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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 31 - HOSPITALITY STATIONS ON HIGHWAYS (§§ 65-31-1 — 65-31-17) › Section 65-31-17 - "Commissioner Dick Hall Hospitality Station" designated

(1)
The state hospitality station constructed and located in Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi, on the Mississippi River at 4210 Washington Street, is designated and shall be known as the "Commissioner Dick Hall Hospitality Station."
(2)
The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain suitable signs at and approaching the hospitality station, reflecting its name, and may place a plaque at the rest area describing Dick Hall's public service.
Added by Laws, 2023, ch. 313, SB 2588,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2023.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 33 - SEA WALLS (§§ 65-33-1 — 65-33-71) › Section 65-33-1 - Certain counties may erect sea walls and issue bonds

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.
Codes, 1930, § 6918; 1942, § 8499; Laws, 1924, ch. 319; Laws, 1928, ch. 18; Laws, 1954, ch. 304.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 33 - SEA WALLS (§§ 65-33-1 — 65-33-71) › Section 65-33-3 - Definitions

The words "sea wall," as used in this chapter, shall be held to include filling behind the sea wall, culverts, sluiceways, flood gates, and any other construction work found necessary for the protection of the water front from storms, caving banks, overflow, and other like dangers.
The terms "roads, streets, avenues, and highways" as herein used shall include all such roads, streets, avenues, and highways as may form any part of any highway extending along such body of water through or across such county, or any other existing or contemplated public road, street, avenue, or highway connected therewith, extending to or along the side of a harbor or to a boat landing or dock, which, in the discretion of the board of supervisors of such county, is in need of the protection provided in this chapter, whether the same is under the jurisdiction of the national government, the state, the county, or of any municipality.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 7458; 1930, §§ 6916, 6917, 6918; 1942, §§ 8497, 8498, 8499; Laws, 1914, ch. 275; Laws, 1924, ch. 319; Laws, 1928, ch. 18; Laws, 1936, ch. 274; Laws, 1954, ch. 304.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 33 - SEA WALLS (§§ 65-33-1 — 65-33-71) › Section 65-33-5 - Preliminary steps to sea wall program

Prior to the issuance of any bonds hereunder, and precedent to the inauguration of this program, the following steps shall be taken:
(a)
Any such board of supervisors is authorized to employ competent engineers or technical assistants to make necessary preliminary plans and specifications and estimates of cost of the construction of any causeways or bridges or other structures in connection with any proposed project or projects which the board may deem necessary and proper. After said preliminary plans, specifications and estimates of cost have been approved by said board, the same shall be filed in the office of the chancery clerk of such county;
(b)
Such board of supervisors shall obtain approval by the proper United States governmental authorities of the building of the proposed project, or projects, with regard to questions of navigation.
Codes, 1930, § 6918; 1942, § 8499; Laws, 1924, ch. 319; Laws, 1928, ch. 18; Laws, 1954, ch. 304.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 33 - SEA WALLS (§§ 65-33-1 — 65-33-71) › Section 65-33-9 - Mortgage indenture for additional bonds

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
through
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
through
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.
Codes, 1930, § 6918; 1942, § 8499; Laws, 1924, ch. 319; Laws, 1928, ch. 18; Laws, 1954, ch. 304.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 33 - SEA WALLS (§§ 65-33-1 — 65-33-71) › Section 65-33-13 - Payment of bonds and maintenance costs

