Bill Text: MS HB1583 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Rankin County; authorize purchase of electronic speed detection equipment to be utilized by sheriff.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: (Failed) 2014-04-02 - Died In Committee [HB1583 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2014-HB1583-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2014 Regular Session
To: Local and Private Legislation
By: Representatives Moore, Baker, Gipson, Powell, Rogers (61st), Weathersby
House Bill 1583
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF RANKIN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, TO PURCHASE AND UTILIZE ELECTRONIC SPEED DETECTION EQUIPMENT FOR USE BY THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT OF THE COUNTY IN THE ENFORCEMENT OF SPEED LIMITS ON THE ROADS, STREETS AND HIGHWAYS OF THE COUNTY OUTSIDE THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF ANY INCORPORATED MUNICIPALITY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. The Board of Supervisors of Rankin County, Mississippi, may expend out of any available funds of the county, an amount that the board determines is sufficient for the purchase of and use by the sheriff's department of the county of electronic speed detection equipment. If the board of supervisors authorizes the expenditure of funds for this purpose, then the Sheriff of Rankin County and any duly sworn deputy sheriff of the county may operate and use the equipment to enforce the motor vehicle speed limits on any public road, street or highway within the county outside the corporate limits of any incorporated municipality.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
