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MS Code § 65-37-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 37 - Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Program|§ 65-37-5. Powers and duties of State Aid Engineer

 In administering the provisions of this chapter, the State Aid Engineer shall have the following powers and duties:   To supervise the use of all funds made available under this chapter for local bridge replacement and rehabilitation projects on local road systems;   To review and certify all projects for which funds are authorized to be made available under this chapter for local bridge replacement and rehabilitation projects on local road systems;   To requisition monies in the Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Fund and pay and distribute those monies on a project-by-project basis in accordance with the allocation formula established by Section 65-37-3;   To insure that each four-year plan submitted by a county to the State Aid Engineer and the funds allocated to a county under this chapter provide for an equitable distribution of projects and funds among the county and incorporated municipalities located therein based upon the number and costs of deficient bridges in both the county and the municipalities;   To establish and require specific designs and standards to be followed by the counties in replacing and rehabilitating bridges under this chapter, which designs and standards shall equal or exceed the design and standards prescribed for bridges on the State Aid Road System;   To maintain an accurate record of all local bridge replacement and rehabilitation funds allocated to counties and of the number of bridges replaced or rehabilitated, their location and the costs for each project. Such records shall be kept separate from other records of the Office of State Aid Road Construction;   To periodically notify the counties of bridges eligible for replacement and rehabilitation under the provisions of this chapter;   To adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary or desirable for the purpose of implementing the provisions of this chapter; and   To file annually with the Legislature a report detailing how monies in the Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Fund were spent during the preceding fiscal year in each county, including in the incorporated municipalities of each county, the number of projects approved and constructed, the length of bridges completed and the cost per foot of each bridge constructed.
MS Code § 65-37-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 37 - Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Program|§ 65-37-9. Payment of engineering expenses

 Engineering costs for any project performed under this chapter, including the salaries or fees of the engineer, may be paid from the Local Bridge Replacement Rehabilitation Fund allocations to a county; however, the maximum fee paid to an engineer from the fund shall not exceed twelve percent (12%) of the final construction cost, with the methods of payment to be approved by the State Aid Engineer under regulations promulgated by the State Aid Engineer. No such costs shall be paid to an engineer before the letting of the project.
MS Code § 65-37-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 37 - Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Program|§ 65-37-11. Maintenance of bridges; inspections; forfeiture of funds by county ineligible for two years

  The board of supervisors of each county and the governing authorities of each municipality shall be responsible for properly maintaining all bridges replaced or repaired in their respective jurisdictions under the provisions of this chapter.   The State Aid Engineer and his assistants shall make annual maintenance inspections of completed bridge projects and such other periodic inspections as the State Aid Engineer deems necessary. If at any time the State Aid Engineer is of the opinion that a county or municipality has not provided proper maintenance as required by subsection (l) of this section, he shall give written notice thereof to the board of supervisors of the county or the governing authorities of the municipality of default and direct such maintenance as may be necessary to be performed. If within sixty (60) days of the receipt of such notice the board of supervisors or governing authorities have not performed such maintenance as may be necessary, then the county or municipality shall not thereafter be eligible to participate in the Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Program.   Whenever any county fails to be eligible for the expenditure of monies allocated to it under the provisions of this chapter for a continuous period of two (2) years because it has failed to properly maintain bridges under the Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Program, then the county shall forfeit and no longer be entitled to any part of the monies in the Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Fund theretofore allocated to it. The balance of the monies theretofore allocated to it shall be reallocated pro rata among all other eligible counties in accordance with the formula established in Section 65-37-3.
MS Code § 65-37-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 37 - Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Program|§ 65-37-15. Use of funds once bridges repaired; payment of bonds, notes, and obligations

 Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, when all deficient bridges of a county which have a sufficiency rating of less than fifty (50) have been replaced or are under contract for replacement or rehabilitation, then monies in the Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Fund created under Section 65-37-13, that are allocated to a particular county may be expended for (a) the purpose of paying the principal, interest and debt service on any bonds, notes or obligations issued or incurred by that county before the effective date of this chapter for the purpose of replacing or rehabilitating any bridge or drainage-related structure on any highway, road or street under the jurisdiction of that county, (b) on bridges in the State Aid Road System, or (c) if bridges in the State Aid Road System of that county are in sufficient repair, such monies may be utilized for the repair of roads on the State Aid Road System or local system roads, upon presentation to the State Aid Engineer of a resolution duly adopted and entered on the minutes of the board of supervisors of such county requesting such expenditure and reciting in the resolution such information as may be necessary for the State Aid Engineer to determine that the county is eligible for expenditure of funds under the provisions of this section.
MS Code § 65-39-2 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 39 - Gaming Counties Bond Sinking Fund|§ 65-39-2. Mississippi Department of Transportation to study and report on roads and highways within and approaching counties where gaming has been legalized