It shall be the duty of such board to exercise a continuing supervision over all public lands, works, and road protection. All bonds issued under the provisions of Section
65-33-7
and all obligations and expenses necessarily incurred in connection there with shall be paid out of the funds made available for road protection purposes under this chapter.
Any attorneys' fees paid in connection with or in consideration of the issuance of any bonds under the terms of Sections
65-33-1
through
65-33-15
, shall not exceed one half of one per cent of (1/2 of 1%) the total amount of each bond issue.
The cost of the maintenance of any such causeway or causeways, bridge or bridges, road and roads shall be defrayed out of funds provided under Section
65-33-47
, or general county fund, or from tolls or revenues derived from any bridge or bridges, causeway or causeways, or facilities provided for herein. Said county shall insure the causeway or causeways, bridge or bridges, against such perils as the board may deem proper, such insurance to be written by an insurance company or companies authorized to do business in the State of Mississippi, and the premiums therefor shall be payable out of funds provided under this chapter.
Codes, 1930, § 6918; 1942, § 8499; Laws, 1924, ch. 319; Laws, 1928, ch. 18; Laws, 1954, ch. 304.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 33 - SEA WALLS (§§ 65-33-1 — 65-33-71) › Section 65-33-15 - Supplemental powers

Except as herein to the contrary provided, such counties, acting by and through their respective boards of supervisors in the performance of the powers and duties hereunder granted and provided, shall have and may exercise all powers and rights, including but not limited to the right of eminent domain heretofore granted by and under this chapter.
The provisions of Sections
65-33-1
through 65-33-15 are additional and supplemental to all other powers heretofore or hereafter granted to counties, and no county shall be deemed to be required to issue bonds under the provisions hereof. Unless and until a county shall have issued bonds under the provisions hereof, such county shall not be obligated by any of the provisions of said sections, and may avail itself of any law now or hereafter enacted and which may contain other and different provisions concerning the application of the revenues herein referred to.
Codes, 1390, § 6918; 1942, § 8499; Laws, 1924, ch. 319; Laws, 1928, ch. 18; Laws, 1954, ch. 304.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 33 - SEA WALLS (§§ 65-33-1 — 65-33-71) › Section 65-33-17 - Federal aid; bonds authorized to match

The board of supervisors of any county in the State of Mississippi bordering on the Mississippi Sound or Gulf of Mexico, having an assessed valuation of less than five million ($5,000,000.00) dollars according to the last completed assessment, and maintaining a seawall or road protection structure under this chapter, is hereby authorized, in its discretion, and subject to complying with the provisions of Sections 65-33-17 through
65-33-21
, to borrow funds not to exceed two hundred thousand ($200,000.00) dollars at a rate of interest not exceeding six (6%) per cent per annum, in addition to such sums as may have heretofore been borrowed, for the purpose of constructing, repairing and maintaining such seawall or road protection structure and/or the public roads of such county, and in its discretion, to expend such funds or any part thereof in conjunction with contributions and allotments of funds, materials or labor for the works progress administration or other governmental department for the aforesaid improvements, or any of them.
Codes, 1942, § 8500; Laws, 1940, ch. 258.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 33 - SEA WALLS (§§ 65-33-1 — 65-33-71) › Section 65-33-19 - Federal aid; notice; election

The board of supervisors of any such county may, in its discretion, issue and sell the bonds of such county in an amount not exceeding two hundred thousand ($200,000.00) dollars to provide funds for the purposes enumerated in Section
65-33-17
. However, such bonds shall not be issued until notice of intention to issue and sell the same shall have been made by publishing such notice in two weekly issues of some newspaper having a general circulation in the county. If, within fifteen days after the first publication of such notice twenty-five per cent of the qualified electors of the county petition the board of supervisors for an election to determine whether or not such bonds shall be issued, an election shall be ordered by said board of supervisors in which all of the qualified electors of the county shall be eligible to participate. If at such election a majority of those voting vote in favor of the issuance of such bonds the same shall be issued as provided by statute. In event a majority of the qualified electors voting vote against the issuance of such bonds the same shall not be issued and no further effort shall be made to issue bonds under Sections
65-33-17
through
65-33-21
by such board for a period of six months after such election. If no such petition be filed with the clerk of such board of supervisors within fifteen days after the first publication of such notice, the board of supervisors shall proceed forthwith to issue and sell such bonds without an election and without further notice.
Codes, 1942, § 8501; Laws, 1940, ch. 258.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 33 - SEA WALLS (§§ 65-33-1 — 65-33-71) › Section 65-33-21 - Federal aid; terms of bonds; payment; debt limit not applicable

