MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2021 Regular Session
To: Transportation; Appropriations
By: Representatives Morgan, Haney, Johnson, Ladner, Lamar, Mangold, McLeod, Pigott, Scoggin, Young
AN ACT TO DESIGNATE A SEGMENT OF HIGHWAY 44 LOCATED IN MARION COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, AS THE "T.L. WALLACE MEMORIAL HIGHWAY"; TO DESIGNATE A SEGMENT OF MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY 603 LOCATED IN HANCOCK COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, AS THE "LIEUTENANT DEPUTY MICHAEL ANTHONY BOUTTE, SR., MEMORIAL HIGHWAY"; TO DESIGNATE A SEGMENT OF MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY 63 LOCATED IN JACKSON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, AS THE "DEPUTY U.S. MARSHAL JOSIE LAMAR WELLS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY"; TO AMEND SECTION 65-3-71.320, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE NAMING OF A MEMORIAL HIGHWAY SEGMENT OF MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY 42 IN GREENE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, AS THE "DEPUTY U.S. MARSHAL JAKE GREEN AND GREENE COUNTY DEPUTY LAWRENCE DUNNAM MEMORIAL HIGHWAY, EOW APRIL 1, 1921"; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. (1) The segment of Mississippi Highway 44 located in Marion County, Mississippi, beginning at its intersection with Mississippi Highway 13 and extending westerly to the Pearl River Bridge is designated and shall be known as the "T.L. Wallace 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 603 located in Hancock County, Mississippi, beginning at its intersection with Mississippi Highway 43 and extending northerly to its intersection with Rocky-Hill Dedeaux Road is designated and shall be known as the "Lieutenant Deputy Michael Anthony Boutte, Sr., 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 63 located in Jackson County, Mississippi, beginning at a point one-half (1/2) mile south of its intersection with Polktown Road and extending northerly to a point one-half (1/2) mile north of its intersection with Polktown Road is designated and shall be known as the "Deputy U.S. Marshal Josie Lamar Wells 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. Section 65-3-71.320, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
65-3-71.320. (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 " * * * Deputy U.S. Marshal Jake Green and Greene County
Deputy Lawrence Dunnam Memorial Highway, EOW April 1, 1921."
(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. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2021.