Bill Text: MS SB2860 | 2017 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Highways; require MDOT to erect signs along certain highways to inform motorists that texting while driving is illegal.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2017-01-31 - Died In Committee [SB2860 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2017-SB2860-Introduced.html

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2017 Regular Session

To: Highways and Transportation; Appropriations

By: Senator(s) Jackson (11th)

Senate Bill 2860

AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO ERECT SIGNS ALONG U.S. INTERSTATES AND MISSISSIPPI STATE HIGHWAYS TO INFORM MOTORISTS THAT TEXTING WHILE DRIVING IS ILLEGAL; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

     SECTION 1.  The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect signs along U.S. interstates and Mississippi state highways that inform motorists that texting while driving is illegal in the State of Mississippi.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2017.