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MS Code § 65-41-69 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 41 - Mississippi Scenic Byways|Article 3 - Designations of Official Mississippi Scenic Byways|§ 65-41-69. "Delta Bluffs Scenic Byway" designated

 The following highways, roads or streets located in the State of Mississippi are hereby designated in the following four (4) segments as an official Mississippi Scenic Byway to be known as the "Delta Bluffs Scenic Byway" pursuant to Section 65-41-1 et seq.:   Northern Branch: Beginning at the intersection of Austin Road and Mississippi Highway 301 and continuing westward to the intersection of Delta View Road and Austin Road; then north along Delta View Road to the Great River Road National Scenic Byway (connectivity through the Town of Walls via Delta View Road, U.S. Highway 161 and 2nd Street);   Central Branch: Beginning at the intersection of Mississippi Highway 301 and Austin Road and continuing south along Mississippi Highway 301 to Arkabutla Lake;   East-West Branch: Beginning at the intersection of Old Mississippi Highway 304 and Interstate 55 in Hernando and continuing westward to Bluff Road; and   Robertson Gin Road Extension Branch: Beginning at the intersection of U.S. Highway 51 and Commerce Street in DeSoto County and continuing south along U.S. Highway 51 to Oak Grove Road; thence westward on Oak Grove Road to Robinson Gin Road; then south along Robinson Gin Road to Wheeler Road; thence westward along Wheeler Road to its point of terminus at Hernando Point at Arkabutla Lake.
MS Code § 65-41-71 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 41 - Mississippi Scenic Byways|Article 3 - Designations of Official Mississippi Scenic Byways|§ 65-41-71. "Gateway to History" scenic byway designated

 The following highways located in the State of Mississippi are hereby designated as an official Mississippi Scenic byway to be known as the "Gateway to History," pursuant to Section 65-41-1 et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972:   Segment 1: Beginning at the intersection of Highway 463 and Reunion Parkway and traveling north along Highway 463 for four and eight-tenths (4.8) miles to the intersection of Highway 22.   Segment 2: Begin at the corner of Highway 463 and Highway 22 and continue west for eight and seven-tenths (8.7) miles to the Petrified Forest in the Town of Flora.   Segment 3: Begin at the corner of Highway 463 and Highway 22 and continue east for twelve and three-tenths (12.3) miles to the City of Canton. The roadway changes to four-lane for one and four-tenths (1.4) miles surrounding the I-55 Canton interchange which is excluded and resumes for one and four-tenths (1.4) miles to the City of Canton.   Segment 4: Begin at the intersection of Highway 51 and Highway 22 in Canton and travel for one and seven-tenths (1.7) miles. At the intersection of Highway 16 (Highway 22 becomes Highway 16) turn right on Highway 43 and travel for six and seven-tenths (6.7) miles to the Natchez Trace.
MS Code § 65-41-73 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 41 - Mississippi Scenic Byways|Article 3 - Designations of Official Mississippi Scenic Byways|§ 65-41-73. "William Faulkner Scenic Byway" designated

 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.
MS Code § 65-41-75 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 41 - Mississippi Scenic Byways|Article 3 - Designations of Official Mississippi Scenic Byways|§ 65-41-75. "Gulf Coast Scenic Byway" designated

  The following highways, roads or streets located in the State of Mississippi are hereby designated as an official Mississippi Scenic Byway to be known as the "Gulf Coast Scenic Byway" pursuant to Section 65-45-1 et seq.:  U.S. Highway 90 beginning at the intersection of U.S. Highway 90 and Beach Boulevard in Bay St. Louis continuing for 19 miles and ending at the intersection of DeBuys Road and U.S. Highway 90; connecting with the existing Beach Boulevard Scenic Byway designated in Section 65-41-61.    Outdoor advertising shall be allowed on the following portions of U.S. Highway 90 within the corporate limits of the impacted municipalities subject to the zoning and signage ordinances of the impacted municipalities: the end of the Bay St. Louis Bridge to Fort Henry Street; Church Avenue to Fleitas Avenue in Pass Christian; White Harbor Road to Marcie Drive in Long Beach; Russell Avenue to South Nicholson Avenue in Long Beach; Camp Avenue to Pratt Avenue in Gulfport; and Courthouse Road to Paradise Avenue in Gulfport.
MS Code § 65-43-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 43 - Toll Roads and Toll Bridges|Toll Roads and Toll Bridges|§ 65-43-1. Authority of Transportation Commission, counties and municipalities to construct, operate and maintain new toll roads or toll bridges

 The Mississippi Transportation Commission, county boards of supervisors and/or the governing authorities of municipalities (hereinafter referred to as governmental entities), in their discretion, may construct, operate and maintain, individually or jointly with other governmental entities, one or more new toll roads or toll bridges in the state for motor vehicle traffic, including toll booths and related facilities, at those locations where an alternate untolled route exists. All such highways, pavement, bridges, drainage-related structures and other infrastructure comprising the projects shall be built and maintained in accordance with not less than the minimum highway design, construction and maintenance standards established by the contracting governmental entity for such highways, infrastructure and facilities.
MS Code § 65-43-2 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 43 - Toll Roads and Toll Bridges|Toll Roads and Toll Bridges|§ 65-43-2. Legislative findings

