Bill Text: MS HB756 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Trucks; remove the requirement that visibility must be bad from the requirement to reduce speed during inclement weather.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Failed) 2011-02-01 - Died In Committee [HB756 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2011-HB756-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2011 Regular Session
To: Transportation
By: Representatives Calhoun, Evans (91st)
House Bill 756
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-3-505, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT THAT VISIBILITY MUST BE BAD FROM THE REQUIREMENT THAT ALL TRUCKS, OR TRUCK-TRAILER COMBINATIONS, AND PASSENGER BUSES SHALL BE REQUIRED TO REDUCE SPEED TO FORTY-FIVE MILES PER HOUR DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 63-3-505, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
63-3-505. The driver or operator of any motor vehicle must decrease speed when approaching and crossing an intersection, when approaching and going around a curve, when approaching a hill crest, when traveling upon any narrow or winding roadway, or when special hazard exists with respect to pedestrians or other traffic. All trucks, or truck-trailer combinations, and passenger buses shall be required to reduce speed to forty-five (45) miles per hour during inclement weather.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2011.
