As Amended
SEC. 63-1-43. Fees for licenses generally.
(1) The fee for receiving the application and issuing the driver's or operator's license and the fee for renewing the license shall be Eighteen Dollars ($18.00) plus the applicable photograph fee for each applicant for a four-year license and Three Dollars ($3.00) plus the applicable photograph fee for each applicant for a one-year license. All originals and renewals of regular operators' licenses shall be in compliance with Section 63-1-47.
(2) The fee for receiving the application and issuing a motorcycle endorsement shall be Five Dollars ($5.00). Motorcycle endorsements shall be valid for the same period of time as the applicant's operator's license.
(3) The fee for receiving the application and issuing a restricted motorcycle operator's license and the fee for renewing such license shall be Eleven Dollars ($11.00) plus the applicable photograph fee. All originals and renewals of restricted motorcycle licenses shall be valid for a period of four (4) years, in compliance with Section 63-1-47.
(4) From and after January 1, 1990, every person who makes application for an original license or a renewal license to operate a vehicle as a common carrier by motor vehicle, taxicab, passenger coach, dray, contract carrier or private commercial carrier as such terms are defined in Section 27-19-3, except for those vehicles for which a Class A, B or C license is required under Article 2 of this chapter, shall, in lieu of the regular driver's license above provided for, apply for and obtain a Class D commercial driver's license, the fee for which shall be Twenty-three Dollars ($23.00) plus the applicable photograph fee for a period of four (4) years; provided, however, except as required under Article 2 of this chapter, no driver of a pickup truck shall be required to have a commercial license regardless of the purpose for which the pickup truck is used.
All originals and renewals of commercial licenses issued under this section shall be valid for a period of four (4) years, in compliance with Section 63-1-47. Only persons who operate the above-mentioned vehicles in the course of the regular and customary business of the owner shall be required to obtain a Class D commercial operator's license, and persons operating such vehicles for private purposes or in emergencies shall not be required to obtain such license.
(5) The Commissioner of Public Safety, by rule or regulation, shall establish a driver's license photograph fee which shall be the actual cost of the photograph rounded off to the next highest dollar. Monies collected for the photograph fee shall be deposited into a special photograph fee account which the Department of Public Safety shall use to pay the actual cost of producing the photographs. Any monies collected in excess of the actual costs of the photography shall be deposited to the general fund of the State of Mississippi.
SOURCES: Codes, 1942, § 8102; Laws, 1938, ch. 143; Laws, 1940, chs. 157, 167; Laws, 1946, ch. 420, § 7; Laws, 1948, ch. 343, § 5; Laws, 1950, ch. 408, § 1; Laws, 1956, ch. 378, § 3; Laws, 1958, ch. 493; Laws, 1962, ch. 523; Laws, 1968, ch. 539, § 1; Laws, 1973, ch. 383, § 1; Laws, 1981, ch. 453, § 2; Laws, 1985, ch. 376, § 4; Laws, 1989, ch. 482, § 23; Laws, 1992, ch. 469, § 1; Laws, 1994, ch. 588, § 8; Laws, 2001, ch. 535, § 3, SB 2959, eff from and after July 1, 2001.
PREVIOUS VERSIONS: Pre-2001