Current through September 24, 2024
1. Renewal
Procedures:
a. Any applicant renewing an
existing Mississippi Commercial License bearing the HAZ/MAT endorsement must
submit to a security threat assessment. After applicant has passed the
appropriate written test:
i. Go through
"UPDLIC" and remove the HAZ/MAT score and date, PF5 to save
ii. Go through "ADDLIC" on CDL score screen
and enter "I" in the HAZ/MAT status code, current day's date and examiner's
badge number.
b.
Complete renewal process; collect all appropriate fees including fees for the
security threat assessment. You will stamp the receipt that indicates the
HAZ/MAT endorsement is valid ninety (90) days from date of receipt. The
examiner will then collect the applicant's fingerprints for
submission.
c. The applicant will
receive notice by mail from TSA (Transportation Security Administration) of
approval or denial. Upon receiving approval notice, the applicant will return
to have the "H" endorsement placed on the license within one hundred and eighty
(180) days from the date of letter. If the applicant does not return within one
hundred and eighty (180) days, they will have to submit for a new security
threat assessment. At this time, the applicant will pay the appropriate
endorsement fee only. The examiner will issue a "free shot". Once the process
is completed, the examiner will call the CDL Help Desk to have the "free shot"
removed from the license.
2. Adding HAZ/MAT:
a. Any applicant adding the Hazardous
Materials endorsement to an existing Mississippi Commercial Driver License must
submit to a security threat assessment. After the applicant has passed the
appropriate test:
i. Go through "UPDLIC" on
the CDL score screen and enter "I" in the HAZ/MAT status code, current day's
date and examiner's badge number. No scores will be entered at this
time.
b. At this time,
the examiner will collect only the security threat assessment fees, but not the
endorsement fee. The applicant will receive notice by mail from TSA of approval
or denial. Upon receipt of approval, the applicant will return to have the "H"
endorsement placed on the license within one hundred and eighty (180) days from
the date of the letter. If the applicant does not return within the one hundred
and eighty (180) days, they will have to submit for a new security threat
assessment. At this time, the applicant will pay the endorsement fee and
duplicate license fee.
3. Transfers:
a. Any applicant transferring from another
state with a commercial driver license bearing the HAZ/MAT endorsement will be
required to submit to a security threat assessment. The HAZ/MAT endorsement
cannot be transferred from another state. The applicant will be required to
drop the HAZ/MAT endorsement. The applicant will transfer the commercial
license without the "H" endorsement and then they can apply for it. The
examiner will follow the same procedures for adding the endorsement.
4. HAZ/MAT E-mails:
E-mails must be checked each and every working day. There is
no exception to this rule. When an applicant prints are submitted for a
security threat assessment electronically, a response is sent back via e-mail
to the transmitting station. This response will be from one of two (2)
agencies, state agencies or FBI. This lets the examiner know if the
fingerprints submitted for each applicant were accepted or rejected. If the
prints are rejected, it is the examiner's responsibility to contact that
applicant to return for submitting a new set of prints. The department is
charged each time a print is submitted. If an applicant's prints are rejected,
there is a transaction control reference number on the rejection notice that
can be entered on the new submission to prevent from being billed a second
time. This number must be entered anytime a print is being re-submitted. The
transaction control reference number can only be submitted once. If an
applicant is rejected three (3) or more times, you do not need to enter this
number.
Miss. Code Ann.
§§
45-1-3
and
63-1-201
