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MS HB1535

Bill

Status

Failed

3/5/2019

Primary Sponsor

Steve Massengill

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Origin

House of Representatives

2019 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Removes the exclusivity of enforcement of window tint violations by the Mississippi Department of Public Safety, allowing municipal law enforcement officers to enforce violations regardless of municipality population size.

  • Deletes the population threshold that previously limited window tint enforcement by municipal law enforcement to municipalities with 2,000 or more residents.

  • Maintains existing window tint standards requiring a minimum light transmittance of 28% or more, with exceptions for school buses, government vehicles, and vehicles with medical exemptions.

  • Preserves the medical exemption process allowing individuals with physician-diagnosed conditions aggravated by sunlight exposure to display a dashboard certificate for tinted windows.

  • Takes effect July 1, 2019.

Legislative Description

Window tint; remove medical exemption and delete population threshold for law enforcement.

Last Action

Died In Committee

3/5/2019

Committee Referrals

Judiciary, Division B2/26/2019
Transportation1/21/2019

Full Bill Text

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