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MS SB2869

Bill

Status

Failed

2/1/2022

Primary Sponsor

Nicole Boyd

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Origin

Senate

2022 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Authorizes sheriffs and deputy sheriffs in Mississippi counties with 50,000 or more residents (per 2020 census) to use radar speed detection equipment on public county roads outside municipal limits, excluding interstate and state highways

  • Limits each sheriff's department to purchasing no more than two radar guns

  • Prohibits radar use within 500 yards of municipal boundary lines, county boundary lines, or speed limit changes

  • Directs all fine revenue from radar-detected speeding citations to be used exclusively for classroom purposes in the school district where the violation occurred

  • Effective date of July 1, 2022

Legislative Description

Radar; authorize limited use of by sheriffs.

Last Action

Died In Committee

2/1/2022

Committee Referrals

Judiciary, Division B1/17/2022

Full Bill Text

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