Mississippi legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi HB1244: Solid waste vehicles; revise maximum weight limit for.
Status: Failed, February 4, 2025
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-5-27, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ALLOW A THREE PERCENT TOLERANCE INCREASE ON THE MAXIMUM GROSS WEIGHT OF SOLID WASTE VEHICLES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
What the bill says
An act to amend section 63-5-27, mississippi code of 1972, to allow a three percent tolerance increase on the maximum gross weight of solid waste vehicles; and for related purposes.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-5-27, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ALLOW A THREE PERCENT TOLERANCE INCREASE ON THE MAXIMUM GROSS WEIGHT OF SOLID WASTE VEHICLES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI: SECTION 1. Section 63-5-27, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows: 63-5-27. (1) Subject to the maximum gross single axle or tandem axle weights hereinafter specified, the gross single or tandem axle weights shall not exceed five hundred fifty (550) pounds per inch of tire width. The gross weight on any single or tandem axle thus derived shall be subject to a tolerance not in excess of five hundred (500) pounds provided that the total allowable gross weight of the single or tandem axle shall not exceed the maximum limitations allowed hereinafter. (2) The gross weight imposed on the highway by the wheels of any one (1) single axle of a vehicle shall not exceed twenty thousand (20,000) pounds exclusive of the tolerance provided in Section 63-5-33. A single axle shall be defined as an assembly of two (2) or more wheels whose centers are in one (1) transverse vertical plane or may be included between two (2) parallel transverse vertical planes forty (40) inches apart extending across the full width of the vehicle. (3) The gross weight …
Sponsors
- Tubb, Joseph (R, 87) · primary sponsor
- Morgan, Ken (R, 100)
- Pigott, Bill (R, 99)
Latest actions
- : Died In Committee
- : Referred To Transportation
Subjects: Solid waste vehicles
Common questions
- What is HB1244?
- HB1244 is a bill in the Mississippi Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Solid waste vehicles; revise maximum weight limit for.
- What does HB1244 do?
- In its own words: An act to amend section 63-5-27, mississippi code of 1972, to allow a three percent tolerance increase on the maximum gross weight of solid waste vehicles; and for related purposes.
- What is the status of HB1244?
- Failed as of February 4, 2025. Latest action: Died In Committee (February 4, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB1244?
- Tubb, Joseph (R, 87), with 2 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB1244?
- On the Mississippi Legislature website: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2025/pdf/history/HB/HB1244.xml
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