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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 4 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HIGHWAY ACT (§§ 65-4-1 — 65-4-45) › Section 65-4-23 - Conflict of interests

No member of the Legislature, elected official or appointed official, or any partner or associate of any member of the Legislature, elected official or appointed official, or member of their family, shall derive any income or thing of value from the restructuring of any investments held in the investment account established pursuant to Section 4(c) of Chapter 39, Extraordinary Session of 1969, as amended, and relating to the State's Highway Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 1985.
Laws, 1988, ch. 449, § 3, eff. 4/25/1988.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 4 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HIGHWAY ACT (§§ 65-4-1 — 65-4-45) › Section 65-4-25 - Resolution to issue general obligation bonds for Economic Development Highway Fund

The Mississippi Development Authority, acting through its executive director, is authorized, at one time or from time to time, to declare by resolution the necessity for issuance of negotiable general obligation bonds of the State of Mississippi to provide funds for the Economic Development Highway Fund established in Section
65-4-15
, Mississippi Code of 1972. Upon the adoption of a resolution by the Executive Director of the Mississippi Development Authority, declaring the necessity for the issuance of any part or all of the general obligation bonds authorized by Sections
65-4-25
through
65-4-45
, Mississippi Code of 1972, the executive director shall deliver a certified copy of his resolution or resolutions to the State Bond Commission. Upon receipt of the resolution, the State Bond Commission, in its discretion, shall act as the issuing agent, prescribe the form of the bonds, determine the appropriate method for the sale of the bonds, advertise for and accept bids or negotiate the sale of the bonds, 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. The principal amount of bonds issued under Sections
65-4-25
through
65-4-45
, Mississippi Code of 1972, shall not exceed Three Hundred Ninety-six Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($396,500,000.00) in the aggregate. However, an additional amount of bonds may be issued under Sections
65-4-25
through
65-4-45
, Mississippi Code of 1972, in an amount not to exceed Seven Million Dollars ($7,000,000.00), and the proceeds of any such additional bonds issued shall be used to provide funding for a high economic benefit project as defined in Section
65-4-5(1)(c)(vi)
, Mississippi Code of 1972. An additional amount of bonds may be issued under Sections
65-4-25
through
65-4-45
, in an amount not to exceed One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00), the proceeds of which shall be used to provide funding for a high economic benefit project as defined in Section
65-4-5(1)(c)(v)
.
Laws, 1989, ch. 463, § 1; Laws, 1990, ch. 580, § 9; Laws, 1992, ch. 441, § 1; Laws, 1994, ch. 560, § 3; Laws, 1995, ch. 548, § 9; Laws, 1997, ch. 537, § 2; Laws, 1999, ch. 449, § 1; Laws, 1999, ch. 579, § 20; Laws, 2000, ch. 584, § 3; Laws, 2003, ch. 518, § 1; Laws, 2004, ch. 510, § 2; Laws, 2006, ch. 484, § 1; Laws, 2009, ch. 557, § 27; Laws, 2010, ch. 520, § 2; Laws, 2011, ch. 431, § 2; Laws, 2011, ch. 480, § 5, eff. 4/6/2011.
Amended by Laws, 2024, ch. 507, HB 1983,§ 6, eff. 7/1/2024.
Amended by Laws, 2021, ch. 480, SB 2971,§ 13, eff. 4/22/2021.
Amended by Laws, 2020, ch. 492, HB 1730,§ 10, eff. 7/8/2020.
Amended by Laws, 2019, ch. 421, HB 1427,§ 7, eff. 7/1/2019.
Amended by Laws, 2014, ch. 530, HB 787, 12, eff. 7/1/2014.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 4 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HIGHWAY ACT (§§ 65-4-1 — 65-4-45) › Section 65-4-27 - Payment of principal and interest on bonds

For the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds issued under Sections
65-4-25
through
65-4-45
, the full faith, credit, and taxing power of the State of Mississippi are hereby irrevocably pledged. If the funds appropriated by the Legislature be insufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the 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 foregoing provisions of this section.
Laws, 1989, ch. 463, § 2, eff. 3/27/1989.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 4 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HIGHWAY ACT (§§ 65-4-1 — 65-4-45) › Section 65-4-29 - Terms of bonds; option to redeem; issuance and sale

