MS HB1647

Appropriates $904,700,000 from special funds in the State Treasury to the Mississippi Department of Transportation for fiscal year 2014 (July 1, 2013 - June 30, 2014).

Authorizes 3,460 permanent full-time and 10 part-time positions across four offices: Administrative Services, Highways, Aeronautics and Rails, and Enforcement.

Allocates appropriated funds across six program budgets: Administration ($50.3M), Construction ($556.9M), Maintenance ($184.4M), Debt Service ($62.3M), Law Enforcement ($13.8M), and Aeronautics/Rails ($37.0M).

Directs specific expenditures including $650,000 to Agriculture and Commerce for beaver control, $300,000 for litter prevention, $80,000,000 minimum for pavement maintenance, and various highway improvements totaling millions in designated counties and routes.

Establishes performance targets for maintenance (250 miles overlay, 300,000 acres mowed), construction (100% federal fund obligation), law enforcement (6.7 million trucks weighed), and aeronautics/rails inspection activities.