House Bill 1054

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-3-519, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE SHERIFF AND HIS DEPUTIES IN ANY COUNTY, UPON A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY, TO USE RADAR SPEED DETECTION EQUIPMENT UPON STATE AID ROADS OF THE COUNTY; TO PROVIDE THAT THE FINES SHALL BE REMITTED TO THE STATE TREASURY AND DEPOSITED INTO A SPECIAL FUND TO BE USED BY THE OFFICE OF STATE AID ROAD CONSTRUCTION TO BE USED IN THE COUNTY WHERE THE FINE ORIGINATED; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

SECTION 1. Section 63-3-519, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

63-3-519. (1) It shall be unlawful for any person or peace officer or law enforcement agency, except the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol, to purchase or use or allow to be used any type of radar speed detection equipment upon any public street, road or highway of this state. However, such equipment may be used:

(a) By municipal law enforcement officers within a municipality having a population of two thousand (2,000) or more, according to the latest federal decennial census, upon the public streets of the municipality;

(b) By any college or university campus police force within the confines of any campus wherein more than two thousand (2,000) students are enrolled;

(c) By municipal law enforcement officers in any municipality having a population in excess of fifteen thousand (15,000) according to the latest federal decennial census on federally designated highways lying within the corporate limits * * *.; or

(d) (i) By the sheriff and his deputies in any county on any state aid road 1. that is under the jurisdiction of the county board of supervisors for maintenance and construction, and 2. that is located outside the corporate limits of a municipality. The fines collected under this paragraph (d) shall be remitted to the State Treasury and shall be deposited into a segregated special fund to be appropriated by the Legislature exclusively to be used by the Office of State Aid Road as additional funds to be used on state aid roads in the county where the fine originated.

(ii) Subparagraph (i) of this paragraph (d) is contingent on the majority vote of the county board of supervisors of a county authorizing the provisions of subparagraph (i) of this paragraph (d).

(2) The Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol shall be immediately notified by municipal law enforcement of any road blockages or emergencies occurring on any federally designated limited-access highways lying within the corporate limits.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2022.