(1) License examiners shall keep a complete record of all funds received from applicants upon forms to be prescribed and furnished by the department out of the operating funds of the department. Application forms shall be printed in book form and serially numbered and in such form that the original thereof may be transmitted by the license examiner to the commissioner, together with the renewal fee.
(2) (a) There shall be tendered with all applications for a temporary driving permit, temporary motorcycle driving permit, initial issuance of any license issued pursuant to this article, renewal licenses, duplicate licenses or any other services for which a fee is charged, the proper fee required by law by cash, certified check, money order or electronic payment as authorized under Section 27-104-33.(b) Upon successful completion of the Driver Service Bureau Certified Driver’s Education instructor course, individuals will be authorized to teach Driver’s Education throughout the State of Mississippi. To qualify for the instructor course, applicants shall first meet all eligibility requirements established by the Driver Service Bureau, including, but not limited to, a fingerprint-based criminal history background check. The fingerprints shall be submitted to the Mississippi Criminal Information Center for a check of state records. If no disqualifying record is identified at the state level, the fingerprints shall be forwarded by the Mississippi Criminal Information Center to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history record check. The fee for such fingerprinting and criminal history record check shall be paid by the applicant to the Mississippi Criminal Information Center. Other than the subject of the criminal history record check, no individual shall disclose information received through any such checks except as required to fulfill the purposes of this section.
(a) There shall be tendered with all applications for a temporary driving permit, temporary motorcycle driving permit, initial issuance of any license issued pursuant to this article, renewal licenses, duplicate licenses or any other services for which a fee is charged, the proper fee required by law by cash, certified check, money order or electronic payment as authorized under Section 27-104-33.
(b) Upon successful completion of the Driver Service Bureau Certified Driver’s Education instructor course, individuals will be authorized to teach Driver’s Education throughout the State of Mississippi. To qualify for the instructor course, applicants shall first meet all eligibility requirements established by the Driver Service Bureau, including, but not limited to, a fingerprint-based criminal history background check. The fingerprints shall be submitted to the Mississippi Criminal Information Center for a check of state records. If no disqualifying record is identified at the state level, the fingerprints shall be forwarded by the Mississippi Criminal Information Center to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history record check. The fee for such fingerprinting and criminal history record check shall be paid by the applicant to the Mississippi Criminal Information Center. Other than the subject of the criminal history record check, no individual shall disclose information received through any such checks except as required to fulfill the purposes of this section.
(3) The Commissioner of Public Safety shall deposit the amount of fees, together with all fees for duplicate licenses, permits, delinquent fees and reinstatement fees collected by him into the General Fund of the State Treasury, in accordance with the provisions of Section 45-1-23(2); however, Seven Dollars ($7.00) of the fee derived from the fee charged for original and renewal operators’ licenses imposed under Section 63-1-43(1) and Four Dollars ($4.00) of the fee derived from the fee charged for original and renewal Class D commercial drivers’ licenses under Section 63-1-43(4) shall be deposited into a special fund that is created in the State Treasury. Monies in the fund may be expended upon legislative appropriation solely for the purchase by the Department of Public Safety of vehicles, communications equipment and weapons.
(4) Information related to driver records, certified driver records, and motor vehicle reports shall only be available for the permissible uses set forth in the Driver Privacy Protection Act of 1994. No information about a licensee shall be provided that is prohibited from being disclosed under state or federal law. The Department of Public Safety shall establish the means by which such records may be obtainable for permissible uses, and any fees collected for providing such records shall be deposited to the Driver Service Bureau Special Fees Fund.