Bill Text: MS HB1035 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Safety seat belts; increase fine for failure to use in violation of laws regarding.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-02-05 - Died In Committee [HB1035 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2013-HB1035-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2013 Regular Session
To: Transportation; Judiciary A
By: Representative Williams-Barnes
House Bill 1035
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-2-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE FINE FOR VIOLATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF LAW MANDATING SAFETY SEAT BELTS FOR MOTOR VEHICLES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 63-2-7, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
63-2-7. (1) A violation of
this chapter shall be a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of * * * Fifty
Dollars ($50.00) upon conviction; however, only the operator of a vehicle
may be fined for a violation of this chapter by the operator, for a violation
of this chapter by a front-seat passenger or for a violation of this chapter by
a child who is under seven (7) years of age and who is not required to be
protected by the use of a child passenger restraint device or system or a belt
positioning booster seat system under the provisions of Sections 63-7-301
through 63-7-311, regardless of the seat that the child occupies. The maximum
fine that may be imposed against the operator of a vehicle for a violation of
this chapter by the operator or for a violation of this chapter by one or more
passengers shall be * * * Fifty Dollars ($50.00) in the aggregate.
(2) A violation of this chapter shall not be entered on the driving record of any individual so convicted, nor shall any state assessment provided for by Section 99-19-73, or any other state law, be imposed or collected.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2013.
