MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2023 Regular Session

To: Public Property

By: Representatives Bain, Reynolds, Carpenter, Miles

House Bill 769

(As Sent to Governor)

AN ACT TO DESIGNATE THE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE TUSCUMBIA WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA, THE HARVEY MOSS WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA AT TUSCUMBIA; TO DESIGNATE THE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE CANEY CREEK WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA, AS THE REPRESENTATIVE RICHARD L. "DICK" LIVINGSTON AND DALE O. WINDHAM WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA AT CANEY CREEK; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

     SECTION 1.  The wildlife management area formerly known as the Tuscumbia Wildlife Management Area, located in Alcorn County, Mississippi, shall be named the Harvey Moss Wildlife Management Area at Tuscumbia.

     The Department of Finance and Administration shall erect appropriate signs and markers in a prominent place at the wildlife management area to indicate the name of the area.

     SECTION 2.  The wildlife management area formerly known as the Caney Creek Wildlife Management Area, located in Smith and Scott Counties, Mississippi, shall be named the Representative Richard L. "Dick" Livingston and Dale O. Windham Wildlife Management Area at Caney Creek.

     The Department of Finance and Administration shall erect appropriate signs and markers in a prominent place at the wildlife management area to indicate the name of the area.

     SECTION 3.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2023.