MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2021 Regular Session

To: Transportation; Appropriations

By: Representatives Hood, Oliver

House Bill 887

(As Sent to Governor)

AN ACT TO DESIGNATE A SEGMENT OF UNITED STATES HIGHWAY 82 LOCATED IN WEBSTER COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, AS THE "CORPORAL WILLIAM JUSTIN COOPER 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 82 located in Webster County, Mississippi, beginning with its intersection with the Webster-Montgomery County Line and extending easterly to its intersection with Grady Road is designated and shall be known as the "Corporal William Justin Cooper 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, 2021.