MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2015 Regular Session

To: Transportation; Appropriations

By: Representatives Steverson, Bain, Carpenter, Faulkner, Kinkade, Massengill

House Bill 824

(As Passed the House)

AN ACT TO DESIGNATE THE ENTIRE SEGMENT OF U.S. HIGHWAY 72 THAT LIES WITHIN THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI AS THE "VETERANS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY"; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

SECTION 1.  (1)  The entire segment of U.S. Highway 72 in Tishomingo, Alcorn, Tippah, Benton and Marshall Counties, Mississippi, beginning at the Mississippi-Tennessee state line, and ending at the Mississippi-Alabama state 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) of this section.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2015.