MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2015 Regular Session
To: Universities and Colleges
By: Representative Hood
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 25-9-153, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE A PERSON WHO HOLDS A VALID DRIVER'S LICENSE OF THE APPROPRIATE CLASSIFICATION FROM ANY STATE TO DRIVE VEHICLES OWNED BY A STATE INSTITUTION OF HIGHER LEARNING; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 25-9-153, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
25-9-153. (1) (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), an employee of any state agency, department, board, commission, institution or other instrumentality of the state may not operate a state-owned motor vehicle unless such person has a valid Mississippi driver's license or a valid driver's license from a contiguous state.
(b) A person may operate a motor vehicle owned by a state institution of higher learning if they have a valid Mississippi driver's license of the appropriate classification or a valid driver's license of the appropriate classification from any state.
(2) A violation of subsection (1) of this section constitutes good cause for dismissal from employment.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.