SB 3384

MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2026 Regular Session
To: Local and Private
By: Senator(s) Turner-Ford
Senate Bill 3384
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CLAY COUNTY,
MISSISSIPPI, TO PURCHASE RADAR SPEED DETECTION EQUIPMENT FOR USE BY THE
SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT OF THE COUNTY IN THE ENFORCEMENT OF 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 Clay County, Mississippi, is authorized, in its
power, to expend, out of 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 Clay 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 that is
located outside the corporate limits of any incorporated municipality.� The
sheriff shall ensure that all radar speed detection equipment is properly
certified, calibrated and operated in compliance with applicable state law,
training standards and evidentiary requirements.
���� SECTION 2.� This act
shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.