The board of supervisors of each county, now having full jurisdiction over all roads, ferries, and bridges in its respective county not maintained as state highways, is hereby fully authorized and empowered to construct and maintain the same (including designated state highways not yet taken over by the highway department); and all such roads under […]
It shall be the duty of the State Aid Engineer to advise with the boards of supervisors of the several counties on all matters of policy, use of funds, priority of construction, uniform standards for state aid roads, safeguards in accounting methods, and other related matters and to cooperate with the several boards of supervisors […]
Any county shall be entitled to receive state aid and to expend state aid monies in conjunction with monies furnished by said county on state aid roads in such county on projects approved for construction in such county, provided: The state aid system in such county has been designated and approved as herein provided. The […]
Nothing herein shall prevent any county from employing, by agreement with not more than four (4) other counties, the same engineer to act as county engineer for each and all of said counties so agreeing. Each county engineer shall give bond, with sufficient surety, to be payable, conditioned and approved as provided by law, in […]
When any county shall have met the requirements of this chapter and shall have become eligible for state aid, the State Aid Engineer, as soon as practicable, shall notify such county in writing of such eligibility and that its proportionate part of any state funds allocated to it for state aid may be utilized for […]
Contracts for the construction of state aid road projects shall be advertised and let by the board of supervisors of any county desiring so to do, in the manner now required by law but subject to the approval of the State Aid Engineer; however, during the last six months of the boards of supervisors’ terms […]
The board of supervisors is further authorized and empowered to paint center line safety stripes on all state aid roads heretofore or hereafter constructed in the several counties, by the use of its own crews and facilities or by public contract. The striping shall be applied of the materials and in the manner as the […]
Such accounting controls and safeguards, including those already provided in this chapter, may be required of each board of supervisors as, in the discretion of the State Aid Engineer, may be deemed necessary; but general and uniform rules and regulations thereasto shall be first promulgated by said State Aid Engineer, only with the advice and […]
It shall be the duty of the several boards of supervisors to properly maintain all state aid roads in their respective counties after construction of any such roads with state aid monies. It shall be the duty of the State Aid Engineer and his assistants to make annual maintenance inspections of completed projects, and such […]
Whenever any county is ineligible for state aid under the provisions of this chapter for a continuous period of four (4) years, then such county shall forfeit and no longer be entitled to any part of the funds in the State Aid Road Fund theretofore allocated to it; and the balance of such funds so […]
Federal aid secondary funds allocated to Mississippi and to be expended on the federal aid secondary system roads shall be expended as follows: Effective only upon the passage of an act of the Legislature providing state aid funds, federal aid secondary funds allocated to Mississippi and to be expended on the federal aid secondary system […]
There is hereby set up for designation by cooperative action of the state and counties a state aid system of roads (including bridges and ferries), as classified and defined in Section 65-9-1, which system shall be designated by the several boards of supervisors in their respective counties, with the consent and approval of the State […]
The State Aid Engineer shall maintain an accurate record of all federal aid secondary funds, federal “safer off-system” funds, and all other available federal road funds allocated to the counties in accordance with the percentages set out in Section 65-9-3. He shall likewise maintain an accurate account of all state aid funds apportioned to the […]
All work done under the provisions of Sections 19-9-51 through 19-9-77, Mississippi Code of 1972, shall be done by contractors who qualify under the provisions of Sections 31-3-1 through 31-3-23, Mississippi Code of 1972, except with the consent of the State Aid Road Engineer.
In addition to any authority granted to the Division of State Aid Road Construction in Chapter 9, Title 65, Mississippi Code of 1972, and notwithstanding any general prohibition contained therein with respect to the administration by the division of certain federal funds on designated state highways, the division is authorized and empowered to administer a […]
In addition to any authority granted to the Division of State Aid Road Construction in Chapter 9, Title 65, Mississippi Code of 1972, and notwithstanding any general prohibition contained therein with respect to the administration by the division of certain federal funds on designated state highways, the division is authorized and empowered to administer a […]
There is hereby created within the Mississippi Department of Transportation an office to be called the Office of State Aid Road Construction, for the purpose and charged with the duty of administering this chapter. The office shall be administered by a state aid engineer and such assistant engineers or other employees as may be provided […]
The Division of State Aid Road Construction of the Mississippi State Highway Department, is hereby authorized and empowered to own and operate seven passenger automobiles, the same to be purchased, owned, and operated in strict accordance with the provisions of Sections 25-1-77 through 25-1-93, Mississippi Code of 1972.
The State Aid Engineer shall be appointed by the Governor for a term of two (2) years, subject to removal pursuant to Section 25-9-101 et seq. by the Governor at any time; provided, however, upon the expiration of the term of the State Aid Engineer serving on July 1, 1985, the State Aid Engineer shall […]
