65-7-117 - Members of board to inspect roads; preparation of four-year construction and major maintenance plan. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 65-7-117. Members of board to inspect roads; preparation of four-year construction and major maintenance plan.
 

[With regard to any county which is exempt from the provisions of Section 19-2-3, this section shall read as follows:]
 

Each member of the board of supervisors shall inspect every road, bridge and ferry in each district at least annually, at times to be fixed by the board, and shall file with the clerk of the board a report, under oath, of the condition of the several roads, bridges and ferries inspected by him, with such recommendations as are needful, which reports shall be presented to the board of supervisors and kept on file for three (3) years. 
 

[With regard to any county which is required to operate on a countywide system of road administration as described in Section 19-2-3, this section shall read as follows:]
 

Each member of the board of supervisors shall inspect every road and bridge in the county under the jurisdiction of the county not later than December 31, 1989, and, thereafter, not less than once each fiscal year. Each member shall file with the clerk of the board a report, under oath, of the condition of the roads and bridges inspected by him with recommendations by him for a four-year plan for construction and major maintenance of such roads and bridges. Based upon such reports, the board of supervisors shall, on or before February 1, 1990, and on or before February 1 of each year thereafter, adopt and spread upon its minutes a four-year plan for the construction and maintenance of county roads and bridges. The plan may be amended at any time by a vote of the majority of the members of the board of supervisors. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1892, § 3935; 1906, § 4447; Hemingway's 1917, § 7127; 1930, § 6414; 1942, § 8344; Laws,  1986, ch. 307, § 2; Laws, 1988 Ex Sess, ch. 14, § 45, eff from and after October 1, 1989.