Bill Text: MS HB987 | 2013 | Regular Session | Enrolled

Mississippi House Bill 987 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Ms State Veterans' Home; designate home in Kosciusko as the "Brigadier General Martha Jo Leslie Mississippi State Veterans' Home".

Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)

Status: (Passed) 2013-03-20 - Approved by Governor [HB987 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2013-HB987-Enrolled.html

MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2013 Regular Session

To: Public Property

By: Representatives White, Dixon, Smith (27th), Scott

House Bill 987

(As Sent to Governor)

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT THE MISSISSIPPI STATE VETERANS' HOME IN KOSCIUSKO SHALL BE NAMED THE BRIGADIER GENERAL MARTHA JO LESLIE MISSISSIPPI STATE VETERANS' HOME; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

SECTION 1. The Mississippi State Veterans' Home located in Kosciusko, Mississippi, shall be renamed the "Brigadier General Martha Jo Leslie Mississippi State Veterans' Home." The State Veterans' Affairs Board shall prepare a distinctive plaque, to be placed in a prominent place within the Brigadier General Martha Jo Leslie Mississippi State Veterans' Home, which states the background, accomplishments and service to the state of Brigadier General Martha Jo Leslie.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.