Bill Text: MS HB358 | 2015 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Radar; authorize patrol officers of Pearl River Valley Water Supply District to use.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2015-02-03 - Died In Committee [HB358 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2015-HB358-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2015 Regular Session
To: Transportation; Judiciary B
By: Representative Martinson
House Bill 358
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-3-519, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE USE OF RADAR SPEED DETECTION EQUIPMENT BY PATROL OFFICERS APPOINTED BY THE PEARL RIVER VALLEY WATER SUPPLY DISTRICT ON ROADS AND STREETS OF PROPERTY OWNED BY OR UNDER THE JURISDICTION OR CONTROL OF THE DISTRICT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 63-3-519, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
63-3-519. (1) It * * *is unlawful for any person or
peace officer or law enforcement agency, except the Mississippi Highway Safety
Patrol, to purchase or use or allow to be used any type of radar speed
detection equipment upon any public street, road or highway of this state.
However, such equipment may be used:
* * *(a) By municipal law enforcement
officers within a municipality having a population of two thousand (2,000) or
more according to the latest federal decennial census upon the public
streets of the municipality;
* * *(b) By any college or university
campus police force within the confines of any campus wherein more than two
thousand (2,000) students are enrolled;
* * *(c) By municipal law enforcement
officers in any municipality having a population in excess of fifteen thousand
(15,000) according to the latest federal decennial census on federally
designated highways lying within the corporate limits * * *; or
(d) By patrol officers appointed under Article 5, Chapter 9, Title 51, Mississippi Code of 1972, by the Board of Directors of the Pearl River Valley Water Supply District on roads and streets located on property owned by or under the jurisdiction or control of the district. Any patrol officer must be trained in the proper operation and calibration of the radar equipment before he or she is allowed to use the radar equipment in the regular scope of the officers' employment duties and responsibilities. Radar equipment shall be calibrated as evidenced by an up-to-date calibration certificate as recommended by the manufacturer of the equipment.
(2) The Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol will not set up radar on highways within municipalities with a population in excess of fifteen thousand (15,000) according to the latest federal decennial census.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2015.