MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

1998 Regular Session

To: Transportation

By: Representative Saucier

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 17-17-11, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE GARBAGE TRUCKS TO USE TARPAULINS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION 1. Section 17-17-11, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

17-17-11. Trucks or other vehicles engaged in the business of hauling solid waste shall be so covered, secured or sealed with a tarpaulin that there will be no loss during haulage to cause littering of streets and highways or cause a nuisance or hazard to the public health.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 1998.