Bill Text: MS SB2989 | 2019 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: City of Diamondhead; authorize city to designate streets upon which golf carts and low-speed vehicles may be operated.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-28 - Approved by Governor [SB2989 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2019-SB2989-Enrolled.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2019 Regular Session
To: Local and Private
By: Senator(s) Moran
Senate Bill 2989
(As Sent to Governor)
AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 938, LOCAL AND PRIVATE LAWS OF 2012, TO AUTHORIZE THE GOVERNING AUTHORITIES OF THE CITY OF DIAMONDHEAD, MISSISSIPPI, TO DESIGNATE BY ORDINANCE THE ROAD AND STREETS UPON WHICH LOW-SPEED VEHICLES AND GOLF CARTS MAY BE OPERATED; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Chapter 938, Local and Private Laws of 2012, is amended as follows:
Section 1. As used in this act, unless a different meaning clearly appears in the context, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(a) "City" means the City of Diamondhead, Mississippi.
(b) "Governing authorities" means the Mayor and City Council of the City of Diamondhead, Mississippi.
(c) "Golf cart" means a motor vehicle that is designated and manufactured for operation on a golf course for sporting or recreational purposes and that is not capable of exceeding speeds of twenty (20) miles per hour and is equipped with the safety equipment as required under 49 CFR Section 571.500.
(d) "Low-speed vehicle" means any four-wheeled electric or gasoline powered vehicle that has a top speed greater than twenty (20) miles per hour but less than twenty-five (25) miles per hour and is equipped with safety equipment as required under 49 CFR Section 571.500.
Section 2. (1) The
governing authorities * * * may, in their discretion,
authorize the operation of low-speed vehicles and golf carts only on public
roads and streets * * * as designated by ordinance, within the * * * corporate limits
of the city.
(2) Any person operating a low-speed vehicle or golf cart on the public roads and streets under this act must have in his or her possession a valid driver's license or temporary driver's permit and proof of financial responsibility as required under Section 63-15-1 et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972.
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( * * *3) Low-speed vehicles and golf carts
may not be operated * * * on
Interstate Highway 10.
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Section 3. (1) Every low-speed vehicle and golf cart
to be operated, as authorized under this act, on a public road or street shall
be required to register the vehicle with the city * * *. Upon payment of a reasonable
fee that may be charged by the city to cover the costs of administration, a map
and a sticker and presentation of proof of financial responsibility and
presentation of a valid driver's license or temporary driving permit, the owner
of the low-speed vehicle or golf cart shall be issued a registration decal by
the county or municipal tax collector that must be displayed on the left rear
fender of the vehicle. The registration shall remain valid for as long as the
registering owner owns the low-speed vehicle or golf cart. The city shall
provide the registrant with a map of the * * * areas where low-speed vehicles and golf
carts may be operated at the time of registration. The operator shall be
required to have proof of financial responsibility and a valid driver's license
in his or her possession at all times while operating the low-speed vehicle or
golf cart on public roads and streets of the state.
(2) The registration fee imposed under subsection (1) of this section shall be retained by the tax collector and deposited into the county or municipal general fund, as the case may be.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