Such bonds as are authorized to be issued under Sections
65-4-25
through
65-4-45
may be executed and delivered by the state at any time and from time to time, may be in such form and denominations and of such terms and maturities, may be in fully registered form or in bearer form registrable either as to principal or interest, or both, may bear such conversion privileges and be payable in such installments and at such time or times not exceeding twenty (20) years from the date thereof, may be payable at such place or places, whether within or without the State of Mississippi, may bear interest payable at such time or times and at such place or places and evidenced in such manner, and may contain such provisions not inconsistent herewith, all as shall be provided in the proceedings of the State Bond Commission under which the bonds are authorized to be issued. Such bonds shall not bear a greater overall maximum interest rate to maturity than that authorized by Section
75-17-101
. If deemed advisable by the State Bond Commission, there may be retained in the proceedings under which any such bonds are authorized to be issued an option to redeem all or any part thereof as may be specified in such proceedings, at such price or prices and after such notice or notices and on such terms and conditions as may be set forth in such proceedings and briefly recited or referred to on the face of the bonds, but nothing herein contained shall be construed to confer on the state any right or option to redeem any bonds, except as may be provided in the proceedings under which they shall be issued. The State Bond Commission may sell such bonds on sealed bids at public sale or may negotiate the sale of the bonds for such price as it may determine to be in the best interest of the State of Mississippi. The state may pay all expenses, premiums and commissions which the State Bond Commission may deem necessary or advantageous in connection with the issuance thereof, but solely from the proceeds of the bonds. The issuance by the state of one or more series of bonds shall not preclude it from issuing other series of bonds, but the proceedings under which any subsequent bonds may be issued shall recognize and protect any prior pledge made for any prior issuance of bonds.
Laws, 1989, ch. 463, § 3; Laws, 2009, ch. 557, § 28; Laws, 2011, ch. 431, § 3, eff. 3/16/2011.
Amended by Laws, 2014, ch. 530, HB 787, 13, eff. 7/1/2014.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 4 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HIGHWAY ACT (§§ 65-4-1 — 65-4-45) › Section 65-4-31 - Interest rates

No bond issued under Sections
65-4-25
through
65-4-45
shall bear more than one (1) rate of interest; each bond shall bear interest from its date to its stated maturity date at the interest rate specified on the bonds; and all bonds of the same maturity shall bear the same rate of interest from date to maturity. All interest accruing on bonds shall be payable semiannually or annually. If bonds are issued in coupon form, no interest payment shall be evidenced by more than one (1) coupon, and neither cancelled nor supplemental coupons shall be permitted. If serial bonds, such bonds shall mature annually, and the first maturity date thereof shall not be more than five (5) years from the date of such bonds.
Laws, 1989, ch. 463, § 4; Laws, 1997, ch. 394, § 2; Laws, 2009, ch. 557, § 29; Laws, 2011, ch. 431, § 4, eff. 3/16/2011.
Amended by Laws, 2014, ch. 530, HB 787, 14, eff. 7/1/2014.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 4 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HIGHWAY ACT (§§ 65-4-1 — 65-4-45) › Section 65-4-33 - Notice of sale

If the bonds issued under Sections
65-4-25
through
65-4-45
are to be sold on sealed bids at public sale, notice of the sale shall be published at least two (2) times, the first of which shall be made not less than ten (10) days prior to the date of sale, and shall be so published in one or more newspapers having a general circulation in the City of Jackson selected by the State Bond Commission.
Laws, 1989, ch. 463, § 5; Laws, 2009, ch. 557, § 30; Laws, 2011, ch. 431, § 5, eff. 3/16/2011.
Amended by Laws, 2014, ch. 530, HB 787, 15, eff. 7/1/2014.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 4 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HIGHWAY ACT (§§ 65-4-1 — 65-4-45) › Section 65-4-35 - Execution of bonds and interest coupons

All bonds issued under Sections
65-4-25
through
65-4-45
shall be executed on behalf of the state by the manual or facsimile signature of the Chairman of the State Bond Commission and shall be countersigned by the manual or facsimile signature of the Secretary of the State Bond Commission. All coupons shall be executed on behalf of the state by the facsimile signatures of the Chairman and Secretary of the State Bond Commission. If the officers whose signatures or countersignatures appear on the bonds or interest coupons shall cease to be such officers before delivery of the bonds, such signatures or countersignatures shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes, the same as if they had remained in office until such delivery, or had been in office on the date such bonds may bear.
Laws, 1989, ch. 463, § 6, eff. 3/27/1989.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 4 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HIGHWAY ACT (§§ 65-4-1 — 65-4-45) › Section 65-4-37 - Disbursement of proceeds; payment of costs

(1)
Upon the issuance and sale of bonds under Sections
65-4-25
through
65-4-45
, the State Bond Commission shall transfer the proceeds of any such sale or sales to the Economic Development Highway Fund. The proceeds of such bonds shall be disbursed solely upon the order of the Executive Director of the Mississippi Department of Economic Development under such restrictions, if any, as may be contained in the resolution providing for the issuance of the bonds.
(2)
The State Bond Commission is authorized to pay the costs that are incident to the sale, issuance and delivery of the bonds authorized under Sections
65-4-25
through
65-4-45
from the proceeds derived from the sale of such bonds.
Laws, 1989, ch. 463, § 7, eff. 3/27/1989.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 4 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HIGHWAY ACT (§§ 65-4-1 — 65-4-45) › Section 65-4-39 - Authority to request and issue warrants to pay principal and interest when due

The State Treasurer is hereby authorized, without further process of law, to certify to the Fiscal Management Board the necessity for warrants, and the board is hereby authorized and directed to issue such warrants payable out of any funds authorized by Sections
65-4-25
through
65-4-45
for such purpose, in such amounts as may be necessary to pay when due the principal of and interest on all bonds issued under the provisions of Sections
65-4-25
through
65-4-45
; and the State Treasurer shall forward the necessary amount to the designated place or places of payment of such bonds in ample time to discharge such bonds, or the interest thereon, on the due dates thereof.
Laws, 1989, ch. 463, § 8, eff. 3/27/1989.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 4 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HIGHWAY ACT (§§ 65-4-1 — 65-4-45) › Section 65-4-41 - Bonds to be legal investments

