Bill Text: MS HB940 | 2021 | Regular Session | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Highway sign; authorize erection of on MS Hwy 25 near Pisgah exit to honor Olympic Gold Medalist Tori Bowie.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Failed) 2021-03-02 - Died In Committee [HB940 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2021-HB940-Engrossed.html

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2021 Regular Session

To: Transportation; Appropriations

By: Representatives Rushing, Miles, Crudup

House Bill 940

(As Passed the House)

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE A SIGN OR SIGNS TO BE ERECTED ON MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY 25 IN RANKIN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, TO HONOR OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST TORI BOWIE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

     SECTION 1.  (1)  On Mississippi Highway 25 in Rankin County, Mississippi, where the Pisgah and Ross Barnett Reservoir signs are located near the Pisgah exit may be erected a sign or signs that reads as follows:  "Home of Tori Bowie, Olympic Gold Medalist, Pisgah High School Graduate."

     (2)  The sign or signs described in subsection (1) of this section are to be erected in accordance with the Mississippi Department of Transportation's permitting process and must be paid for by Rankin County.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2021.