l9n/ Mississippi

2010 Regular Session

House Bill 15

Jackson County; authorize pilot program for sheriff to use radar.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Transportation Committee on April 28, 2010. The 2010 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF JACKSON COUNTY TO ESTABLISH A PILOT PROGRAM FOR THE USE OF RADAR SPEED DETECTION EQUIPMENT BY THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT OF THE COUNTY FOR TWO TWELVE-MONTH PERIODS; TO PROVIDE THAT IF THE BOARD ESTABLISHES SUCH PROGRAM, THE BOARD MAY PURCHASE OR ACQUIRE RADAR SPEED DETECTION DEVICES 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; TO REQUIRE THE SHERIFF TO COLLECT AND REPORT CERTAIN INFORMATION TO A COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND THE SHERIFF DEMONSTRATING THE EFFECT THAT THE USE OF SUCH RADAR SPEED DETECTION DEVICES HAS HAD OVER THE INITIAL TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD IN REDUCING TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AND CASUALTIES; TO PROVIDE THAT THE AUTHORITY FOR THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT OF JACKSON COUNTY TO USE RADAR SPEED DETECTION EQUIPMENT AFTER JUNE 30, 2012, SHALL STAND REPEALED UNLESS AUTHORIZED BY SUBSEQUENT LEGISLATION ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

Its course

January 5 to April 28, 2010, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action2 actions on 2 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 5 to Apr 28 · stopped113 days

TransportationJan 5 to Apr 28 · stopped113 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Jan 5 – Apr 28

  1. Referred to the House committees on Transportation and on Local and Private Legislation
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published