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                          HOUSE BILL 1444

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State of Washington      53rd Legislature     1993 Regular Session

By Representatives Schmidt, Sheldon, Anderson, R. Fisher, Ballasiotes, Horn, Brough, Sheahan, Long, Campbell, Brumsickle, Ballard, Wood, Miller and Forner

Read first time 01/27/93.  Referred to Committee on Transportation.

Requiring identification for driver's licenses and identicards.

    AN ACT Relating to identification requirements for driver's licenses and identicards; amending RCW 46.20.116 and 46.20.117; and adding a new section to chapter 46.20 RCW.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 46.20 RCW to read as follows:

    (1) The department may not issue an identicard or a Washington state driver's license, except as provided in RCW 46.20.116, unless the applicant has satisfied the department regarding his or her identity.  Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, an applicant has not satisfied the identity requirements of this section unless he or she displays or provides the department with at least one of the following pieces of valid identifying documentation:

    (a) A valid or recently expired driver's license or instruction permit that contains the signature, date of birth, and a photograph of the applicant;

    (b) A Washington state identicard or an identification card issued by another state that contains the signature and a photograph of the applicant;

    (c) An identification card issued by the United States, a state, or an agency of either the United States or a state, of a kind commonly used to identify the members of employees of the government agency, that contains the signature and a photograph of the applicant;

    (d) A military identification card that contains the signature and a photograph of the applicant;

    (e) A United States passport that contains the signature and a photograph of the applicant;

    (f) A nonresident alien registration that contains the signature and a photograph of the applicant;

    (g) An immigration and naturalization service form that contains the signature and photograph of the applicant; or

    (h) If the applicant is a minor, an affidavit of the applicant's parent or guardian where the parent or guardian displays or provides at least one piece of identifying documentation as specified in this subsection along with additional documentation establishing the relationship between the parent or guardian and the applicant.

    (2) A person unable to provide identifying documentation as specified in subsection (1) of this section may request that the department review other available documentation in order to ascertain identity.  The department may waive the requirement for specific identifying documentation under subsection (1) of this section if it finds that other documentation clearly establishes the identity of the applicant.

    Sec. 2.  RCW 46.20.116 and 1969 ex.s. c 155 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:

    The department shall plainly label each license "not valid for identification purposes" where the applicant is unable to prove his or her identity ((commensurate to the regulations adopted by the director)) as provided in section 1 of this act.

    Sec. 3.  RCW 46.20.117 and 1986 c 15 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

    (1) The department shall issue "identicards," containing a picture, to ((individuals)) nondrivers for a fee of four dollars.  However, the fee shall be the actual cost of production to recipients of continuing public assistance grants under Title 74 RCW who are referred in writing to the department by the secretary of social and health services.  The fee shall be deposited in the highway safety fund.  To be eligible, each applicant shall produce evidence as required ((by the rules adopted by the director)) in section 1 of this act that positively proves identity.  The "identicard" shall be distinctly designed so that it will not be confused with the official driver's license.  The identicard shall expire on the fifth anniversary of the applicant's birthdate after issuance.

    (2) The department may cancel an "identicard" upon a showing by its records or other evidence that the holder of such "identicard" has committed a violation relating to "identicards" defined in RCW 46.20.336.

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