MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2020 Regular Session
To: Transportation; Appropriations
By: Representatives Currie, Miles
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; TO DESIGNATE A SEGMENT OF MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY 589 IN LAMAR COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, IN MEMORY OF FALLEN HATTIESBURG POLICE OFFICER BENJAMIN J. DEEN; TO DESIGNATE A SEGMENT OF U.S. HIGHWAY 50 IN LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, AS THE "SENATOR WILLIAM 'BILL' CANON MEMORIAL HIGHWAY"; TO DESIGNATE A SEGMENT OF U.S. HIGHWAY 11 IN JONES COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, AS THE "COACH ELMER HIGGINBOTHAM MEMORIAL HIGHWAY"; TO DESIGNATE A SEGMENT OF U.S. HIGHWAY 45 IN ALCORN COUNTY AND PRENTISS COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, AS THE "SPEAKER WILLIAM J. 'BILLY' MCCOY MEMORIAL HIGHWAY"; TO DESIGNATE A SEGMENT OF MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY 35 IN JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, AS THE "H.D. BROOME MEMORIAL HIGHWAY"; TO DESIGNATE A SEGMENT OF MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY 371 IN ITAWAMBA COUNTY AS THE "JEFF BOREN MEMORIAL HIGHWAY"; TO DESIGNATE A SEGMENT OF MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY 16 IN LEAKE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, AS THE "BLAKE BURGESS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY"; TO DESIGNATE A SEGMENT OF MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY 42 IN GREENE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, AS THE "PINEY WOODS CREEK MEMORIAL HIGHWAY IN RECOGNITION EOW APRIL 1, 1921, DEPUTY U.S. MARSHAL JAKE GREEN AND GREENE COUNTY DEPUTY LAWRENCE DUNNAM"; TO AUTHORIZE A SIGN OR SIGNS TO BE ERECTED ON MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY 25 IN RANKIN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, TO HONOR OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST TORI BOWIE; TO CREATE A NEW SECTION IN TITLE 65, CHAPTER 3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO ERECT SIGNS ON INTERSTATE 55 AND MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY 568 DIRECTING MOTORISTS TO THE LYNYRD SKYNYRD MONUMENT IN PIKE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI; TO DESIGNATE A SEGMENT OF MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY 13 IN SCOTT COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, AS THE "SHEENA MILES, R.N., MEDICAL MEMORIAL BYPASS"; TO REQUIRE THE ERECTION OF SIGNS FOR MAGNOLIA HEIGHTS SCHOOL AT EXIT 263 IN TATE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI; TO DESIGNATE A PORTION OF HIGHWAY 11 IN JONES COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, AS THE "TYRONE STEWART MEMORIAL HIGHWAY"; TO DESIGNATE A PORTION OF MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY 302, ALSO KNOWN AS GOODMAN ROAD, IN HORN LAKE, MISSISSIPPI, AS THE "SAM DYE MEMORIAL HIGHWAY"; TO DESIGNATE A PORTION OF OLD HIGHWAY 15/SOUTH JACKSON STREET IN HOUSTON, MISSISSIPPI, AS THE "MISSISSIPPI SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE ARMIS HAWKINS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY"; TO DIRECT THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO ERECT AND MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS ALONG AND APPROACHING THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY DESCRIBED IN HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 82, 2019 REGULAR SESSION; 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 north to its intersection with Brookway Boulevard is 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. (1) The segment of Mississippi Highway 589 in Lamar County, Mississippi, beginning one-half (1/2) mile north of its intersection with Victory Road and extending one (1) mile south, is designated as the "Benjamin J. Deen 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 3. (1) The segment of Mississippi Highway 50 in Lowndes County, Mississippi, in the corporate limits of the City of Columbus, Mississippi, beginning at its intersection with Gardner Boulevard and extending one (1) mile east, is designated as the "Senator William 'Bill' Canon 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 4. (1) The segment of U.S. Highway 11 in Jones County, Mississippi, beginning at its intersection with Hill Street and extending one (1) mile south, is designated as the "Coach Elmer Higginbotham 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 5. (1) The segment of U.S. 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 6. (1) The segment of Mississippi Highway 35 in Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi, beginning at the northern corporate limits of the Town of Bassfield and extending south for one (1) mile, is designated as the "H.D. Broome 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 7. (1) The segment of Mississippi Highway 371 in Itawamba County, Mississippi, beginning one-half (1/2) mile north of its intersection with Ozark Baptist Church Road and extending south to a point one-half (1/2) mile south of its intersection with Ozark Baptist Church Road, is designated as the "Jeff Boren 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 8. (1) The segment of Mississippi Highway 16 in Leake County, Mississippi, in the corporate limits of the City of Carthage, Mississippi, beginning at its intersection with Dona Drive and extending west to 1300 Highway 16, is designated as the "Blake Burgess 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 9. (1) The segment of Mississippi Highway 42 in Greene County, Mississippi, beginning at its southern intersection with Mississippi Highway 63 and extending one (1) mile west, is designated as the "Piney Woods Creek Memorial Highway in Recognition EOW April 1, 1921, Deputy U.S. Marshal Jake Green and Greene County Deputy Lawrence Dunnam."
(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 10. (1) On Mississippi Highway 25 in Rankin County, Mississippi, where the Pisgah and Ross Barnett Reservoir signs are located near the Pisgah exit may be erected a sign or signs that reads as follows: "Home of Tori Bowie, Olympic Gold Medalist, Pisgah High School Graduate."
(2) The sign or signs described in subsection (1) of this section are to be erected in accordance with the Mississippi Department of Transportation's permitting process and must be paid for by Rankin County.
SECTION 11. For the purpose of directing motorists to the Lynyrd Skynyrd Monument in Pike County, Mississippi, the Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along certain highway segments approaching the monument as follows:
(a) At Exit 8 of Interstate 55, on both the northbound and the southbound sides, to indicate the turn onto Mississippi Highway 568; and
(b) On Mississippi Highway 568 to indicate the turn onto Easley Road.
SECTION 12. Section 11 of this act shall be codified in Title 65, Chapter 3, Mississippi Code of 1972.
SECTION 13. (1) That portion of Mississippi Highway 13 Bypass located in Scott County within the corporate limits of the City of Morton, Mississippi, is designated and shall be known as the "Sheena Miles, R.N., Medical Memorial Bypass."
(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the portion of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
SECTION 14. The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs indicating the location of Magnolia Heights School at the northbound and southbound lanes of Interstate 55 in Tate County, Mississippi, approaching Exit 263, which is the interchange of Interstate 55 and Mississippi Highway 740.
SECTION 15. (1) That portion of Highway 11 in Jones County, Mississippi, beginning at its intersection with Magnolia Road and extending southward for one (1) mile, is designated and shall be known as the "Tyrone Stewart Memorial Highway."
(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the portion of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
SECTION 16. (1) That portion of Mississippi Highway 302, also known as Goodman Road, in Horn Lake, Mississippi, beginning at its intersection with U.S. Highway 51 and extending eastward to its intersection with Interstate 55, is designated and shall be known as the "Sam Dye Memorial Highway."
(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the portion of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
SECTION 17. (1) That portion of Old Highway 15/South Jackson Street in Houston, Mississippi, beginning at its intersection with Mississippi Highway 389 and extending northward to its intersection with Mississippi Highway 8, is designated and shall be known as the "Mississippi Supreme Court Chief Justice Armis Hawkins Memorial Highway."
(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the portion of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
SECTION 18. The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the intersection of highway described in House Concurrent Resolution No. 82, 2019 Regular Session.
SECTION 19. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2020.