Bill Text: MS HB991 | 2024 | Regular Session | Engrossed
Bill Title: "Medal of Honor Trail"; designate portion of Interstate 22 and U.S. Highway 78 within the State of Mississippi as.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Failed) 2024-04-02 - Died In Committee [HB991 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2024-HB991-Engrossed.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2024 Regular Session
To: Transportation
By: Representatives Creekmore IV, Hall
House Bill 991
(As Passed the House)
AN ACT TO DESIGNATE THE ENTIRE SEGMENT OF INTERSTATE 22 THAT LIES WITHIN THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, ALONG WITH A PORTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY 78 LOCATED IN BYHALIA, DESOTO COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, THAT EXTENDS NORTHWESTERLY TO ITS POINT OF BEGINNING AT THE MISSISSIPPI-TENNESSEE STATE LINE, AS THE "MEDAL OF HONOR TRAIL"; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. (1) The entire segment of Interstate 22 traversing through DeSoto, Marshall, Benton, Union, Pontotoc, Lee and Itawamba Counties, Mississippi, beginning at the convergence of Interstate 269 with U.S. Highway 78 in Byhalia, Mississippi, and extending southeasterly to its ending at the Mississippi-Alabama state line, in conjunction with that portion of U.S. Highway 78, which converges with Interstate 269 in Byhalia, Mississippi, and extending northwesterly to its ending at the Mississippi-Tennessee state line, is designated and shall be known as the "Medal of Honor Trail."
(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.