Bonds issued under Sections
65-4-25
through
65-4-45
shall be legal investments for commercial banks, trust companies, savings and loan associations and insurance companies organized under the laws of this state.
Laws, 1989, ch. 463, § 9, eff. 3/27/1989.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 4 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HIGHWAY ACT (§§ 65-4-1 — 65-4-45) › Section 65-4-43 - Taxation

All bonds issued under Sections
65-4-25
through
65-4-45
and the income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation within the State of Mississippi, except gift, transfer and inheritance taxes.
Laws, 1989, ch. 463, § 10, eff. 3/27/1989.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 4 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HIGHWAY ACT (§§ 65-4-1 — 65-4-45) › Section 65-4-45 - Relationship with other laws

Sections
65-4-25
through 65-4-45, without reference to any other statute, shall be deemed to be full and complete authority for the issuance of such bonds, and shall be construed as an additional and alternative method therefor, and none of the present restrictions, requirements, conditions or limitations of law applicable to the issuance or sale of bonds, notes or other obligations by the state shall apply to the issuance and sale of bonds under Sections
65-4-25
through 65-4-45, and no proceedings shall be required for the issuance of such bonds other than those provided for and required in Sections
65-4-25
through 65-4-45, and all powers necessary to be exercised in order to carry out the provisions of Sections
65-4-25
through 65-4-45 are hereby conferred.
Laws, 1989, ch. 463, § 11, eff. 3/27/1989.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 5 - CONTROLLED ACCESS FACILITIES (§§ 65-5-1 — 65-5-23) › Section 65-5-1 - Declaration of policy

The legislature hereby finds, determines, and declares that this chapter is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, and for the promotion of the general welfare.
Codes, 1942, § 8039-01; Laws, 1956, ch. 314, § 1.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 5 - CONTROLLED ACCESS FACILITIES (§§ 65-5-1 — 65-5-23) › Section 65-5-3 - Definitions

For the purpose of this chapter, the following words and phrases as used herein, unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context, shall have the following meanings:
(a)
"Controlled-access facility"-A highway or street especially designed for through traffic, and over, from, or to which owners or occupants of abutting land or other persons have no right or easement, or only a controlled right or easement, of access, light, air, or view by reason of the fact that their property abuts upon such controlled-access facility or for any other reason. Such highways or streets may be expressways or freeways open to use by all customary forms of street and highway traffic, or they may be parkways from which trucks, busses, and other commercial vehicles shall be excluded.
(b)
"Expressway"-A divided arterial highway for through traffic with full or partial control of access and generally with grade separations at intersections.
(c)
"Freeway"-An expressway with full control of access.
(d)
"Grade separation"-A crossing of two highways, or a highway and railroad, at different levels.
(e)
"Interchange"-A grade separated intersection with one or more turning roadways for travel between the intersecting highways, roads, or streets.
(f)
"Parkway"-An arterial highway for non-commercial traffic, with full or partial control of access.
(g)
"Service road" or "local service road"-A highway, road, or street which is auxiliary to and located on the side of another highway, road, or street for service to abutting property and adjacent areas and for control of access to such other highway, road, or street.
Codes, 1942, § 8039-02; Laws, 1956, ch. 314, § 2.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 5 - CONTROLLED ACCESS FACILITIES (§§ 65-5-1 — 65-5-23) › Section 65-5-5 - Authority to establish

The highway authorities of the state, counties, cities, towns, and villages, acting alone or in cooperation with each other or with any federal, state, or local agency or any other state having authority to participate in the construction and maintenance of highways, are hereby authorized to plan, designate, establish, regulate, vacate, alter, improve, maintain, and provide controlled-access facilities for public use wherever such authority or authorities are of the opinion that traffic conditions, present or future, will justify such special facilities; however, within cities and villages such authority shall be subject to such municipal consent as may be provided by law. Such highway authorities of the state, counties, cities, villages, and towns, in addition to the specific powers granted in this chapter, shall also have and may exercise, relative to controlled-access facilities, any and all additional authority now or hereafter vested in them relative to highways or streets within their respective jurisdictions. Said units may regulate, restrict, or prohibit the use of such controlled-access facilities by the various classes of vehicles or traffic in a manner consistent with Section
65-5-3
.
No existing public street or highway shall be converted into a controlled-access facility except with the consent of the owners of lands abutting said freeway or with the purchase or condemnation of the access rights of said abutting land owners.
Nothing herein shall be construed as requiring the consent of the owners of the abutting lands where a street or highway is constructed, established, or located for the first time as a new way for the use of vehicular or pedestrian traffic.
Codes, 1942, § 8039-03; Laws, 1956, ch. 314, § 3.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 5 - CONTROLLED ACCESS FACILITIES (§§ 65-5-1 — 65-5-23) › Section 65-5-7 - Design

