Bill Text: MS HB1274 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Headlights; require use whenever windshield wipers necessitated.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2010-02-02 - Died In Committee [HB1274 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2010-HB1274-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2010 Regular Session
To: Transportation
By: Representative Horne (By Request)
House Bill 1274
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-7-11, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE HEADLIGHTS OF VEHICLES SHALL BE OPERATED WHENEVER CONDITIONS NECESSITATE THE USE OF WINDSHIELD WIPERS; TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF ONLY THE PARKING LIGHTS OF VEHICLES DURING TIMES WHEN THE USE OF HEADLIGHTS IS REQUIRED; TO PROVIDE THAT NO FINE MAY BE IMPOSED FOR VIOLATIONS OF THIS SECTION; TO PROVIDE THAT THE SECTION SHALL BE REPEALED; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 63-7-11, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
63-7-11. (1) Every vehicle operated upon a public road, street or highway within this state * * * shall be equipped with lighted front and rear lamps as respectively required in Section 63-7-13 for different classes of vehicles and subject to exemption with reference to lights on parked vehicles as hereinafter stated in this chapter. The front and rear lamps shall be operated on every vehicle during the following times:
(a) The period from sunset to sunrise; and
(b) Whenever precipitation or any other condition necessitates the use of windshield wipers by vehicle operators.
(2) (a) No fine may be imposed against the operator for a violation of subsection (1)(b) of this section, unless at the time he was charged with a violation of this section, he also was charged with another traffic offense in Chapter 7, Title 63, Mississippi Code of 1972, and he is convicted of both offenses. If the operator is convicted of both offenses, then the violation of this section is punishable by a fine of Twenty-Five Dollars ($25.00).
(b) A violation of this section shall not be entered on the driving record of the person convicted of the violation, nor shall any state assessment provided in Section 99-19-73, or any other state law, be imposed or collected.
(3) The provisions of this section shall be repealed on July 1, 2012.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2010.
