l9n/ Mississippi

2011 Regular Session

House Bill 531

Low-speed vehicles/golf carts; authorize use of on certain public highways, roads and streets.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Transportation Committee on February 1, 2011. The 2011 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO ALLOW COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES TO AUTHORIZE THE OPERATION OF LOW-SPEED VEHICLES AND GOLF CARTS, WHERE THEY CAN BE SAFELY OPERATED, ON CERTAIN PUBLIC HIGHWAYS, ROADS AND STREETS; TO PROVIDE FOR THE HOURS DURING WHICH LOW-SPEED VEHICLES AND GOLF CARTS MAY BE OPERATED; TO ALLOW CERTAIN GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES TO GRANT AN EXEMPTION TO HOURS OF OPERATION PROVIDED THAT LOW-SPEED VEHICLES AND GOLF CARTS ARE EQUIPPED WITH CERTAIN SAFETY FEATURES; TO ALLOW THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO PROHIBIT THE OPERATION OF LOW-SPEED VEHICLES OR GOLF CARTS ON ROADS UNDER ITS JURISDICTION IN THE INTEREST OF SAFETY; TO REQUIRE PERSONS OPERATING A LOW-SPEED VEHICLE OR GOLF CART TO HAVE A VALID DRIVER'S LICENSE OR TEMPORARY DRIVER'S PERMIT; TO AMEND SECTIONS 63-1-7, 63-3-103, 27-19-3, 27-19-48, 27-19-56 AND 27-51-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY WITH 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.

In the House of Representatives

Its course

January 10 to February 1, 2011, 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 10 to Feb 1 · stopped22 days

TransportationJan 10 to Feb 1 · stopped22 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 10 – Feb 1

  1. Jan 10Referred to the House committee on Transportation
  2. Feb 1Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 10Referred To TransportationHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 1Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives