Senate File 377 - Introduced



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  McKINLEY, ZAUN, KETTERING,
                                           BOETTGER, HARTSUCH, BEHN,
                                           NOBLE, GASKILL, JOHNSON,
                                           ANGELO, McKIBBEN, HAHN,
                                           SEYMOUR, ZIEMAN, WARD,
                                           WIECK, and MULDER


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act requiring proof of citizenship or lawful presence in this
  2    country for issuance of a driver's license or nonoperator's
  3    identification card.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 2570XS 82
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 321.182, subsection 1, paragraph a,
  1  2 Code 2007, 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 following:
  1 10    (1)  The applicant's full name.
  1 11    (2)  The applicant's signature.
  1 12    (3)  The applicant's current residential address.
  1 13    (4)  The applicant's current mailing address.
  1 14    (5)  The applicant's date of birth.
  1 15    (6)  A physical description of the applicant, including
  1 16 sex, height, and eye color.
  1 17    (7)  The applicant's social security number.  Pursuant to
  1 18 procedures established by the department and for an applicant
  1 19 who is a foreign national temporarily present in this state,
  1 20 the department may waive the requirement that the application
  1 21 include the applicant's social security number.
  1 22    (8)  Proof of United States citizenship or documentation
  1 23 issued by the United States government as proof of legal
  1 24 presence in this country.
  1 25    (9)  Other acceptable forms of identification as determined
  1 26 by the department by rule.
  1 27    Sec. 2.  Section 321.190, Code 2007, is amended by adding
  1 28 the following new subsection:
  1 29    NEW SUBSECTION.  3.  PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP OR LAWFUL
  1 30 PRESENCE.  The department shall require every person who has
  1 31 been issued a nonoperator's identification card prior to July
  1 32 1, 2007, who has not previously submitted to the department
  1 33 proof of United States citizenship or lawful presence in the
  1 34 United States pursuant to section 321.182, subsection 1,
  1 35 paragraph "a", to submit such proof as a condition for
  2  1 continued validity of the nonoperator's identification card.
  2  2 The department shall adopt rules to establish a reasonable
  2  3 schedule and process for implementation of this subsection.
  2  4    Sec. 3.  Section 321.196, Code 2007, is amended by adding
  2  5 the following new subsection:
  2  6    NEW SUBSECTION.  6.  A person who is renewing a license on
  2  7 or after July 1, 2007, who has not previously submitted to the
  2  8 department proof of United States citizenship or lawful
  2  9 presence in the United States pursuant to section 321.182,
  2 10 subsection 1, paragraph "a", shall submit such proof as a
  2 11 condition for renewal of the license.
  2 12                           EXPLANATION
  2 13    This bill requires a person applying for a driver's license
  2 14 or nonoperator's identification card to provide proof of
  2 15 United States citizenship or proof issued by the federal
  2 16 government that the person is legally present in this country.
  2 17 In addition, a current licensee is required to submit such
  2 18 proof as a condition for the next renewal of a license.
  2 19 Current holders of nonoperator's identification cards shall be
  2 20 required to submit proof of citizenship or lawful presence to
  2 21 continue the validity of their cards.  The department of
  2 22 transportation is required to adopt rules to establish a
  2 23 reasonable schedule and process for the verification of the
  2 24 legal status of holders of nonoperator's identification cards.
  2 25 LSB 2570XS 82
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