Bill Text: MS HB799 | 2013 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Memorial highways; designate certain as "Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient" when appropriate.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 8-2)
Status: (Passed) 2013-03-18 - Approved by Governor [HB799 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2013-HB799-Enrolled.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2013 Regular Session
To: Transportation
By: Representatives Staples, Arnold, Evans (43rd), Hood, Massengill, Morgan, Pigott, Shirley, Shows, Sullivan
House Bill 799
(As Sent to Governor)
AN ACT TO CREATE THE "MISSISSIPPI CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT'S MEMORIAL HIGHWAY ACT"; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO ERECT AND MAINTAIN THE SIGNS DESIGNATING A MEMORIAL HIGHWAY NAMED AFTER A PERSON WHO WAS AWARDED A CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR WITH THE WORDS "CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT"; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Mississippi Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient's Memorial Highway Act."
SECTION 2. On any segment of any public street, road, highway or interstate within the state that is named after a person who was awarded a Congressional Medal of Honor, the Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain the signs designating the memorial highway with the words "Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient." Any such signs that do not contain those words shall be replaced by new signs to comply with this act. This act shall also apply to bridges or intersections that are part of a public street, road, highway or interstate within this state.
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2013.
