MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2015 Regular Session
To: Transportation; Appropriations
By: Representatives Middleton, Johnson, Hines
AN ACT TO DESIGNATE A CERTAIN SEGMENT OF MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY 555 IN ADAMS COUNTY AS THE "REV. DAN ALEXANDER MEMORIAL HIGHWAY"; TO DESIGNATE A CERTAIN SEGMENT OF MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY 9 IN CALHOUN COUNTY AS THE "SPENCER GLENN BECKLEY MEMORIAL HIGHWAY"; TO DESIGNATE A CERTAIN SEGMENT OF U.S. HIGHWAY 51 IN TATE COUNTY AS THE "SERGEANT ERIC ANDREW LENTZ MEMORIAL HIGHWAY"; TO REVISE THE DESIGNATION OF A CERTAIN SEGMENT OF U.S. HIGHWAY 90 IN JACKSON COUNTY TO THE "MSGT. SCOTT E. PRUITT MEMORIAL HIGHWAY"; TO DESIGNATE A CERTAIN SEGMENT OF U.S. HIGHWAY 82 IN WASHINGTON COUNTY AS THE "ROY B. FULTON MEMORIAL HIGHWAY"; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. That segment of highway beginning at its intersection with highway and extending to its intersection with is designated and shall be known as the "Memorial Highway."
SECTION 2. (1) That segment of Mississippi Highway 555, also known as Martin Luther King, Jr. Road, in Adams County beginning at its intersection with Broadmoor Drive and extending northerly to its intersection with Steamplant Road is designated and shall be known as the "Rev. Dan Alexander 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 9 in Calhoun County beginning at its intersection with County Road 406 and extending northerly to its intersection with Pittsboro Park Road is designated and shall be known as the "Spencer Glenn Beckley 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 U.S. Highway 51 in Tate County beginning at the north corporate limits of the City of Senatobia and extending northerly to the south corporate limits of the Town of Coldwater is designated and shall be known as the "Sergeant Eric Andrew Lentz 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. Section 65-3-71.222, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
65-3-71.222. (1) That segment of U.S. Highway 90 in Jackson County within the City of Gautier beginning at its intersection with Mississippi Highway 57 and extending easterly to its intersection with Beasley Road, is designated and shall be known as the "MSgt. Scott E. Pruitt 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 6. (1) That segment of U.S. Highway 82 in Washington County beginning at its intersection with West Reed Road and extending westerly to its intersection with the Greenville corporate limits is designated and shall be known as the "Roy B. Fulton 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 7. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2015.