The funds or amount borrowed for the purpose provided for in this section shall be paid within a period of ten 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 the 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 may be borrowed by such board of supervisors from any person, firm, corporation, governmental lending agency, or from any sinking funds of such county, provided that 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 two 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, twenty-five per cent of the qualified electors of the county petition the board of supervisors for an election to determine whether or not the adoption of such order should be annulled, such election shall be ordered by such board of supervisors. If at such election a majority of those voting vote in favor of the adoption of such order, the same shall be valid and effective; but if a majority shall vote against such order, it shall be annulled and shall be ineffective, and no further effort shall be made to borrow funds under this section by such board for a period of six months from the date of such election. If no such petition be presented within fifteen days after the first publication of a copy of such order, such order shall be valid and effective. 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 three hundred fifty thousand dollars ($350,000.00) in addition to such sums as may heretofore have been borrowed for the purposes herein enumerated, or either of them.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-13 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 3 / Section 15-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-13
Status: in_force

No existing law providing methods for the construction or maintenance of any public highway, bridges, or culverts of the county or special or separate road district shall be affected by Section 65-15-9 ; and it does not supersede or impair the obligation of any county to levy a sufficient legal ad valorem tax for the purpose of construction and maintenance of public highways, bridges, or culverts, or a sufficient ad valorem tax to pay the interest or principal of any bonds heretofore or hereafter issued for the purpose of building bridges and constructing public roads. Nor does it supersede or impair any right to issue bonds for any purpose, and it shall not alter, amend or repeal any statute except insofar as such statutes are inconsistent herewith.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-9-1 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-1
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-9-1
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of each county, now having full jurisdiction over all roads, ferries, and bridges in its respective county not maintained as state highways, is hereby fully authorized and empowered to construct and maintain the same (including designated state highways not yet taken over by the highway department); and all such roads under the jurisdiction of the several boards of supervisors are hereby designated, defined, and declared to be either (a) “feeder” or “local farm roads” or (b) “state aid roads.”

State aid roads are hereby defined as that group or class of roads composing the main collector and distributor routes feeding into local trade areas or into the state highway network, which are not designated as state highways by the Legislature, and particularly those essential to the conservation and development of natural resources, of economic and social value, and encouraging desirable land utilization, having in addition the following characteristics, to wit: roads (including bridges and ferries) which

(a) Connect communities within the individual counties and with those of adjoining counties and/or which also connect with the state highway system to form a complete network of secondary or collector routes.

(b) Carry heavy volumes of traffic serving most of the following interests of the counties, to wit:

(1) Agricultural

(2) Business

(3) Educational

(4) Industrial

The State Aid Engineer shall see that the criteria imposed herein are explicitly followed in the designation and in the construction of the state aid roads in each county. The State Aid Engineer shall promulgate regulations pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act to require the development of a network of intercounty roads and to provide for a review process within the state aid division for the designation of said state aid roads. Such regulations shall also establish standards for state aid route designation. The State Aid Engineer is hereby authorized and directed to withhold funds from such counties until the state aid roads therein are designated and constructed according to the characteristics set forth herein.

All other roads under the jurisdiction of the several boards of supervisors are hereby declared to be “local farm roads” and not affected in anywise by this chapter.

State aid roads in the several counties shall be eligible for state aid in the manner and under the terms and conditions hereinafter set out. Local system roads (as defined in Section 65-18-3 ) in the several counties shall be eligible for state aid in the manner and under the terms and conditions set out in the Local System Road Program established in Sections 65-18-1 through 65-18-17 . State aid, by way of funds to be expended on state aid roads and local system roads (as defined in Section 65-18-3 ), shall consist of any sum or sums provided by the Legislature to supplement funds furnished by the several counties for the purpose of constructing, improving, widening, straightening, surfacing, or reconstructing roads on the state aid system or for the purpose of the construction, reconstruction and paving of roads on the Local System Road Program, and shall be available to the several counties in such proportion as may be fixed and determined by law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-4-45 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-45
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-4-45
Status: in_force

Sections 65-4-25 through 65-4-45 , without reference to any other statute, shall be deemed to be full and complete authority for the issuance of such bonds, and shall be construed as an additional and alternative method therefor, and none of the present restrictions, requirements, conditions or limitations of law applicable to the issuance or sale of bonds, notes or other obligations by the state shall apply to the issuance and sale of bonds under Sections 65-4-25 through 65-4-45 , and no proceedings shall be required for the issuance of such bonds other than those provided for and required in Sections 65-4-25 through 65-4-45 , and all powers necessary to be exercised in order to carry out the provisions of Sections 65-4-25 through 65-4-45 are hereby conferred.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-47.nr2 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / 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. § 65-43-2 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / 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. § 65-39-15 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 39-15
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-39-15
Status: in_force

The bonds issued under the provisions of Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33 are general obligations of the State of Mississippi, and for the payment thereof the full faith and credit of the State of Mississippi is irrevocably pledged. Monies in the Gaming Counties Sinking Bond Fund, created in Section 65-39-3 , shall be expended to pay the interest on, and principal of, the bonds issued under Section 65-39-5 . If the amount in the sinking fund is insufficient to pay the interest on, and principal of, such bonds as they become due, then the deficiency shall be paid by the State Treasurer from any funds in the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated. All such bonds shall contain recitals on their faces substantially covering the provisions of this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-9-30 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-30
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-9-30
Status: in_force

(1) The State Aid Engineer shall maintain an accurate record of all federal aid secondary funds, federal “safer off-system” funds, and all other available federal road funds allocated to the counties in accordance with the percentages set out in Section 65-9-3 . He shall likewise maintain an accurate account of all state aid funds apportioned to the counties in accordance with the percentages and provisions set out in Section 27-65-75 .

