MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2005 Regular Session

To: Transportation

By: Representative Weathersby, Hudson, Holloway

House Bill 974

(As Sent to Governor)

AN ACT TO DESIGNATE A CERTAIN PORTION OF MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY 472 IN COPIAH COUNTY AS "HEROES TRAIL"; TO DESIGNATE U.S. HIGHWAY 84 IN JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY AS "OFFICER RONALD WAYNE JONES MEMORIAL HIGHWAY"; TO DESIGNATE A CERTAIN PORTION OF MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY 6 IN OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI, AS "AMIE EWING 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 472 in Copiah County beginning at Shady Grove Church and extending easterly to Rock Port Road is designated and shall be known as "Heroes Trail."

     (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.  (1)  That portion of U.S. Highway 84 located in Jefferson Davis County is designated and shall be known as the "Officer Ronald Wayne Jones 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 3.  (1)  That portion of Mississippi Highway 6 within the corporate limits of Oxford, Lafayette County, between the Old Taylor Road Exit and the South Lamar Exit is designated and shall be known as "Amie Ewing 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 4.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.