Section 65-43-5 - Construction of Sections 65-43-1 and 65-43-3

The powers conferred by Sections 65-43-1 and 65-43-3 shall be in addition to the powers conferred by any other law, general, special or local. Sections 65-43-1 and 65-43-3 shall be construed as an additional and alternative method of funding all or any portion of the purchasing, building, improving, owning or operating of roadways, highways or bridges under the jurisdiction of the Mississippi Transportation Commission, county boards of supervisors or municipal governing authorities, any provision of the laws of the state or any charter of any municipality to the contrary notwithstanding. Laws, 2007, ch. 582, § 3, eff. 7/18/2007 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965).