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MS SB2513
Bill
AI Summary
- Amends Section 69-13-111 of the Mississippi Code to remove the requirement that livestock owners prove lack of negligence when their animals are found on federal or state-designated paved highways or highway rights-of-way
- Livestock owners remain liable for damages resulting from wrecks, loss of life, or bodily injury caused by their animals on designated highways, but the burden of proving negligence shifts to the plaintiff rather than the owner
- Exempts levee roads maintained by the Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners or Board of Levee Commissioners for the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta that permit livestock pasturage on levee rights-of-way
- Does not apply retroactively to any cases filed before July 1, 2020
- Takes effect July 1, 2020
Legislative Description
Livestock on highways; delete burden on owner of livestock to prove lack of negligence in an action for damages.
Last Action
Died In Committee
6/9/2020
Committee Referrals
Judiciary A3/25/2020
Judiciary, Division A2/14/2020
Full Bill Text
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