Bill Text: MS HB1022 | 2015 | Regular Session | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Delta Bluff Scenic Byway; add certain segments of road to.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Failed) 2015-03-03 - Died In Committee [HB1022 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2015-HB1022-Engrossed.html

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2015 Regular Session

To: Transportation

By: Representative Nelson

House Bill 1022

(As Passed the House)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 65-41-69, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ADD CERTAIN SEGMENTS OF ROAD IN DESOTO COUNTY AS PART OF THE DELTA BLUFFS SCENIC BYWAY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

     SECTION 1.  Section 65-41-69, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

     65-41-69.  The following highways, roads or streets located in the State of Mississippi are hereby designated in the following * * * three (3)four (4) segments as an official Mississippi Scenic Byway to be known as the "Delta Bluffs Scenic Byway" pursuant to Section 65-41-1 et seq.:

          (a)  Northern Branch:  Beginning at the intersection of Austin Road and Mississippi Highway 301 and continuing westward to the intersection of Delta View Road and Austin Road; then north along Delta View Road to the Great River Road National Scenic Byway (connectivity through the Town of Walls via Delta View Road, U.S. Highway 161 and 2nd Street);

          (b)  Central Branch:  Beginning at the intersection of Mississippi Highway 301 and Austin Road and continuing south along Mississippi Highway 301 to Arkabutla Lake; * * * and

          (c)  East-West Branch:  Beginning at the intersection of Old Mississippi Highway 304 and Interstate 55 in Hernando and continuing westward to Bluff Road * * *.; and

          (d)  Robertson Gin Road Extension Branch:  Beginning at the intersection of Mississippi Highway 51 and Commerce Street in DeSoto County and continuing south along Mississippi Highway 51 to Oak Grove Road; thence westward on Oak Grove Road to Robinson Gin Road; then south along Robinson Gin Road to Wheeler Road; thence westward along Wheeler Road to its point of terminus at Hernando Point at Arkabutla Lake.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

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