MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2004 Regular Session
To: Highways and Transportation
By: Senator(s) Turner
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combinations and passenger buses must reduce speed to forty-five (45) miles per hour during inclement weather, is repealed.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.