House Bill 1599

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 63-1-37 AND 45-35-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE FEES FOR THE ISSUANCE OF SECOND AND SUBSEQUENT DUPLICATE COPIES OF DRIVERS' LICENSES AND IDENTIFICATION CARDS ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY; TO CLARIFY THE PROVISIONS OF LAW PROVIDING FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF FEES COLLECTED FROM THE ISSUANCE OF DRIVERS' LICENSES AND IDENTIFICATION CARDS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

SECTION 1. Section 63-1-37, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

63-1-37. In the event that a license or temporary driving permit issued under the provisions of this article is lost or destroyed, the licensee shall obtain from the commissioner a duplicate copy thereof and shall pay a fee in the amount of Three Dollars ($3.00) plus the applicable photograph fee for the first duplicate copy and a fee in the amount of Eight Dollars ($8.00) plus the applicable photograph fee for the second and each subsequent duplicate copy. The license or permit shall be marked "Duplicate."

All fees collected under this section, except photograph fees, shall be deposited into the State General Fund. Photograph fees collected under this section shall be deposited into a special photograph fee account or into the State General Fund in the same manner as photograph fees collected from the issuance of drivers' licenses under Section 63-1-43.

SECTION 2. Section 45-35-9, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

45-35-9. (1) If an identification card issued under this chapter is lost, destroyed or mutilated, or a new name is required, the person to whom it was issued may obtain a duplicate by furnishing satisfactory proof of such fact to the department. The same identifying data shall be furnished for a duplicate as for an original card. A fee of Three Dollars ($3.00) plus the applicable photograph fee shall be collected for the first duplicate card issued * * * and a fee of Eight Dollars ($8.00) plus the applicable photograph fee shall be collected for the second and each subsequent duplicate copy. However, whenever a duplicate copy of an identification card is issued only because a new name is required and the previously issued identification card is returned to the department, the fee for the issuance of such duplicate shall be Three Dollars (3.00) plus the applicable photograph fee, regardless of whether the duplicate is the first, second or subsequent duplicate copy. All fees collected under this section, except photograph fees, shall be deposited into the State General Fund. Photograph fees collected under this section shall be deposited into a special photograph fee account or into the State General Fund in the same manner as photograph fees collected from the issuance of drivers' licenses under Section 63-1-43.

(2) Any person who loses an identification card and who, after obtaining a duplicate, finds the original card shall promptly surrender the original card to the department.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2002.