Bill Text: MS SB2680 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Driver's license; clarify renewal accommodations for active service members.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Failed) 2014-02-04 - Died In Committee [SB2680 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2014-SB2680-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2014 Regular Session
To: Judiciary, Division B
By: Senator(s) Hopson
Senate Bill 2680
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-1-49, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CLARIFY THE ELIGIBILITY OF MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY TO RENEW A DRIVER'S LICENSE ONLINE OR BY MAIL; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 63-1-49, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
63-1-49. (1) An expired
license issued pursuant to this article may be renewed at any time within
twelve (12) months after the expiration date of * * * the license upon application and
payment of the required fee, and the payment of a delinquent fee of One Dollar
($1.00), in lieu of a driver examination, unless the holder of the expired
license is required to be examined, or unless the department has reason to
believe the licensee is no longer qualified to receive a license * * *.
(2) (a) Any person in the
armed services of the United States, holding a valid license issued pursuant to
this article and being out of state due to military service at the time the
license expires, may renew the license by mail or by online renewal services * * * while out of state due to military
service, at any time within ninety (90) days after being discharged from * * * military service, or upon returning
to the state, without payment of any delinquent fee or examination, unless the
department has reason to believe that the licensee is no longer qualified to
receive a license. * * *
The person shall make proof by affidavit of the fact of * * * the person's military service * * * or of the time of discharge or
return. The expiration of the license of a military person under the
provisions of this paragraph (a) shall not affect the validity of the license,
but * * * the
license shall continue to be valid and permit such person to operate a motor
vehicle in this state for a period of ninety (90) days after * * * discharge from military
service or * * *
return to the state or until * * * the person renews * * * the license, whichever * * * occurs first.
(b) The provisions of
paragraph (a) of this subsection (2) also apply to a dependent of a person in
the armed services of the United States who is out of state due to military
service if the dependent resides out of state with the armed services member
and the license of the dependent expires during * * * the family member's absence
from the state. The Commissioner of Public Safety may adopt * * * rules and regulations under the provisions
of the Administrative Procedures Act as may be necessary to implement the
provisions of this paragraph.
(3) Any person holding a
valid license issued pursuant to this article who is going overseas for two (2)
to four (4) years and whose license shall expire during the stay overseas may
renew said license for four (4) years * * * before leaving. * * * The person shall make proof by
affidavit of the fact of such overseas travel. * * *
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
