House File 188 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
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Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
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Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to application procedures and requirements for
2 issuance of a driver's license or nonoperator's identification
3 card to a noncitizen.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 321.182, subsection 1, paragraph a,
1 2 Code 2005, is amended to read as follows:
1 3 a. Make application on a form provided by the department
1 4 which shall include the applicant's full name, signature,
1 5 current mailing address, current residential address, date of
1 6 birth, social security number, and physical description
1 7 including sex, height, and eye color. The application may
1 8 contain other information the department may require by rule.
1 9 Pursuant to procedures established by the department and for
1 10 an applicant who is a foreign national temporarily present in
1 11 this state, the department may waive the requirement that the
1 12 application include the applicant's social security number.
1 13 Sec. 2. Section 321.182, Code 2005, is amended by adding
1 14 the following new subsection:
1 15 NEW SUBSECTION. 5. a. A noncitizen applicant who
1 16 presents all of the following documentation shall be deemed to
1 17 have established proof of identity as required by the
1 18 department to qualify for licensure:
1 19 (1) A valid passport issued by a foreign jurisdiction or
1 20 an original or certified copy of a government=issued birth
1 21 certificate from a foreign jurisdiction.
1 22 (2) A social security card or a federal taxpayer
1 23 identification card or certification letter.
1 24 (3) A matricula consular identity card.
1 25 b. A noncitizen applicant who establishes proof of
1 26 identity under paragraph "a" and presents a valid driver's
1 27 license issued by a jurisdiction in another country, or
1 28 presents evidence of completion of a driver education course
1 29 approved by the department, is subject to the requirements of
1 30 section 321.186 at the discretion of the department in the
1 31 same manner as an applicant who was previously licensed to
1 32 drive in another state.
1 33 Sec. 3. Section 321.190, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code
1 34 2005, is amended to read as follows:
1 35 a. The department shall, upon application and payment of
2 1 the required fee, issue to an applicant a nonoperator's
2 2 identification card. To be valid the card shall bear a
2 3 distinguishing number assigned to the card holder, the full
2 4 name, date of birth, sex, residence address, a physical
2 5 description and a colored photograph of the card holder, the
2 6 usual signature of the card holder, and such other information
2 7 as the department may require by rule. An applicant for a
2 8 nonoperator's identification card shall apply for the card in
2 9 the manner provided in section 321.182, subsections 1 through,
2 10 2, 3, and 5. The card shall be issued to the applicant at the
2 11 time of application pursuant to procedures established by
2 12 rule. An applicant for a nonoperator's identification card
2 13 who is required by 50 U.S.C. app. } 451 et seq. to register
2 14 with the United States selective service system shall be
2 15 registered by the department with the selective service system
2 16 as provided in section 321.183.
2 17 EXPLANATION
2 18 This bill amends the application procedures for issuance of
2 19 a driver's license or nonoperator's identification card to
2 20 noncitizen applicants. The state department of transportation
2 21 may waive the requirement that an applicant who is a foreign
2 22 national provide a social security number. The department is
2 23 required to accept, as proof of an applicant's identity, a
2 24 matricula consular identity card accompanied by a valid
2 25 foreign passport or original or certified copy of a foreign
2 26 birth certificate and a social security card or federal
2 27 taxpayer identification card or letter. In addition, the bill
2 28 provides that if such an applicant presents a valid driver's
2 29 license from another country or evidence of completion of an
2 30 approved driver education course, the department may exercise
2 31 its discretion to examine or waive examination of the
2 32 applicant, as it does now for applicants previously licensed
2 33 to drive in other states.
2 34 The matricula consular identity card is an official form of
2 35 identification currently issued only by the Mexican
3 1 government.
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