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Mississippi Statutes, Title 65

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Title 65, Highways, Bridges and Ferries

26 chapters · 1,181 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 651,181 Ch 3, State Highway System499 Ch 1, Transportation Department140 Ch 7, Public Roads and Streets; Private Way72 Ch 19, Separate Road Districts45 Ch 23, Bridges; Boundary and Other Waters42 Ch 25, Mississippi River Bridges41 Ch 33, Sea Walls36 Ch 11, County Highway Aid31 Ch 43, Toll Roads and Toll Bridges31 Ch 13, Highway and Street Revenue Bond Auth…28 Ch 4, Economic Development Highway Act23 Ch 41, Mississippi Scenic Byways21 Ch 39, Gaming Counties Bond Sinking Fund20 Ch 9, State Aid Roads in Counties19

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Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-57 Rules and regulations
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The board of supervisors is hereby authorized and empowered to adopt and promulgate all necessary rules and regulations to carry out the provisions and purposes of Sections 65-11-39 through 65-11-59.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-59 Limitation on expenditures
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The board of supervisors shall not expend any of said funds for machinery or other equipment or tools.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-61 Repair of roadbed, surfacing, and bridges damaged by floods
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The purpose of this section is to authorize the Highway Commission to repair roadbed, surfacing, and bridges being constructed as farm-to-market projects under the provisions of the County Highway Aid Law of 1946, Sections 65-11-1 through 65-11-37. Said roadbed, surfacing, and br…
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-7 County federal aid highway system
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There is hereby created a system of county federal aid highways, for the purposes of Sections 65-11-1 through 65-11-37, and the county highways which shall comprise and constitute such system shall be selected jointly by the boards of supervisors of the various counties and the S…

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Miss. Code Ann. § 65-11-9 Apportionment of federal funds

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The State Highway Commission shall determine what proportion of the funds allotted to the State of Mississippi for the improvement of secondary and feeder roads under subsection (b), Section 3, of the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1944 [53 U. S. Stat. 838, ch. 626], shall be expende…

Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-1 Title

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This chapter shall be known as the “Highway and Street Revenue Bond Authority Law.”

Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-11 Petition for creation of authority

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A petition for the creation of a highway and street revenue bond authority may be submitted to the board of supervisors of the county in which the project or projects authorized by this chapter are to be developed. Such petition shall be signed by not less than twenty qualified e…

Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-13 Notice of public hearing on petition

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Upon the filing of a petition with the board of supervisors as outlined above, it shall be the duty of said board to fix a time and place for a public hearing upon the question of the public convenience and necessity for the creation of the proposed authority. The date fixed for …

Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-15 Finding of public convenience and necessity

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If the board of supervisors at the hearing provided in Section 65-13-13 finds that (1) the public convenience and necessity require the creation of the authority, and (2) the creation of the authority is sound and desirable, the board of supervisors shall adopt a resolution makin…

Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-17 Publication of resolution declaring intent to create authority

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A certified copy of the resolution so adopted shall be published in a newspaper having a general circulation within the county once a week for at least three consecutive weeks prior to the date specified in such resolution as the date upon which said board intends to create such …

Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-19 Protest petition and election

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If ten percent (10%) of the qualified electors residing in the supervisors district, or supervisors districts if the facility to be developed is located in more than one supervisors district, file a written petition with said boards of supervisors on or before the date specified …

Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-21 Costs

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All costs incident to the publication of the aforesaid notices and all other costs incident to the public hearing and election hereunder shall be borne by the parties filing the petition; and the board or boards of supervisors, in its or their discretion, may require the executio…

Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-23 Appeals to circuit court

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Any party having an interest in the subject matter and aggrieved or prejudiced by the findings and adjudication of the board of supervisors may appeal to the circuit court of his or her respective county in the manner provided by law for appeals from orders of the board of superv…

Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-25 Board of trustees

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(a) All powers of the highway and street revenue bond authority shall be exercised by a board of trustees, to be composed as follows:(a) Two members of the board of trustees shall be appointed by the board of supervisors. These two members shall be qualified electors who reside w…

Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-27 Oath of trustees

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Each member of the board of trustees shall take and subscribe to the general oath of office, required by Section 268 of the Constitution of the State of Mississippi, before the chancery clerk that he will faithfully discharge the duties of the office, which oath shall be filed wi…

Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-29 Compensation of trustees

