§ 63-11-47. Selection and purchase of equipment and supplies
The Commissioner of Public Safety, acting in concert with the Mississippi Forensics Laboratory created pursuant to Section 45-1-17, is hereby expressly authorized and directed to determine the equipment and supplies which are adequate and necessary from both a medical and law enforcement standpoint for administration of this chapter. The Commissioner of Public Safety, upon receiving […]
§ 63-11-26. Actions which foreclose judicial review
When the commissioner of public safety, or his authorized agent, shall suspend the driver’s license or permit to drive of a person or shall deny the issuance of a license or permit to a person as provided in Section 63-11-30, the person shall not be entitled to any judicial review of or appeal from the […]
§ 63-11-27. Notification of authorities in home state of suspension of nonresident drivers privilege
When it has been finally determined under the procedures of Sections 63-11-21 through 63-11-25, that a nonresident’s privilege to operate a motor vehicle in this state has been suspended, the commissioner, or his duly authorized agent, shall give information in writing of the action taken to the motor vehicle administrator of the state of the […]
§ 63-11-30. Operating a vehicle while under influence of alcohol or other drugs; penalties; zero tolerance for minors; DUI test refusal; aggravated DUI; DUI child endangerment; expunction; nonadjudication
It is unlawful for a person to drive or otherwise operate a vehicle within this state if the person: Is under the influence of intoxicating liquor; Is under the influence of any other substance that has impaired the person’s ability to operate a motor vehicle; Is under the influence of any drug or controlled substance, […]
§ 63-11-31. Interlock restricted license; ignition interlock device; impoundment or immobilization of vehicles; use of Interlock Device Fund to offset cost of device installation and operation by indigent offenders; reinstatement of license without interlock restriction
[Effective until July 1, 2020, this section will read as follows:] The provisions of this section are supplemental to the provisions of Section 63-11-30. “Ignition-interlock device” means a device approved by the Department of Public Safety that connects a motor vehicle ignition system to a breath-alcohol analyzer and prevents a motor vehicle ignition from starting […]
§ 63-11-31.1. Mississippi Forensics Laboratory to promulgate rules and regulations for court-ordered drug testing of DUI/other drug violators; evaluation of proposals made by and approval of vendors to be utilized by trial courts
The Mississippi Forensics Laboratory shall promulgate rules and regulations for court-ordered drug testing of DUI/other drug violators and shall approve which vendors are eligible to be utilized by the trial courts when ordering defendants to undergo drug testing as a condition of continuing to exercise the privilege to drive. The Forensics Laboratory may assess fees […]
§ 63-11-32. Development, implementation and funding of driver improvement program for first offenders convicted of driving while intoxicated or under influence of another substance which impairs ability to operate motor vehicle
The State Department of Public Safety in conjunction with the Governor’s Highway Safety Program, the State Board of Health, or any other state agency or institution shall develop and implement a driver improvement program for persons identified as first offenders convicted of driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or another substance which had […]
§ 63-11-33. Interlock Device Fund; purpose; use of monies
[Effective until July 1, 2020, this section will read as follows:] There is created in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the Interlock Device Fund. The purpose of the fund shall be to provide funding for the Driver’s License Bureau of the Department of Public Safety and also to provide funding […]
§ 63-11-37. Contents and disposition of record of conviction under § 63-11-30
It shall be the duty of the trial judge, upon conviction of a person under Section 63-11-30, to mail or otherwise deliver in a method prescribed by the commissioner a true and correct copy of the traffic ticket, citation or affidavit evidencing the arrest that resulted in the conviction and a certified copy of the […]
§ 63-11-39. Reduction of charges under chapter
The court having jurisdiction or the prosecutor shall not reduce any charge under this chapter to a lesser charge.