Bill Text | History of Actions | Background | Title |
Description: Trucks carrying spillable loads; load must be covered.
Bill Text: [Introduced]
| 1 | 01/20 (H) Referred To Transportation | |
| 2 | 02/04 (H) Died In Committee |
| Effective date | July 1, 2003 | |
| Disposition | Dead | |
| Deadline | General Bill/Constitutional Amendment | |
| Revenue | No | |
| Vote type required | Majority |
House Committee:
Principal Author: Straughter
Code Sections: A 063-0007-0083, A 063-0007-0089, RP 063-0007-0085
Title: AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-7-83, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE EVERY TRUCK HAVING A GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT OF 10,000 POUNDS OR MORE, EVERY TRAILER AND EVERY OTHER COMMERCIAL CARRIER OF PROPERTY WITH AN OPEN TOP, WHILE TRAVELING UPON ANY PUBLIC HIGHWAY, ROAD OR STREET IN THIS STATE, AND WHILE CARRYING ANY LOAD OF SAND, DIRT, GRAVEL, ROCK, WOOD CHIPS OR OTHER NATURAL, ARTIFICIAL OR SYNTHETIC PRODUCT HAVING A LIKELIHOOD OF FALLING OR DISLODGING FROM OR BLOWING OUT OF THE VEHICLE TO BE EQUIPPED WITH A TARPAULIN, CANVAS OR OTHER SUCH TOP SECURED OVER THE TOP OF THE LOAD; TO AMEND SECTION 63-7-89, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; TO REPEAL SECTION 63-7-85, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH AUTHORIZES OPEN TOP TRUCKS, TRAILERS AND CARRIERS OF VEHICLES HAULING SAND, DIRT, GRAVEL OR ROCKS TO USE SIDEBOARDS IN LIEU OF TARPAULINS TO COVER THEIR LOAD WHEN TRAVELING UPON STATE AND FEDERAL HIGHWAYS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
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