HB 1243 - DIGEST

(SUBSTITUTED FOR - SEE 1ST SUB)

     Requires the department to enter into a contract for the procurement of a new state driver's license and identicard with the following features:  (1) A central issuance system;

     (2) a digital imaging system;

     (3) machine-readable technologies, including a one-dimensional bar code, two-dimensional bar code, and a magnetic stripe;

     (4) an electronic finger image identification system;

     (5) a fusion or trimodal optical variable device that is not readily available to the general public; and

     (6) a second picture of the card holder printed on the license or identicard in ultraviolet ink.

     Requires every person applying for an original, renewal, or duplicate driver's license to submit to an electronic finger scan.

     Directs the department to maintain a finger image data base consisting of all finger images obtained by the department for use in issuing driver's licenses and identicards.

     Authorizes the department to allow fingerprints found at a crime scene to be compared to the department's finger image data base when an official government enforcement agency receives a court order directing the comparison.