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MS HB1455

Bill

Status

Failed

2/5/2019

Primary Sponsor

Jeffery Harness

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Origin

House of Representatives

2019 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Amends Mississippi Code Section 63-7-59 to allow all municipal law enforcement officers to enforce window tint violations, removing the previous restriction that only municipalities with populations of 2,000 or more could enforce these violations.

  • Removes exclusivity of enforcement by deleting language that limited tint law enforcement to only Mississippi Department of Public Safety officers and certain municipal officers.

  • Maintains existing window tint standards requiring 28% light transmittance for all windows, with exceptions for school buses, public transportation vehicles, government vehicles, and vehicles with medical exemptions.

  • Effective date is July 1, 2019.

Legislative Description

Window tint laws; delete population threshold on which municipal law enforcement shall enforce.

Last Action

Died In Committee

2/5/2019

Committee Referrals

Transportation1/21/2019

Full Bill Text

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