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HOUSE BILL 1444
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AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
Passed Legislature - 1993 Regular Session
State of Washington 53rd Legislature 1993
Regular Session
By
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) An immigration and
naturalization service form that contains the signature and photograph of the
applicant; or
(g) 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.
