Bill Text: MS HB848 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Inspection stickers; revise to make two years and revise fees.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2011-02-01 - Died In Committee [HB848 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2011-HB848-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2011 Regular Session
To: Transportation; Ways and Means
By: Representative Beckett
House Bill 848
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-13-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE MISSISSIPPI MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY INSPECTION LAW TO REQUIRE THE COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO REQUIRE INSPECTIONS NOT MORE THAN ONCE EVERY TWO YEARS; TO AMEND SECTION 63-13-11, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE FEES FOR MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY INSPECTIONS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 63-13-7, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
63-13-7. (1) Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, the Commissioner of Public Safety shall, not more than once every two (2) years, require that every motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer and pole trailer registered in this state be inspected and that an official certificate of inspection and approval be obtained for each such vehicle. Each such vehicle must display at all times a certificate of inspection and approval duly issued for such vehicle upon the lower left-hand corner of the windshield thereof or upon such vehicle in such position as to be visible from the outside.
(2) Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, every motor vehicle registered in any other state and operated over the highways of this state shall be inspected and shall display an inspection certificate which shall be different either in color or design from the inspection certificates issued for use on state registered vehicles.
However, the Commissioner of Public Safety may authorize the acceptance in this state of a certificate of inspection and approval issued under the authority of a qualified agency or department of another state, provided that every municipality, county and state office in such other state accepts under a mutually acceptable reciprocal agreement, Mississippi's certificate of inspection and approval. The commissioner shall except from the provisions of this chapter all passenger buses and other vehicles certified by the Interstate Commerce Commission and subject to its rules and regulations and its periodical inspections.
(3) The Commissioner of Public Safety shall require all school buses in the State of Mississippi to be inspected during the months of July or August each year and may provide such special certificate of inspection and approval as he may deem necessary.
(4) A motor vehicle manufactured or having a model year earlier than 1961 shall not be required to be inspected or to display a certificate of inspection under the provisions of this chapter.
SECTION 2. Section 63-13-11, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
63-13-11. A fee of Ten Dollars ($10.00) shall be charged for an inspection and issuance of a certificate of inspection for vehicles registered in this state. A fee of Twenty Dollars ($20.00) shall be charged for an inspection and issuance of a certificate of inspection for vehicles registered in another state unless a reciprocal agreement, as provided for in Section 63-13-7 has been approved, in which event no Mississippi certificate of inspection shall be required. The fee for state registered vehicles shall include a charge of Four Dollars ($4.00) per certificate of inspection, which shall be remitted to the Mississippi Department of Public Safety. The fee for motor vehicles registered in another state includes a charge of Eighteen Dollars ($18.00) per certificate of inspection, which shall be remitted to the Department of Public Safety. The funds so received by the department shall be deposited in the General Fund of the State Treasury in accordance with the provisions of Section 45-1-23(2). The portion of the fee which is not remitted to the department may be retained by the official inspection stations.
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2011.
