Bill Text: MS SB2012 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Headlights; require use of when windshield wipers necessary.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2018-01-30 - Died In Committee [SB2012 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2018-SB2012-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2018 Regular Session
To: Highways and Transportation
By: Senator(s) Wilemon
Senate Bill 2012
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-7-11, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE USE OF HEADLIGHTS WHENEVER DRIVING CONDITIONS NECESSITATE THE USE OF WINDSHIELD WIPERS; 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. Every vehicle operated
upon a public road, street or highway within this state * * *
shall be equipped with lighted front and rear lamps as * * * required in Section 63-7-13 for
different classes of vehicles and subject to exemption with reference to lights
on parked vehicles as * * * provided in this chapter * * *, and the front and rear lamps shall be
operated on every such 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.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2018.