BILL ANALYSIS
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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 60
Author: Cedillo (D), et al
Amended: 9/13/01 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE : 10-2, 7/10/01
AYES: Murray, Dunn, Figueroa, Monteith, Perata, Romero,
Scott, Soto, Speier, Torlakson
NOES: Brulte, Costa
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 7-2, 9/6/01
AYES: Alpert, Bowen, Burton, Escutia, McPherson, Murray,
Speier
NOES: Johannessen, Johnson
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 53-20, 6/7/01 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Vehicles: Social Security number: driver's
licenses and
identification cards
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill makes several changes regarding the
eligibility requirements for an original driver's license
or identification card, including: (1) allow persons that
had submitted an application or petition for lawful
immigration status to apply for a driver's license or
identification card; (2) provide that every application for
a driver's license to contain the applicant's Social
Security number, but specify that it shall not be included
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on any driver's license, identification card, registration,
certificate of title, or any other document issued by the
department; (3) allow an applicant who does not possess a
Social Security number to submit a taxpayer identification
number or other approved identifier and to sign an
affidavit under penalty of perjury attesting that the
applicant does have a Social Security number; and (4)
delete the requirement that the department verify the
authenticity of documents submitted to confirm legal
presence.
Senate Floor Analysis of 9/13/01 clarify various provisions
related to applying for a driver's license by establishing
lawful immigration status.
Senate Floor Analysis of 9/7/01 : (1) provide that if
applicant signs under penalty of perjury that he or she
does not possess a Social Security number and submits a
taxpayer identification number, the department shall accept
those documents in lieu of a Social Security number. Once
the applicant receives a Social Security number, that
information shall be provided to the department; (2)
provide that the department can only process applications
that include a Social Security number or signed affidavit;
and (3) delete proposed Vehicle Code Section 15201.1
(relating to commercial driver's licenses).
ANALYSIS : Under existing law, every form prescribed by
the State Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) for use by an
applicant for the issuance or renewal by the department of
a driver's license or identification card is required to
contain a section for the applicant's Social Security
account number.
This bill additionally provides for inclusion of a federal
taxpayer identification number.
Existing law requires the department to require every
application for a driver's license to contain the
applicant's Social Security number and any other number or
identifier determined to be appropriate by the department.
This bill revises these provisions to specify that any
natural person who submits an affidavit signed under
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penalty of perjury, he or she does not possess a Social
Security number, and submits a taxpayer identification
number, or other identifier determined appropriate by the
department, the submission of those documents shall be
acceptable to the department in lieu of a Social Security
number until the applicant obtains a Social Security
number. The bill prohibits the department from completing
any application for a driver's license that does not
include the applicant's Social Security number or the
aforementioned affidavit and identifier document.
This bill also requires the department to require every
natural person applicant for an original driver's license
or identification card, at the time of submission of the
application, to establish his or her lawful immigration
status or that the applicant's presence in the United
States is authorized under federal law or show, by
documentation, that an application or petition for lawful
immigration status or extension of legal presence has been
initiated on the applicant's behalf, or for another person
whereby the applicant would be a derivative beneficiary.
This bill requires the department to issue a driver's
license or identification card having a duration of three
years to an applicant who does not have a social security
number or is in the process of obtaining lawful immigration
status from the United States Immigration and
Naturalization Service.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: Yes
Fiscal Impact (in thousands)
Major Provisions 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 Fund
DMV cost savings (49) (660) (661) Motor
Vehicle
Social Services/ unknown, potentially
multi-millionFederal
Child Support dollar loss of TANF funds
Services
SUPPORT : (Verified 9/5/01)
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City of Sacramento Police Department
American Insurance Association
Insurance Agents and Brokers Legislative Council
American Agents Alliance
Cruz Bustamante, Lieutenant Governor
Personal Insurance Federation of California
Latin American Agents Assn.
California Farm Bureau Federation
Nisei Farmers League
Agricultural Council of California
California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO
United Farm Workers of America, AFL-CIO
Sacramento Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO
California State Employees Association
International Chamber of Commerce
California Catholic Conference
Congress of California Seniors
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles
California Immigrant Welfare Collaborative
JERICHO
Children's Advocacy Institute
Chinese for Affirmative Action
Bay Area Gardeners Association
Mexican American Legal Defense & Educational Fund
Greater Los Angeles Metro Organizing Strategy
Friends Committee on Legislation of California
California State Council of Laborers
California Professional Firefighters
United Aerospace Workers Local 148
American Civil Liberties Union
Sierra Club California
State Franchise Tax Board
Three individual letters
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : Currently, persons who register
with the INS but whose immigration status has not been
finalized are only allowed to receive a temporary
three-month driver's license. However, they are not
qualified to purchase auto insurance without a driver's
license that entitles them to drive legally for the term of
the policy. Since these individuals are residing in the
state and allowed to remain in the state legally, they
should be allowed to obtain a regular drivers license so
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that they may acquire insurance as required by law.
ASSEMBLY FLOOR
AYES: Alquist, Aroner, Briggs, Calderon, Canciamilla,
Cardenas, Cardoza, Cedillo, Chan, Chavez, Chu, Cogdill,
Cohn, Corbett, Correa, Diaz, Dutra, Firebaugh, Florez,
Frommer, Goldberg, Horton, Jackson, Keeley, Kehoe,
Kelley, Koretz, Liu, Longville, Lowenthal, Maldonado,
Matthews, Migden, Nakano, Nation, Negrete McLeod,
Oropeza, Papan, Pavley, Reyes, Salinas, Shelley,
Simitian, Steinberg, Strickland, Strom-Martin, Thomson,
Vargas, Washington, Wesson, Wiggins, Wright, Hertzberg
NOES: Aanestad, Ashburn, Bates, Bogh, Bill Campbell, John
Campbell, Cox, Dickerson, Harman, Hollingsworth, La Suer,
Leonard, Leslie, Mountjoy, Rod Pacheco, Pescetti,
Richman, Runner, Wyland, Wyman
RJG:kb 9/14/01 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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