Adopted
AMENDMENT NO 1 PROPOSED TO
House Bill No. 907
BY: Senator(s) Simmons (13th)
AMEND by inserting the following after line 13 and renumber subsequent sections accordingly:
SECTION *. (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 *. (1) That bridge on Mississippi Highway 302 in DeSoto County that spans Interstate Highway 55 is designated and shall be known as the "Senator George E. Guerieri, Sr. Memorial Bridge."
(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the bridge.
SECTION *. (1) That portion of Mississippi Highway 35 within the corporate limits of the City of Batesville, Mississippi, from its intersection with Brewer Road to the point at which it intersects with Interstate Highway 55, is designated and shall be known as the "Leonard Morris Memorial Highway."
(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in this section.
SECTION *. (1) That portion of Mississippi Highway 513 situated between the City of Quitman and the City of Stonewall is designated and shall be known as the "Corporal Dustin Lee Memorial Highway."
(2) The Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in this section.
SECTION *. (1) That portion of United States Highway 82 in Leflore County from the point of its intersection with Berclair Road to the point of its intersection with Valley of Scholars Boulevard is designated and shall be known as the "B.B. King Memorial Highway."
(2) The Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in this section.
SECTION *. (1) That portion of Mississippi Highway 8 beginning at the western corporate limits of the Town of Pace and extending for two (2) miles west of the western corporate limits of the Town of Pace is designated and shall be known as the Juniper Yates "JY" Trice Memorial Highway.
(2) The Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in this section.
SECTION *. (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 *. (1) That segment of Interstate 220 in Hinds County beginning at the intersection of Interstate 220 and Interstate 20 and extending northerly to Clinton Boulevard is designated and shall be known as the "Senator Alice Varnado Harden Memorial Highway."
(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of interstate described in this section.
SECTION *. (1) That segment of Interstate 220 in Hinds County beginning at its intersection with Clinton Boulevard and extending northerly to Medgar Evers Boulevard is designated and shall be known as the "Senator Henry J. Kirksey Memorial Highway."
(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of interstate described herein.
FURTHER AMEND line 2 of the title by inserting the following after the semicolon:
TO DESIGNATE A CERTAIN SEGMENT OF MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY 589 IN LAMAR COUNTY AS THE "POLICE CHIEF WILLIE JAMES PRESTON MEMORIAL HIGHWAY"; TO DESIGNATE A CERTAIN BRIDGE ON MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY 302 IN DESOTO COUNTY THAT SPANS INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 55 AS "SENATOR GEORGE E. GUERIERI, SR. MEMORIAL BRIDGE; TO DESIGNATE A CERTAIN SEGMENT OF MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY 35 WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF BATESVILLE, MISSISSIPPI, AS THE LEONARD MORRIS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY; TO DESIGNATE THE PORTION OF MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY 513 SITUATED BETWEEN THE CITY OF QUITMAN AND THE CITY OF STONEWALL AS THE CORPORAL DUSTIN LEE MEMORIAL HIGHWAY; TO DESIGNATE A PORTION OF UNITED STATES HIGHWAY 82 IN LEFLORE COUNTY AS THE "B.B. KING MEMORIAL HIGHWAY"; TO DESIGNATE A PORTION OF HIGHWAY 8 WEST OF THE TOWN OF PACE AS THE JUNIPER YATES "JY" TRICE MEMORIAL HIGHWAY; TO DESIGNATE A CERTAIN SEGMENT OF U.S. INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 55 IN PIKE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, AS THE "BO DIDDLEY MEMORIAL HIGHWAY"; TO DESIGNATE A CERTAIN SEGMENT OF INTERSTATE 220 IN HINDS COUNTY AS THE SENATOR ALICE VARNADO HARDEN MEMORIAL HIGHWAY; TO DESIGNATE A PORTION OF INTERSTATE 220 IN HINDS COUNTY AS THE SENATOR HENRY J. KIRKSEY MEMORIAL HIGHWAY;