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The trustees shall each receive not more than Twenty Dollars ($20.00) per diem, and Ten Cents (10¢) per mile for distance traveled while actually performing the business of the authority. The compensation herein authorized shall apply for no more than fourteen days per member dur…

Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-3 Purpose

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The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the construction, operation, and maintenance of highways, streets, culverts, and bridges in order to furnish access from interstate, primary, or secondary highways to reservoirs, parks, residential or industrial areas, and similar fac…

Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-31 Powers of the authority

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(a) The highway and street revenue bond authority, through its trustees, is hereby empowered:(a) To develop one or more projects under the authority provided by this chapter.(b) To construct and maintain highways and streets, including roadways, drainageways, bases, pavements, cu…

Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-33 Authority to issue bonds

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The highway and street revenue bond authority, through its board of trustees and subject to the approval of the board of supervisors and the governing body of any other municipality joining the authority, either at the time of its creation or afterward, is further empowered to fi…

Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-35 Security for bonds

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All such bonds issued by the authority shall be secured solely by pledge of the net revenues which may now or hereafter come to the authority. Such bonds shall not constitute general obligations of the State of Mississippi or of the county supervisors district or municipalities c…

Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-37 General provisions for bonds

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The bonds of the authority shall not be included in computing any present or future debt limit of the county, supervisors district, municipality, agency, or department under any present or future law. All such bonds provided by this chapter shall be negotiable instruments within …

Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-39 Validation of bonds

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All bonds issued pursuant to this chapter shall be validated as now provided by law by Sections 31-13-1 through 31-13-11, Mississippi Code of 1972. The services of the state’s bond attorney may be employed in the preparation of such bond resolutions, forms, or proceedings as may …

Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-41 Bonds as legal investments for public funds

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All bonds issued by the authority shall be and are hereby declared to be legal and authorized investments for public funds of counties, cities, towns, school districts, banks, savings banks, trust companies, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, insurance…

Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-43 Levy of assessments in lieu of tolls

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The board of trustees may, in lieu of charging and collecting tolls or in combination with the charging and collection of tolls, levy or assess adjacent property owners or the different supervisors districts, municipalities, agencies, departments, or other instrumentalities assis…

Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-45 Authority may act jointly with other governmental bodies

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The authority, through its board of trustees, shall have authority to act jointly with political subdivisions of the state, agencies, commissions, and instrumentalities thereof, with other states, with municipalities, and with the federal government and other agencies thereof in …

Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-47 Bond interest tax exempt

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The accomplishment of the purposes stated in this chapter being for the benefit of the people of this state and for the improvement of their properties and industries, the authority in carrying out the purposes of this chapter will be performing an essential public function, and …

Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-49 Construction contracts

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All construction contracts by the authority where the amount of the contract shall exceed Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00) shall be made upon at least three (3) weeks’ public notice by advertisement in a newspaper of general circulation in the area of the project, wh…

Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-5 Legislative determination

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It is hereby declared, as a matter of legislative determination, that the construction, operation, and maintenance of highways and streets to serve areas of high traffic density will promote the economic development of the state.

Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-51 Designation of depository

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The board of trustees shall designate one or more banks within the county to serve as depositories for the funds of the authority, and all funds of the authority shall be deposited in such depository bank or banks. Before designating a depository bank or banks, the trustees shall…

Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-53 Cessation of tolls or assessments

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When the particular bonds issued for the projects to be constructed under this chapter and the interest thereon shall have been paid, or a sufficient amount shall have been provided for their payment and shall continue to be held for that purpose, and upon acceptance of the respo…

Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-55 Authority’s procedures to conform to constitutions

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Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to violate any provision of the federal or state constitutions, and all acts done under this chapter shall be done in such manner as will conform thereto, whether herein expressly provided or not. Where any procedure hereunder may be hel…

Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-7 Definitions

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(a) Whenever used in this chapter, unless a different meaning clearly appears in the context, the following terms, whether used in the singular or plural, shall be given the following respective definitions:(a) “Highway and street revenue bond authority” or “authority” means an i…

Miss. Code Ann. § 65-13-9 Certain governmental bodies empowered to create or join authority

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Any county which embraces more than five miles of the shoreline of any existing reservoir, the construction of which was financed by revenue bonds, and any town, city, or supervisors district within such county, and any agency of the state or state department is hereby authorized…

Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-1 Funds for roads and bridges

