Bill Text: MS HB381 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Driver's license; provide that retired law enforcement officer may request identifying symbol, character or endorsement.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2012-03-06 - Died In Committee [HB381 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2012-HB381-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2012 Regular Session
To: Transportation
By: Representative Horne
House Bill 381
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-1-35, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT ANY RESIDENT OF THIS STATE WHO HOLDS A VALID MISSISSIPPI DRIVER'S LICENSE AND WHO IS A RETIRED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, UPON RENEWAL OF HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE, MAY REQUEST THAT THE DRIVER'S LICENSE ISSUED TO THAT PERSON CONTAIN A DISTINCTIVE SYMBOL, CHARACTER OR ENDORSEMENT IDENTIFYING THAT PERSON AS A RETIRED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 63-1-35, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
63-1-35. (1) The Commissioner of Public Safety shall prescribe the form of licenses issued pursuant to this article which shall, among other features, include a driver's license number assigned by the Department of Public Safety. A licensee shall list his social security number with the department which shall cross reference the social security number with the driver's license number for purposes of identification. Additionally, each license shall bear a full-face color photograph of the licensee in such form that the license and the photograph cannot be separated. The photograph shall be taken so that one (1) exposure will photograph the applicant and the application simultaneously on the same film. The department shall use a process in the issuance of a license with a color photograph that shall prevent as nearly as possible any alteration, counterfeiting, duplication, reproduction, forging or modification of the license or the superimposition of a photograph without ready detection. The photograph shall be replaced by the department at the time of renewal. Drivers' licenses, including photographs appearing thereon, may be renewed by electronic means according to rules and regulations promulgated by the commissioner in conformity to Section 27-104-33.
(2) The commissioner shall prescribe the form of licenses issued pursuant to this article to licensees who are not United States citizens and who do not possess a social security number issued by the United States government. The licenses of such persons shall include a number and/or other identifying features.
(3) Any new, renewal or duplicate driver's license, temporary driving permit, intermediate license or commercial driver's license issued to a person required to register as a sex offender pursuant to Section 45-33-25 shall bear a designation identifying the licensee or permittee as a sex offender.
(4) Any resident of this state who holds a valid Mississippi driver's license and who is a retired law enforcement officer, upon renewal of his driver's license, may request that the driver's license issued to that person contain a distinctive symbol, character or endorsement identifying that person as a retired law enforcement officer. No fee shall be charged by the department for the symbol, character or endorsement; however, at the time of application the applicant shall present proof to the issuing official that he is a retired law enforcement officer by presenting a signed and notarized affidavit from the governing authority or chief executive officer of the agency, county, municipality or political subdivision from which the law enforcement officer retired.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2012.
