ESSB 5262 -
By Committee on Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness
ADOPTED 04/13/2009
Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:
"Sec. 1 RCW 46.20.118 and 2005 c 274 s 307 and 2005 c 246 s 23
are each reenacted and amended to read as follows:
(1) The department shall maintain a negative file. It shall
contain negatives of all pictures taken by the department of licensing
as authorized by ((RCW 46.20.070 through 46.20.119)) this chapter.
Negatives in the file shall not be available for public inspection and
copying under chapter 42.56 RCW.
(2) The department may make the file available to official
governmental enforcement agencies to assist in the investigation by the
agencies of suspected criminal activity or for the purposes of
verifying identity when a law enforcement officer is authorized by law
to request identification from an individual.
(3) The department shall make the file available to the office of
the secretary of state, at the expense of the secretary of state, to
assist in maintenance of the statewide voter registration database.
(4) The department may also provide a print to the driver's next of
kin in the event the driver is deceased."
Correct the title.
EFFECT: Deletes the new subsection that authorizes the DOL to share their picture files with judicial officers to assist in verifying the identity of an individual in a court proceeding. These files were only to be made available only if the requesting judicial officer declares to the DOL that he or she has given prior notice to the parties that the request is being made to the DOL.