SB 2801
Hand-held mobile telephones; increase civil penalties for texting while driving.
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Bill overview
An act to amend section 63-33-1, mississippi code of 1972, to increase the CIVIL penalties for writing, sending, OR reading a text message and reading OR posting to a social networking site using a hand-held mobile telephone while driving a motor vehicle; To provide that no law enforcement officer may conduct a traffic stop based solely on a violation of this section; And for related purposes.
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