MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

1998 Regular Session

To: Judiciary B

By: Representative Robinson (84th)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 45-35-13 AND 63-1-60, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE PENALTIES FOR THE UNLAWFUL USE OF IDENTIFICATION CARDS AND DRIVER'S LICENSES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. 

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

SECTION 1. Section 45-35-13, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

45-35-13. (1) No person shall:

(a) Display, or cause or permit to be displayed, or have in his possession, any cancelled, fictitious, fraudulently altered or fraudulently obtained identification cards;

(b) Lend an identification card to any person or knowingly permit the use thereof by another;

(c) Display or represent any identification card not issued to him as being his card;

(d) Permit any unlawful use of an identification card issued to him;

(e) Do any act forbidden or fail to perform any act required by this chapter; or

(f) Photograph, photostat, duplicate or in any way reproduce any identification card or facsimile thereof so that it could be mistaken for a valid identification card, or display or have in his possession any such photograph, photostat, duplicate, reproduction or facsimile unless authorized by the provisions of this chapter.

(2) Any person convicted of a violation of any provision of subsection (1) of this section is guilty of a felony and shall be punished by a fine of not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) or by imprisonment for not less than six (6) months nor more than one (1) year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

SECTION 2. Section 63-1-60, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

63-1-60. (1) It shall be unlawful for any person:

(a) To display, cause or permit to be displayed, or have in his possession, any fictitious, fraudulently altered or fraudulently obtained driver's license;

(b) To display or represent any driver's license not issued to him as being his own driver's license;

(c) To photograph, photostat, duplicate or in any way reproduce or alter any driver's license, or facsimile thereof, in such a manner that it could be mistaken for a valid driver's license;

(d) To display or have in his possession any photograph, photostat, duplicate, reproduction or facsimile of a driver's license unless authorized by law; or

(e) To take a driver's license examination for another or to use any other name, other than his own, on the driver's license application in an attempt to take the driver's license examination for another.

(2) Any person convicted of a violation of this section shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by a fine of not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,00.00), or by imprisonment for not less than six (6) months nor more than one (1) year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 1998.