Pending

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO 1 PROPOSED TO

Senate Bill No. 2715

BY: Committee

     Amend by striking all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

SECTION 1.  For the purpose of directing motorists to the Lynyrd Skynyrd Monument in Pike County, Mississippi, the Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along certain highway segments approaching the monument as follows:

          (a)  At Exit 8 of Interstate 55, on both the northbound and the southbound sides, to indicate the turn onto Mississippi Highway 568; and

          (b)  On Mississippi Highway 568 to indicate the turn onto Easley Road.

     SECTION 2.  Section 1 of this act shall be codified in Title 65, Chapter 3, Mississippi Code of 1972.

     SECTION 3.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage, and shall stand repealed from and after the day before its passage.

     Further, amend by striking the title in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

     AN ACT TO CREATE A NEW SECTION IN TITLE 65, CHAPTER 3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO ERECT SIGNS ON INTERSTATE 55 AND MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY 568 DIRECTING MOTORISTS TO THE LYNYRD SKYNYRD MONUMENT IN PIKE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.