MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2013 Regular Session

To: Highways and Transportation

By: Senator(s) Collins

Senate Bill 2040

(As Sent to Governor)

AN ACT TO DESIGNATE MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY 6 WITHIN LEE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, AS THE "MILITARY ORDER OF THE PURPLE HEART HIGHWAY"; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

SECTION 1.  (1)  That segment of Mississippi Highway 6 within Lee County, Mississippi, is designated and shall be known as the "Military Order of the Purple Heart Highway."

     (2)  The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the highway.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2013.