Bonds issued under the provisions of Sections
65-33-17
through 65-33-21 shall be full faith and credit obligations of the county for which the same are issued, shall mature so as to be paid within twenty years from their date of issuance, and shall be paid out of the funds collected under this chapter. All bonds, notes and certificates of indebtedness heretofore issued by such county for seawall and road protection purposes maturing each year and the interest thereon however, shall be first provided for and paid out of said funds. The bonds authorized to be issued under Sections
65-33-17
through 65-33-21 shall not be subject to other limitations, restrictions or provisions of the general laws or laws which may be enacted at the Regular 1940 Session of the Mississippi Legislature governing the borrowing of money, amounts of indebtedness, budget and election, and shall be payable, both as to principal and interest, from the same sources of revenue and taxes made available for the payment of road protection bonds under the provisions of this chapter.
Codes, 1942, § 8502; Laws, 1940, ch. 258.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 33 - SEA WALLS (§§ 65-33-1 — 65-33-71) › Section 65-33-23 - Boards of supervisors may exercise right of eminent domain

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.
Codes, 1930, § 6919; 1942, § 8503; Laws, 1924, ch. 319.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 33 - SEA WALLS (§§ 65-33-1 — 65-33-71) › Section 65-33-25 - Machinery and engineer

The several boards of supervisors shall have the power and authority, for the purpose of constructing, maintaining, and repairing any such sea wall, sloping beach, or other protection, to purchase, maintain, and operate one or more dredges, together with all necessary machinery, tools, and implements for the operation thereof, to employ necessary engineers and laborers to operate the same, and to insure such sea wall, sloping beach, or other protection against loss by hurricanes, tide water, cyclone, tornado, and risks of all kinds; and the board may pay for the same out of any funds available collected and paid into the treasury by virtue of this chapter.
Codes, 1930, § 6920; 1942, § 8504; Laws, 1924, ch. 319; Laws, 1936, 2d Ex. Sess. ch. 20.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 33 - SEA WALLS (§§ 65-33-1 — 65-33-71) › Section 65-33-27 - Road protection commission

Whenever it may be necessary to protect any highway hereunder, the board of supervisors by an order on its minutes shall so declare and shall certify the same to the governor of the state, who shall thereupon appoint five suitable freeholders of the county to constitute, and be known as, the road protection commission of such county, and who shall decide and recommend the kind and character of protection necessary, to be approved by the board of supervisors. When such commission shall have been appointed and shall have organized, said commission shall select and employ a suitable engineer, to be approved by the board of supervisors, to make a survey, plans, specifications, and estimates of costs of construction under the direction of the said road protection commission, to be approved by the board of supervisors. When so approved, the board of supervisors may proceed to issue bonds of the county therefor, and the road protection commission shall thereupon advertise for bids and let a contract or contracts therefor. Such contracts shall be submitted to and approved by the board of supervisors, all contracts under this section to be executed by the board of supervisors. The road protection commission and the board of supervisors are authorized and empowered to do all things and to make all expenditures necessary to carry out the purposes hereof.
Codes, 1930, § 6921; 1942, § 8505; Laws, 1924, ch. 319.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 33 - SEA WALLS (§§ 65-33-1 — 65-33-71) › Section 65-33-29 - Organization and tenure of protection commission

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.
Codes, 1930, § 6922; 1942, § 8506; Laws, 1924, ch. 319.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 33 - SEA WALLS (§§ 65-33-1 — 65-33-71) › Section 65-33-31 - Damages for land taken

