Bill Text: MS HB1007 | 2015 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Traffic signal lights; direct MDOT to install and operate at highway in DeSoto County.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Failed) 2015-02-03 - Died In Committee [HB1007 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2015-HB1007-Introduced.html

MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2015 Regular Session

To: Transportation; Appropriations

By: Representative Hamilton

House Bill 1007

AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE MISSISSIPPI TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION TO HAVE THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION INSTALL, OPERATE, MAINTAIN, CONTROL AND HAVE FULL JURISDICTION OVER TRAFFIC SIGNAL LIGHTS AT THE INTERSECTION OF MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY 305 AND BETHEL ROAD IN DESOTO COUNTY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

     SECTION 1.  The Mississippi Transportation Commission, at state expense, shall have the Department of Transportation install, operate, maintain, control, and have full jurisdiction over traffic signal lights at the intersection of Mississippi Highway 305 and Bethel Road in Desoto County.  The signals shall be under the jurisdiction of the Mississippi Transportation Commission for construction and maintenance and, together with the highways designated in Section 65-3-3, and all other laws adding links to the state designated highway system, are declared to be part of the State Highway System of Mississippi.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2015. 

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