House File 494 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  WINDSCHITL


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act prohibiting the expenditure of state funds to implement
  2    the federal REAL ID Act of 2005.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  USE OF STATE FUNDS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF
  1  2 FEDERAL REAL ID ACT OF 2005 PROHIBITED.  No department or
  1  3 agency of state government shall expend funds to implement or
  1  4 comply with the federal REAL ID Act of 2005 unless federal
  1  5 funds are received by the state of Iowa and are allocated to
  1  6 fund the implementation of the federal REAL ID Act of 2005 in
  1  7 this state in amounts sufficient to cover the state's costs to
  1  8 implement or comply with the federal REAL ID Act of 2005, as
  1  9 those costs are estimated by the department of management, in
  1 10 consultation with the state department of transportation.
  1 11                           EXPLANATION
  1 12    On May 11, 2005, Congress passed the REAL ID Act of 2005 as
  1 13 part of the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for
  1 14 Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005.
  1 15 The REAL ID Act establishes standards, procedures, and
  1 16 requirements that must be met if state=issued driver's
  1 17 licenses and identification cards are to be accepted as valid
  1 18 identification for certain federal purposes, such as boarding
  1 19 an aircraft.  This bill prohibits departments and agencies of
  1 20 the state from spending funds to implement or comply with the
  1 21 REAL ID Act until the state receives and allocates federal
  1 22 funds sufficient to cover the state's estimated costs to
  1 23 implement or comply with the federal Act.
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