MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2023 Regular Session

To: Highways and Transportation

By: Senator(s) Branning, Harkins, McCaughn

Senate Bill 2588

(As Passed the Senate)

AN ACT TO CODIFY SECTION 65-31-17, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE AND DIRECT THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO DESIGNATE THE STATE HOSPITALITY STATION LOCATED IN VICKSBURG, WARREN COUNTY, ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, AS THE "COMMISSIONER DICK HALL HOSPITALITY STATION"; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

     SECTION 1.  The following shall be codified as Section 65-31-17, Mississippi Code of 1972:

     65-31-17.  (1)  The state hospitality station constructed and located in Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi, on the Mississippi River at 4210 Washington Street, is designated and shall be known as the "Commissioner Dick Hall Hospitality Station."

     (2)  The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain suitable signs at and approaching the hospitality station, reflecting its name, and may place a plaque at the rest area describing Dick Hall's public service.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2023.