House Bill 691

(As Sent to Governor)

AN ACT TO DESIGNATE A SEGMENT OF U.S. HIGHWAY 45 LOCATED IN WAYNE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, AS THE "ARMY SERGEANT ERIC C. NEWMAN MEMORIAL HIGHWAY"; TO DESIGNATE A SEGMENT OF U.S. HIGHWAY 72, LOCATED IN SLAYDEN, MARSHALL COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, AS THE "EDDIE DIXON MEMORIAL HIGHWAY"; TO DESIGNATE THE INTERSECTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY 80 AND HIGHWAY 481 LOCATED IN MORTON, SCOTT COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, AS THE "REVEREND SCOTT MANGUM LIFE SPRINGS MINISTRIES MEMORIAL INTERSECTION"; TO AUTHORIZE A SIGN OR SIGNS TO BE ERECTED ON INTERSTATE 20 IN LAKE, SCOTT COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, TO HONOR COUNTRY MUSIC SINGER RANDY HOUSER; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

SECTION 1. (1) The segment of U.S. Highway 45 located in Wayne County, Mississippi, beginning at a point one-tenth (1/10) of a mile North of the Highway 84 West exit on U.S. Highway 45 and extending northerly for a distance of approximately three (3) miles to a point one-tenth (1/10) of a mile South of the intersection of U.S. Highway 45 and Pleasant Grove Chapparal Road is designated and shall be known as the "Army Sergeant Eric C. Newman 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 U.S. Highway 72, located in Slayden, Marshall County, Mississippi, beginning one (1) mile to the south of the H.W. Byers High School and extending northerly to an ending point approximately one (1) mile north of the H.W. Byers High School, for a total distance of approximately two (2) miles, is designated and shall be known as the "Eddie Dixon 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 intersection of U.S. Highway 80 and Highway 481 in the City of Morton, Scott County, Mississippi, is designated and shall be known as the "Reverend Scott Mangum Life Springs Ministries Memorial Intersection."

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the intersection described in subsection (1) of this section.

SECTION 4. (1) Within the incorporated city limits of the Town of Lake, in Scott County, Mississippi, along the Interstate 20 East and Interstate 20 West corridor near the Lake exit, Exit 96, may be erected a sign or signs that reads as follows: "Home of Randy Houser, Country Music Singer."

(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 the Town of Lake.

SECTION 5. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2023.