MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2017 Regular Session
To: Highways and Transportation
By: Senator(s) Fillingane
AN ACT TO DESIGNATE A CERTAIN SEGMENT OF MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY 589 IN LAMAR COUNTY AS THE "POLICE CHIEF WILLIE JAMES PRESTON MEMORIAL HIGHWAY"; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. (1) That segment of Mississippi Highway 589 in Lamar County beginning at the Covington/Lamar County line and extending to the intersection of Mississippi Highway 589 and Mississippi Highway 42 is designated and shall be known as the "Police Chief Willie James Preston Memorial Highway."
(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching that segment of Mississippi Highway 589.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2017.