The highway authorities of the state, county, city, town, and village are authorized to so design any controlled-access facility and to so regulate, restrict, or prohibit access as to best serve the traffic for which such facility is intended. In this connection such highway authorities are authorized to divide and separate any controlled-access facility into separate roadways by the construction of raised curbings, central dividing sections, or other physical separations, or by designating such separate roadways by signs, markers, stripes, and the proper lane for such traffic by appropriate signs, markers, stripes, and other devices. No person shall have any right of ingress or egress to, from, or across controlled-access facilities to or from abutting lands except at such designated points at which access may be permitted, upon such terms and conditions as may be specified from time to time.
Codes, 1942, § 8039-04; Laws, 1956, ch. 314, § 4.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 5 - CONTROLLED ACCESS FACILITIES (§§ 65-5-1 — 65-5-23) › Section 65-5-9 - Acquisition of property and property rights

For the purposes of this chapter, the highway authorities of the state, county, city, town, or village may acquire private or public property and property rights for controlled-access facilities and service roads, including rights of access, air, view, and light, by gift, devise, purchase, or condemnation in the same manner as such units are now or hereafter may be authorized by law to acquire such property or property rights in connection with highways and streets within their respective jurisdictions. All property rights acquired under the provisions of this chapter shall be acquired in accordance with the provisions of Section
65-1-47
, and the estate acquired shall be specified in accordance with said section. In connection with acquisition of property or property rights for any controlled-access facility or portion thereof or service road in connection therewith, the state, county, city, town, or village highway authority may, in its discretion, acquire an entire lot, block, or tract of land if, by so doing, the interests of the public will be best served, even though said entire lot, block, or tract is not needed for the right of way proper.
Codes, 1942, § 8039-05; Laws, 1956, ch. 314, § 5.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 5 - CONTROLLED ACCESS FACILITIES (§§ 65-5-1 — 65-5-23) › Section 65-5-11 - Preference of condemnation cases

Court proceedings necessary to acquire property or property rights for purposes of this chapter shall take precedence over all other causes not involving the public interest in all courts, to the end that the provisions of controlled-access facilities may be expedited.
Codes, 1942, § 8039-06; Laws, 1956, ch. 314, § 6.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 5 - CONTROLLED ACCESS FACILITIES (§§ 65-5-1 — 65-5-23) › Section 65-5-13 - Grade-crossing eliminations

The highway authority of the state, county, city, town, or village may designate and establish controlled-access highways as new and additional facilities or may designate and establish an existing street or highway as included within a controlled-access facility. The state or any of its subdivisions shall have authority to provide for the elimination of intersections at grade of controlled-access facilities with existing state and county roads and city, town, or village streets by grade separation or service road, or by closing off such roads and streets at the right of way boundary line of such controlled-access facility; and after the establishment of any controlled-access facility, no highway or street which is not part of said facility shall intersect the same at grade unless it be an approved interchange. No city, town, or village street, county or state highway, or other public way shall be opened into or connected with any such controlled-access facility without the consent and previous approval of the highway authority in the state, county, city, town, or village having jurisdiction over such controlled-access facility. Such consent and approval shall be given only if the public interest shall be served thereby.
Codes, 1942, § 8039-07; Laws, 1956, ch. 314, § 7.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 5 - CONTROLLED ACCESS FACILITIES (§§ 65-5-1 — 65-5-23) › Section 65-5-15 - Authority of local units to consent

The highway authorities of the state, city, county, town, or village are authorized to enter into agreements with each other, or with the federal government, respecting the financing, planning, establishment, improvement, maintenance, use, regulation, or vacation of controlled-access facilities or other public ways in their respective jurisdictions, to facilitate the purposes of this chapter.
Codes, 1942, § 8039-08; Laws, 1956, ch. 314, § 8.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 5 - CONTROLLED ACCESS FACILITIES (§§ 65-5-1 — 65-5-23) › Section 65-5-17 - Local service roads

In connection with the development of any controlled-access facility, the state, county, city, town, or village highway authorities are authorized to plan, designate, establish, use, regulate, alter, improve, maintain, and vacate local service roads and streets or to designate as local service roads and streets any existing road or street, and to exercise jurisdiction over service roads in the same manner as is authorized over controlled-access facilities under the terms of this chapter if, in their opinion, such local service roads and streets are necessary or desirable. Such local service roads or streets shall be of appropriate design, and shall be separated from the controlled-access facility proper by means of all devices designated as necessary or desirable by the proper authority.
Codes, 1942, § 8039-09; Laws, 1956, ch. 314, § 9.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 5 - CONTROLLED ACCESS FACILITIES (§§ 65-5-1 — 65-5-23) › Section 65-5-19 - Penalties for unlawful use