Whenever it shall become necessary to construct, widen, or protect any highway under the provisions hereof, the road protection commission shall make publication for thirty days in some newspaper published in the county wherein such improvements are made, setting forth the commencement and termination, with a general outline of the nature and extent thereof. When any owner of land or other person shall claim compensation for land taken for such purpose, or for damage sustained by the construction, widening, improvement, or protection of such road or highway, he shall petition the board of supervisors in writing within thirty days after the expiration of the time provided for such publication, setting forth the nature and character of the damages claimed. Thereupon the board shall, on five days' notice to petitioner, go on the premises and assess the damages sustained by him. The finding of the board shall be in writing, signed by the members agreeing to it, and must be entered on the minutes at the next meeting; but if the damages sustained and claimed be less than the cost of assessing, the board may allow the same without inquiry.
Codes, 1930, § 6923; 1942, § 8507; Laws, 1924, ch. 319.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 33 - SEA WALLS (§§ 65-33-1 — 65-33-71) › Section 65-33-33 - Review by circuit court on appeal

All proceedings of the board of supervisors and the road protection commission in widening, improving, or protecting any such highway and assessing damages therefor may be reviewed by the circuit court in respect to any matter of law arising on the face of the proceeding. On the question of damages, the case may be tried anew and the damages may be assessed by a jury if the owner of the land so desires. The board of supervisors shall grant appeals for that purpose when prayed for, on appellant giving bond for cost in such penalty as the board may require, not exceeding $200.00, payable to the county.
Codes, 1930, § 6924; 1942, § 8508; Laws, 1924, ch. 319.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 33 - SEA WALLS (§§ 65-33-1 — 65-33-71) › Section 65-33-35 - Preliminary expenses to be paid out of general fund

All expenses incurred prior to the issuance and sale of bonds as hereinabove provided may be paid out of the general county fund or such other fund as the board of supervisors may select. The fund out of which such expense is paid shall be reimbursed out of the proceeds of such bond issue when the bonds are issued and sold.
Codes, 1930, § 6925; 1942, § 8509; Laws, 1924, ch. 319.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 33 - SEA WALLS (§§ 65-33-1 — 65-33-71) › Section 65-33-37 - Pro rata share of expenses

The board of supervisors may agree with any municipality or sea wall district that the county be assessed for its pro rata share of the construction and maintenance of sea walls. The assessment shall be paid each year by the county for whatever period agreed upon by the board of supervisors and the sea wall district or municipality.
Where any municipality has issued bonds and constructed road protection, such as is contemplated by this chapter, which protection is, or shall become, a part of the general scheme to protect roads, streets, or highways from tidewater in said county, the board of supervisors may use the funds derived under Sections
65-33-47
and
65-33-49
for the payment and retirement of said bonds, or for such portion thereof as the board may deem equitable and just, and to refund upon an equitable and just basis to municipal property owners who have paid direct special improvement taxes to municipalities for sea wall or road protection, which sea wall or road protection is or shall become a part of the general road system of the county; and said payments may be made in yearly installments.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 7467; 1930, § 6926; 1942, § 8510; Laws, 1916, ch. 144; Laws, 1928, ch. 19(2).
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 33 - SEA WALLS (§§ 65-33-1 — 65-33-71) › Section 65-33-39 - County may borrow money to pay bonds

