CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
ENGROSSED
SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6020
Chapter 138, Laws of 1999
56th Legislature
1999 Regular Session
DRIVER'S LICENSES--SOCIAL
SECURITY NUMBER REQUIREMENT
EFFECTIVE DATE: 7/25/99
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Passed by the Senate March 10,
1999
YEAS 44 NAYS 1
 BRAD
OWEN
President
of the Senate
Passed by the House April 8,
1999
YEAS 95 NAYS 0
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CERTIFICATE
I, Tony M. Cook, Secretary of
the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is
ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6020 as passed by the Senate and the
House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.
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 CLYDE
BALLARD
Speaker
of the
House of Representatives
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 TONY
M. COOK
Secretary
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FRANK
CHOPP
Speaker
of the
House of Representatives
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Approved April 28, 1999 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes
below.
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FILED
April 28, 1999 - 4:29
p.m.
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GARY
LOCKE
Governor
of the State of Washington
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Secretary of
State
State of
Washington
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ENGROSSED
SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6020
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Passed
Legislature - 1999 Regular Session
State
of Washington 56th Legislature 1999 Regular Session
By
Read
first time 03/03/1999.
Delaying implementation of the requirement to record
social security numbers on license applications to assist in child support
enforcement.
AN
ACT Relating to recording of social security numbers on applications for licenses
to assist in child support enforcement; amending RCW 26.23.150; and creating a
new section.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 1. The
legislature declares that enhancing the effectiveness of child support
enforcement is an essential public policy goal, but that the use of social
security numbers on licenses is an inappropriate, intrusive, and offensive
method of improving enforceability. The legislature also finds that, in 1997,
the federal government threatened sanction by withholding of funds for programs
for poor families if states did not comply with a federal requirement to use
social security numbers on licenses, thus causing the legislature to enact such
provisions under protest. Since that time, the federal government has delayed
implementation of the noncommercial driver's license requirement until October
1, 2000.
The
legislature will require compliance with federal law in this matter only at
such time and in the event that the federal government actually implements the
requirement of using social security numbers on noncommercial driver's license
applications. Therefore, the legislature intends to delay the implementation
of provisions enacted in 1998 requiring social security numbers be recorded on
all applications for noncommercial driver's licenses.
Sec.
1. RCW
26.23.150 and 1998 c 160 s 7 are each amended to read as follows:
In
order to assist in child support enforcement as required by federal law, all
applicants for an original, replacement, or renewal of a professional license, commercial
driver's license, occupational license, or recreational license must furnish
the licensing agency with the applicant's social security number, which shall
be recorded on the application. No applicant for an original, replacement,
or renewal noncommercial driver's license is required to furnish the licensing
agency with the applicant's social security number for purposes of assisting in
child support enforcement prior to the time necessary to comply with the
federal deadline. The licensing agencies collecting social security
numbers shall not display the social security number on the license document.
Social security numbers collected by licensing agencies shall not be disclosed
except as required by state or federal law or under RCW 26.23.120.
Passed the Senate March 10, 1999.
Passed the House April 8, 1999.
Approved by the Governor
April 28, 1999.
Filed
in Office of Secretary of State April 28, 1999.