Bill Text: MS HB405 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: School bus turnarounds; revise authority by which approval is required of request made by county superintendents for.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 5)
Status: (Failed) 2013-02-05 - Died In Committee [HB405 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2013-HB405-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2013 Regular Session
To: County Affairs
By: Representatives Jennings, Alday, Hamilton, Nelson, Kinkade
House Bill 405
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 19-3-42, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION, INSTEAD OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, TO SUBMIT A WRITTEN REQUEST TO THE BOARD FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF PRIVATE ROAD AND DRIVEWAY FOR SCHOOL BUS TURNAROUNDS WITHOUT HAVING THE REQUEST SPREAD UPON THE OFFICIAL MINUTES OF THE BOARD; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 19-3-42, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
19-3-42. (1) The board of
supervisors of any county is hereby authorized and empowered, in its
discretion, to grade, gravel or shell, repair, and/or maintain private gravel
or shell roads or driveways to private residences if * * * those roads or driveways are used
for school bus turnarounds.
(2) Prior to engaging in the work authorized in subsection (1) of this section, the board of supervisors shall spread upon the official minutes of the board, unless otherwise exempt:
(a) The written
request of the school county superintendent of education, which shall not be
required to be spread on the official minutes of the board for * * *
the work;
(b) The written approval of the board of supervisors for such work;
(c) The specific location of the road or driveway to be worked; and
(d) The name of the owner of the road or driveway to be worked.
(3) The written request of
the school * * * county
superintendent of education, as required in subsection (2)(a) * * *
of this section, shall
contain a current list of all active school bus turnarounds presently in use by
the school district or contemplated for use by the school district for the
present school year. The written approval by the board of supervisors,
required under subsection (2)(b) of this section, shall be valid and
effective for the period of time that a turnaround is anticipated for use, but
in no event for a period greater than one (1) year.
(4) In addition to the
authority granted in subsection (1) of this section, * * * the board of
supervisors of any county * * *is further authorized, in its discretion, * * *
may maintain public
school grounds of the county and * * * may grade, gravel, shell or overlay,
and/or * * *
maintain gravel, shell, asphalt or concrete roads, driveways or parking lots of
public schools of the county if, before engaging in * * * the work, the board of supervisors
shall spread upon its official minutes the written request of the school board
for * * * the
work, the written approval of the board of supervisors for * * *
the work and the
specific location of the school grounds or road, driveway or parking lot, to be
worked.
(5) In addition to any
other authority granted in this section, the board of supervisors of any county * * *, in its discretion, * * *
may repair and maintain
driveways and parking lots of: (a) any nonprofit organization in the county
which is tax exempt under Section 501(c) of the United States Internal Revenue
Code and which has as one of its primary purposes for organization to aid and
assist in the rehabilitation of persons suffering from drug abuse or drug
addiction; and (b) any private, nonprofit cemeteries in the county. The board
of supervisors of any county shall not be authorized under the provisions of
this subsection to repair or maintain driveways or parking lots located more
than one hundred fifty (150) feet from the center of any highway, road or
street under the jurisdiction of the county.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2013.
