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
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 one (1) mile north of the intersection of U.S. Highway 45 and Mississippi Highway 356 and ending two (2) miles south of the intersection of U.S. Highway 45 and Mississippi Highway 356 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.