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HB 2393: local service access cards; requirements

PRIME SPONSOR: Representative Thorpe, LD 6

BILL STATUS: Federalism, Property Rights & Public Policy

 

Legend: ID Cards – State and Local ID cards ADOT – Arizona Department of Transportation MVD – Motor Vehicle Division Amendments – BOLD and Stricken (Committee)

Abstract

☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal NoteRelating to state and local ID cards.

Provisions

1.       Prohibits a municipality or county from regulating the issuance of ID cards. (Sec. 1,2)

2.       Allows a municipality or county to issue access cards to an individual only to provide access to services that the individual is entitled to receive by law with the following requirements:

a.       The access card must include a label, in at least 12-point bold-faced type, with the words: "Not an identification card-for use to access municipality or county services only".

b.       The access card does not suggest that it will be used for personal identification or have the word "Identification", the abbreviation "ID" or "I.D." on the card.

i.         The access card may specify that it is not an ID card.

c.        The access card must list the services that the individual is legally entitled to receive from the municipality or county. (Sec. 1,2)

3.       Requires a municipality or county to:

a.       Contract with and adhere to all the requirements of the ADOT MVD for verifying the individual's identity.

b.       Reimburse ADOT for all costs associated with providing services. (Sec. 1,2)

4.       Prohibits an access card from having the same color scheme or design format as a driver license or a nonoperating identification license. (Sec. 1,2)

5.       Allows a municipality or county to charge a reasonable fee to an individual to recover the costs associated with issuing the access card. (Sec. 1,2)

6.       Allows third parties, on behalf of a municipality or county, to provide access cards to individuals. (Sec. 1,2)

7.       Specifies that this law applies to all municipal and county service access cards issued, reissued or renewed on or after the effective date.

a.       States that an access card issued before the effective date is valid for one year after the effective date. (Sec. 3)

Current Law

ADOT is authorized, on receipt of an application from a person who does not have a driver's license or had driving privileges suspended, to issue a nonoperating identification license that contains: 1) a distinguishing number; 2) the name, birth date, address, photograph and description of the licensee; 3) either a facsimile of the licensee's signature or a space to write the licensee's signature and 4) a label stating: "For identification only, not for operating a motor vehicle." A person who is issued a nonoperating identification card must only use it for identification purposes (A.R.S. § 28-3165).

 

 

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Fifty-third Legislature                  HB 2393

Second Regular Session                                                                 Version 1: Federalism, Property Rights & Public Policy

 

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