MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2019 Regular Session

To: Transportation; Appropriations

By: Representatives Staples, Scoggin

House Bill 724

AN ACT TO DESIGNATE A SEGMENT OF MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY 537 IN JONES COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, AS THE "WINNIE FROST MORGAN MEMORIAL HIGHWAY"; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

     SECTION 1.  (1)  The segment of Mississippi Highway 537 in Jones County, Mississippi, beginning at its intersection with Mississippi Highway 15/Matthews Road and extending northeasterly to its intersection with the Jones/Jasper County Line near the unincorporated community of Moss, Mississippi, is designated as the "Winnie Frost Morgan 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 July 1, 2019.