MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2010 Regular Session
To: Transportation
By: Representatives Espy, Harrison, Coleman (65th), Buck (72nd), Bailey, Banks, Blackmon, Broomfield, Buck (5th), Burnett, Calhoun, Ellis, Evans (70th), Flaggs, Fredericks, Gardner, Hines, Holloway, Huddleston (30th), Jones (82nd), Middleton, Myers, Robinson, Scott, Straughter, Thomas, Watson, Clark, Coleman (29th), Mayo, Clarke
AN ACT TO DESIGNATE A CERTAIN SEGMENT OF MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY 161 IN COAHOMA COUNTY AS "DR. AARON E. HENRY MEMORIAL HIGHWAY"; TO ADD CERTAIN SEGMENT OF OLD MISSISSIPPI 6 IN PONTOTOC COUNTY TO STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. (1) That segment of Mississippi Highway 161 in Coahoma County beginning at its northern county line and extending southerly to its southern county line, is designated and shall be known as the "Dr. Aaron E. Henry 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 following segment of highway is designated as a state highway and placed under the jurisdiction of the Mississippi Transportation Commission for construction and maintenance; and that highway, together with the highways
designated in Section 65-3-3, and all other laws adding links to
the designated state highway system, are declared to be the State Highway System of Mississippi:
Northern District - Pontotoc County:
Old Mississippi 6 beginning on the west side of the City of Pontotoc at its intersection with new four-lane Mississippi 6 and extending easterly to its intersection with new Mississippi 6 on the east side of the City of Pontotoc.
(2) The Mississippi Transportation Commission shall take over and assume responsibility for construction and maintenance of the segment of highway described under subsection (1) of this section whenever the commission certifies that the segment of highway has been brought up to commission standards and all utilities, signs, structures and other encroachments on the highway and right-of-way are removed or relocated.
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2010.