MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2004 Regular Session
To: Judiciary, Division B
By: Senator(s) Tollison
AN ACT TO REPEAL SECTION 63-3-505, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDES THAT A DRIVER MUST DECREASE SPEED AT INTERSECTIONS, CURVES, HILL CRESTS, ON NARROW OR WINDING ROADS OR WHEN SPECIAL HAZARDS EXIST, AND THAT ALL TRUCKS, OR TRUCK-TRAILER COMBINATIONS AND PASSENGER BUSES MUST REDUCE SPEED TO 45 MILES PER HOUR DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER; TO PROHIBIT PORNOGRAPHIC VIDEOS IN A VEHICLE WHEN OBSERVABLE BY ANY PERSON WHO IS NOT OCCUPYING THE VEHICLE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 63-3-505, Mississippi Code of 1972, which provides that a driver must decrease speed at intersections, curves, hill crests, on narrow or winding roads or when special hazards exist, and that all trucks, or truck-trailer combinations and passenger buses must reduce speed to forty-five (45) miles per hour during inclement weather, is repealed.
SECTION 2. No pornographic video may be played in a vehicle on a public road or highway in such a manner that it may be observed by any person who is not an occupant of the vehicle.
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.