MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2002 Regular Session

To: Transportation

By: Representative McCoy, Ford

House Bill 580

AN ACT TO DESIGNATE A CERTAIN PORTION OF MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY 4 IN PRENTISS COUNTY AS THE "HERSHEL G. JUMPER MEMORIAL HIGHWAY"; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

     SECTION 1.  (1)  That portion of Mississippi Highway 4 in Prentiss County beginning at the western boundary of the City of Booneville and extending westerly to the Prentiss/Tippah county line, a distance of approximately six (6) miles, is designated and shall be known as the "Hershel G. Jumper Memorial Highway."

     (2)  The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the highway described in subsection (1) of this section.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2002.