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 100 STAT. 3146

PUBLIC LAW 99-560—OCT. 27, 1986

Public Law 99-560 99th Congress Oct. 27, 1986 [S. 1082]

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Granting the consent of Congress to the Arkansas-Mississippi Great River Bridge Construction Compact.

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1 CONSENT OF CONGRESS TO COMPACT. . The Congress consents to the Arkansas-Mississippi Great River Bridge Construction Compact, which was entered into between the States of Arkansas and Mississippi and was approved by law in the State of Arkansas on February 7, 1985, and in the State of Mississippi on March 19, 1985. The compact is substantially as follows: •

"ARKANSAS-MISSISSIPPI GREAT RIVER BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION COMPACT



"ARTICLE I

"The purpose of this compact is to promote the construction of a highway bridge or a combined highway-railroad bridge connecting the States of Mississippi and Arkansas at, near or between Rosedale, Mississippi, and McGehee and Dumas, Arkansas, and to establish a joint interstate authority to assist in these efforts. "ARTICLE II

Effective date.

"This Compact shall become effective immediately as to the States ratifying it whenever the States of Arkansas and Mississippi have ratified it and Congress has given consent thereto. "ARTICLE III

"(a) The states which are parties to this compact (hereinafter referred to as Tarty States') do hereby establish and create a joint agency which shall be known as the Arkansas-Mississippi Great River Bridge Authority (hereinafter referred to as The Authority'). The membership of The Authority shall consist of five (5) members from the State of Mississippi, to be selected in such manner as may be provided by laws enacted by the Legislature of the State of Mississippi, and five (5) members from the State of Arkansas, to be selected in such manner as may be provided by laws enacted by the Arkansas General Assembly. The terms of the members of such Authority from each of the Party States, the method of appointing successor members, and the method of filling vacancies on The Authority, shall be determined by the laws of Mississippi and Arkansas. "(b) The members of The Authority shall not be compensated for services on The Authority, but each member shall be entitled to actual and reasonable expenses incurred in attending meetings or

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