SB 3383

MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2026 Regular Session
To: Local and Private
By: Senator(s) McMahan
Senate Bill 3383
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF LEE COUNTY,
MISSISSIPPI, TO PURCHASE RADAR SPEED DETECTION EQUIPMENT FOR USE BY THE
SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT OF THE COUNTY IN THE ENFORCEMENT OF SCHOOL ZONE SPEED
LIMITS ON THE ROADS AND STATE HIGHWAYS OF THE COUNTY OUTSIDE THE CORPORATE
LIMITS OF ANY INCORPORATED MUNICIPALITY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
���� BE IT ENACTED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
���� SECTION 1.� The
Board of Supervisors of Lee County, Mississippi, is authorized, in its power,
to expend any available funds of the county for the purchase of radar speed
detection equipment.� Such expenditure may be in an amount that the board
determines is sufficient, and such purchase shall be for use by the sheriff's
department.� If the board of supervisors authorizes the expenditure of funds
for this purpose, then the Sheriff of Lee County and any duly sworn deputy
sheriff of the county may operate and use the equipment to enforce the motor
vehicle speed limits on any public county road or state highway where there is
located a school zone, which is located outside the corporate limits of any
incorporated municipality.
���� As used in this section,
"school zone" means designated roadway segments approaching, adjacent
to, and beyond school buildings or grounds, or where school-related activities
occur.
���� SECTION 2.� This act
shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.