Adopted

 

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO 1 PROPOSED TO

 

Senate Bill No. 2517

 

BY: Committee

 

     Amend by striking all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

 


     SECTION 1.  The following shall be codified as Section 77-7-345, Mississippi Code of 1972:

     77-7-345.  (1)  When not otherwise specifically provided, the commissioner is authorized to make and promulgate reasonable rules and regulations to provide a voluntary program for inspection of commercial motor vehicles.

     (2)  For the purposes of this section, "commercial motor vehicle" has the meaning ascribed in Section 63-1-203.

     (3)  The regulations, if promulgated, will:

          (a)  Create a voluntary program for inspection of any combination of truck, truck tractor, trailer, semi-trailer or pole trailer, including each segment of a combined vehicle, that is used upon the highways or streets as a commercial motor vehicle for compliance with all applicable federal and state motor carrier safety regulations;

          (b)  Require that inspectors have access to the vehicle maintenance log;

          (c)  Prescribe a method of documentation to be displayed on the vehicle that is readily visible to an observer in the form of a decal or sticker, and require that the form of documentation prescribed must be kept on the vehicle;

          (d)  Require that inspection occur on an annual basis for participation in the program;

          (e)  Provide that inspection is not mandatory;

          (f)  Impose a reasonable inspection fee, which shall be deposited to the credit of the operating fund of the Commercial Transportation Enforcement Division of the Mississippi Department of Public Safety; and

          (g)  Specify that officers of the Commercial Transportation Enforcement Division will retain all responsibility and authority to monitor and enforce violations under Section 77-7-335.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2022, and shall stand repealed from and after June 30, 2022.


     Further, amend by striking the title in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

 


     AN ACT TO CREATE NEW SECTION 77-7-345, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO CREATE BY RULE A VOLUNTARY PROGRAM OF COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTION; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.