Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. "A new section is added to chapter 46.20 RCW to read as follows:
(1) Beginning July 1, 2018, except for enhanced drivers' licenses and identicards issued under RCW
46.20.202, the department must mark a driver's license or identicard issued under this chapter in accordance with the requirements of 6 C.F.R. Sec. 37.71 as it existed on the effective date of this section, or such subsequent date as may be provided by the department by rule, consistent with the purposes of this section.
(2) The department must adopt rules necessary to implement this section.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 46.20 RCW to read as follows:
(1) A driver's license or identicard issued with the design features required in section 1 of this act may not be used as evidence of or as a basis to infer an individual's citizenship or immigration status for any purpose.
(2) The presence of the design features required in section 1 of this act on a person's driver's license or identicard may not be used as a basis for the criminal investigation, arrest, or detention of that person in circumstances where a person with a driver's license or identicard without these design features would not be criminally investigated, arrested, or detained.
Sec. 3. RCW 46.20.202 and 2016 c 32 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) The department may enter into a memorandum of understanding with any federal agency for the purposes of facilitating the crossing of the border between the state of Washington and the Canadian province of British Columbia.
(2) The department may enter into an agreement with the Canadian province of British Columbia for the purposes of implementing a border-crossing initiative.
(3)(a) The department may issue an enhanced driver's license or identicard for the purposes of crossing the border between the state of Washington and the Canadian province of British Columbia to an applicant who provides the department with proof of: United States citizenship, identity, and state residency. The department shall continue to offer a standard driver's license and identicard. If the department chooses to issue an enhanced driver's license, the department must allow each applicant to choose between a standard driver's license or identicard, or an enhanced driver's license or identicard.
(b) The department shall implement a one-to-many biometric matching system for the enhanced driver's license or identicard. An applicant for an enhanced driver's license or identicard shall submit a biometric identifier as designated by the department. The biometric identifier must be used solely for the purpose of verifying the identity of the holders and for any purpose set out in RCW
46.20.037. Applicants are required to sign a declaration acknowledging their understanding of the one-to-many biometric match.
(c) The enhanced driver's license or identicard must include reasonable security measures to protect the privacy of Washington state residents, including reasonable safeguards to protect against unauthorized disclosure of data about Washington state residents. If the enhanced driver's license or identicard includes a radio frequency identification chip, or similar technology, the department shall ensure that the technology is encrypted or otherwise secure from unauthorized data access.
(d) The requirements of this subsection are in addition to the requirements otherwise imposed on applicants for a driver's license or identicard. The department shall adopt such rules as necessary to meet the requirements of this subsection. From time to time the department shall review technological innovations related to the security of identity cards and amend the rules related to enhanced driver's licenses and identicards as the director deems consistent with this section and appropriate to protect the privacy of Washington state residents.
(e) Notwithstanding RCW
46.20.118, the department may make images associated with enhanced drivers' licenses or identicards from the negative file available to United States customs and border agents for the purposes of verifying identity.
(4)(((a) Between July 15, 2015, and June 30, 2016, the fee for an enhanced driver's license or enhanced identicard is eighteen dollars, which is in addition to the fees for any regular driver's license or identicard. If the enhanced driver's license or enhanced identicard is issued, renewed, or extended for a period other than six years, the fee for each class is three dollars for each year that the enhanced driver's license or enhanced identicard is issued, renewed, or extended.
(b))) Beginning ((July 1, 2016)) on the effective date of this section, the fee for an enhanced driver's license or enhanced identicard is ((fifty-four)) twenty-four dollars, which is in addition to the fees for any regular driver's license or identicard. If the enhanced driver's license or enhanced identicard is issued, renewed, or extended for a period other than six years, the fee for each class is ((nine)) four dollars for each year that the enhanced driver's license or enhanced identicard is issued, renewed, or extended.
(5) The enhanced driver's license and enhanced identicard fee under this section must be deposited into the highway safety fund unless prior to July 1, 2023, the actions described in (a) or (b) of this subsection occur, in which case the portion of the revenue that is the result of the fee increased in section 209, chapter 44, Laws of 2015 3rd sp. sess. must be distributed to the connecting Washington account created under RCW
46.68.395.
(a) Any state agency files a notice of rule making under chapter
34.05 RCW for a rule regarding a fuel standard based upon or defined by the carbon intensity of fuel, including a low carbon fuel standard or clean fuel standard.
(b) Any state agency otherwise enacts, adopts, orders, or in any way implements a fuel standard based upon or defined by the carbon intensity of fuel, including a low carbon fuel standard or clean fuel standard.
(c) Nothing in this subsection acknowledges, establishes, or creates legal authority for the department of ecology or any other state agency to enact, adopt, order, or in any way implement a fuel standard based upon or defined by the carbon intensity of fuel, including a low carbon fuel standard or clean fuel standard.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 4. RCW 43.41.390 (Implementation of federal REAL ID Act of 2005) and 2007 c 85 s 1 are each repealed."
EFFECT: Makes the following changes related to driver's licenses and identicards:
(1) Prohibits the use of a standard driver's license or identicard with the specified design features as evidence of or as a basis to infer an individual's citizenship or immigration status;
(2) Prohibits the use of a person's standard driver's license or identicard with the specified design features as a basis for the criminal investigation, arrest, or detention of that person where the person otherwise would not be criminally investigated, arrested, or detained;
(3) Modifies the reduction in the fee for a full-term enhanced driver's license and an enhanced identicard from $66 to $78 (from the current fee of $108); and
(4) Preserves the restriction on DOL from issuing REAL ID-compliant drivers' licenses or identicards or from storing or including data about state residents to meet the requirements of the REAL ID Act until it provides certification that its driver's license, identicard, database, records facility, computer system, and personnel screening and training procedures:
(a) Include all reasonable security measures to protect the privacy of state residents;
(b) Include all reasonable safeguards to protect against the unauthorized disclosure of data; and
(c) Do not place unreasonable costs or recordkeeping burdens on a driver's license or identicard applicant.