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H0131...........................................................by HORNBECK LICENSES - SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS - Amends existing law to delete the requirement that the Social Security Number must be submitted when applying for a marriage license, driver's license, identification card, or other professional, occupational or recreational license. 01/27 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing 01/29 Rpt prt - to St Aff
H0131|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO |||| Fifty-fifth Legislature First Regular Session - 1999IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HOUSE BILL NO. 131 BY HORNBECK 1 AN ACT 2 RELATING TO USE OF SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER; AMENDING SECTION 32-403, IDAHO 3 CODE, TO DELETE THE REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE A SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER ON AN 4 APPLICATION FOR A MARRIAGE LICENSE; AMENDING SECTION 49-306, IDAHO CODE, 5 TO DELETE THE REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE A SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER ON A 6 DRIVER'S LICENSE APPLICATION AND TO MAKE A TECHNICAL CORRECTION; AMENDING 7 SECTION 49-2443, IDAHO CODE, TO DELETE THE REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE A SOCIAL 8 SECURITY NUMBER ON AN APPLICATION FOR AN IDENTIFICATION CARD ISSUED BY THE 9 IDAHO TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND TO CORRECT A CODIFIER'S ERROR; AND 10 REPEALING SECTION 73-122, IDAHO CODE. 11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: 12 SECTION 1. That Section 32-403, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 13 amended to read as follows: 14 32-403. APPLICATION FOR AND ISSUANCE OF LICENSE.(1)Every 15 county recorder who shall have personal knowledge of the competency of the 16 parties for whose marriage a license is applied for, shall issue such license 17 upon payment or tender to him of his legal fee therefor; and if such recorder 18 does not know of his own knowledge that the parties are competent under the 19 laws of the state to contract matrimony, he shall take the affidavit in writ- 20 ing of the person or persons applying for such license, and of other persons 21 as he may see proper, and of any persons whose testimony may be offered; and 22 if it appears from the affidavit so taken that the parties for whose marriage 23 the license in question is demanded are legally competent to marry, the 24 recorder shall issue such license, and the affidavits so taken shall be his 25 warrant against any fine or forfeiture for issuing such license. Provided, 26 however, that in the event either of the parties for whose marriage the 27 license in question is applied for is under the age of eighteen (18) years, 28 the recorder shall not issue such license except upon compliance with the con- 29 sent and proof of age requirements set forth in section 32-202, Idaho Code. 30(2) Every application for a marriage license shall include the31social security numbers of the parties applying for the license.32 SECTION 2. That Section 49-306, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 33 amended to read as follows: 34 49-306. APPLICATION FOR DRIVER'S LICENSE OR INSTRUCTION PERMIT. (1) Every 35 application for an instruction permit or for a driver's license shall be made 36 upon a form furnished by the department and shall be verified by the applicant 37 before a person authorized to administer oaths. Officers and employees of the 38 department and sheriffs and their deputies are authorized to administer the 39 oaths without charge. Every application for a permit, extension or driver's 40 license shall be accompanied by the following fee, none of which is refund- 41 able: 2 1 (a) Class A, B, C license with endorsements ...................... $24.50 2 (b) Class D license .............................................. $20.50 3 (c) Class A, B, C instruction permit ............................. $15.50 4 (d) Class D instruction permit ................................... $11.50 5 (e) Duplicate driver's license or permit issued under section 49-318, 6 Idaho Code ........................................................ $11.50 7 (f) Driver's license extension issued under section 49-319, Idaho Code 8 ................................................................... $ 6.50 9 (g) License classification change (upgrade) ...................... $15.50 10 (h) Endorsement addition ......................................... $11.50 11 (i) Class A, B, C skills tests ..................... not more than $55.00 12 (j) Class D skills test .......................................... $15.00 13 (k) Motorcycle endorsement skills test ........................... $ 5.00 14 (l) Knowledge test ............................................... $ 3.00 15 (m) Seasonal driver's license..................................... $23.50 16 (n) One time motorcycle "M" endorsement .......................... $11.50 17 (o) Motorcycle endorsement instruction permit .................... $11.50 18 (p) Restricted driving permit .................................... $35.00 19 (2) Every application shall state the full name, date of birth, place of 20 birth, sex, Idaho residence address and mailing address, if different, of the 21 applicant, height, weight, hair color, and eye color, and the22applicant's social security number as verified by the applicant's social secu-23rity card or by the social security administration. A driver's license 24 or instruction permit issued on and after January 1, 1993, shall not contain 25 an applicant's social security number. Applications on file shall be exempt 26 from disclosure except as provided in sections 49-202, 49-203, 49-203A and 27 49-204, Idaho Code. Every application shall also state whether the applicant 28 has previously been licensed as a driver, and if so, when and by what state or 29 country, and whether a driver's license or privileges have ever been sus- 30 pended, revoked, denied, disqualified, cancelled or whether an application has 31 ever been refused, and if so, the date of and reason for the suspension, revo- 32 cation, denial, disqualification, cancellation or refusal and the applicant's 33 oath that all information is correct as signified by the applicant's signa- 34 ture. The applicant may be required to submit proof of identity and date of 35 birth as set forth in a certified copy of his birth certificate and other sat- 36 isfactory evidence to satisfy the issuing officer or the department. 37 (3) Whenever an application is received from a person previously licensed 38 in another jurisdiction, the department shall request a copy of the driver's 39 record from the other jurisdiction and shall contact the national driver reg- 40 ister. When received, the driver's record from the previous jurisdiction shall 41 become a part of the driver's record in this state with the same force and 42 effect as though entered on the driver's record in this state in the original 43 instance. 44 (4) Whenever the department receives a request for a driver's record from 45 another licensing jurisdiction, the record shall be forwarded without charge. 46 (5) The department shall contact and notify the commercial driver license 47 information system of the proposed application for a class A, B or C driver's 48 license to insure identification of the person and to obtain clearance to 49 issue the license. 50 (6) When the fees required under this section are collected by a county 51 officer, they shall be paid over to the county treasurer not less often than 52 monthly, who shall immediately: 53 (a) Deposit an amount equal to five dollars ($5.00) from each driver's 54 license or instruction permit application fees, application for a dupli- 55 cate driver's license or permit, classification change, seasonal driver's 3 1 license and additional endorsement in the current expense fund; and 2 (b) Deposit two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) from each motorcycle 3 endorsement and motorcycle endorsement instruction permit fee in the cur- 4 rent expense fund; and 5 (c) Deposit an amount equal to three dollars ($3.00) from each fee for a 6 knowledge test in the current expense fund; and 7 (d) Deposit an amount equal to five dollars ($5.00) from each fee for a 8 motorcycle endorsement skills test in the current expense fund; provided 9 however, if a contractor administers the skills test he shall be entitled 10 to the five dollar ($5.00) fee; 11 (e) Remit the remainder to the state treasurer; and 12 (f) Deposit eleven dollars and fifty cents ($11.50) from each fee for a 13 class D skills test into the county current expense fund, unless the test 14 is administered by a department-approved contractor, in which case the 15 contractor shall be entitled to eleven dollars and fifty cents ($11.50) of 16 each fee. 17 (7) When the fees required under this section are collected by a state 18 officer or agency, they shall be paid over to the state treasurer. 19 (8) The state treasurer shall distribute the moneys received from fees 20 imposed by the provisions of this section, whether collected by a county offi- 21 cer or by a state officer or agency as follows: 22 (a) Two dollars ($2.00) of each fee for a driver's license or seasonal 23 driver's license shall be deposited in the emergency medical services 24 account II created in section 39-146A, Idaho Code; and 25 (b) Sixteen dollars and fifty cents ($16.50) of each fee for a seasonal 26 or class A, B, or C driver's license shall be deposited in the state high- 27 way account; and 28 (c) Ten dollars and fifty cents ($10.50) of each fee for a class A, B, or 29 C instruction permit or driver's license classification change shall be 30 deposited in the state highway account; and 31 (d) Six dollars and fifty cents ($6.50) of each fee for a duplicate sea- 32 sonal or class A, B, or C driver's license, class A, B, or C driver's 33 license extension, or additional endorsement