Reference is to Printer's Date 2/28/2011.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, by striking all after the enacting words and inserting:
/ SECTION 1. Section 61-6-4020 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 61-6-4020.
(A) A person who is twenty-one
years of age or older may transport lawfully acquired alcoholic
liquors to and from a place where alcoholic liquors may be
lawfully possessed or consumed; but if the cap or seal on the
container has been opened or broken, it is unlawful to transport
the liquors in a motor vehicle, except in the
a trunk, luggage compartment, or cargo area
that is separate and distinct from the driver's and
passengers' compartments. For purposes of this exception, the
luggage compartment or cargo area is not required to be a closed
trunk that is accessible only from the exterior of the motor
vehicle. A person who violates this section is guilty of a
misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than
one hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days.
A person's driver's license may not be suspended for a
violation of this section. For purposes of this section,
alcoholic liquors means all distilled spirits regardless of the
percentage of alcohol by volume that they contain.
(B) Section
61-6-4290 and 61-6-4300 do not apply to violations of this
statute."
SECTION 2. A person whose driver's license is currently suspended due solely to a violation of Section 61-6-4020 is eligible for immediate reinstatement upon payment of the reinstatement fee to the Department of Motor Vehicles.
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor. /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.