HB647 (2008) Detail

Relative to indicating citizenship on drivers' licenses and nondrivers' identification cards.


HB 647 – AS INTRODUCED

2007 SESSION

07-0024

03/09

HOUSE BILL 647

AN ACT relative to indicating citizenship on drivers’ licenses and nondrivers’ identification cards.

SPONSORS: Rep. Lund, Rock 5; Rep. Hopfgarten, Rock 5; Rep. Villeneuve, Hills 18; Rep. Hinkle, Hills 19

COMMITTEE: Transportation

ANALYSIS

This bill requires that drivers’ licenses and nondrivers’ identification cards indicate whether or not the holder is a citizen of the United States of America.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

07-0024

03/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven

AN ACT relative to indicating citizenship on drivers’ licenses and nondrivers’ identification cards.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Identification Cards; Citizenship. Amend RSA 260:21, II-III to read as follows:

II. The department shall, before issuing a card to an applicant, require the applicant to furnish proof of his or her name, sex, age, citizenship, and address of residence.

III. The identification card shall bear the name, address, [social security] identification number, date of birth, blood type (optional), picture, and signature of the applicant, an indication of whether or not the applicant is a citizen of the United States of America, and in the case of a card issued pursuant to RSA 260:21, I(c), said card shall bear the notation “Golden Granite State Discount Card.”

2 New Section; Issuance of Drivers’ Licenses; Evidence of Citizenship. Amend RSA 263 by inserting after section 5-e the following new section:

263:5-f Evidence of Citizenship. Before the department issues any license to any person under this chapter, the department shall have examined evidence of the person’s citizenship. The department shall keep a record of the type of evidence on which it relied but shall not keep on file a copy of such evidence or any information contained therein other than the information required under RSA 260:21, II and III.

3 Drivers’ Licenses; Form of License. Amend RSA 263:40 to read as follows:

263:40 Form of License. The commissioner shall, upon payment of the required fee, issue to every applicant a driver’s license subject to such conditions as the commissioner may deem expedient and in such form as the commissioner may prescribe. Licenses issued to persons under the age of 21 shall be designed so that their horizontal and vertical axes are opposite the horizontal and vertical axes of licenses issued to other persons, and said licenses shall prominently display the date on which the licensee shall attain the age of 21 years. Consistent with RSA 263:14, the youth operator license shall expire on the 21st anniversary of the applicant’s date of birth, at which time the applicant shall be issued a traditional license. The license shall bear thereon a distinguishing number assigned to the licensee, an indication of whether or not the licensee is a citizen of the United States of America, and an instant full-face color photograph, image, or likeness of the licensee. There shall also be provided a space wherein the licensee may enter his or her blood type if the licensee so desires.

4 Commercial Driver License; Information Included. Amend RSA 263:91, I(i)-(j) to read as follows:

(i) The name of this state; [and]

(j) The expiration date; and

(k) Whether or not the licensee is a citizen of the United States of America.

5 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2008 at 12:01 a.m.