Mississippi Legislature
2006 Regular Session

House Bill 777

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History of Actions

Background

Title

Description: Constables; authorize to check for DUI.

Bill Text: [Introduced]

History of Actions:

1 01/11 (H) Referred To Judiciary A
2 01/31 (H) Died In Committee

Background Information:

Effective dateJuly 1, 2006
DispositionDead
DeadlineGeneral Bill/Constitutional Amendment
RevenueNo
Vote type requiredMajority

House Committee:

Principal Author: Mims

Code Sections: A 019-0019-0005, A 063-0011-0005, A 063-0011-0019

Title: AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 19-19-5, 63-11-5 AND 63-11-19, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE CONSTABLES TO TEST FOR THE PRESENCE OF ANY SUBSTANCE WHICH WOULD IMPAIR A PERSON'S ABILITY TO OPERATE A MOTOR VEHICLE WHEN REASONABLE BELIEF IS PRESENT AND THE CONSTABLE HAS BEEN CERTIFIED BY THE STATE CRIME LABORATORY AND COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO ADMINISTER SUCH TEST; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.


Information pertaining to this measure was last updated on 01/31/06 at 18:07.

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