2010 Mississippi Code
TITLE 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
Chapter 7 - Equipment and Identification.
63-7-43 - Authority of department as to lighting devices.
§ 63-7-43. Authority of department as to lighting devices.
(1) The department is hereby authorized to approve or disapprove lighting devices and to issue and enforce regulations establishing standards and specifications for the approval of such lighting devices, their installation, aiming, and readjustment. Such regulations shall correlate with and, so far as practicable, conform to the then current standards and specifications of the Society of Automotive Engineers applicable to such equipment.
(2) The department is hereby required to approve or disapprove any lighting device, of a type on which approval is specifically required in this chapter within a reasonable time after such device has been submitted.
(3) The department is further authorized to set up the procedure which shall be followed when any lighting device is submitted for approval.
(4) The department upon approving any lighting device shall issue to the applicant a certificate of approval together with any instructions determined by it.
(5) The department shall publish lists of all lighting devices by name and type which have been approved by it.
Sources: Codes, 1942, § 8247; Laws, 1938, ch. 200; Laws, 1954, ch. 326, § 4.
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