Bill Text: MS SB2042 | 2013 | Regular Session | Enrolled

Mississippi Senate Bill 2042 (Prior Session Legislation)

MS State Legislature page for SB2042

Bill Title: Scenic byway; create the "Noxubee Hills Route."

Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2013-03-07 - Approved by Governor [SB2042 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2013-SB2042-Enrolled.html

MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2013 Regular Session

To: Highways and Transportation

By: Senator(s) Jackson (15th), Jackson (32nd), Ward

Senate Bill 2042

(As Sent to Governor)

AN ACT TO DESIGNATE CERTAIN HIGHWAYS AND ROADS IN CHOCTAW, WINSTON AND NOXUBEE COUNTIES IN MISSISSIPPI AS AN OFFICIAL MISSISSIPPI SCENIC BYWAY TO BE KNOWN AS THE "NOXUBEE HILLS ROUTE"; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

SECTION 1. The following highways and roads located in Choctaw, Winston and Noxubee Counties in Mississippi are hereby designated as an official Mississippi Scenic Byway to be known as the "Noxubee Hills Route" pursuant to Section 65-41-1 et seq.:

.... The Noxubee Hills Route begins at the intersection of the Choctaw Lake Road with Mississippi Highway 15 in the SE 1/4, S4, T16N, R1lE, Choctaw County, Mississippi, and runs in an easterly and northeasterly direction along the said Choctaw Lake Road to cross the dam of Choctaw Lake, located in the Tombigbee National Forest, to the intersection with the Webster Road in the Northeast 1/4 of S2, T16N, R1lE, Choctaw County. Thence, the route runs in an easterly direction along the Choctaw Lake Road to intersect the Choctaw/Winston County line near the Northwest corner of S6, T16N, R12E, in Winston County where the route becomes known as the Gumbranch-Ackerman Road in Winston County. Thence, the route runs in a southeasterly direction along the Gumbranch-Ackerman Road to intersect the Sturgis Road in the West 1/2 of S15, T16N, R12E, in Winston County. Thence, the route runs in a southeasterly direction along the Gumbranch-Hwy 25 Road to an intersection with Mississippi Hwy 25 at or near the Northwest corner of S28, T16N, R13E, in Winston County. Thence, the route runs in an easterly and northeasterly direction along the Bluff Lake Road to the Winston/Noxubee County line on the West line of S6, T16N, R15E, in Noxubee County. Thence, the route runs in an easterly direction along a Noxubee County route (CR-234) to intersect with the Levee (CR-267) and Bluff Lake (CR-266) Roads near the West line of S4, T16N, R15E, in Noxubee County and in the Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge. Thence, the route runs in a southerly direction along the Bluff Lake Road (CR-266) to intersect the Lynn Creek Road (CR-223) at or near the North line of S21, T16N, R15E, in Noxubee County. Thence, the route runs in an easterly direction along Lynn Creek Road (CR-223) to ultimately intersect US Hwy 45 in Brooksville, Mississippi, at or near the Northeast corner of S20, T16N, R17E, in Noxubee County, Mississippi. The Noxubee Hills Route runs approximately forty three (43) miles and serves parts of Choctaw, Winston, and Noxubee Counties in Mississippi.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2013.