Bill Text: MS SB2092 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Driver's license; revise punishment for driving without.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2011-02-01 - Died In Committee [SB2092 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2011-SB2092-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2011 Regular Session
To: Judiciary, Division B
By: Senator(s) Michel
Senate Bill 2092
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-1-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM THE PUNISHMENT FOR DRIVING WITHOUT A SUSPENDED DRIVER'S LICENSE TO THE PUNISHMENT FOR DRIVING WITH A SUSPENDED DRIVER'S LICENSE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 63-1-5, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
63-1-5. (1) No person shall drive or operate a motor vehicle other than a motorcycle upon the highways of the State of Mississippi without first securing an operator's license to drive on the highways of the state, except those persons especially exempted by Section 63-1-7.
(2) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction may be punished by imprisonment for not less than two (2) days nor more than six (6) months, by a fine of not less than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or both.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2011.
