HB 1005 Summary

• Allows persons with suspended driver's licenses due to non-compliance with child support orders to petition chancery court for a hardship license to drive to work and religious services.

• Requires hardship license applicants to prove by clear and convincing evidence that suspension would hinder employment and obtain a recommendation letter from the Mississippi Department of Human Services.

• Sets the hardship license fee at $25.00 and establishes a four-year term for the license, which must look substantially different from a regular driver's license.

• Prohibits hardship licenses from being used to operate commercial motor vehicles.

• Takes effect July 1, 2020.