MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2005 Regular Session

To: Transportation

By: Representative Malone, Baker (74th), Davis, Weathersby, Rogers (61st), Capps, Martinson, Stevens

House Bill 189

AN ACT TO DESIGNATE A CERTAIN PORTION OF MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY 43 LOCATED IN LEAKE, MADISON AND RANKIN COUNTIES AS THE "JOE A. WAGGONER 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 43 located in Leake, Madison and Rankin Counties beginning at the western corporate limits of the town of Sandhill, in Rankin County, and extending northerly to the Leake/Attala County line, is designated and shall be known as the "Joe A. Waggoner Memorial Highway."

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

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.