MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2023 Regular Session
To: Judiciary B
By: Representatives Bain, Miles, Aguirre, Anderson (110th), Anderson (122nd), Anthony, Arnold, Bailey, Banks, Barnett, Barton, Bell (21st), Bell (65th), Bennett, Blackmon, Bomgar, Bounds, Boyd (19th), Boyd (37th), Brown (20th), Brown (70th), Burnett, Busby, Byrd, Calvert, Carpenter, Clark, Clarke, Cockerham, Crawford, Creekmore IV, Criswell, Crudup, Currie, Darnell, Denton, Deweese, Eure, Evans (45th), Evans (91st), Faulkner, Felsher, Ford (54th), Ford (73rd), Foster, Gibbs, Goodin, Guice, Gunn, Hale, Haney, Harness, Hines, Holloway, Hood, Hopkins, Horan, Horne, Huddleston, Hulum, Jackson, Johnson, Karriem, Kinkade, Lamar, Lancaster, Mangold, Massengill, McCarty, McCray, McGee, McKnight, McLean, McLeod, Mickens, Mims, Morgan, Newman, Oliver, Osborne, Owen, Paden, Patterson, Pigott, Porter, Powell, Read, Reynolds, Roberson, Robinson, Rosebud, Rushing, Sanders, Sanford, Scoggin, Scott, Shanks, Smith, Stamps, Steverson, Straughter, Summers, Taylor, Thompson, Tubb, Tullos, Turner, Walker, Wallace, Watson, Weathersby, White, Williamson, Yancey, Yates, Young, Zuber
AN ACT TO NAME THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY HEADQUARTERS' OFFICE, LOCATED IN PEARL, RANKIN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, THE "DAVID R. HUGGINS HEADQUARTERS OF THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY"; TO NAME THE MISSISSIPPI STATE CRIME LABORATORY IN PEARL, RANKIN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, THE "TOM WEATHERSBY STATE CRIME LABORATORY"; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO ERECT THE PROPER LETTERING OR SIGNAGE ON THE OUTDOOR FACADE OF THE BUILDINGS DISPLAYING THE OFFICIAL NAMES AS THE "DAVID R. HUGGINS HEADQUARTERS OF THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY" AND THE "TOM WEATHERSBY STATE CRIME LABORATORY"; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. The Mississippi Department of Public Safety Headquarters' Office, to be constructed and located in Pearl, Rankin County, Mississippi, shall be named the "David R. Huggins Headquarters of the Mississippi Department of Public Safety." The Department of Finance and Administration shall prepare or have prepared a distinctive plaque, to be approved by the Mississippi Department of Public Safety, to be placed in a prominent place within the building, that states the background, accomplishments and service to the state by Commissioner David R. Huggins. The Department of Finance and Administration, in conjunction with the Mississippi Department of Public Safety, shall erect or cause to be erected proper lettering or signage on the outdoor facade of the building displaying the official name of the building as the "David R. Huggins Headquarters of the Mississippi Department of Public Safety." Any and all funds necessary to accomplish this act will be appropriated by the Legislature for such purpose.
SECTION 2. The Mississippi State Crime Laboratory of the Mississippi Department of Public Safety located in Pearl, Rankin County, Mississippi, shall be named the "Tom Weathersby State Crime Laboratory." The Department of Finance and Administration shall prepare or have prepared a distinctive plaque, to be approved by the Mississippi Department of Public Safety and the Mississippi House of Representatives, to be placed in a prominent place within the building, that states the background, accomplishments and service to the state by the Honorable Tom Weathersby. The Department of Finance and Administration, in conjunction with the Mississippi Department of Public Safety, shall erect or cause to be erected proper lettering or signage on the outdoor facade of the building displaying the official name of the building as the "Tom Weathersby State Crime Laboratory." Any and all funds necessary to accomplish this act will be appropriated by the Legislature for such purpose.
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2023.