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                          HOUSE BILL 1244

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State of Washington      55th Legislature     1997 Regular Session

By Representatives K. Schmidt, Fisher, McMorris, Scott, Zellinsky, Hatfield, Skinner, Mitchell, Wood, Delvin, Smith, Robertson, O'Brien, Sterk, Backlund, Cairnes, Radcliff, Boldt, Ogden, L. Thomas, Hankins, Johnson and Benson

Read first time 01/20/97.  Referred to Committee on Transportation Policy & Budget.

Regulating identification requirements for drivers' licenses and identicards.

    AN ACT Relating to identification requirements for drivers' licenses and identicards; and amending RCW 46.20.035.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 46.20.035 and 1993 c 452 s 1 are each amended 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))) (1) 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))) (2) A Washington state identicard or an identification card issued by another state that contains the signature and a photograph of the applicant;

    (((c)))  (3) 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))) (4) A military identification card that contains the signature and a photograph of the applicant;

    (((e))) (5) A United States passport that contains the signature and a photograph of the applicant;

    (((f))) (6) An immigration and naturalization service form that contains the signature and photograph of the applicant; or

    (((g))) (7) 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.))

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