MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2024 Regular Session

To: Transportation

By: Representative Mickens

House Bill 74

AN ACT TO DESIGNATE A SEGMENT OF U.S. HIGHWAY 45 LOCATED IN NOXUBEE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, AS THE "CHIEF PETTY OFFICER ANDREW TRIPLETT 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 Noxubee County, Mississippi, extending for a distance of approximately one and one-half (1-1/2) miles in the southerly direction approaching Shuqualak, Mississippi, is designated and shall be known as the "Chief Petty Officer Andrew Triplett 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, 2024.