Mississippi House Bill 1507 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 30 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-01-30 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 63-3-519, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Sheriff And His Deputies In Any County To Use Radar Speed Detection Equipment Upon The Public Streets, Roads And Highways Of The County Lying Outside Of The Limits Of Any Incorporated Municipality; To Provide That Fifty Percent Of Fines Collected By A County From The Use Of Radar Shall Be Deposited Into A Special Fund To Be Appropriated By The Legislature For Maintenance, Reconstruction And/or Repair Of Existing Highways And Bridges; To Provide That The Other Fifty Percent Of Fines Collected Shall Be Used By The Office Of State Aid Road Construction To Be Used In The County Where The Fine Originated; And For Related Purposes.

Radar; authorize sheriff and deputies to use on county roads to enforce speed limits.

Rep. Tom Weathersby [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-01-30	House	Died In Committee
2018-01-15	House	Referred To Transportation;Appropriations

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf/history/HB/HB1507.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1507IN.htm