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2021 SPECIAL SESSION I

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CHAPTER 416 An Act to rename certain sections of U.S. Route 1 in Virginia the “Emancipation Highway” and to repeal Chapter 286 of the Acts of Assembly of 1922. [H 2075] Approved March 30, 2021

 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. Any section of U.S. Route 1 in Virginia that is designated as the "Jefferson Davis Highway" shall on the effective date of this act be designated and shall hereafter be known as the “Emancipation Highway." The Department of Transportation shall place and maintain appropriate markers indicating the designation of this highway. This designation shall not affect any other memorial designation heretofore or hereafter applied to this highway or any portions thereof.

2. That Chapter 286 of the Acts of Assembly of 1922 is repealed.

3. That the provisions of this act shall become effective on January 1, 2022.