MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2013 Regular Session
To: Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
By: Senator(s) Bryan
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-1-46, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF THE FEE FOR REINSTATEMENT OF A SUSPENDED DRIVER'S LICENSE AND PROVIDE THAT THE AMOUNT OF THE INCREASE SHALL BE USED FOR FUNDING THE MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY SAFETY PATROL SYSTEM; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 63-1-46, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
63-1-46. (1) A fee of * * * One Hundred
Dollars ($100.00) shall be charged for the reinstatement of a license
issued * * *
under this article to every person whose license has been validly
suspended, revoked or cancelled. This fee shall be in addition to the fee
provided for in Section 63-1-43 * * *.
(2) Of the funds received under the provisions of
subsection (1) of this section, Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) shall be
deposited into the State General Fund in accordance with Section 45-1-23, * * * and Seventy-five
Dollars ($75.00) shall be paid to the Board of Trustees of the Public
Employees' Retirement System for funding the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol
Retirement Fund as provided under Section 25-13-7.
(3) In addition to the fee provided for in subsection (1) of this section, an additional fee of Seventy-five Dollars ($75.00) shall be charged for the reinstatement of a license issued pursuant to this article to every person whose license has been suspended or revoked under the provisions of the Mississippi Implied Consent Law or as a result of a conviction of a violation of the Uniform Controlled Substances Law under the provisions of Section 63-1-71.
(4) The funds received
under the provisions of subsection (3) of this section shall be placed in a
special fund * * *
that is created in the State Treasury. Monies in such special fund may
be expended solely to contribute to the Disability and Relief Fund for members
of the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol such amounts as are necessary to make
sworn agents of the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics who were employed by such
bureau prior to December 1, 1990, and who were subsequently employed as
enforcement troopers by the Department of Public Safety, full members of the
retirement system for the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol with full credit
for the time they were employed as sworn agents for the Mississippi Bureau of
Narcotics. The Board of Trustees of the Public Employees' Retirement System
shall certify to the State Treasurer the amounts necessary for the purposes
described above. The State Treasurer shall monthly transfer from the special
fund created pursuant to this subsection the amounts deposited in such special
fund to the Disability and Relief Fund for members of the Mississippi Highway
Safety Patrol until such time as the certified amount has been transferred. At
such time as the certified amount has been transferred, the State Treasurer
shall transfer any funds remaining in the special fund created pursuant to this
subsection to the State General Fund and shall then dissolve such special
fund. This subsection (4) shall stand repealed at such time when the State
Treasurer transfers funds and dissolves the special fund account in accordance
with the provisions of this subsection.
(5) The procedure for the reinstatement of a license issued pursuant to this article that has been suspended for being out of compliance with an order for support, as defined in Section 93-11-153, and the payment of any fees for the reinstatement of a license suspended for that purpose, shall be governed by Section 93-11-157 or 93-11-163, as the case may be.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2013.