Mississippi Code

Miss. Code Ann. § 65-1-27 (2026)

Contract for maintenance of connections between interstate and state system highways and county roads or streets

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The Mississippi Transportation Commission is hereby authorized and empowered to enter into or ratify cooperative agreements with the various counties and municipalities in any county through which any of the highways on the interstate highway system, the state designated highway system or the state aid road system may traverse for the construction or maintenance, or both, of connections between such systems and county roads or streets of the municipalities, or interconnections between such systems, the cost of the construction and maintenance of such connections to be apportioned between the Transportation Commission and the county or municipality according to the benefits to be derived by each as determined by such agreement or agreements.

The powers conferred by this section are supplemental to the powers of the commission now provided by law.

Codes, 1942, § 8038.6; Laws, 1958, ch. 375, §§ 1, 2; Laws, 1995, ch. 396, § 2, eff. 3/15/1995.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 2000–2002 · leading case: St. Andrew's Episcopal Day Sch. v. MTC, 806 So. 2d 1105 (Miss. 2002).

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St. Andrew's Episcopal Day Sch. v. MTC, 806 So. 2d 1105 (Miss. 2002). “Andrew's and the lower court interpret these statutes to provide that MTC's authority only extends to the state highway system, portions of the interstate highway system maintained by it, the state aid road system and areas covered by cooperative agreements with various counties…”

St. Andrews Episcopal Day Sch. v. Mississippi Transp. Comm'n (Miss. 2000). “Andrew's and the lower court interpret these statutes to provide that MTC's authority only extends to the state highway system, portions of the interstate highway system maintained by it, the state aid road system and areas covered by cooperative agreements with various counties…”

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