MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2022 Regular Session

To: Judiciary, Division B

By: Senator(s) Suber, Tate, Barrett, McLendon, McCaughn

Senate Bill 2557

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 45-3-41, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROMOTE COMMUNICATIONS INTEROPERABILITY BETWEEN THE MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY SAFETY PATROL AND CERTAIN LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

     SECTION 1.  Section 45-3-41, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

     45-3-41.  (1)  Any county or municipality now or hereafter having a twenty-four * * * (24)-hour law enforcement system is hereby authorized by an order duly entered upon the minutes of * * * such the governing authority thereof to request the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol to * * * purchase and install in some permanent office provided therefor a proper and suitable radio receiving set, subject to the approval allow the primary dispatch frequency or talk group channel of the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol to be programmed into any county or municipality radio for the purpose of interoperability between agencies.

     (2)  The Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol shall, upon the receipt of such request by any such municipality or county, * * * purchase and install in such county or municipality in a building provided by such county or municipality a proper and suitable radio receiving set, which shall be tuned or adjusted in order allow that county or municipality to program their radios to receive broadcasts from the radio station or stations operated by the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol in the county's or municipality's jurisdiction. * * *  The county or municipality making such request when such receiving set is duly installed shall reimburse the state highway patrol for all sums paid out in the purchase price of such set.

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

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