It is unlawful for any person (1) to drive a vehicle over, upon, or across any curb, central dividing section, or other separation or dividing line on controlled-access facilities; (2) to make a left turn or a semicircular or U-turn except through an opening provided for that purpose in the dividing curb section, separation, or line; (3) to drive any vehicle except in the proper lane provided for the purpose and in the proper direction and to the right of the central dividing curb, separation section, or line; (4) to drive any vehicle into the controlled-access facility from a local service road except through an opening provided for that purpose in the dividing curb or dividing section or dividing line which separates such service road from the controlled-access facility proper. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon arrest and conviction therefor, shall be punished by a fine of not less than five dollars ($5.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00), or by imprisonment in the city or county jail for not less than five days nor more than ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Codes, 1942, § 8039-10; Laws, 1956, ch. 314, § 10.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 5 - CONTROLLED ACCESS FACILITIES (§§ 65-5-1 — 65-5-23) › Section 65-5-21 - Automotive service stations prohibited within right of way

No automotive service station or other commercial enterprise for serving motor vehicle users shall be constructed or located within the right of way of, or on publicly-owned or publicly-leased land acquired or used for or in connection with, a limited access facility or a controlled-access facility.
Codes, 1942, § 8039-10.5; Laws, 1958, ch. 373.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 5 - CONTROLLED ACCESS FACILITIES (§§ 65-5-1 — 65-5-23) › Section 65-5-23 - Legislative intent

It is the intent of the legislature that this chapter provide additional and supplemental means of designating, establishing, altering, improving, and maintaining controlled-access facilities, and it is not intended to repeal nor in any way change any other provision of statute authorizing the establishment, control, and maintenance of limited access facilities, but is supplemental thereto.
Codes, 1942, § 8039-12; Laws, 1956, ch. 314, § 12.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 7 - PUBLIC ROADS AND STREETS; PRIVATE WAY (§§ 65-7-1 — 65-7-201) › Article 1 - PUBLIC ROADS AND STREETS (§§ 65-7-1 — 65-7-173) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 65-7-1 — 65-7-125) › Section 65-7-1 - Jurisdiction over county roads; width of roads; drainage; inclusion of new roads in official records

(1)
The board of supervisors of each county shall have full jurisdiction over all matters relating to the public roads of the county, including the establishment, laying out, opening, abandonment, altering, changing, working and maintaining of such roads, except as otherwise provided by Section 170 of the Mississippi Constitution of 1890.
(2)
All roads now laid out and opened or hereafter laid out and opened according to law shall be deemed public roads and highways and shall be opened and worked at least sixteen (16) feet wide, wherever practicable, and in any case not less than twelve (12) feet, and any greater width that may be necessary. Ditches and borrow pits shall be kept open or connected so as to drain off the water from the road bed, as far as practicable.
(3)
From and after July 1, 2000, no road shall be included as a part of the county road system until and unless the board of supervisors, by appropriate action spread on its minutes, has established or accepted such road and caused the road to be included in the official record of the county road system as provided in Section
65-7-4
.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 10, art. 7 (25); 1857, ch. 15, art. 8; 1871, § 2334; 1880, § 821; 1892, § 3887; 1906, § 4394; Hemingway's 1917, § 7074; 1930, § 6310; 1942, § 8286; Laws, 1920, ch. 274; Laws, 1998, ch. 539, § 2, eff. 7/1/1998.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 7 - PUBLIC ROADS AND STREETS; PRIVATE WAY (§§ 65-7-1 — 65-7-201) › Article 1 - PUBLIC ROADS AND STREETS (§§ 65-7-1 — 65-7-173) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 65-7-1 — 65-7-125) › Section 65-7-3 - Standard for working roads

All public roads shall be kept open and worked to the width required by law and, when necessary, shall be raised in the middle and sloped toward the ditches or sides, which shall be kept open and of sufficient size and proper fall to drain the road bed.
Codes, 1892, § 3903; 1906, § 4413; Hemingway's 1917, § 4093; 1930, § 6313; 1942, § 8287.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 7 - PUBLIC ROADS AND STREETS; PRIVATE WAY (§§ 65-7-1 — 65-7-201) › Article 1 - PUBLIC ROADS AND STREETS (§§ 65-7-1 — 65-7-173) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 65-7-1 — 65-7-125) › Section 65-7-4.1 - Legislative intent

The Legislature of the State of Mississippi finds and determines as a matter of public policy and legislative intent that the proceedings and public hearing required for initial adoption of the official map and county road system register required by Section
65-7-4
, Mississippi Code of 1972, are not intended to lay out, open, designate or otherwise establish new public roads, but to document and record existing roads which are, at the time of the initial adoption of said map and register, adjudicated by the board, consistent with fact, to be public roads by dedication, under the methods provided by statute, or by prescription and required by public convenience and necessity.
Laws, 2000, ch. 407, § 1, eff. 4/17/2000.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 7 - PUBLIC ROADS AND STREETS; PRIVATE WAY (§§ 65-7-1 — 65-7-201) › Article 1 - PUBLIC ROADS AND STREETS (§§ 65-7-1 — 65-7-173) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 65-7-1 — 65-7-125) › Section 65-7-5 - Order of board of supervisors necessary to change road

