SB 5978-S - DIGEST

(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)

Directs the state patrol and department of licensing to develop and adopt through joint rule making, in consultation and cooperation with the car and truck renting and leasing association, a program, at no cost to the state, that provides vehicle rental companies with the means to determine in real time only the validity of this state's and other states' drivers' licenses.

Declares that this program must include: (1) Provisions requiring rental company employees to report invalid licenses; and

(2) The procedures by which the invalid licenses are reported.

Requires the state patrol and department of licensing to report to the legislature by December 31, 2003, on the details of the program developed under this act.