Bill Text: MS HB1018 | 2017 | Regular Session | Engrossed

Mississippi House Bill 1018 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Bo Diddley Memorial Highway; designate segment of I-55 in Pike County as.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Failed) 2017-02-28 - Died In Committee [HB1018 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2017-HB1018-Engrossed.html

MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2017 Regular Session

To: Transportation; Revenue and Expenditure General Bills

By: Representatives Myers, Cockerham, Gibbs (72nd)

House Bill 1018

(As Passed the House)

AN ACT TO DESIGNATE A CERTAIN SEGMENT OF U.S. INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 55 IN PIKE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, AS THE "BO DIDDLEY 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. Interstate Highway 55 in Pike County, Mississippi, beginning at exit 20A located in Summit, Mississippi, and extending southerly to exit 13 located in Fernwood, Mississippi, is designated and shall be known as the "Bo Diddley 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 on both the northbound and southbound lanes.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2017.