MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2020 Regular Session
To: Transportation
By: Representative Byrd
AN ACT TO CREATE THE DRIVER'S LICENSE ISSUANCE TASK FORCE TO REVIEW AND EVALUATE THE EFFICIENCY OF AND POSSIBLE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE DRIVER'S LICENSE ISSUANCE PROCESS IN THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI; TO PROVIDE THAT THE TASK FORCE SHALL MAKE A REPORT OF ITS FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE LEGISLATURE BY DECEMBER 1, 2020; TO PROVIDE FOR THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE TASK FORCE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. (1) There is created the Driver's License Issuance Task Force to review and evaluate the current system for driver's license issuance in the State of Mississippi and make recommendations to improve the efficiency of the system and any other ways to improve the system.
The task force shall make a report of its findings and recommendations to the Legislature by December 1, 2020, including any recommended legislation.
(2) The task force shall be composed of ten (10) members, as follows:
(a) The Chairman of the House Transportation Committee, or his or her designee, and the Chairman of the Senate Highways and Transportation Committee, or his or her designee;
(b) The Chairman of the House Accountability, Efficiency and Transparency Committee, or his or her designee, and the Chairman of the Senate Accountability, Efficiency and Transparency Committee, or his or her designee;
(c) Two (2) members from the Department of Public Safety appointed by the Governor;
(d) Two (2) members from the Department of Revenue, one appointed by the Speaker of the House and one appointed by the Lieutenant Governor; and
(e) Two (2) members from the Department of Information Technology Service, one appointed by the Speaker of the House and one appointed by the Lieutenant Governor.
(3) Legislative appointments shall be made within thirty (30) days after the effective date of this act. Within fifteen (15) days thereafter on a day to be designated jointly by the Speaker of the House and the Lieutenant Governor, the task force shall meet and organize by selecting from its membership a chairman and a vice chairman. The vice chairman shall also serve as secretary and shall be responsible for keeping all records of the task force. A majority of the members of the task force shall constitute a quorum. In the selection of its officers and the adoption of rules, resolutions and reports, an affirmative vote of a majority of the task force shall be required. All members shall be notified in writing of all meetings, and those notices shall be mailed at least fifteen (15) days before the date on which a meeting is to be held.
(4) The members of the task force who are not legislators shall be compensated at the per diem rate authorized by Section 25-3-69 and shall be reimbursed in accordance with Section 25-3-41 for mileage and actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. Legislative members of the task force shall be paid from the contingent expense funds of their respective houses in the same manner as provided for committee meetings when the Legislature is not in session. However, no per diem or expenses for attending meetings of the task force will be paid to legislative members of the task force while the Legislature is in session. No task force member may incur per diem, travel or other expenses unless previously authorized by vote, at a meeting of the task force, which action shall be recorded in the official minutes of the meeting. The nonlegislative members shall be paid from any funds made available to the task force for that purpose.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2020.