HB1279_S_Cmte_Amend

SECTION 1. (1) The segment of U.S. Highway 51 in Lincoln County, Mississippi, beginning at its intersection at Natchez Avenue and extending north to its intersection with Brookway Boulevard is designated as the "Corporal Zach Moak and Officer James White 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.

SECTION 2. (1) The segment of Mississippi Highway 589 in Lamar County, Mississippi, beginning one-half (1/2) mile north of its intersection with Victory Road and extending one (1) mile south, is designated as the "Benjamin J. Deen 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.

SECTION 3. (1) The segment of Mississippi Highway 50 in Lowndes County, Mississippi, in the corporate limits of the City of Columbus, Mississippi, beginning at its intersection with Gardner Boulevard and extending one (1) mile east, is designated as the "Senator William 'Bill' Canon 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.

SECTION 4. (1) The segment of U.S. Highway 11 in Jones County, Mississippi, beginning at its intersection with Hill Street and extending one (1) mile south, is designated as the "Coach Elmer Higginbotham 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.

SECTION 5. (1) The segment of U.S. Highway 45 in Alcorn County and Prentiss County, Mississippi, beginning one (1) mile north of the intersection of U.S. Highway 45 and Mississippi Highway 356 and ending two (2) miles south of the intersection of U.S. Highway 45 and Mississippi Highway 356, is designated as the "Speaker William J. 'Billy' McCoy 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.

SECTION 6. (1) The segment of Mississippi Highway 35 in Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi, beginning at the northern corporate limits of the Town of Bassfield and extending south for one (1) mile, is designated as the "H.D. Broome 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.

SECTION 7. (1) The segment of Mississippi Highway 371 in Itawamba County, Mississippi, beginning one-half (1/2) mile north of its intersection with Ozark Baptist Church Road and extending south to a point one-half (1/2) mile south of its intersection with Ozark Baptist Church Road, is designated as the "Jeff Boren 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.

SECTION 8. (1) The segment of Mississippi Highway 16 in Leake County, Mississippi, in the corporate limits of the City of Carthage, Mississippi, beginning at its intersection with Dona Drive and extending west to 1300 Highway 16, is designated as the "Blake Burgess 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.

SECTION 9. (1) On Mississippi Highway 25 in Rankin County, Mississippi, where the Pisgah and Ross Barnett Reservoir signs are located near the Pisgah exit may be erected a sign or signs that reads as follows: "Home of Tori Bowie, Olympic Gold Medalist, Pisgah High School Graduate."

(2) The sign or signs described in subsection (1) of this section are to be erected in accordance with the Mississippi Department of Transportation's permitting process and must be paid for by Rankin County.

SECTION 10. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2020.

AN ACT TO DESIGNATE A SEGMENT OF U.S. HIGHWAY 51 IN LINCOLN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, IN MEMORY OF FALLEN BROOKHAVEN POLICE OFFICERS CORPORAL WALTER ZACHERY "ZACH" MOAK AND OFFICER JAMES KEVIN WHITE; TO DESIGNATE A SEGMENT OF MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY 589 IN LAMAR COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, IN MEMORY OF FALLEN HATTIESBURG POLICE OFFICER BENJAMIN J. DEEN; TO DESIGNATE A SEGMENT OF U.S. HIGHWAY 50 IN LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, AS THE "SENATOR WILLIAM 'BILL' CANON MEMORIAL HIGHWAY"; TO DESIGNATE A SEGMENT OF U.S. HIGHWAY 11 IN JONES COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, AS THE "COACH ELMER HIGGINBOTHAM MEMORIAL HIGHWAY"; TO DESIGNATE A SEGMENT OF U.S. HIGHWAY 45 IN ALCORN COUNTY AND PRENTISS COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, AS THE "SPEAKER WILLIAM J. 'BILLY' MCCOY MEMORIAL HIGHWAY"; TO DESIGNATE A SEGMENT OF MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY 35 IN JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, AS THE "H.D. BROOME MEMORIAL HIGHWAY"; TO DESIGNATE A SEGMENT OF MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY 371 IN ITAWAMBA COUNTY AS THE "JEFF BOREN MEMORIAL HIGHWAY"; TO DESIGNATE A SEGMENT OF MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY 16 IN LEAKE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, AS THE "BLAKE BURGESS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY"; TO AUTHORIZE A SIGN OR SIGNS TO BE ERECTED ON MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY 25 IN RANKIN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, TO HONOR OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST TORI BOWIE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.