Bill Text: MS HB740 | 2021 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

Mississippi House Bill 740 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: State identification card; require commissioner of DPS to establish one that does not require proof of domicile.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Failed) 2021-03-02 - Died In Committee [HB740 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2021-HB740-Comm_Sub.html

MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2021 Regular Session

To: Transportation

By: Representative McGee

House Bill 740

(COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE)

AN ACT TO CREATE A NEW SECTION OF LAW TO REQUIRE THE COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO ESTABLISH AN ALTERNATIVE STATE IDENTIFICATION CARD THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE PROOF OF DOMICILE, FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING A STATE IDENTIFICATION CARD AVAILABLE FOR PERSONS WHO DO NOT HAVE A DOMICILE TO LIST; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION 1. Not later than June 30, 2021, the Commissioner of Public Safety shall establish an alternative state identification card that shall operate in every respect like the state identification cards issued under Section 45-35-7, except that this card shall not require proof of domicile for the purpose of making a state identification card available for persons who do not have a domicile to list.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.