Senate Bill 2825

AN ACT TO TRANSFER, ON JULY 1, 2021, LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT DUTIES OF THE MISSISSIPPI TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION AND MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION RELATED TO THE MOTOR CARRIER REGULATORY LAW OF 1938 TO THE COMMERCIAL TRANSPORTATION ENFORCEMENT DIVISION WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY; TO CREATE THE DPS MOTOR CARRIER ENFORCEMENT FUND AS A SPECIAL FUND IN THE STATE TREASURY TO DEFRAY EXPENSES FOR OFFICERS' SALARIES AND OTHER COSTS TO IMPLEMENT AND ENFORCE THIS ACT; TO AMEND SECTIONS 77-7-7, 77-7-11, 77-7-13, 77-7-15, 77-7-16, 77-7-17, 77-7-21, 77-7-127, 77-7-311, 77-7-331, 77-7-333, 77-7-335, 77-7-337, 77-7-339, 77-7-341 AND 45-3-21, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM; TO AMEND SECTION 27-19-89, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ADJUST THE PENALTIES FOR HARVEST PERMIT HOLDERS FOR WEIGHT LIMIT VIOLATIONS; TO CONFORM TO AN INCREASE IN THE WEIGHT TOLERANCE FOR HARVEST PERMITS, BEGINNING JULY 1, 2023, FROM 84,000 POUNDS TO 88,000 POUNDS; TO AMEND SECTION 19-11-27, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EXEMPT, FROM JULY 1, 2021, THROUGH JUNE 30, 2023, PROJECTS RECEIVING MONIES FROM THE EMERGENCY ROAD AND BRIDGE REPAIR FUND FROM LIMITATIONS ON CERTAIN EXPENDITURES FOR THE LAST YEAR OF THE TERM OF A COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS; TO AMEND SECTION 63-5-33, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE, BEGINNING JULY 1, 2023, THE MAXIMUM GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT TOLERANCE, FROM 84,000 POUNDS TO 88,000 POUNDS, WHICH IS FROM 5% TO 10% OF THE AUTHORIZED 80,000 POUNDS, FOR A VEHICLE OPERATING UNDER A HARVEST PERMIT; TO AMEND SECTION 65-1-46, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO TRANSFER THE APPEALS BOARD OF THE MISSISSIPPI TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION TO THE COMMERCIAL TRANSPORTATION ENFORCEMENT DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY; TO ESTABLISH THE HARVEST PERMIT TRANSPORTATION STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL TO ADVISE THE LEGISLATURE ON POLICY AND TO MAKE BEST PRACTICES RECOMMENDATIONS TO HARVEST PERMIT HOLDERS AND RECEIVING FACILITIES FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERRING OVERWEIGHT HAULING AND PROTECTING THE STATE'S INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEM; TO PROVIDE THAT THE COUNCIL SHALL BE DISSOLVED ON JULY 1, 2023; TO TRANSFER $89,000,000.00 OF HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM FUNDS RECEIVED BY THE STATE PURSUANT TO THE CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE AND RELIEF SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT OF 2021 TO THE EMERGENCY ROAD AND BRIDGE REPAIR FUND; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

In the Senate

• Jenifer B. Branning

  Sponsor

• Senate floor amendmentPending

• Senate floor amendmentPending

• Senate floor amendmentPending

• House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

  Adopted Mar 9

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In the Senate Jan 18 – Feb 11

1. Jan 18Referred to the Senate committee on Highways and Transportation
2. Feb 2Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
3. Feb 11Committee substitute adopted in the Senate
4. Amended in the Senate
5. Passed the Senate as amended

In the House of Representatives Feb 22 – Mar 9

1. Feb 22Sent to the House
2. Feb 26Referred to the House committee on Transportation
3. Mar 2Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as amended
4. Mar 9Amended in the House
5. Passed the House as amended

Back in the Senate Mar 10 – Apr 1

1. Mar 10Returned to the Senate to concur in the House's amendments
2. Mar 16Declined in the Senate to concur, and invited a conference
3. Conferees named in the Senate: Branning, Thompson and Hopson
4. Mar 24Conferees named in the House: Busby, Massengill and Crudup
5. Mar 29Conference report filed in the Senate
6. Conference report filed in the House
7. Mar 30Point of order raised in the House
8. Recommitted in the House to the conferees for further conference
9. Recommitted in the Senate to the conferees for further conference
10. Conference report filed in the Senate
11. Conference report filed in the House
12. Mar 31Conference report adopted in the House
13. Released in the House to be sent on at once
14. Conference report adopted in the Senate
15. Apr 1Enrolled bill signed in the Senate

To the Governor Apr 1 – Apr 22

1. Apr 1Enrolled bill signed in the House
2. Apr 22Approved by the Governor