MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2020 Regular Session

To: Transportation; Appropriations

By: Representatives Gunn, Arnold, Gibbs (72nd), Watson, Brown (70th), Straughter, Evans (91st), Steverson, Massengill, Evans (45th), Bell (21st), Roberson, Carpenter, Byrd, Clarke, Holloway, Miles, Hines, Johnson

House Bill 499

AN ACT TO DESIGNATE A SEGMENT OF UNITED STATES HIGHWAY 45 IN ALCORN COUNTY AND PRENTISS COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, AS THE "SPEAKER WILLIAM J. 'BILLY' MCCOY MEMORIAL HIGHWAY"; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

     SECTION 1.  (1)  The segment of United States Highway 45 in Alcorn County and Prentiss County, Mississippi, beginning at the Alcorn County/Tennessee State line intersection and extending southerly to the Prentiss/Lee County line intersection, is designated as the "Speaker William J. 'Billy' McCoy 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, 2020.