MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2020 Regular Session

To: Transportation; Appropriations

By: Representatives Currie, Miles

House Bill 1279

(COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE)

AN ACT TO DESIGNATE A SEGMENT OF U.S. HIGHWAY 51 IN LINCOLN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, IN MEMORY OF FALLEN BROOKHAVEN POLICE OFFICERS CORPORAL WALTER ZACHERY "ZACH" MOAK AND OFFICER JAMES KEVIN WHITE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

     SECTION 1.  (1)  The segment of U.S. Highway 51 in Lincoln County, Mississippi, beginning at its intersection at Natchez Avenue and extending northerly to its intersection with Brookway Boulevard shall be designated as the "Corporal Zach Moak and Officer James White 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.