MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2015 Regular Session
To: Transportation; Appropriations
By: Representatives Taylor, Boyd, Burnett, Chism, Haney, Howell, Jackson, Kinkade, Ladner, Lamar, Martinson, Rushing, White, Willis, Hines
AN ACT TO DESIGNATE ALL OF U.S. HIGHWAY 61 THAT LIES IN THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI AS THE "MILITARY ORDER OF THE PURPLE HEART TRAIL"; TO DESIGNATE A CERTAIN SEGMENT OF U.S. HIGHWAY 51 IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY AS THE "DEWEY TOWNSEND MEMORIAL HIGHWAY"; TO DESIGNATE A CERTAIN SEGMENT OF MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY 57 IN JACKSON COUNTY AS THE "JAMES DONOVAN GAUTIER JR. MEMORIAL HIGHWAY"; TO DESIGNATE A CERTAIN SEGMENT OF HIGHWAY 27 IN COPIAH COUNTY AS THE "DON LINZY DIXON GOSPEL MEMORIAL HIGHWAY";AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. (1) U.S. Highway 61 that lies in the State of Mississippi is designated and shall be known as the "Military Order of the Purple Heart Trail."
(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) That segment of U.S. Highway 51 in Montgomery County within the City of Winona beginning at its intersection with Summit Street and extending northerly to its intersection with U.S. Highway 82 is designated and shall be known as the "Dewey Townsend 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 3. (1) That segment of Mississippi Highway 57 in Jackson County within the City of Gautier beginning at its intersection with Brown Road and extending northerly to its intersection with Interstate 10 is designated and shall be known as the "James Donovan Gautier Jr. 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 4. (1) That segment of Mississippi Highway 27 in Copiah County beginning at its southernmost intersection with Brushy Creek Road and extending southerly to its intersection with Mississippi Highway 28 is designated and shall be known as the "Don Linzy Dixon Gospel 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 5. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.