MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2016 Regular Session

To: Transportation; Revenue and Expenditure General Bills

By: Representatives Paden, Wooten, Bell (65th), Hines, Banks, Dortch

House Bill 853

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 65-3-71.154, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DESIGNATE A CERTAIN SEGMENT OF U.S. HIGHWAY 61 IN COAHOMA COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, AS THE "AARON E. HENRY MEMORIAL HIGHWAY"; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

     SECTION 1.  Section 65-3-71.154, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

     65-3-71.154.  (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 segment of U.S. Highway 61 in Coahoma County, Mississippi, beginning at its northern intersection with Mississippi Highway 161 and extending southerly to its southern intersection with Mississippi Highway 161, is designated and shall be known as the "Dr. Aaron E. Henry Memorial Highway."

     ( * * *23)  The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in subsections (1) and (2) of this section.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2016.