When any county of this state has adopted or will adopt any sea wall or part of a sea wall constructed prior to October 31, 1931, by a municipality as a part of its general system as provided by Section
65-33-37
, and where said county has been unable to take care of or pay the maturing bonds and interest of said municipality from the gasoline tax as provided by said section, the said county may borrow funds necessary to pay outstanding maturing bonds and interest of the municipality issued for said sea wall, or walls. The said county may borrow said funds either upon certificates of indebtedness, notes, or bonds, as in its judgment it may see fit. Said obligation or bonds shall not be for a period longer than ten years and at a rate of interest not exceeding six per cent. Said obligations or bonds shall not be considered as included in any limitation now fixed by law upon the indebtedness of any county, and said obligations or bonds may be issued without notice and without an election on the question of the issuance of same. The said obligation or bonds issued hereunder shall be general obligations of the county and payable out of the gasoline tax when available, as provided in the cited section, and the general sea wall road protection laws. In the event of the failure of sufficient funds from the said gasoline tax, the county shall levy a special tax to pay said bonds. The board of supervisors issuing bonds hereunder may provide that the first obligations or bonds mature as long as three years from the date of their issuance, but all interest shall be paid semiannually. In the event of the failure to collect sufficient gasoline tax to pay said bonds or obligations authorized hereunder, the board of supervisors of the county are authorized to levy ad valorem taxes to pay same as other sea wall or road protection bonds.
Codes, 1942, § 8511; Laws, 1931, ch. 35.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 33 - SEA WALLS (§§ 65-33-1 — 65-33-71) › Section 65-33-41 - Special tax may be levied

The board of supervisors of any county may, in its discretion, levy a special tax for sea wall purposes, not to exceed five mills, may issue bonds therefor, or may pay for its pro rata share out of the funds of the county.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 7466; 1930, § 6927; 1942, § 8512; Laws, 1916, ch. 144.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 33 - SEA WALLS (§§ 65-33-1 — 65-33-71) › Section 65-33-43 - Privilege tax on automobile driver may be levied and collected

In all counties where the bonds of the county are or have been issued under this chapter or any previous statutes of a similar character, the boards of supervisors may levy and collect a privilege tax on each person resident in such county driving an automobile or other motor vehicle on any of the public streets or highways of the county, not exceeding two dollars. The amount of said tax may be varied in case more than one member of a family pays such tax, the funds arising therefrom to be applied in the same manner as funds arising under Sections
65-33-45
through
65-33-49
are applied. The boards of supervisors shall have the power, and it shall be the duty of such boards, to levy annually on all the taxable property in such counties, and to collect a special tax sufficient to cover any deficiency, if such deficiency occur, in the amount necessary to meet annually such interest and sinking fund.
Codes, 1930, § 6928; 1942, § 8513; Laws, 1924, ch. 319.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 33 - SEA WALLS (§§ 65-33-1 — 65-33-71) › Section 65-33-57 - New bonds authorized to cancel sinking fund obligations

In any county wherein a seawall or road protection structure is maintained under the provisions of this chapter, which has invested surplus funds belonging to a road protection bond and interest sinking fund in the purchase of any notes, certificates of indebtedness, bonds, or other interest bearing obligations issued under the authority of Section
65-33-49
, or refunding bonds issued or authorized to be issued in lieu thereof, and such notes, bonds, certificates of indebtedness, or refunding bonds are now held by such county for the use and benefit of such fund, and the board of supervisors of such county finds, by order spread upon its minutes, that the needs of such sinking fund demands it, or that it is to the best interest of the county to reduce such obligations so held to cash, such board of supervisors may authorize to be issued and issue and sell new road protection bonds in the aggregate amount of such notes, bonds, or certificates of indebtedness so held and authorized for the purpose of providing funds with which to take up, redeem, and cancel such obligations now held in such sinking fund. Upon the issuance of such road protection bonds, the said bonds, notes, certificates of indebtedness, and refunding bonds issued under authority of said section shall be cancelled.
Codes, 1942, § 8517; Laws, 1938, ch. 313.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 33 - SEA WALLS (§§ 65-33-1 — 65-33-71) › Section 65-33-59 - Terms of new bonds

Bonds issued under the authority of Sections
65-33-57
and 65-33-59 shall be full faith and credit obligations of the county issuing the same; shall mature within fifteen years of their date of issuance in such annual maturities and denominations as the board of supervisors may direct; shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed five and one half per centum per annum, payable semiannually; may be issued without notice or an election therefor; and shall not be subject to any limitation relative to amount of bonded debt. Such bonds and the interest thereon 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. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to affect any of the provisions of House Bill No. 287 [ch. 130] as enacted at the Regular 1938 Session of the Mississippi Legislature.
Codes, 1942, § 8518; Laws, 1938, ch. 313.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 33 - SEA WALLS (§§ 65-33-1 — 65-33-71) › Section 65-33-61 - Refunding bonded indebtedness

