Bill Text: MS HB849 | 2018 | 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 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2018-01-30 - Died In Committee [HB849 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2018-HB849-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2018 Regular Session
To: Transportation
By: Representative Calhoun
House Bill 849
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, 2018.
