Senate Bill 2185

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-3-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE AVAILABILITY AND COST OF PUBLICATION OF "RULES OF THE ROAD"; TO AMEND SECTION 63-3-415, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE AVAILABILITY AND COST OF STATEWIDE UNIFORM TRAFFIC ACCIDENT REPORT FORMS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

SECTION 1. Section 63-3-7, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

63-3-7. The Commissioner of Public Safety is hereby authorized and directed to compile in a condensed form the rules of the road as set out by this chapter and have sufficient copies printed in pocketsize booklet form and distribute the same to the various law enforcement departments and other agencies in order to make the same available to motorists at cost; the commissioner may also make available the information electronically without cost.

SECTION 2. Section 63-3-415, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

63-3-415. (1) The department shall prepare and furnish, at cost or in electronic format, to other agencies, "statewide uniform traffic accident report" forms to municipal police departments, county sheriffs and other suitable law enforcement agencies or individuals.

(2) Every accident report required by Section 63-3-411 from a law enforcement officer or individual shall be made on the statewide uniform traffic accident report form provided by the department.

(3) In addition to the information required on the accident report forms provided for herein, the department shall include a place on such report forms for the phone numbers of the parties involved in the accident and any witnesses to such accident.

(4) "Statewide uniform accident report" forms shall not have printed upon them the name of any elected state official.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2002.