Bill Text: MS SB2481 | 2021 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Memorial highways; designate various segments.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2021-03-17 - Approved by Governor [SB2481 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2021-SB2481-Enrolled.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2021 Regular Session
To: Highways and Transportation
By: Senator(s) DeBar, McCaughn, Suber, Jordan
Senate Bill 2481
(As Sent to Governor)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 9, CHAPTER 450, LAWS OF 2020, TO REVISE THE DESIGNATION OF A SEGMENT OF MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY 42 IN GREENE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, AS THE "DEPUTY U.S. MARSHAL JAKE GREEN AND GREENE COUNTY DEPUTY LAWRENCE DUNNAM MEMORIAL HIGHWAY, EOW APRIL 1, 1921"; TO DESIGNATE A SEGMENT OF MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY 389 IN CHICKASAW COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, AS THE "JIMMY PORTER MEMORIAL HIGHWAY"; TO DESIGNATE A SEGMENT OF U.S. HIGHWAY 49 IN HATTIESBURG, FORREST COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, AS THE "CLYDE KENNARD MEMORIAL HIGHWAY"; TO DESIGNATE A SEGMENT OF MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY 489 IN NEWTON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, AS THE "JASON BOYD MEMORIAL HIGHWAY"; TO DESIGNATE A SEGMENT OF U.S. HIGHWAY 82 IN LEFLORE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, AS THE "DEPUTY MELVIN P. 'BUSTER' BROWN, JR., MEMORIAL HIGHWAY"; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 9, Chapter 450, Laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows:
Section 9. (1) The segment
of Mississippi Highway 42 in Greene County, Mississippi, beginning at its
southern intersection with Mississippi Highway 63 and extending one (1) mile
west, is designated as the " * * *Deputy U.S. Marshal Jake Green and Greene County
Deputy Lawrence Dunnam Memorial Highway, EOW April 1, 1921."
(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 389 in Chickasaw County, Mississippi, beginning at its intersection with County Road 82 and extending one (1) mile south, is designated as the "Jimmy Porter 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 U.S. Highway 49 in Forrest County beginning at its intersection with Hardy Street in Hattiesburg and extending one (1) mile north is designated as the "Clyde Kennard 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 Mississippi Highway 489 in Newton County, Mississippi, beginning at its intersection with Mills Road and extending one (1) mile north, is designated as the "Jason Boyd 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 82 in Leflore County, Mississippi, beginning at the western city limits of the City of Greenwood and extending one (1) mile west, is designated as the "Deputy Melvin P. 'Buster' Brown, Jr., 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. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
