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SENATE BILL 5348
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State of Washington 54th Legislature 1995 Regular Session
By Senators Cantu, Fraser and Winsley
Read first time 01/20/95. Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.
AN ACT Relating to disclosure of drivers' license records; adding a new section to chapter 46.20 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 42.17 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:
Notwithstanding any provision of chapter 42.17 RCW to the contrary, the department may not make available for public inspection or copying, or otherwise provide access to, applications for a driver's license or permit or identicard or information in its drivers' files concerning an applicant's, permittee's, or licensee's date of birth or physical or mental characteristics or conditions. The department may not give, sell, or otherwise provide access to lists of individual holders of drivers' licenses or permits or identicards, or those persons' addresses.
The department shall make the records and information available:
(1) As necessary to carry out the duties or authorized activities of the department;
(2) To a federal, state, local, or Canadian government agency or educational institution, or its authorized commercial agents or contractors, only for use in, and to the extent necessary for, the performance of the duties of the government agency as determined by the director;
(3) To persons otherwise permitted by law to obtain access to or copies of the department's records, only to the extent necessary to achieve the purpose of the law or laws permitting the disclosure; or
(4) To an individual with a civil suit, as determined by the director.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 42.17 RCW to read as follows:
Section 1 of this act applies to this chapter.
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