Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Insurance Committee on February 2, 2010. The 2010 session has ended.
2010 Regular Session
House Bill 571
Motor vehicle liability insurance; remove provision allowing penalty reduction if person produces new policy in court.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-15-4, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT COURTS FROM REDUCING, SUSPENDING, OR SUSPENDING THE EXECUTION OF THE PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO HAVE PROOF OF MOTOR VEHICLE LIABILITY INSURANCE; TO DELETE THE PROVISION ALLOWING A PERSON TO REDUCE THE PENALTY BY SHOWING THE COURT PROOF OF MOTOR VEHICLE LIABILITY INSURANCE THAT WAS NOT IN EFFECT AT THE TIME OF THE CITATION; TO AMEND SECTION 99-19-73, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO IMPOSE A STATE ASSESSMENT ON THE OFFENSE, WHICH SHALL BE DEPOSITED INTO THE MISSISSIPPI TRAUMA CARE SYSTEMS FUND; TO AMEND SECTIONS 21-23-7, 45-39-5, 99-19-25 AND 99-19-32, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
Its course
January 12 to February 2, 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 12 to Feb 2 · stopped21 days
InsuranceJan 12 to Feb 2 · stopped21 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.