Bill Text: MS HB109 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Motorcycles; authorize to proceed around stalled traffic using shoulder of roadway.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Failed) 2016-02-23 - Died In Committee [HB109 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2016-HB109-Introduced.html

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2016 Regular Session

To: Transportation

By: Representative Arnold

House Bill 109

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE MOTORCYCLES TO PROCEED AROUND STALLED TRAFFIC USING THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

     SECTION 1.  (1)  A motorcycle may proceed around stalled traffic using the shoulder of the highway or road, if there is sufficient width to do so, provided that:

          (a)  The traffic must be traveling at a rate of speed less than thirty (30) miles per hour in the congested zone;

          (b)  The motorcycle cannot exceed ten (10) miles per hour greater than the speed of the stalled traffic;

          (c)  After completion of passing the stalled traffic, the motorcycle shall proceed in the normal marked lane.

     (2)  No driver or passenger of any motor vehicle shall impede a motorcycle proceeding under subsection (1) of this act.

     SECTION 2.  Section 1 of this act shall be codified as a new section in Chapter 3, Title 63, Mississippi Code of 1972. 

     SECTION 3.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2016.