MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2017 Regular Session

To: Transportation; Revenue and Expenditure General Bills

By: Representatives Myers, Cockerham, Gibbs (72nd)

House Bill 1018

AN ACT TO DESIGNATE A CERTAIN SEGMENT OF U.S. INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 55 IN PIKE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, AS THE "BO DIDDLEY MEMORIAL HIGHWAY"; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

     SECTION 1.  (1)  The segment of U.S. Interstate Highway 55 in Pike County, Mississippi, beginning at exit 20A located in Summit, Mississippi, and extending southerly to exit 13 located in Fernwood, Mississippi, is designated and shall be known as the "Bo Diddley 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 on both the northbound and southbound lanes.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2017.