Bill Text: MS SB3014 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Leflore County; authorize sheriff to use radar on county roads.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2018-03-28 - Died In Committee [SB3014 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2018-SB3014-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2018 Regular Session
To: Local and Private
By: Senator(s) Chassaniol
Senate Bill 3014
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF LEFLORE COUNTY TO PURCHASE RADAR SPEED DETECTION EQUIPMENT FOR USE BY THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT OF THE COUNTY IN THE ENFORCEMENT OF SPEED LIMITS ON THE ROADS, STREETS AND HIGHWAYS OF THE COUNTY OUTSIDE THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF ANY INCORPORATED MUNICIPALITY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. (1) The Board of Supervisors of Leflore County may expend out of any available funds of the county, an amount that the board determines is sufficient for the purchase of and use by the sheriff's department of the county of radar speed detection equipment. If the board of supervisors authorizes the expenditure of funds for this purpose, then the Sheriff of Leflore County and any duly sworn deputy sheriff of the county may operate and use the equipment to enforce the motor vehicle speed limits on any public road, street or highway within the county outside the corporate limits of any incorporated municipality.
(2) This section shall be repealed from and after July 1, 2019.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