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.
Codes, 1942, § 8518-01; Laws, 1944, ch. 202, § 1.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 33 - SEA WALLS (§§ 65-33-1 — 65-33-71) › Section 65-33-63 - Refunding bonds; interest; form; maturity

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
through
65-33-71
shall in no way be construed as state obligations or state bonds.
Codes, 1942, § 8518-02; Laws, 1944, ch. 202, § 2.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 33 - SEA WALLS (§§ 65-33-1 — 65-33-71) › Section 65-33-65 - Sinking fund for refunding bonds

The fact of the issuance and delivery of refunding bonds hereunder shall be certified by the clerk of the board of supervisors to the state Treasurer, who shall immediately register such bonds in a suitable bond register. Thereafter, the revenues and taxes which would otherwise be paid into the county treasury of such county for the payment of road protection and seawall bonds and interest thereon under the provisions of Section
65-33-45
, shall be paid by the official collecting such taxes into the state treasury on a proper receive warrant of the state auditor to the credit of such county in a special fund to be designated "interest and sinking fund for road protection and seawall bonds of ____________________ County, Mississippi," which fund shall be held and shall be applied by the state treasurer in the payment of interest accruing on such refunding bonds and the principal thereof at maturity, according to law. In the event that less than all of outstanding bonds payable under the provisions of this chapter shall be refunded as herein provided, then and in that event there shall be paid into the state treasury, for the credit of the aforesaid interest and sinking fund, only the proportion of the revenues and taxes as the amount of refunding bonds issued and outstanding bears to the total amount of outstanding bonds payable from the revenues herein referred to.
Codes, 1942, § 8518-03; Laws, 1944, ch. 202, § 3.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 33 - SEA WALLS (§§ 65-33-1 — 65-33-71) › Section 65-33-67 - Tax levy to finance refunding bonds

The board of supervisors of any county issuing refunding bonds under the provisions of Sections
65-33-61
through
65-33-65
, shall levy an annual tax of not less than five mills on each dollar of the assessed valuation of taxable property within such county for the purpose of providing funds sufficient to pay such bonds at maturity and interest thereon as it accrues. The said tax shall be levied and collected as other county taxes are levied and collected, and the proceeds thereof shall be remitted by the county tax collector to the State Treasury at the time when state taxes are required by law to be so remitted. The State Treasurer shall credit the amount to the interest and sinking fund referred to in Section
65-33-65
. On or before October 1st in each year, the State Treasurer shall certify to the board of supervisors of each such county the amount standing to the credit of such interest and sinking fund as of September 15th, of that year, and if such amount shall be sufficient (1) to pay all principal of and interest on such bonds then due and owing and (2) all principal of and interest on such refunding bonds maturing and accruing during the period of twelve months running from said September 15th, then and in that event such board of supervisors may reduce the aforesaid taxes or omit the same for the ensuing year, as such board may determine. All funds paid into the State Treasury hereunder shall remain in the State Treasury for the payment of principal and interest on such refunding bonds until all the principal and interest on such refunding bonds shall have been fully paid.
Codes, 1942, § 8518-04; Laws, 1944, ch. 202, § 4.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 33 - SEA WALLS (§§ 65-33-1 — 65-33-71) › Section 65-33-69 - Fees and expenses for refunding bonds

