Bill Text: MS SB2857 | 2017 | Regular Session | Engrossed
Bill Title: Memorial highways; designate certain segments of highways as.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-1)
Status: (Failed) 2017-03-10 - Died On Calendar [SB2857 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2017-SB2857-Engrossed.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2017 Regular Session
To: Highways and Transportation
By: Senator(s) Tollison, Barnett, Blackmon, Burton, Butler, Dawkins, Frazier, Horhn, Jackson (11th), Jordan, Norwood, Simmons (12th), Simmons (13th), Witherspoon
Senate Bill 2857
(As Passed the Senate)
AN ACT TO DESIGNATE A CERTAIN SEGMENT OF MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY 35 WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF BATESVILLE, MISSISSIPPI, AS THE LEONARD MORRIS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY; TO DESIGNATE THE PORTION OF MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY 513 SITUATED BETWEEN THE CITY OF QUITMAN AND THE CITY OF STONEWALL AS THE CORPORAL DUSTIN LEE MEMORIAL HIGHWAY; TO DESIGNATE A PORTION OF UNITED STATES HIGHWAY 82 IN LEFLORE COUNTY AS THE "B.B. KING MEMORIAL HIGHWAY"; TO DESIGNATE A PORTION OF HIGHWAY 8 WEST OF THE TOWN OF PACE AS THE JUNIPER YATES "JY" TRICE MEMORIAL HIGHWAY; 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) That portion of Mississippi Highway 35 within the corporate limits of the City of Batesville, Mississippi, from its intersection with Brewer Road to the point at which it intersects with Interstate Highway 55, is designated and shall be known as the "Leonard Morris Memorial Highway."
(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in this section.
SECTION 2. (1) That portion of Mississippi Highway 513 situated between the City of Quitman and the City of Stonewall is designated and shall be known as the "Corporal Dustin Lee Memorial Highway."
(2) The Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in this section.
SECTION 3. (1) That portion of United States Highway 82 in Leflore County from the point of its intersection with Berclair Road to the point of its intersection with Valley of Scholars Boulevard is designated and shall be known as the "B.B. King Memorial Highway."
(2) The Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in this section.
SECTION 4. (1) That portion of Mississippi Highway 8 beginning at the western corporate limits of the Town of Pace and extending for two (2) miles west of the western corporate limits of the Town of Pace is designated and shall be known as the Juniper Yates "JY" Trice Memorial Highway.
(2) The Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in this section.
SECTION 5. (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 6. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2017.
