BILL REQ. #: H-2677.2

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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2367
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State of Washington

60th Legislature

2007 Regular Session

By House Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Representatives Roach, Hurst, Curtis, Ericks, Rodne, Lovick, O'Brien, Schindler, Haler, Warnick, Takko, Orcutt, Newhouse, McDonald, Condotta, Jarrett, Ahern, McCune and Kelley)

READ FIRST TIME 03/05/07.

AN ACT Relating to enhancing the security of driver licenses; amending RCW 46.20.161; and declaring an emergency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1   RCW 46.20.161 and 2000 c 115 s 6 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) The department, upon receipt of a fee of twenty-five dollars, unless the driver's license is issued for a period other than five years, in which case the fee shall be five dollars for each year that the license is issued, which includes the fee for the required photograph, shall issue to every qualifying applicant a driver's license. A driver's license issued to a person under the age of eighteen is an intermediate license, subject to the restrictions imposed under RCW 46.20.075, until the person reaches the age of eighteen. The license must include a distinguishing number assigned to the licensee, the name of record, date of birth, Washington residence address, photograph, a brief description of the licensee, and either a facsimile of the signature of the licensee or a space upon which the licensee shall write his or her usual signature with pen and ink immediately upon receipt of the license. No license is valid until it has been so signed by the licensee.
     (2) The department, when mailing the driver's license to a first time applicant, except if the applicant is active military personnel, must mail the driver's license to a valid Washington address and may not mail the driver's license to an address outside the state of Washington. The department may adopt rules to make exceptions to this requirement when the department has determined that applicants are residents of the state of Washington but, for valid reasons shown, require the license to be mailed to a location outside the state. For the purposes of this subsection, "first time applicant" means a person applying for a driver's license in the state of Washington for the first time who has not been previously issued a driver's license by the department.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2 This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect immediately.

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