The board of supervisors shall pay all lawful fees of the chancery clerk and its attorney now prescribed by law, which fees are incidental to the execution of said refunding bonds, and may also pay all expenses in connection with the validation of said refunding bonds and procuring the opinion as to the validity thereof from some expert bond attorney, other than the state bond attorney, of national reputation. However, in cases where the bonds to be refunded are not due or redeemable prior to maturity, such board in procuring the surrender of such outstanding bonds may expend not exceeding an additional two and one-half percent (2 1/2%) of the principal amount of refunding bonds actually issued and delivered, but in no event shall any part of the said two and one-half percent (2 1/2%) be used in the payment of attorney's fees. All such fees and compensation shall be paid out of the interest and sinking fund applicable to the bonds to be refunded, if the amount credited to such fund be adequate therefor. Otherwise, such fees and compensation shall be paid out of the proceeds of a special annual tax to be levied for that purpose by the board of supervisors upon all taxable property within such county. All expenses as authorized by Sections
65-33-61
through
65-33-71
in effectuating the exchange of said bonds and the actual expense of the state treasurer in paying principal and interest on said bonds shall be paid by the board of supervisors of the county.
Codes, 1942, § 8518-05; Laws, 1944, ch. 202, § 5.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 33 - SEA WALLS (§§ 65-33-1 — 65-33-71) › Section 65-33-71 - Full authority and powers conferred

The provisions of Sections
65-33-61
through 65-33-71, without reference to any other statute, shall be deemed full and complete authority for the issuance of refunding bonds as therein provided; and all powers necessary to be exercised by the board of supervisors of such counties, in order to carry out the provisions of said sections, are hereby conferred.
Codes, 1942, § 8518-06; Laws, 1944, ch. 202, § 6.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 37 - LOCAL SYSTEM BRIDGE REPLACEMENT AND REHABILITATION PROGRAM (§§ 65-37-1 — 65-37-15) › Section 65-37-1 - Establishment and administration of program; eligibility of bridges

(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.
Laws, 1994, ch. 557, § 3, eff. 7/1/1994.
Amended by Laws, 2021, ch. 383, HB 576,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2021.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 37 - LOCAL SYSTEM BRIDGE REPLACEMENT AND REHABILITATION PROGRAM (§§ 65-37-1 — 65-37-15) › Section 65-37-3 - Allocation of funds; definitions