It shall not be lawful for any person to turn, alter, or change any public road unless by order of the board of supervisors, under penalty of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) for each offense; and an old road shall not be obstructed until the new road is in all respects fit for travel.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 10, art. 7 (35); 1857, ch. 15, art. 7; 1871, § 2335; 1880, § 822; 1892, § 3888; 1906, § 4395; Hemingway's 1917, § 7075; 1930, § 6314; 1942, § 8288.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 7 - PUBLIC ROADS AND STREETS; PRIVATE WAY (§§ 65-7-1 — 65-7-201) › Article 1 - PUBLIC ROADS AND STREETS (§§ 65-7-1 — 65-7-173) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 65-7-1 — 65-7-125) › Section 65-7-7 - Road not to be obstructed

If any person shall fell any bush or tree and leave any portion thereof in any stream or on any public highway, road, or ditch draining the roadway or obstruct the same in any manner whatever, and not immediately remove the obstruction, the overseer of the road shall remove the same, and the person so felling the tree or bush, or otherwise obstructing the road or water shall forfeit and pay all expenses of removing the same, to be recovered before any justice of the peace of the county, in the name of the county. It is the duty of the overseer to cause suit to be commenced therefor, and such person shall be liable for all damages occasioned to another by the obstruction. However, no cattle gap placed on a county road, subject to overflow by the Mississippi River and not protected by levees, shall be considered an obstruction in the public road if such cattle gap is installed with the permission of the board of supervisors and the person installing same also provides a gate adjacent to the road for the passage of stock.
Any violation of this section shall also, upon conviction, be punishable as provided under Section
99-19-31
.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 10, art. 7 (32); 1857, ch. 15, art. 24; 1871, § 2361; 1880, § 855; 1892, § 3889; 1906, § 4396; Hemingway's 1917, § 7076; 1930, § 6315; 1942, § 8289; Laws, 1962, ch. 451; Laws, 1972, ch. 473, § 1, eff. 5/8/1972.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 7 - PUBLIC ROADS AND STREETS; PRIVATE WAY (§§ 65-7-1 — 65-7-201) › Article 1 - PUBLIC ROADS AND STREETS (§§ 65-7-1 — 65-7-173) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 65-7-1 — 65-7-125) › Section 65-7-9 - Dangerous trees to be removed from road

The board of supervisors of any county shall have the right, upon the application of any member thereof or any overseer, road commissioner or the county road manager, to condemn any dead or dangerous trees or timber near any public road which endangers the safety of the public travel. On the failure or refusal of the owner to cut and remove such trees or timbers, the board may assess the value thereof and pay or tender the owner of such trees or timber the said assessed value thereof by warrant on the county treasury, and such trees or timber shall be cut, felled or removed by the proper authorities working or maintaining such road. The owner of such trees or timber shall have five (5) days' notice of such assessment and, if dissatisfied with such valuation, an appeal may be had to the circuit court as in other cases.
Codes, 1930, § 6316; 1942, § 8290; Laws, 1924, ch. 219; Laws, 1988, Ex Sess, ch. 14, § 33, eff. 10/1/1989.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 7 - PUBLIC ROADS AND STREETS; PRIVATE WAY (§§ 65-7-1 — 65-7-201) › Article 1 - PUBLIC ROADS AND STREETS (§§ 65-7-1 — 65-7-173) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 65-7-1 — 65-7-125) › Section 65-7-11 - Hedges on roadside to be trimmed

When hedges are planted along any public road, the owner of the land shall trim the hedges on the side next to the road and keep them trimmed, so that travelers will not be inconvenienced thereby. If the hedges intrude upon any road, the overseer shall give written notice to the owner or occupant of the land to have the hedges trimmed within ten days after notice, so as not to obstruct the road or interfere with travelers; otherwise, the owner or occupant shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, punished as for obstructing a public highway. Such owner or occupant shall forfeit two dollars per day for every day's failure to comply with such notice, to be recovered by action.
Codes, 1857, ch. 15, art. 25; 1871, § 2362; 1880, § 356; 1892, § 3890; 1906, § 4398; Hemingway's 1917, § 7078; 1930, § 6317; 1942, § 8291.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 7 - PUBLIC ROADS AND STREETS; PRIVATE WAY (§§ 65-7-1 — 65-7-201) › Article 1 - PUBLIC ROADS AND STREETS (§§ 65-7-1 — 65-7-173) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 65-7-1 — 65-7-125) › Section 65-7-13 - Public highways to be marked

For all counties where this has not already been done, the state highway department or the state highway engineer shall prepare and file with the clerk of the board of supervisors of the said several counties of the state, plans and specifications for highway sign or guide boards, showing the construction, size, material, color, and how said sign or guide boards are to be erected on the roads or highways within the said several counties. All such specifications are to be uniform, so as to obtain a uniform system of highway sign or guide board markers throughout the state.
Codes, 1930, § 6318; 1942, § 8292; Laws, 1926, ch. 224.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 7 - PUBLIC ROADS AND STREETS; PRIVATE WAY (§§ 65-7-1 — 65-7-201) › Article 1 - PUBLIC ROADS AND STREETS (§§ 65-7-1 — 65-7-173) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 65-7-1 — 65-7-125) › Section 65-7-15 - Board of supervisors to erect signs

