House Bill 691

AN ACT TO DESIGNATE A SEGMENT OF U.S. HIGHWAY 45 LOCATED IN WAYNE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, AS THE "ARMY SERGEANT ERIC C. NEWMAN 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. Highway 45 located in Wayne County, Mississippi, beginning at a point one-tenth (1/10) of a mile North of the Highway 84 West exit on U.S. Highway 45 and extending northerly for a distance of approximately three (3) miles to a point one-tenth (1/10) of a mile South of the intersection of U.S. Highway 45 and Pleasant Grove Chapparal Road is designated and shall be known as the "Army Sergeant Eric C. Newman 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. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2023.