shall be deposited in the 34 state highway account; and 35 (e) Four dollars ($4.00) of each fee for a motorcycle endorsement and 36 motorcycle endorsement instruction permit shall be deposited in the state 37 highway account; and 38 (f) Five dollars and thirty cents ($5.30) of each fee for a class D 39 driver's license shall be deposited in the driver training account; and 40 (g) Seven dollars and twenty cents ($7.20) of each fee for a class D 41 driver's license shall be deposited in the highway distribution account; 42 and 43 (h) Two dollars and sixty cents ($2.60) of each fee for a class D 44 instruction permit, duplicate class D license or permit, and class D 45 license extension shall be deposited in the driver training account; and 46 (i) Three dollars and ninety cents ($3.90) of each fee for a class D 47 instruction permit, duplicate class D license or permit, and class D 48 license extension shall be deposited in the highway distribution account; 49 and 50 (j) Five dollars ($5.00) of each fee for a class A, B, or C skills test 51 shall be deposited in the state highway account; and 52 (k) One dollar ($1.00) of each fee for a class A, B, C or D driver's 53 license shall be deposited in the motorcycle safety program fund estab- 54 lished in section 33-4904, Idaho Code.; and 55 (l) Three dollars and fifty cents ($3.50) of each fee for a class D 4 1 skills test shall be deposited into the state highway account. 2 (9) The contractor administering a class A, B, or C skills test shall be 3 entitled to not more than fifty dollars ($50.00) of the skills test fee. A 4 contractor administering a class A, B, or C skills test may collect an addi- 5 tional fee for the use of the contractor's vehicle for the skills test. 6 (10) Thirty-five dollars ($35.00) of each restricted driving permit shall 7 be deposited in the state highway account. 8 (11) The department may issue seasonal class B or C driver's licenses 9 that: 10 (a) Will only be valid for driving commercial vehicles that normally 11 require class B or C commercial driver's licenses; 12 (b) Will be valid for seasonal periods that begin on the date of issuance 13 and that are not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days in a twelve (12) 14 month period; 15 (c) May only be obtained twice in a driver's lifetime; 16 (d) Are valid only within a one hundred fifty (150) mile radius of the 17 place of business or farm being serviced; and 18 (e) Will be valid only in conjunction with valid Idaho class D driver's 19 licenses. 20 (12) The department may issue seasonal class B or C driver's licenses to 21 drivers who: 22 (a) Have not violated the single license provisions of 49 CFR part 383; 23 (b) Have not had any license suspensions, revocations or cancellations; 24 (c) Have not had any convictions in any vehicle for any offense listed in 25 section 49-335(1) or 49-335(2), Idaho Code, or any one (1) serious traffic 26 offense; 27 (d) Have at least one (1) year of driving experience with a class D or 28 equivalent license in any type motor vehicle; and 29 (e) Are at least sixteen (16) years old. 30 SECTION 3. That Section 49-2443, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 31 amended to read as follows: 32 49-2443. APPLICATION. Application for an identification card must be made 33 in person before an examiner authorized by the department to issue driver's 34 licenses. The examiner shall obtain the following from the applicant: 35 (1) The true and full name and Idaho residence address and mailing 36 address, if different, of the applicant; 37 (2) The identity and dateand placeof birth of the appli- 38 cant as set forth in a certified copy of his birth certificateand, sub-39ject to subsection (7) of this section,or other satisfac- 40 tory evidence of identity acceptable to the examiner or the department; 41 (3) The height and weight of the applicant; 42 (4) The color of eyes and hair of the applicant; 43 (5) Applicant's signature; and 44 (6)The applicant's social security number as verified by the45applicant's social security card or by the social security administration.46(7)An applicant who has no photo identification or other second- 47 ary identification document satisfactory to the department as acceptable to 48 verify identity shall be eligible to receive an identification card upon pre- 49 sentation of a certified copy of his birth certificate and either a social 50 security card or current medicaid card. 51 SECTION 4. That Section 73-122, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 52 repealed.
1 . STATEMENT OF PURPOSE RS 08465 Deletes the requirement to provide social security number on applications for marriage license, driverts license, identification card issued by the State of Idaho, and to repeal Section 73-122, Idaho Code, requiring social security number on any application for professional, occupational, or recreational license. FISCAL NOTE None. Contact: Representative Twila Hornbeck 332-1000 STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL H 131 '