§ 65-1-177. Department of Transportation, in consultation with Southern High-Speed Rail Commission and the Mississippi Development Authority, to promote passenger rail service and make recommendations regarding passenger rail infrastructure
Working in consultation with the Southern High-Speed Rail Commission created in Section 57-45-1 and the Mississippi Development Authority, the Mississippi Department of Transportation shall promote passenger rail travel and service in the state and make recommendations for specific projects related to the construction, rehabilitation, maintenance, and improvement of the state’s passenger rail infrastructure, which shall […]
§ 65-1-179. Emergency Road and Bridge Repair Fund created; use of funds; Emergency Road and Bridge Repair Fund Advisory Board
There is created in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the “Emergency Road and Bridge Repair Fund,” into which shall be deposited money appropriated by the Legislature or otherwise made available in any manner, and funds from any other source designated for deposit into such fund. Unexpended amounts remaining in the […]
§ 65-1-169. Removal or termination of obstructions, encroachments and unauthorized uses of property acquired for highway purposes
The State Highway Commission is hereby authorized to maintain property acquired for highway purposes free and clear of any obstruction, encroachment or any other use not authorized by the commission. Before removing or terminating any obstruction, encroachment or other unauthorized use, the State Highway Commission shall give notice by registered mail to the offending party […]
§ 65-1-171. Construction of bridge across Pearl River at City of Jackson connecting counties of Rankin and Hinds
Pursuant to federal appropriations for transportation system improvements, the Mississippi Department of Transportation is hereby authorized and empowered to construct a road and bridge along the following route: Begin at or near North State Street in the City of Jackson’s central business district and extend in an easterly direction across the Pearl River to Mississippi […]
§ 65-1-173. Employment of inspectors to enforce and investigate violations of railroad laws and related mandates
For the purpose of enforcing and investigating all violations of the railroad laws, and the rules, regulations and general orders of the Mississippi Transportation Commission promulgated thereunder, the commission is hereby authorized to employ five (5) inspectors and one (1) railway safety coordinator. The salaries of the inspectors and the safety coordinator shall be fixed […]
§ 65-1-175. Jurisdiction and powers of Department of Transportation with respect to roadway/railway crossings
The jurisdiction of the Mississippi Department of Transportation shall be exclusive with respect to public roadway/railroad crossings either at grade or otherwise except to the extent that its jurisdiction is preempted by valid federal statute, regulation or order. The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall have power, upon its own motion or upon complaint filed, after […]
§ 65-1-157. Expenditure of transferred funds by Bureau of Building, Grounds and Real Property Management
The funds transferred herein to a special fund account to the credit of the Bureau of Building, Grounds and Real Property Management shall be expended only as authorized by an act of the Legislature.
§ 65-1-159. Implementation of fund transferral by director
The Director of the State Highway Department shall make requisition upon the State Auditor of Public Accounts, or its successor, and thereupon the Auditor of Public Accounts, or its successor, shall issue his warrant to the State Treasurer, who shall immediately pay same into the special fund account to the credit of the Bureau of […]
§ 65-1-161. Authorization for Office of General Services to convey right-of-way across certain lands
The Governor’s Office of General Services, acting through the Bureau of Building, Grounds and Real Property Management, is authorized, in its discretion, to convey to the Mississippi State Highway Department, on behalf of the Mississippi School for the Deaf, the Mississippi School for the Blind and the Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum, a right-of-way row […]
§ 65-1-163. Disposition of proceeds of sale authorized by Section 65-1-161
When the property described in Section 65-1-161 is conveyed to the Mississippi Highway Department as authorized, the proceeds from this conveyance of parcels 1, 2, 3 and 4, shall be deposited to the credit of the Mississippi School for the Deaf and the Mississippi School for the Blind, in a special account created in the […]