(2) The State Aid Engineer is hereby authorized to utilize state aid funds, and federal aid secondary funds allocated to the counties as provided for in accordance with Section 65-9-29 , and federal “safer off-system” funds, and/or any other available federal road funds allocated to Mississippi and to be expended on county roads, and allocated to the counties as provided for in accordance with Section 65-9-29, in such amounts as he deems necessary for an orderly and effective programming of all funds available to the counties, including an interchange of one (1) type of funds for another type of funds when necessary; provided, however, that each county shall receive, not less than annually, its pro rata share of the combined funds so allocated; and further provided that the authority of the county boards of supervisors to otherwise adopt construction programs is in no way circumvented.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-21.nr2 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 15-21.nr2
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-21.nr2
Status: in_force

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

Any municipality may contract with its board of supervisors, whereby work may be performed on the streets maintained by said municipality in lieu of the refund of one-half ( 1 / 2 ) of the road taxes collected under this section, and in such event such agreement shall be spread at large upon the minutes of both the governing authorities of such municipality and the board of supervisors of such county.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-73 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 41-73
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-73
Status: in_force

The following highways, roads or streets located in the State of Mississippi are hereby designated as an official Mississippi Scenic Byway to be known as the “William Faulkner Scenic Byway” pursuant to Section 65-41-1 et seq. : Beginning at the intersection of Mississippi Highway 30 and County Road 14 in Union County and continuing westerly along Mississippi Highway 30 to its intersection with County Road 229 in Lafayette County.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-88 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 17 / Section 19-88
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-88
Status: in_force

(1) Whenever the owners of not less than one-half ( 1 / 2 ) of all lots bordering on any unpaved, dedicated public street or road within a developed subdivision located outside the boundaries of any incorporated municipality of a county petition for a survey and estimate of the cost of building and paving the street or road in a substantial and permanent manner of asphalt, blacktop, concrete or other such material equally durable, the board may cause a survey and cost estimate thereof to be made by a licensed civil engineer. Thereafter, if at least three-fifths ( 3 / 5 ) of such landowners sign and file a petition with the board of supervisors, along with a map or description of the lots bordering such street or road and designating the owners of all lots bordering thereon, requesting such street or road to be paved with the costs thereof to be charged or assessed against the owners of such lots bordering thereon, the board of supervisors may proceed to the paving and permanent construction of such street or road. The entire costs of paving and permanently constructing such street or road within the subdivision shall be paid by the owners of the lots bordering on the street or road so improved within the subdivision only by either, at the option of each such lot owner, a lump sum, one-time payment or by a special tax imposed by the county on the lots sufficient to pay such lot owner's proportionate share of the total costs. A lot owner's share of the total costs for building and improving such street or road shall be determined according to the proportion which the number of lineal feet of a lot owner's lot which borders on the improved street or road bears to the total number of lineal feet of improved street or road.

(2) If one or more lot owners elect to pay their share of the costs of improving a street or road under subsection (1) of this section by means of a special tax on their lots, then the board shall provide for the collection of taxes from the lot owners thereof in such annual installments as it may determine, extending over not more than twenty (20) 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 lots 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 lots of each lot owner separately, together with the special tax assessed thereon. He shall also mark in red ink on the general assessment roll the particular lots which have been so assessed.

(3) The provisions of this section shall not be construed as amending or repealing the provisions of Sections 65-19-83 through 65-19-87 , but shall be supplemental and additional to the provisions contained therein.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-27 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 7 / Section 19-27
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-27
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the board of supervisors in case the election shall result in favor of the creation of the district, at its next regular meeting or any subsequent meeting, to appoint three commissioners, who shall be qualified electors of the district and real estate owners therein, who shall hold office for a term of four years from the time of their appointment and until their successors are appointed by the board of supervisors, whose duty it shall be to have the management and supervision of the construction and maintenance of the roads built under the provisions hereof, subject to the approval of the board of supervisors, and for their services shall be paid their actual expenses, not exceeding one hundred dollars each per annum. The board of supervisors may remove any commissioner, for cause or at pleasure, at any time and fill the vacancy thereby caused; and the board may, at any time after the roads within a district have been constructed by the proceeds of bonds sold, discontinue the commissioners, proceed to administer the fiscal affairs of the road district in the manner authorized by law, and make tax levies without recommendation of the commissioners on all taxable property in such district or districts. The commissioners may employ an attorney, if necessary, and pay him a reasonable compensation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-9 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-9
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county shall have the right, upon the application of any member thereof or any overseer, road commissioner or the county road manager, to condemn any dead or dangerous trees or timber near any public road which endangers the safety of the public travel. On the failure or refusal of the owner to cut and remove such trees or timbers, the board may assess the value thereof and pay or tender the owner of such trees or timber the said assessed value thereof by warrant on the county treasury, and such trees or timber shall be cut, felled or removed by the proper authorities working or maintaining such road. The owner of such trees or timber shall have five (5) days' notice of such assessment and, if dissatisfied with such valuation, an appeal may be had to the circuit court as in other cases.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-23 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 11 / Section 33-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-33-23
Status: in_force