 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.
MS Code § 65-43-4 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 43 - Toll Roads and Toll Bridges|Toll Roads and Toll Bridges|§ 65-43-4. Transportation Commission to report to legislature on performance of companies contracted with regarding construction, operation and maintenance of toll road or toll bridge projects

 On or before January 10 of each year the Mississippi Transportation Commission shall submit a detailed report to the Chairman of the Senate Highways and Transportation Committee and the Chairman of the House Transportation Committee describing and evaluating the financial and operational performance by a company with which the commission has contracted under Chapter 44, Laws of 2008, First Extraordinary Session, of the company's duties and responsibilities regarding the construction, operation and maintenance of a toll road or toll bridge project.
MS Code § 65-43-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 43 - Toll Roads and Toll Bridges|Toll Roads and Toll Bridges|§ 65-43-5. Construction of Sections 65-43-1 and 65-43-3

 The powers conferred by Sections 65-43-1 and 65-43-3 shall be in addition to the powers conferred by any other law, general, special or local. Sections 65-43-1 and 65-43-3 shall be construed as an additional and alternative method of funding all or any portion of the purchasing, building, improving, owning or operating of roadways, highways or bridges under the jurisdiction of the Mississippi Transportation Commission, county boards of supervisors or municipal governing authorities, any provision of the laws of the state or any charter of any municipality to the contrary notwithstanding.
MS Code § 65-43-6 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 43 - Toll Roads and Toll Bridges|Toll Roads and Toll Bridges|§ 65-43-6. Penalties for failure or refusal to pay required toll on toll road or toll bridge facility

 Any driver of a vehicle who fails or refuses to pay a required toll on a toll road or toll bridge facility in the state shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or imprisoned not more than six (6) months, or both. In addition, the court shall order a person convicted of violating this section, to make restitution to the toll facility operator in an amount equal to the dollar amount of the toll that such person was required but failed or refused to pay. Any sheriff, municipal police officer, State Highway Patrol officer, law enforcement officer of the Department of Public Safety or certified law enforcement officer of the Mississippi Department of Transportation may issue a traffic ticket for such violation within the limits of their respective jurisdictions in accordance with Section 63-9-21.
MS Code § 65-43-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 43 - Toll Roads and Toll Bridges|Toll Roads and Toll Bridges|§ 65-43-9. Toll Road Revenue Bond Fund

    A special fund, to be designated as the "Toll Road Revenue Bond Fund," is created within the State Treasury. The fund shall be maintained by the State Treasurer as a separate and special fund, separate and apart from the General Fund of the state. Unexpended amounts remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not lapse into the State General Fund, and any interest earned or investment earnings on amounts in the fund shall be deposited into such fund.   Monies deposited into the fund shall be disbursed, in the discretion of the Mississippi Transportation Commission, to pay the costs incurred in defraying the expenses of projects authorized pursuant to Sections 65-43-1 and 65-43-3.     Amounts deposited into such special fund shall be disbursed to pay the expenses described in subsection (1) of this section. If any monies in the special fund are not used within six (6) years after the date the proceeds of the bonds authorized under Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 are deposited into such fund, then the Mississippi Transportation Commission shall provide an accounting of such unused monies to the State Bond Commission. Promptly after the State Bond Commission has certified, by resolution duly adopted, that the projects for which the revenue bonds have been issued shall have been completed, abandoned or cannot be completed in a timely fashion, any amounts remaining in such special fund shall be applied to pay debt service on the bonds issued under Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39, in accordance with the proceedings authorizing the issuance of such bonds and as directed by the State Bond Commission.
MS Code § 65-43-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 43 - Toll Roads and Toll Bridges|Toll Roads and Toll Bridges|§ 65-43-11. Special bond sinking fund

 For the purpose of providing for the payment of the principal of and interest upon bonds issued under the provisions of Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39, there is created a special bond sinking fund in the State Treasury. The special bond sinking fund shall consist of the monies required to be deposited into the fund under Section 65-43-3 and such other amounts as the Legislature may direct to be paid into the fund by appropriation or other authorization by the Legislature. Unexpended amounts remaining in the special bond sinking fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not lapse into the State General Fund, and any interest earned or investment earnings on amounts in the special bond sinking fund shall be deposited into such sinking fund.
MS Code § 65-43-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 43 - Toll Roads and Toll Bridges|Toll Roads and Toll Bridges|§ 65-43-13. Bonds; resolution for issuance; disposition of bond sale proceeds and investment earnings generally

  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.   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.
MS Code § 65-43-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 43 - Toll Roads and Toll Bridges|Toll Roads and Toll Bridges|§ 65-43-15. Bonds; payment of principal and interest; details

