MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION 2017 By: Representatives Powell, Miles, Moore, To: Local and Private Rogers (61st), Baker, Weathersby, Gipson Legislation HOUSE BILL NO. 1766 1 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF RANKIN 2 COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, TO DISPLAY THE PLACEMENT OF CERTAIN SPECIALTY 3 SIGNS AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 25 AND 43, IN RANKIN COUNTY, 4 MISSISSIPPI, TO WELCOME INDIVIDUALS TO THE COMMUNITY OF SANDHILL, 5 MISSISSIPPI, AND TO ACKNOWLEDGE A CERTAIN OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL 6 RECIPIENT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. 7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI: 8 SECTION 1. (a) The Board of Supervisors of Rankin County, 9 Mississippi, is authorized, in its discretion, to welcome 10 individuals to the Community of Sandhill, Mississippi, by 11 displaying a specially-designed street sign in the public 12 right-of-way on Mississippi Highway 25, near the northbound and 13 southbound approaches to the intersection of Mississippi Highway 14 25 and Mississippi Highway 43. 15 (b) The Board of Supervisors of Rankin County, 16 Mississippi, is further authorized, in its discretion, to 17 acknowledge a winner of an Olympic gold medal won at the 2016 18 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, by erecting and displaying a 19 specially-designed street sign in the public right-of-way on 20 Mississippi Highway 25, near the northbound and southbound H. B. No. 1766 *HR31/R2258* ~ OFFICIAL ~ L1/2 17/HR31/R2258 PAGE 1 (OM\JAB) 21 approaches to the intersection of Mississippi Highway 25 and 22 Mississippi Highway 43. 23 (c) The signs authorized in paragraphs (a) and (b) of 24 this section shall be: 25 (i) Mounted one above the other and on a single 26 mounting structure; 27 (ii) Not less than twenty-five (25) square feet 28 and not more than forty (40) square feet in total surface area; 29 (iii) Maintained by Rankin County; and 30 (iv) Funded by Rankin County. 31 SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from 32 and after its passage. H. B. No. 1766 *HR31/R2258* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 17/HR31/R2258 ST: Rankin County; authorize placement of PAGE 2 (OM\JAB) certain specialty street signs within. .