For the purpose of this chapter the several boards of supervisors are hereby clothed with the power and authority, and it is made their duty, to exercise the right of eminent domain in order to procure the right of way for such roads, streets, highways, sea walls, breakwaters, bulkheads, sloping beach, and such other devices as may be adopted for the protection of such highways. They shall have the power to pass all necessary ordinances for the preservation and protection of any such road, sea wall, sloping beach, or other device constructed hereunder, and the violation of such ordinances shall constitute, and be punished as, a misdemeanor.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-27-17 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 1 / Section 27-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-27-17
Status: in_force

The owner or keeper of every toll ferry, bridge, turnpike, causeway, and plank road shall put up, in a convenient place, so as to be open and visible to travelers, a copy of the table of rates of toll established by the board of supervisors, printed, written, or painted in legible characters. For every day's failure to put up and keep exposed to view such table of rates, and for every overcharge made by him, such owner or keeper shall forfeit and pay the sum of ten dollars.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-67 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 41-67
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-41-67
Status: in_force

The following highways and roads located in Choctaw, Winston and Noxubee Counties in Mississippi are hereby designated as an official Mississippi Scenic Byway to be known as the “Noxubee Hills Route” pursuant to Section 65-41-1 et seq. :

The Noxubee Hills Route begins at the intersection of the Choctaw Lake Road with Mississippi Highway 15 in the SE 1 / 4 , S4, T16N, R1lE, Choctaw County, Mississippi, and runs in an easterly and northeasterly direction along the said Choctaw Lake Road to cross the dam of Choctaw Lake, located in the Tombigbee National Forest, to the intersection with the Webster Road in the Northeast 1 / 4 , of S2, T16N, R1lE, Choctaw County. Thence, the route runs in an easterly direction along the Choctaw Lake Road to intersect the Choctaw/Winston County line near the Northwest corner of S6, T16N, R12E, in Winston County where the route becomes known as the Gumbranch-Ackerman Road in Winston County. Thence, the route runs in a southeasterly direction along the Gumbranch-Ackerman Road to intersect the Sturgis Road in the West 1 / 2 of S15, T16N, R12E, in Winston County. Thence, the route runs in a southeasterly direction along the Gumbranch-Hwy 25 Road to an intersection with Mississippi Hwy 25 at or near the Northwest corner of S28, T16N, R13E, in Winston County. Thence, the route runs in an easterly and northeasterly direction along the Bluff Lake Road to the Winston/Noxubee County line on the West line of S6, T16N, R15E, in Noxubee County. Thence, the route runs in an easterly direction along a Noxubee County route (CR-234) to intersect with the Levee (CR-267) and Bluff Lake (CR-266) Roads near the West line of S4, T16N, R15E, in Noxubee County and in the Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge. Thence, the route runs in a southerly direction along the Bluff Lake Road (CR-266) to intersect the Lynn Creek Road (CR-223) at or near the North line of S21, T16N, R15E, in Noxubee County. Thence, the route runs in an easterly direction along Lynn Creek Road (CR-223) to ultimately intersect US Hwy 45 in Brooksville, Mississippi, at or near the Northeast corner of S20, T16N, R17E, in Noxubee County, Mississippi. The Noxubee Hills Route runs approximately forty three (43) miles and serves parts of Choctaw, Winston, and Noxubee Counties in Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-47 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 5 / Section 19-47
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-47
Status: in_force

The commissioners are hereby authorized to loan out any surplus funds of the district, and where such loans are secured by real estate, they shall be made in the manner and under the terms and provisions of the laws now relating to the loan of funds of the sixteenth sections; or they may purchase the bonds or evidences of debts of this state or of any county, municipality, drainage or road district situated in the State of Mississippi, or notes or bonds of the United States, or accept same as security for loans therein.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-21 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / Section 7-21
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-7-21
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of the several counties and the overseers shall, at all times after the erection of the sign or guide boards as provided, see that said sign or guide boards are not defaced, removed, or destroyed. In case of defacement, removal, or destruction of any such sign or guide board, the board of supervisors shall cause a new sign or guide board to be erected within ninety days; and on failure so to do, the duty may be enforced as provided in Section 65-7-19 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-17 — MS Code / Title 65 / Chapter 4 / 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.