Bill Text: MS SB2461 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Transportation; make certain duties of the MS Transportation Commission and Department discretionary.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2014-02-04 - Died In Committee [SB2461 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2014-SB2461-Introduced.html

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2014 Regular Session

To: Highways and Transportation; Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency

By: Senator(s) Simmons (13th)

Senate Bill 2461

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 65-1-65, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE MISSISSIPPI TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION  TO EXERCISE DISCRETIONARY DUTIES WITH REGARD TO THE MAINTENANCE OF THE STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

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

     65-1-65.  It shall be the discretionary duty of the * * *state highway Mississippi Transportation Commission to have the * * *state highway department Mississippi Department of Transportation maintain all highways which have been or which may be * * *hereafter taken over by the * * *state highway department Mississippi Department of Transportation for maintenance in such a way as to afford convenient, comfortable, and economic use * * *thereof by the public * * *at all times.  To this end it shall be the discretionary duty of the executive director, subject to the rules, regulations and orders of the commission as spread on its minutes, to organize an adequate * * *and continuous patrol for the maintenance, repair, and inspection of all of the state-maintained state highway system * * *, so that said highways may be kept under proper maintenance and repair at all times.

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

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