MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2005 Regular Session

To: Highways and Transportation

By: Senator(s) Pickering

Senate Bill 2076

AN ACT TO DESIGNATE A SEGMENT OF U.S. HIGHWAY 84 IN JONES COUNTY AS "VETERANS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY"; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

     SECTION 1.  (1)  That segment of U.S. Highway 84 located in Jones County beginning from 16th Avenue within the corporate limits of Laurel and extending westerly to the Jones/Covington County line, is designated and shall be known as the "Veterans 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).

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2005.