MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2020 Regular Session
To: Local and Private
By: Senator(s) England, Wiggins
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, TO PURCHASE RADAR SPEED DETECTION EQUIPMENT FOR USE BY THE SHERIFF AND DEPUTIES IN ENFORCING THE SPEED LAWS OF THE COUNTY ROADS OF JACKSON COUNTY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. The Board of Supervisors of Jackson County, Mississippi, is expressly authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to purchase radar speed detection equipment, and to authorize the sheriff and his deputies to use the equipment to enforce the speed laws on any public road, street or highway within Jackson County, excluding any interstate highway, which is located outside the corporate limits of any incorporated municipality. However, no fine shall be levied in association with the issuance of a citation resulting from a speeding violation detected by a sheriff or deputy sheriff through the use of radar speed detection equipment.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.