Section 154 transfer program: open container (23 C.F.R. Part 1270; 23 U.S.C. & 154) - penalty transfer funds to support alcohol-impaired driving countermeasures in states that fail to enact and…

The Mississippi Department of Public Safety will receive $5,996,975 under the Alcohol Open Container Requirements federal Formula Grant program administered by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration of the U.S. Department of Transportation. The funding supports countermeasures to reduce alcohol-impaired driving in Mississippi from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2026.

Under Section 154, states are encouraged to enact and enforce compliant open container laws prohibiting possession of open alcoholic beverages to avoid transfer of federal highway funds. The Mississippi Department of Public Safety will use this Formula Grant award to continue enforcing the state's open container law through commercial transportation enforcement efforts that further the program's goal of countering alcohol-impaired driving.

Section 154 transfer program: open container (23 C.F.R. Part 1270; 23 U.S.C. & 154) - penalty transfer funds to support alcohol-impaired driving countermeasures in states that fail to enact and enforce conforming open container laws.