2/6/06-A bill has died that would have expanded speed radar use throughout the state.
HB390, sponsored by Rep. Hank Zuber, R-Ocean Springs, remained in the House Transportation Committee at the deadline to advance from the panel to the full chamber.
Currently, Mississippi restricts the purchase and use of radar speed detection equipment to the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol and the counties of Harrison and Lowndes. Law enforcement agencies in cities with populations less than 2,000 are prohibited from buying or using radar.
The bill would have allowed the sheriff’s deputies in any county with a population of 150,000 or more to use radar on public streets, roads and highways of the county lying outside the limits of an incorporated city.
However, a similar bill – SB2442 – remains active.

1/11/06-A bill in the House Transportation Committee would expand the use of radar throughout the state.
Currently, Mississippi restricts the purchase and use of radar speed detection equipment to the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol and the counties of Harrison and Lowndes. Law enforcement agencies in cities with populations less than 2,000 are prohibited from buying or using radar.
HB390, sponsored by Rep. Hank Zuber, R-Ocean Springs, would allow the sheriff’s deputies in any county with a population of 150,000 or more to use radar on public streets, roads and highways of the county lying outside the limits of an incorporated city.
For bills status, call (601) 359-3719.