MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2020 Regular Session

To: Transportation; Appropriations

By: Representatives Rushing, Faulkner, Miles

House Bill 447

AN ACT TO DIRECT A SIGN TO BE ERECTED ON MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY 25 IN RANKIN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, TO HONOR OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST TORI BOWIE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

     SECTION 1.  (1)  On Mississippi Highway 15 in Rankin County, Mississippi, where the Pisgah and Ross Barnett Reservoir signs are located near the Pisgah exit shall be erected a sign that reads as follows:  "Home of Tori Bowie, Olympic Gold Medalist, Pisgah High School Graduate."

     (2)  The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain the sign described in subsection (1) of this section.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2020.