MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2023 Regular Session

To: Highways and Transportation

By: Senator(s) Suber

Senate Bill 2542

(As Passed the Senate)

AN ACT TO DESIGNATE A SEGMENT OF UNITED STATES HIGHWAY 8 IN CHICKASAW COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, AS THE "JEREMY ALLEN VOYLES MEMORIAL HIGHWAY" IN MEMORY OF DEPUTY SHERIFF JEREMY ALLEN VOYLES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

     SECTION 1.  (1)  The section of Mississippi Highway 8 located in Chickasaw County, Mississippi, beginning at the city limits of Houston, Mississippi, on Highway 8, and extending west for one mile, is designated and shall be known as the " Jeremy Allen Voyles Memorial Highway" in memory of Deputy Sheriff Jeremy Allen Voyles of Houston, Mississippi.

     (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 its passage.