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[With regard to any county which is exempt from the provisions of Section 19-2-3, this section shall read as follows:] The board of supervisors may raise funds for working, constructing, reconstructing, and maintaining public roads or for building bridges by an ad valorem tax on …

Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-11 Board of supervisors not required to set aside gasoline tax where sufficient amount on hand to pay bonds

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[With regard to any county which is exempt from the provisions of Section 19-2-3, this section shall read as follows:] In any county having countywide road or bridge bonds or district road or bridge bonds outstanding, and having on hand in the county treasury to the credit of a s…

Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-13 Use of gasoline tax not to affect other financing

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[With regard to any county which is exempt from the provisions of Section 19-2-3, this section shall read as follows:] No existing law providing methods for the construction or maintenance of any public highway, bridges, or culverts of the county or special or separate road distr…

Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-15 Tax for payment of bonds and interest

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The board shall levy annually, when other taxes are levied, a special tax to be used exclusively in paying the interest on such road bonds and in providing a sinking fund for their redemption.

Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-17 Special fund paid into general fund

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In counties which have heretofore created special or general road funds under then existing laws, the boards of supervisors may use such funds as if originally collected hereunder. In case the board of supervisors shall, in availing themselves of this provision, relieve from the …

Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-19 Balance in sinking fund after payment of bonds

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[With regard to any county which is exempt from the provisions of Section 19-2-3, this section shall read as follows:] Where bonds have been issued by any road district, separate road district or special road district, and said bonds and interest thereon have been paid and there …

Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-21 Refund to municipalities

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[With regard to any county which is exempt from the provisions of Section 19-2-3, this section shall read as follows:] One-half (½) of all ad valorem taxes collected by or for a county or a separate or special road district on property within a municipality (the streets of which …

Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-23 Payment of municipal refund

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Where a levy is made for road purposes as provided in Section 65-15-21, the tax assessor of the county shall set up a column on the assessment rolls of said county or district, which shall show the exact amount of the assessed valuation of the property within the corporate limits…

Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-25 Authority to transfer surplus tolls to county road and bridge fund

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In any county where tolls collected for the use of a bridge or bridges are allocated to the payment of the bonds issued for the construction of said bridge, interest, sinking fund, and the expense of operating and maintaining said bridge or bridges, if the tolls so collected are …

Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-3 Tax for construction and maintenance of highways

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The board shall levy annually a tax upon the taxable property of such county to be used for road and bridge purposes; and the tax collector shall collect such taxes at the time and in the manner state, county, and other taxes are collected. All laws for the enforcement of the col…

Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-5 Validity of assessment

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No failure to strictly comply with the provisions of this chapter, such as the invalidity of any contract or other like irregularity, shall in any manner affect the validity of the assessment of the ad valorem tax hereby provided, but the validity of such assessments shall be tes…

Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-7 Tax for bridges and culverts

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The board of supervisors of any county may, in its discretion, levy annually an ad valorem tax on all taxable property of the county, to be used for constructing and maintaining all bridges and culverts on the public roads throughout the county.

Miss. Code Ann. § 65-15-9 Gasoline tax in payment of road bond issues

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[With regard to any county which is exempt from the provisions of Section 19-2-3, this section shall read as follows:] The board of supervisors of any county in the state in which there are county road bonds, district road bonds, sea wall bonds, or road protection bonds outstandi…

Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-1 Establishment of county road department; appointment of county road manager; powers and duties of manager

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(1) This section, relating to the establishment of a county road department, the employment of a county road manager and prescribing the powers and duties of the county road manager, shall not be mandatory in any county which is not required to operate under a countywide system o…

Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-3 Compensation in certain counties

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In any counties lying in two levee districts through which the Yazoo River flows, traversed by U.S. Highway No. 49W and in which Mississippi Highways Nos. 12, 14, and 7 run, the board of supervisors is authorized, in its discretion, to compensate any such road commissioner of sai…

Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-5 Duties of commissioner

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It shall be the duty of such commissioner to supervise the construction of such highways and their maintenance after the construction, and to see that the directions for such construction and maintenance are carried out, calling to his assistance, when necessary, the service of a…

Miss. Code Ann. § 65-17-7 Commissioner to report to supervisors

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Such highway commissioner shall, from time to time as required by the board of supervisors, report to the board his acts and doings touching his official duties, and all of his acts shall be subject to the approval or rejection of the board of supervisors.