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ARIZONA STATE SENATE

Fifty-Third Legislature, Second Regular Session

 

FACT SHEET FOR H.B. 2575

 

license; nonoperating identification; homeless veterans

 

Purpose

 

Waives identification licensing fees for veterans without a permanent residence address.

 

Background

 

A driver license or nonoperating identification license applicant must provide satisfactory proof of the applicant's full legal name, date of birth, sex, residence address and legal presence in the United States. The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) establishes different fees for different driver licenses, learner permits and nonoperating identification licenses ranging from $2 to $50. The Director of ADOT is required to deposit the funds received from the fees into the Highway User Revenue Fund (HURF). The fees for a nonoperating identification license do not apply to a person who is 65 years of age or older, or to a person who received public monies for a disability under the Social Security Act (A.R.S. §§ 28-3002; 28-3158; and 28-3165).

 

There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this legislation. According to a JLBC Fiscal Note, the Arizona Department of Veteran Services estimates that there are 970 homeless veterans in Arizona. Providing an exemption to licensing fees is estimated to reduce HURF revenues by $2,900 yearly and forego $1,700 of HURF revenues from veterans without any type of identification from ADOT.

 

Provisions

 

1.      Exempts a veteran without a residence address or whose residence address is that of a shelter that provides services to the homeless from the application fee for a driver license or a nonoperating identification license.

 

2.      Specifies that an address is only necessary if the driver license or nonoperating identification license applicant has a residence address.

 

3.      Defines veteran as a citizen of the United States who was enlisted, drafted, inducted or commissioned, and who was accepted for active duty in the armed forces of the United States.

 

4.      Makes technical and conforming changes.

 

5.      Becomes effective on the general effective date.

 

House Action

 

TI                    2/14/18     DP     8-0-0-0

3rd Read          2/21/18               54-5-1

 

Prepared by Senate Research

March 9, 2018

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