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MS SB2256
Bill
AI Summary
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Amends Section 63-11-19 of the Mississippi Code to remove the State Crime Laboratory's responsibility for calibrating methods, machines, or devices used in chemical breath analysis.
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Maintains that chemical analyses of breath, blood, or urine must still be performed according to methods approved by the State Crime Laboratory and the Commissioner of Public Safety.
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Continues to require that analyses be performed by individuals with valid permits issued by the State Crime Laboratory.
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Specifies which law enforcement officers are authorized to receive permits, including State Highway Patrol members, sheriffs and deputies, city police, campus police, and certain other designated officers.
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Takes effect upon passage.
Legislative Description
Implied consent law; remove Crime Lab's responsibility to calibrate intoxilyzers and other such devices.
Last Action
Died In Committee
3/1/2011