Bill Text: MS HB889 | 2017 | Regular Session | Introduced

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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) 2017-01-31 - Died In Committee [HB889 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2017-HB889-Introduced.html

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2017 Regular Session

To: Transportation

By: Representative Calhoun

House Bill 889

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 * * * when visibility is bad.

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

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