(1)
For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this subsection:
(a)
"Deficient bridge" means a bridge with a condition rating of fair or less for its deck, superstructure or substructure, as determined by National Bridge Inspection Standards and that is included on the latest annual bridge inventory prepared by the Office of State Aid Road Construction.
(b)
"Local system road miles" means all highways, roads and streets within a county, including highways, roads and streets within incorporated municipalities of the county, that are not included on the designated state highway system.
(c)
"Local system bridge" means a bridge that is included on the latest annual official bridge inventory prepared by the Office of State Aid Road Construction, excluding bridges on the state aid road system, the municipal urban system and the rural major collector system.
(d)
"Bridge" means a bridge that is included on the latest annual official bridge inventory prepared by the Office of State Aid Road Construction.
(2)
(a)
Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection (2), from the funds on deposit and credited to the Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Fund created in Section
65-37-13
, each county shall be allocated a percentage of such funds as they become available, which percentage shall be based:
(i)
One-half (1/2) on the proportion that the total number of deficient bridges in the county bears to the total number of deficient bridges in all counties of the state; and
(ii)
One-half (1/2) on the proportion that the total number of local system road miles in the county bears to the total number of local system road miles in all counties of the state.
(b)
From the funds on deposit and credited to the Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Fund created in Section
65-37-13
, which are deposited into this fund after July 1, 2021, each county shall be allocated a percentage of such funds as they become available, which percentage shall be based:
(i)
One-half (1/2) on the proportion that the total number of local system bridges in the county bears to the total number of local system bridges in all counties of the state; and
(ii)
One-half (1/2) on the proportion that the total square footage of deck area of all local system bridges in the county bears to the total square footage of deck area of all local system bridges in all counties of the state.
Laws, 1994, ch. 557, § 4, eff. 7/1/1994.
Amended by Laws, 2021, ch. 383, HB 576,§ 2, eff. 7/1/2021.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 37 - LOCAL SYSTEM BRIDGE REPLACEMENT AND REHABILITATION PROGRAM (§§ 65-37-1 — 65-37-15) › Section 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:
(a)
To supervise the use of all funds made available under this chapter for local bridge replacement and rehabilitation projects on local road systems;
(b)
To review and certify all projects for which funds are authorized to be made available under this chapter for local bridge replacement and rehabilitation projects on local road systems;
(c)
To requisition monies in the Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Fund and pay and distribute those monies on a project-by-project basis in accordance with the allocation formula established by Section
65-37-3
;
(d)
To insure that each four-year plan submitted by a county to the State Aid Engineer and the funds allocated to a county under this chapter provide for an equitable distribution of projects and funds among the county and incorporated municipalities located therein based upon the number and costs of deficient bridges in both the county and the municipalities;
(e)
To establish and require specific designs and standards to be followed by the counties in replacing and rehabilitating bridges under this chapter, which designs and standards shall equal or exceed the design and standards prescribed for bridges on the State Aid Road System;
(f)
To maintain an accurate record of all local bridge replacement and rehabilitation funds allocated to counties and of the number of bridges replaced or rehabilitated, their location and the costs for each project. Such records shall be kept separate from other records of the Office of State Aid Road Construction;
(g)
To periodically notify the counties of bridges eligible for replacement and rehabilitation under the provisions of this chapter;
(h)
To adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary or desirable for the purpose of implementing the provisions of this chapter; and
(i)
To file annually with the Legislature a report detailing how monies in the Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Fund were spent during the preceding fiscal year in each county, including in the incorporated municipalities of each county, the number of projects approved and constructed, the length of bridges completed and the cost per foot of each bridge constructed.
Laws, 1994, ch. 557, § 5, eff. 7/1/1994.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 37 - LOCAL SYSTEM BRIDGE REPLACEMENT AND REHABILITATION PROGRAM (§§ 65-37-1 — 65-37-15) › Section 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.
Laws, 1994, ch. 557, § 7; Laws, 2008, ch. 454, § 2, eff. 7/1/2008.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 37 - LOCAL SYSTEM BRIDGE REPLACEMENT AND REHABILITATION PROGRAM (§§ 65-37-1 — 65-37-15) › Section 65-37-11 - Maintenance of bridges; inspections; forfeiture of funds by county ineligible for two years

(1)
The board of supervisors of each county and the governing authorities of each municipality shall be responsible for properly maintaining all bridges replaced or repaired in their respective jurisdictions and for performing National Bridge Inspection Standard (NBIS) compliant inspections under the provisions of this chapter.
(2)
The State Aid Engineer and his assistants shall make annual maintenance inspections of completed bridge projects and ensure that NBIS compliant inspections are performed as the State Aid Engineer deems necessary. If at any time the State Aid Engineer is of the opinion that a county or municipality has not provided NBIS compliant bridge inspections or proper maintenance as required by subsection (1) of this section, he shall give written notice thereof to the board of supervisors of the county or the governing authorities of the municipality of default and direct such maintenance as may be necessary to be performed. If within sixty (60) days of the receipt of such notice the board of supervisors or governing authorities have not performed such maintenance as may be necessary, then the county or municipality shall not thereafter be eligible to participate in the Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Program.
(3)
Whenever any county fails to be eligible for the expenditure of monies allocated to it under the provisions of this chapter for a continuous period of two (2) years because it has failed to properly maintain bridges under the Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Program, then the county shall forfeit and no longer be entitled to any part of the monies in the Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Fund theretofore allocated to it. The balance of the monies theretofore allocated to it shall be reallocated pro rata among all other eligible counties in accordance with the formula established in Section
65-37-3
.
Laws, 1994, ch. 557, § 8; Laws, 2009, ch. 381, § 2, eff. 7/1/2009.
Amended by Laws, 2021, ch. 383, HB 576,§ 4, eff. 7/1/2021.