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MS HB907

Bill

Status

Passed

4/17/2017

Primary Sponsor

Randy Boyd

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Origin

House of Representatives

2017 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Designates Old U.S. Highway 45 (Mississippi Highway 145) in Alcorn, Prentiss, and Lee Counties from the Tennessee state line to Interstate 22 as "Rockabilly Way"

  • Designates multiple highway segments as memorial highways: Mississippi Highway 589 in Lamar County as "Police Chief Willie James Preston Memorial Highway"; Mississippi Highway 302 bridge in DeSoto County as "Senator George E. Guerieri, Sr., Memorial Bridge"; Mississippi Highway 35 in Batesville as "Leonard Morris Memorial Highway"; U.S. Highway 82 in Leflore County as "B.B. King Memorial Highway"; Mississippi Highway 8 west of Pace as "Juniper Yates 'JY' Trice Memorial Highway"; Interstate 55 in Pike County (exits 20A to 13) as "Bo Diddley Memorial Highway"; and two segments of Interstate 220 in Hinds County as memorials to Senators Alice Varnado Harden and Henry J. Kirksey

  • Requires the Department of Public Safety to develop a program on how persons should respond when stopped by law enforcement officers, including instruction on constitutional rights such as consent to search and refusal to provide unrelated information

  • Mandates inclusion of the Department of Public Safety program in state driver education programs in secondary schools and accredited nonpublic schools

  • Authorizes the Division of State Aid Road Construction to administer a bridge replacement project on Mississippi Highway 407 in Attala County spanning Tibby Creek, with sections 1-12 effective July 1, 2017, and section 13 effective upon passage

Legislative Description

Memorial highways; designate various segments of highways as.

Last Action

Approved by Governor

4/17/2017

Committee Referrals

Highways and Transportation2/20/2017
Transportation1/16/2017

Full Bill Text

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