MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2019 Regular Session

To: Transportation; Appropriations

By: Representatives Staples, Scoggin

House Bill 726

(As Sent to Governor)

AN ACT TO DESIGNATE A SEGMENT OF MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY 15 IN JONES COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, AS THE "GLADE MEMORIAL HIGHWAY" IN MEMORY OF THE LATE FRED BLACKLEDGE AND COACH FRANK LUCAS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

     SECTION 1.  (1)  The segment of Mississippi Highway 15 in Jones County, Mississippi, beginning at its southernmost intersection with the corporate limits of the City of Laurel and extending southerly until its intersection with Triangle Drive/Country Circle is designated as the "Glade Memorial Highway" in memory of the late Fred Blackledge and Coach Frank Lucas.

     (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.