Bill Text: MS SB2777 | 2016 | Regular Session | Engrossed
Bill Title: DUI Modernization and Technology Act; create.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-3)
Status: (Passed) 2016-05-04 - Approved by Governor [SB2777 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2016-SB2777-Engrossed.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2016 Regular Session
To: Judiciary, Division A
By: Senator(s) Parker, Norwood, Frazier, Stone, Younger, Barnett, Blackwell, Jackson (11th)
Senate Bill 2777
(As Passed the Senate)
AN ACT TO CREATE THE DUI MODERNIZATION AND TECHNOLOGY ACT; TO CREATE THE DUI INFORMATION EXCHANGE ADVISORY COMMITTEE; TO PROVIDE FOR THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE TASK FORCE; TO PROVIDE THE DUTIES 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 DUI Information Exchange Improvement Advisory Committee to address the problem of a lack of timely information regarding DUI arrests and convictions being available to law enforcement, prosecutors and courts. The Director of the Social Science Research Center at Mississippi State University shall appoint the chair. The other members shall be the following eighteen (18) persons:
(a) The Director of Management Information Systems, Department of Public Safety;
(b) The Director of the Driver Services Division, Department of Public Safety;
(c) The Director of the Criminal Information Center, Department of Public Safety;
(d) The Deputy Director, Mississippi Highway Patrol;
(e) The President of the Mississippi Municipal Court Clerks Association, or a designee;
(f) The President of The Mississippi Justice Court Clerks Association, or a designee;
(g) A municipal court prosecutor appointed by the President of the Mississippi Prosecutors Association;
(h) A county prosecutor appointed by the Mississippi Prosecutors Association;
(i) The Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutor, Mississippi Attorney General's Office;
(j) A representative of the Electronic Citation program appointed by the Director of the Social Science Research Center at Mississippi State University;
(k) The President of the Mississippi Association of Chiefs of Police or a designee;
(l) The President of the Mississippi Sheriffs Association or a designee;
(m) The President of the Mississippi Municipal Judges Association or a designee;
(n) The President of the Justice Court Judges Association or a designee;
(o) The Director of the Administrative Office of Courts or a designee;
(p) A member appointed by the Commissioner of Public Safety from the State Traffic Records Coordinating Committee, Office of the Highway Safety Division of Public Safety Planning;
(q) The State Defender of the Mississippi Office of Public Defender or a designee; and
(r) The Director of the Office of the Highway Safety Division of Public Safety Planning or a designee.
(2) At its first meeting, the advisory committee shall elect a vice chairman from its membership and shall adopt rules for transacting its business and keeping records. Members of the advisory committee shall serve without compensation.
(3) The duties of the committee shall be to:
(a) Make a comprehensive study of the flow of information between trial court clerks and judges, DUI prosecutors, the Driver Services Division of the Department of Public Safety, the Criminal Information Center of the Department of Public Safety, the Mississippi Alcohol Safety Education Program, the Mississippi Department of Mental Health, and all law enforcement agencies in the state to improve the imposition of enhanced penalties for repeat DUI offenders.
(b) Make recommendations to implement electronic submission of all records.
(c) Report its findings and recommendations to the Legislature and the Governor by December 1, 2016.
(4) The Social Science Research Center at Mississippi State University shall provide staff to assist the committee in carrying out its duties required by this section.
(5) This section shall stand repealed on July 1, 2017.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
