MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2004 Regular Session

To: Highways and Transportation

By: Senator(s) Turner

Senate Bill 2798

AN ACT TO REPEAL SECTION 63-3-505, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDES THAT A DRIVER MUST DECREASE SPEED AT INTERSECTIONS, CURVES, HILLCRESTS, ON NARROW OR WINDING ROADS OR WHEN SPECIAL HAZARDS EXIST, AND THAT ALL TRUCKS, OR TRUCK-TRAILER COMBINATIONS AND PASSENGER BUSES MUST REDUCE SPEED TO 45 MILES PER HOUR DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

     SECTION 1.  Section 63-3-505, Mississippi Code of 1972, which provides that a driver must decrease speed at intersections, curves, hillcrests, on narrow or winding roads or when special hazards exist, and that all trucks, or truck-trailer combinations and passenger buses must reduce speed to forty-five (45) miles per hour during inclement weather, is repealed.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.