 The principal of and interest on the bonds authorized under Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 shall be payable in the manner provided in this section. Such bonds shall bear such date or dates, be in such denomination or denominations, bear interest at such rate or rates (not to exceed the limits set forth in Section 75-17-103, Mississippi Code of 1972), be payable at such place or places within or without the State of Mississippi, shall mature absolutely at such time or times not to exceed thirty (30) years from date of issue, be redeemable before maturity at such time or times and upon such terms, with or without premium, shall bear such registration privileges, and shall be substantially in such form, all as shall be determined by resolution of the State Bond Commission.
MS Code § 65-43-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 43 - Toll Roads and Toll Bridges|Toll Roads and Toll Bridges|§ 65-43-17. Bonds; execution

 The bonds authorized by Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 shall be signed by the Chairman of the State Bond Commission, or by his facsimile signature, and the official seal of the State Bond Commission shall be affixed thereto, attested by the secretary of the commission. The interest coupons, if any, to be attached to such bonds may be executed by the facsimile signatures of such officers. Whenever any such bonds shall have been signed by the officials designated to sign the bonds who were in office at the time of such signing but who may have ceased to be such officers before the sale and delivery of such bonds, or who may not have been in office on the date such bonds may bear, the signatures of such officers upon such bonds and coupons shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes and have the same effect as if the person so officially signing such bonds had remained in office until their delivery to the purchaser, or had been in office on the date such bonds may bear. However, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, such bonds may be issued as provided in the Registered Bond Act of the State of Mississippi.
MS Code § 65-43-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 43 - Toll Roads and Toll Bridges|Toll Roads and Toll Bridges|§ 65-43-19. Bonds; negotiability

 All bonds and interest coupons issued under the provisions of Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 have all the qualities and incidents of negotiable instruments under the provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code, and in exercising the powers granted by Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39, the State Bond Commission shall not be required to and need not comply with the provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code.
MS Code § 65-43-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 43 - Toll Roads and Toll Bridges|Toll Roads and Toll Bridges|§ 65-43-21. Bonds; issuance and sale; redemption

 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.
MS Code § 65-43-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 43 - Toll Roads and Toll Bridges|Toll Roads and Toll Bridges|§ 65-43-23. Bonds; nature; source of payment of principal and interest; applicability of debt limitation

 Bonds issued under the authority of Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 shall be revenue bonds of the state, the principal of and interest on which shall be payable solely from the revenue from projects authorized under Section 65-43-1 or 65-43-3. The bonds shall never constitute an indebtedness of the state within the meaning of any state constitutional provision or statutory limitation, and shall never constitute or give rise to a pecuniary liability of the state, or a charge against its general credit or taxing powers, and such fact shall be plainly stated on the face of each such bond. The bonds shall not be considered when computing any limitation of indebtedness of the state. All bonds issued under the authority of Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 and all interest coupons applicable thereto shall be construed to be negotiable instruments, despite the fact that they are payable solely from a specified source.
MS Code § 65-43-25 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 43 - Toll Roads and Toll Bridges|Toll Roads and Toll Bridges|§ 65-43-25. Bonds; disposition of proceeds

 Upon the issuance and sale of bonds under the provisions of Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39, the State Bond Commission shall transfer the proceeds of any such sale or sales to a special fund created in Section 65-43-9. The proceeds of such bonds shall be disbursed solely upon the order of the Mississippi Transportation Commission under such restrictions, if any, as may be contained in the resolution providing for the issuance of the bonds.
MS Code § 65-43-27 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 43 - Toll Roads and Toll Bridges|Toll Roads and Toll Bridges|§ 65-43-27. Bonds; conditions for issuance

 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 63-45-9 through 63-45-39. 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.
MS Code § 65-43-29 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 43 - Toll Roads and Toll Bridges|Toll Roads and Toll Bridges|§ 65-43-29. Bonds; validation

 The bonds authorized under the authority of Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 may be validated in the Chancery Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, Mississippi, in the manner and with the force and effect provided by Chapter 13, Title 31, Mississippi Code of 1972, for the validation of county, municipal, school district and other bonds. The notice to taxpayers required by such statutes shall be published in a newspaper published or having a general circulation in the City of Jackson, Mississippi.
MS Code § 65-43-31 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 43 - Toll Roads and Toll Bridges|Toll Roads and Toll Bridges|§ 65-43-31. Bonds; protection and enforcement of rights of bondholders

 Any holder of bonds issued under the provisions of Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 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 under Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39, or under such resolution, and may enforce and compel performance of all duties required by Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 to be performed, in order to provide for the payment of bonds and interest thereon.
MS Code § 65-43-33 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 43 - Toll Roads and Toll Bridges|Toll Roads and Toll Bridges|§ 65-43-33. Bonds; legal investments and securities

 All bonds issued under the provisions of Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 shall be legal investments for trustees and other fiduciaries, and for savings banks, trust companies and insurance companies organized under the laws of the State of Mississippi, and such bonds shall be legal securities which may be deposited with and shall be received by all public officers and bodies of this state and all municipalities and political subdivisions for the purpose of securing the deposit of public funds.
MS Code § 65-43-35 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 43 - Toll Roads and Toll Bridges|Toll Roads and Toll Bridges|§ 65-43-35. Bonds; exemption from taxation

 Bonds issued under the provisions of Sections 65-43-9 through 65-43-39 and income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation in the State of Mississippi.