The board of supervisors of the several counties of the state shall forthwith erect or cause to be erected, at all forks, crossroads or road intersections on all of the state highways and all other principal roads within their county, sign or guide boards in compliance with specifications theretofore furnished by the state highway department or state highway engineer.
Codes, 1930, § 6319; 1942, § 8293; Laws, 1926, ch. 224.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 7 - PUBLIC ROADS AND STREETS; PRIVATE WAY (§§ 65-7-1 — 65-7-201) › Article 1 - PUBLIC ROADS AND STREETS (§§ 65-7-1 — 65-7-173) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 65-7-1 — 65-7-125) › Section 65-7-17 - Color and construction of sign or guide boards

All such sign or guide boards throughout the entire state shall be of uniform size, construction, color, and erection. Said sign or guide boards shall show thereon the next city, town, or village to be reached by following each fork of said road, and the distance to be traveled along such road to reach said city, town, or village. All such sign or guide boards as may be erected at forks or crossroads on the main or trunk roads within such county shall indicate direction along said road and distance to the county seat of the county or the principal city, town, or village within said county, and the principal city, town, or village within next adjoining county located on such main or trunk roads.
Codes, 1930, § 6320; 1942, § 8294; Laws, 1926, ch. 224.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 7 - PUBLIC ROADS AND STREETS; PRIVATE WAY (§§ 65-7-1 — 65-7-201) › Article 1 - PUBLIC ROADS AND STREETS (§§ 65-7-1 — 65-7-173) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 65-7-1 — 65-7-125) › Section 65-7-19 - Mandamus available to erect signs

In case the boards of supervisors of the several counties or if any one of them fail or refuse to erect or cause to be erected such sign or guide boards as provided in Sections
65-7-15
and
65-7-17
, then upon a petition to the circuit court by as many as twenty-five qualified electors, who are also taxpayers on real property in the county, joining in said petition, the remedy by way of mandamus shall apply and shall be fully available to enforce the provisions of the said two sections. The said petitioners of the number and qualifications aforesaid shall be deemed to possess all the necessary interest and to be fully entitled to demand, in the proceeding by mandamus, the enforcement by the court of all the duties aforementioned, and the court may upon the trial make all proper orders fully for said enforcement.
Codes, 1930, § 6321; 1942, § 8295; Laws, 1926, ch. 224.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 7 - PUBLIC ROADS AND STREETS; PRIVATE WAY (§§ 65-7-1 — 65-7-201) › Article 1 - PUBLIC ROADS AND STREETS (§§ 65-7-1 — 65-7-173) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 65-7-1 — 65-7-125) › Section 65-7-21 - Signs not to be damaged

The board of supervisors of the several counties and the overseers shall, at all times after the erection of the sign or guide boards as provided, see that said sign or guide boards are not defaced, removed, or destroyed. In case of defacement, removal, or destruction of any such sign or guide board, the board of supervisors shall cause a new sign or guide board to be erected within ninety days; and on failure so to do, the duty may be enforced as provided in Section
65-7-19
.
Codes, 1930, § 6322; 1942, § 8296; Laws, 1926, ch. 224.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 7 - PUBLIC ROADS AND STREETS; PRIVATE WAY (§§ 65-7-1 — 65-7-201) › Article 1 - PUBLIC ROADS AND STREETS (§§ 65-7-1 — 65-7-173) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 65-7-1 — 65-7-125) › Section 65-7-23 - Defacing, removing or destroying signs or traffic control devices prohibited; penalties; liability for cost of repair; liability of parents of minor

(1)
Any person willfully defacing, removing, marring, damaging or destroying any sign or guide board, including any railroad crossing sign or flasher signal, or other traffic control device erected as provided shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be liable for the actual cost of replacing or repairing such sign and shall be fined not less than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or be imprisoned in the county jail not more than six (6) months, or be punished by both such fine and imprisonment. If the offender is a minor, the parents of such minor shall be civilly liable in accordance with Section
93-13-2
for the actual cost of replacing or repairing the sign, signal or device.
(2)
The penalties prescribed in subsection (1) of this section shall also be applicable to any person, and to the parents of any minor, who willfully defaces, mars or damages any bridge, underpass or overpass.
(3)
Any person who violates subsection (1) of this section regarding a memorial, other historical or cultural marker or sign, the value of which is Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or more, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be imprisoned in the county jail for up to six (6) months or fined up to One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or both. Such person shall also be ordered to make full restitution.
Codes, 1930, § 6323; 1942, § 8297; Laws, 1926, ch. 224; Laws, 1977, ch. 323, § 1; Laws, 1993, ch. 483, § 1; Laws, 2010, ch. 351, § 1, eff. 7/1/2010.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 7 - PUBLIC ROADS AND STREETS; PRIVATE WAY (§§ 65-7-1 — 65-7-201) › Article 1 - PUBLIC ROADS AND STREETS (§§ 65-7-1 — 65-7-173) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 65-7-1 — 65-7-125) › Section 65-7-25 - Signal boards for highway "danger zones."

