MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

1998 Regular Session

To: Transportation

By: Representatives Hudson, Nettles

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-13-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE ISSUANCE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION SHALL NOT BE REFUSED BECAUSE THE WINDSHIELD OF THE VEHICLE IS BROKEN, CRACKED OR DAMAGED UNLESS THE BREAK, CRACK OR DAMAGE OBSTRUCTS THE MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATOR'S CLEAR VIEW OF THE ROAD; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. 

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

SECTION 1. Section 63-13-3, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

63-13-3. No person shall drive or move on any highway any motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer or pole trailer, or any combination thereof, unless the equipment upon any and every said vehicle is in good working order and adjustment as required in this chapter, and said vehicle is in such safe mechanical condition as not to endanger the driver or other occupant or any person upon the highway. A vehicle shall not be considered as unsafe or dangerous and the issuance of a certificate of inspection shall not be refused because the windshield of the vehicle is broken, cracked or damaged unless the break, crack or damage obstructs the motor vehicle operator's clear view of the road. This section shall not apply to disabled vehicles being moved to a garage or service station by means of another vehicle, or to farm trailers engaged in farm operations, or to any farm tractor, combine, cotton picker, semitrailer, pole trailer, or other agricultural or farming equipment or machinery, or any combination thereof, used primarily for agricultural purposes, and not normally used on the public highways of the state. Moreover, pulpwood trucks or log trucks used exclusively during daylight hours shall not be required under the provisions of this chapter to have any lights in addition to headlights and taillights.

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