 The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall study all roads and highways (or segments thereof) within and approaching those counties in this state where legal gaming is being conducted or is authorized, in addition to those roads, highways and projects described in Section 65-39-1(2), and, based on the volume capacity of such roads or highways (or segments thereof), shall make a report to the 1997 Regular Session of the Legislature setting forth recommended priorities for the construction and/or reconstruction and improvement of existing or new highways, roads, streets and bridges under the gaming counties state-assisted infrastructure improvement provisions of this chapter. The following routes shall be among those included by the department in its report to the Legislature.   Two (2) new north/south I-10 to U.S. 90 connection roadways in Harrison County consisting of:   An east Harrison County connector in west Biloxi from I-10 to U.S. 90; and   A west Harrison County connector linking I-10 to U.S. 90.   The report shall be filed on or before November 30, 1996, with the Secretary of the Senate, the Clerk of the House of Representatives, the Chairman of the Senate Highways and Transportation Committee and the Chairman of the House Transportation Committee.
MS Code § 65-39-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 39 - Gaming Counties Bond Sinking Fund|§ 65-39-3. Gaming Counties Bond Sinking Fund created; expenditures

 There is created in the State Treasury a special fund to be designated as the "Gaming Counties Bond Sinking Fund." Such monies as the Legislature directs or provides to be deposited into the fund may be expended, upon legislative appropriation, to pay the interest on and principal of bonds issued pursuant to Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33 or to pay the interest on and principal of notes issued under Section 31-17-127 for the purpose of providing funds for infrastructure projects under Section 65-39-1; provided, however, that if at any time the fund has a balance in excess of the amount needed to pay the interest on or the principal of any bonds or notes maturing in the next two (2) consecutive fiscal years, such excess may be transferred to the "Gaming Counties State Assisted Infrastructure Fund" to be disbursed solely upon the order of the Transportation Commission. Unexpended amounts remaining in the sinking fund at the end of the fiscal year shall not lapse into the State General Fund, and any interest earned on amounts in the sinking fund shall be deposited to the credit of the sinking fund.
MS Code § 65-39-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 39 - Gaming Counties Bond Sinking Fund|§ 65-39-5. Issuance of general obligation bonds

  The Mississippi Transportation Commission, at one time or from time to time, may declare by resolution the necessity for the issuance of general obligation bonds of the State of Mississippi to provide funds for all costs incurred or to be incurred by the Transportation Commission and the Mississippi Department of Transportation in constructing and reconstructing highways and performing the projects authorized under Section 65-39-1.   The amount of bonds issued under Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33 shall not exceed Three Hundred Twenty-five Million Dollars ($325,000,000.00).   Upon the adoption of a resolution by the Mississippi Transportation Commission declaring the necessity for the issuance of any part or all of the general obligation bonds authorized by this section, the Transportation Commission shall deliver a certified copy of its resolution or resolutions to the State Bond Commission. Upon receipt of any such resolution, the State Bond Commission, in its discretion, may act as the issuing agent, prescribe the form of the bonds, advertise for and accept bids, issue and sell the bonds so authorized to be sold, and do any and all other things necessary and advisable in connection with the issuance and sale of such bonds.
MS Code § 65-39-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 39 - Gaming Counties Bond Sinking Fund|§ 65-39-7. Payment of principal and interest; bond specifications

 The principal of and interest on the bonds authorized under Section 65-39-5 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 75-17-101), be payable at such place or places within or without the State of Mississippi, shall mature absolutely at such time or times, 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 § 65-39-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 39 - Gaming Counties Bond Sinking Fund|§ 65-39-9. Signature on bonds; interest coupons

 The bonds authorized by Section 65-39-5 of this chapter 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 State Bond 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 § 65-39-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 39 - Gaming Counties Bond Sinking Fund|§ 65-39-11. Bonds and coupons are negotiable instruments

 All bonds and interest coupons issued under the provisions of Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33 have all the qualities and incidents of negotiable instruments under the provisions of the Mississippi Uniform Commercial Code, and in exercising the powers granted by Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33, the State Bond Commission shall not be required to and need not comply with the provisions of the Mississippi Uniform Commercial Code.
MS Code § 65-39-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 39 - Gaming Counties Bond Sinking Fund|§ 65-39-13. Sale and form of bonds

