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MS HB1346

Bill

Status

Failed

3/5/2024

Primary Sponsor

Greg Haney

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Origin

House of Representatives

2024 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Authorizes sheriffs and their deputies to use radar speed detection devices on public roads, streets, and highways outside municipal corporate limits exclusively for enforcing speed limits in designated school zones that are marked with caution blinking lights.

  • Requires funds collected from violations of speed limits in school zones be used by counties for school safety, specifically to fund school resource officers, law enforcement officers assigned to schools, or safety training for school faculty and staff.

  • Amends Section 63-3-519 to add sheriffs and deputies as an exception to the general prohibition on radar speed detection equipment use by law enforcement other than the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol.

  • Takes effect July 1, 2024.

Legislative Description

Radar; authorize use by sheriff and deputies for enforcing speed limits within school zones.

Last Action

Died In Committee

3/5/2024

Committee Referrals

Judiciary B2/19/2024

Full Bill Text

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