The boards of supervisors of the several counties of this state are required, within sixty days after receipt of a petition signed by twenty-five or more regular travelers of any public highway within their respective county, to have prepared and properly posted along said highway certain sign or signal boards at such intervals as may be deemed necessary to avoid danger for speedy travel, not exceeding four to the mile, with such inscriptions written thereon as will sufficiently warn the traveling public of the danger zones thereon.
Codes, Hemingway's 1921 Supp. § 7259h; 1930, § 6324; 1942, § 8298; Laws, 1918, ch. 220.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 7 - PUBLIC ROADS AND STREETS; PRIVATE WAY (§§ 65-7-1 — 65-7-201) › Article 1 - PUBLIC ROADS AND STREETS (§§ 65-7-1 — 65-7-173) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 65-7-1 — 65-7-125) › Section 65-7-27 - Specifications for signal boards

Said signal or signboards shall be made of some suitable material with a face of not less than twelve by eighteen inches (12" x 18"), which shall be painted white with the lettering or inscription thereon printed or written in black. The inscription upon said signal or signboards shall consist of the following words, to wit: "danger zone" or some like suitable inscription; and the same, when so done, shall constitute sufficient notice to all travelers along said road of any and all defects in said road within said danger zone.
Codes, Hemingway's 1921 Supp. § 7259i; 1930, § 6325; 1942, § 8299; Laws, 1918, ch. 220.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 7 - PUBLIC ROADS AND STREETS; PRIVATE WAY (§§ 65-7-1 — 65-7-201) › Article 1 - PUBLIC ROADS AND STREETS (§§ 65-7-1 — 65-7-173) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 65-7-1 — 65-7-125) › Section 65-7-29 - Double boards for dangerous places

At such intervals on said road as may be deemed extremely dangerous, such board shall be double faced, with said inscription on each side thereof, and shall be placed in such manner as to be easily seen by travelers at night when proper lights upon vehicles are reflected thereon.
Codes, Hemingway's 1921 Supp. § 7259j; 1930, § 6326; 1942, § 8300; Laws, 1918, ch. 220.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 7 - PUBLIC ROADS AND STREETS; PRIVATE WAY (§§ 65-7-1 — 65-7-201) › Article 1 - PUBLIC ROADS AND STREETS (§§ 65-7-1 — 65-7-173) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 65-7-1 — 65-7-125) › Section 65-7-31 - Payment of signal board expenses

The expense of preparing and erecting said signal or signboard shall be paid out of the road funds of the county.
Codes, Hemingway's 1921 Supp. § 7259k; 1930, § 6327; 1942, § 8301; Laws, 1918, ch. 220.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 7 - PUBLIC ROADS AND STREETS; PRIVATE WAY (§§ 65-7-1 — 65-7-201) › Article 1 - PUBLIC ROADS AND STREETS (§§ 65-7-1 — 65-7-173) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 65-7-1 — 65-7-125) › Section 65-7-33 - Vehicles to sound warnings in danger zone

All wheeled vehicles traveling over or upon said roads so designated by said signal or signboards, when operated by steam, gas, or electricity, shall be equipped with a whistle, horn, or other signal which shall be duly sounded upon approaching said danger zones, so indicated by said signal or signboards.
Codes, Hemingway's 1921 Supp. § 7259l; 1930, § 6328; 1942, § 8302; Laws, 1918, ch. 220.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 7 - PUBLIC ROADS AND STREETS; PRIVATE WAY (§§ 65-7-1 — 65-7-201) › Article 1 - PUBLIC ROADS AND STREETS (§§ 65-7-1 — 65-7-173) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 65-7-1 — 65-7-125) › Section 65-7-35 - Penalty for violating danger zone laws

Any person guilty of a violation of Sections
65-7-25
through
65-7-33
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than Five Dollars ($5.00) for each violation.
Codes, Hemingway's 1921 Supp. § 7259m; 1930, § 6329; 1942, § 8303; Laws, 1918, ch. 220.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 65 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 65-1-1 — 65-43-85) › Chapter 7 - PUBLIC ROADS AND STREETS; PRIVATE WAY (§§ 65-7-1 — 65-7-201) › Article 1 - PUBLIC ROADS AND STREETS (§§ 65-7-1 — 65-7-173) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 65-7-1 — 65-7-125) › Section 65-7-39 - Traveling on public roads

All drivers of carriages or other vehicles, whether of burden or pleasure, using any public road shall keep to the right hand when met by another carriage or vehicle and when overtaken by another carriage or vehicle, so as in both cases to permit the carriage or vehicle so meeting or overtaking to pass free and uninterrupted. Any person wilfully offending against this provision shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, fined Five Dollars ($5.00) for each offense; and if injury result therefrom, the person so offending shall be subject to an action for damages at the suit of the party injured.
Codes, 1857, ch. 15, art. 32; 1871, § 2370; 1880, § 864; 1892, § 3902; 1906, § 4412; Hemingway's 1917, § 7092; 1930, § 6331; 1942, § 8305.