1 | 1 | | MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE 2025 Regular Session To: Transportation By: Representative Paden House Bill 769 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 65-3-143.2, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE PARAMETERS OF THE COAHOMA COUNTY HIGHWAY, WHICH IS A DESIGNATED PART OF THE MISSISSIPPI STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM, BY DELETING THE PORTION OF UNITED STATES HIGHWAY 61 THAT EXTENDS TO THE POINT OF INTERSECTION WITH THE EASTERN CITY LIMITS OF FRIARS POINT, MISSISSIPPI; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI: SECTION 1. Section 65-3-143.2, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows: 65-3-143.2. (1) The following highway is designated as a state highway and placed under the jurisdiction of the Mississippi Transportation Commission; and such highway, together with the highways designated in Section 65-3-3, and all other laws adding links to the designated state highway system, are declared to be the state highway system of Mississippi: Northern District - Coahoma County: That segment of highway beginning six-tenths (.6) of a mile east of the termination of state maintenance of Mississippi Highway 316 and extending northwesterly to its intersection with U.S. Highway 49 and U.S. Highway 61, and that segment of highway extending westerly from its intersection with U.S. Highway 49 and U.S. Highway 61 * * * to its intersection with the eastern city limits of Friars Point, Mississippi. (2) The Mississippi Transportation Commission shall take over and assume responsibility for construction and maintenance of the segment of highway described under subsection (1) of this section whenever the commission certifies that such segment of highway has been brought up to commission standards and all utilities, signs, structures and other encroachments on such highway and right-of-way, are removed or relocated. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2025. |
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3 | 3 | | MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE |
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5 | 5 | | 2025 Regular Session |
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7 | 7 | | To: Transportation |
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9 | 9 | | By: Representative Paden |
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11 | 11 | | # House Bill 769 |
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13 | 13 | | AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 65-3-143.2, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE PARAMETERS OF THE COAHOMA COUNTY HIGHWAY, WHICH IS A DESIGNATED PART OF THE MISSISSIPPI STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM, BY DELETING THE PORTION OF UNITED STATES HIGHWAY 61 THAT EXTENDS TO THE POINT OF INTERSECTION WITH THE EASTERN CITY LIMITS OF FRIARS POINT, MISSISSIPPI; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. |
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15 | 15 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI: |
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17 | 17 | | SECTION 1. Section 65-3-143.2, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows: |
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19 | 19 | | 65-3-143.2. (1) The following highway is designated as a state highway and placed under the jurisdiction of the Mississippi Transportation Commission; and such highway, together with the highways designated in Section 65-3-3, and all other laws adding links to the designated state highway system, are declared to be the state highway system of Mississippi: |
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21 | 21 | | Northern District - Coahoma County: |
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23 | 23 | | That segment of highway beginning six-tenths (.6) of a mile east of the termination of state maintenance of Mississippi Highway 316 and extending northwesterly to its intersection with U.S. Highway 49 and U.S. Highway 61, and that segment of highway extending westerly from its intersection with U.S. Highway 49 and U.S. Highway 61 * * * to its intersection with the eastern city limits of Friars Point, Mississippi. |
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25 | 25 | | (2) The Mississippi Transportation Commission shall take over and assume responsibility for construction and maintenance of the segment of highway described under subsection (1) of this section whenever the commission certifies that such segment of highway has been brought up to commission standards and all utilities, signs, structures and other encroachments on such highway and right-of-way, are removed or relocated. |
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27 | 27 | | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2025. |
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