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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 4513

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1986 Regular Session

By Senators Peterson, Patterson and Conner; by request of Department of Licensing

Read first time 1/14/86 and referred to Committee on Transportation.

AN ACT Relating to identification information taken by the department of licensing; and amending RCW 46.20.117.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 4, chapter 155, Laws of 1969 ex. sess. as last amended by section 3, chapter 1, Laws of 1985 1st ex. sess. and RCW 46.20.117 are each amended to read as follows:

          (1) The department shall issue "identicards," containing a picture, to individuals 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 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 be valid for five years.

          (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.

(3) The department shall fingerprint juveniles upon the written authorization of a custodial parent or legal guardian of the juvenile when issuing identicards to juveniles.  A custodial parent or legal guardian may elect to retain the fingerprints or authorize the department, in writing, to retain the fingerprints.  Fingerprints and basic information contained in the record of application retained by the department are exempt from public inspection and copying notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 42.17 RCW and shall not be provided by the department to persons other than a custodial parent or legal guardian, or persons expressly authorized in writing by a custodial parent or legal guardian to receive the fingerprints and basic record of application information.  The fingerprints or basic record of application information may not be offered as evidence in any criminal or civil proceeding except upon written authorization of a custodial parent or legal guardian.  Upon request of a custodial parent or legal guardian or upon the juvenile attaining the age of eighteen years, the department shall destroy the fingerprint records within a reasonable time of the request or within a reasonable time after the juvenile's eighteenth birthday.  For the purposes of this section, "juvenile" means any individual under the age of eighteen years.