Bill Text: MS HB1020 | 2017 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Mississippi Highway 24; require MDOT to reconstruct a portion in Pike and Amite Counties to four lanes.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2017-01-31 - Died In Committee [HB1020 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2017-HB1020-Introduced.html

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2017 Regular Session

To: Transportation; Revenue and Expenditure General Bills

By: Representative Myers

House Bill 1020

AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO CONSTRUCT TO FOUR LANES FOR HIGHWAY TRAFFIC A CERTAIN PORTION OF MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY 24 IN PIKE AND AMITE COUNTIES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

     SECTION 1. The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall construct to department design standards, perform reconstruction as may be required to existing highways and acquire by gift, purchase or eminent domain proceedings property as may be necessary to provide four (4) lanes for traffic, that is, two (2) lanes for traffic flowing in each direction, on and along the following location: 

     Southern District - Pike and Amite Counties:

Mississippi Highway 24 beginning at McComb and extending westerly to Liberty.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2017.