Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation President Mike McCormick recently attended the bill signing for SB 2825, The Mississippi Infrastructure Investment Act of 2021.

The five main tenets of the bill are as follows:

1. The bill moves weight enforcement to the Department of Public Safety from the Department of Transportation.
2. It increases the fine for hauling in excess of weight allowances.
3. It creates the Harvest Permit Advisory Council, which includes a representative from the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation, to review how Mississippi’s harvest permits rate against other states and discuss the need for a harvest permit moving forward.
4. It increases the tolerance for agriculture hauling, bringing Mississippi in line with neighboring states.
5. It transfers $89 million to the Emergency Road and Bridge Replacement Fund.

A summary of this bill can be found here.