New Laws This Week (Month) Part 2
I have let this creep past the first week in July, but I will keep adding to the list. I am not listing appropriations, which are most of the new laws, just laws which are noteworthy or could impact daily life.
Mississippi has now joined the states which ban remote controlled hunting. This is of course a misnomer… it is actually remote controlled killing.
Motorcycles, motor homes, and trailers have been given an exemption from a portion of the ad valorem taxes due. Cars have had a tax credit for years. Maybe now my utility trailer tag won’t cost more than my truck plate.
It is now illegal to engage in a disruptive protest at a military funeral in this state, or to display the name of a dead soldier without permission. Also known as the Westboro Baptist Church law, just plain common decency should have obviated the need for this law. But then common decency is in short supply.
Street Racing is now a misdemeanor. The good news for you race fans out there is the exception for sanctioned events. All you have to do is convince the city council to give you a permit.
The window tint law has been revised to 28% transmission down from 35% (this means darker tint is now allowed). Darker tint is allowed if you are a cop or if it came that way from the factory. All those people who tore their tint off because of the old law… can now pay to have it put back on.
That’s 5 more for today... still more to come.
posted by Thomas @ 4:32 PM
2 Comments:
Do I read this right to say that it's okay to "remotely hunt" from a location inside the state as long as the killing takes place outside of the state? I'm thinking about canons of constructure here.
With regards to the street racing, is this passed to specifically target a racing circuit like F1 that runs on city streets (sometimes) while Nascar does not run on city streets. As the post states there is an exemption, but the Nascar (and racetracks in Columbus and Byram?) do not need this exemption.
I am probably thinking too deeply in that this is put forth to stop drag racing by 16 year olds but we already have reckless driving on the books, this seems unnecessary and could prohibit something like an F1 race (like our roads would be good enough anyway)
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