 The State Bond Commission shall act as the issuing agent for the bonds authorized under Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33, prescribe the form of the bonds, advertise for and accept bids, issue and sell the bonds so authorized to be sold, pay all fees and costs incurred in such issuance and sale, and do all other things necessary and advisable in connection with the issuance and sale of the bonds. The State Bond Commission may pay the costs that are incident to the sale, issuance and delivery of the bonds authorized under Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33 from the proceeds derived from the sale of the bonds. The State Bond Commission shall sell such bonds on sealed bids at public sale, and for such price as it may determine to be for the best interest of the State of Mississippi, but no such sale may be made at a price less than par plus accrued interest to the date of delivery of the bonds to the purchaser. All interest accruing on such bonds so issued shall be payable semiannually or annually; however, the first interest payment may be for any period of not more than one (1) year.   Notice of the sale of any such bond shall be published at least one (1) time, not less than ten (10) days before the date of sale, and shall be so published in one or more newspapers published or having a general circulation in the City of Jackson, Mississippi, and in one or more other newspapers or financial journals with a national circulation, to be selected by the State Bond Commission.   The State Bond Commission, when issuing any bonds under the authority of Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33, may provide that bonds, at the option of the State of Mississippi, may be called in for payment and redemption at the call price named therein and accrued interest on such date or dates named therein.
MS Code § 65-39-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 39 - Gaming Counties Bond Sinking Fund|§ 65-39-15. Bonds are general obligations of state

 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.
MS Code § 65-39-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 39 - Gaming Counties Bond Sinking Fund|§ 65-39-17. Disposition of proceeds of sale of bonds or notes

  The proceeds of the bonds issued under Section 65-39-5 and the proceeds of notes issued under Section 31-17-127 for the purpose of providing funds for infrastructure projects under Section 65-39-1 shall be deposited in a special fund that is created in the State Treasury to be known as the "Gaming Counties State Assisted Infrastructure Fund."   Unexpended amounts remaining in the special fund created in subsection (1) of this section at the end of a fiscal year shall not lapse into the State General Fund, and any interest earned on amounts in such special fund shall be deposited to the credit of the special fund.   Upon the issuance and sale of bonds under the provisions of Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33 or notes under Section 31-17-127 for the purpose of providing funds for infrastructure projects under Section 65-39-1, the State Bond Commission shall transfer the proceeds of any such sale or sales to the special fund created in subsection (1) of this section. The proceeds of such bonds or notes shall be disbursed solely upon the order of the Transportation Commission, and shall be issued under such restrictions, if any, as may be contained in the resolution providing for the issuance of the bonds or notes.
MS Code § 65-39-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 39 - Gaming Counties Bond Sinking Fund|§ 65-39-19. Issuance of bonds

 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.
MS Code § 65-39-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 39 - Gaming Counties Bond Sinking Fund|§ 65-39-21. Validation of bonds; notice

 The bonds authorized under the authority of Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33 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 § 65-39-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 39 - Gaming Counties Bond Sinking Fund|§ 65-39-23. Protection and enforcement of bond holders' rights

 Any holder of bonds issued under the provisions of Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33 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 all rights granted under Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33, or under such resolution, and may enforce and compel performance of all duties required by Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33 to be performed, in order to provide for the payment of bonds and interest thereon.
MS Code § 65-39-25 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 39 - Gaming Counties Bond Sinking Fund|§ 65-39-25. Bonds are legal investments and legal securities

 All bonds issued under the provisions of Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33 shall be legal investments for trustees and other fiduciaries, and for savings banks, trust companies and insurance companies organized under the laws of the State of Mississippi, and such bonds shall be legal securities which may be deposited with and shall be received by all public officers and bodies of this state and all municipalities and political subdivisions for the purpose of securing the deposit of public funds.
MS Code § 65-39-27 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 39 - Gaming Counties Bond Sinking Fund|§ 65-39-27. Bonds and income tax exempt

 Bonds issued under the provisions of Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33 and income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation in the State of Mississippi.
MS Code § 65-39-29 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 39 - Gaming Counties Bond Sinking Fund|§ 65-39-29. Use of bond proceeds

 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.
MS Code § 65-39-31 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 39 - Gaming Counties Bond Sinking Fund|§ 65-39-31. Officials not to benefit from issuance of bonds

 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.
MS Code § 65-39-33 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 39 - Gaming Counties Bond Sinking Fund|§ 65-39-33. Chapter gives complete authority; effect on other laws

 Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33 shall be deemed to be full and complete authority for the exercise of the powers granted, but Sections 65-39-5 through 65-39-33 shall not be deemed to repeal or to be in derogation of any existing law of this state.