BILL NUMBER: SB 60	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JULY 3, 2007
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 23, 2007
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 10, 2007

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Cedillo
   (Coauthors: Senators Calderon, Kuehl, Oropeza, and Romero)
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Arambula, Coto, De Leon, Dymally,
Hernandez, Mendoza, Parra, Saldana, Soto, and Torrico)

                        JANUARY 11, 2007

    An act to amend Section 40000.11 of, to amend, repeal,
and add Sections 12801.5 and 14610.7 of, and to add Sections 1653.6
and 12801.1 to, the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles. 
 An act relating to the Department of Motor Vehicles. 


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 60, as amended, Cedillo.  Vehicles: driver's licenses.
  Department of Motor Vehicles: federal Real ID Act.
 
   (1)Existing 
    Existing  law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles,
upon proper application, to issue driver's licenses and
identification cards.  The federal Real ID Act of 2005(Public Law
109-13), for federal purposes, establishes minimum standards for
state-issued drivers' licenses and identification cards. 
   This bill would require the department  , in the issuance
of driver's licenses and identification cards, to issue licenses and
cards that are in compliance with specified requirements of the
federal Real ID Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-13)   to
report to the Legislature on or before May 1, 2008, on certain issues
concerning the i   mplementation of that federal act 
. 
   The bill would require the department to issue a driver's license
that permits driving and is acceptable by a federal agency for any
official purpose, as certified by the federal Secretary of Homeland
Security, to an applicant who is in compliance with specified
requirements of specified provisions of the federal act, no later
than 240 days after the United States Secretary of Homeland Security
approves the state's implementation plan of the federal act.
 
   The bill also would require the department, in compliance with the
federal act, and no later than 240 days after the United States
Secretary of Homeland Security approves the state's implementation
plan, to issue a driver's license that permits driving, and is not
acceptable by a federal agency for federal identification or for any
other official purpose, to an applicant who does not provide valid
documentary evidence of lawful status under the federal act.
 
   (2) Existing law requires the department to require every
applicant for an original driver's license or identification card to
submit satisfactory proof that the applicant's presence in the United
States is authorized under federal law and prohibits the department
from issuing a license or card to a person who does not do so.
Existing law requires the department to adopt regulations, including
procedures for verifying citizenship or legal residency of applicants
for driver's licenses and identification cards, and to make a
specified annual report.  
   This bill would repeal those requirements on the date that the
Secretary of State receives a notice from the Director of Motor
Vehicles indicating the date that the department shall commence the
issuance of driver's licenses in compliance with the implementation
of the federal Real ID Act of 2005.  
   (3) Existing law makes it a misdemeanor for a person to knowingly
assist in obtaining a driver's license or identification card for a
person whose presence in the United States is not authorized under
federal law.  
   This bill would repeal that provision, and, instead, would make it
a misdemeanor to knowingly assist in obtaining documents for another
person in violation of the federal Real ID Act of 2005. These
changes would become operative on the date of receipt by the
Secretary of State of the notice described above.  
   Because this bill would create a new crime, this bill would impose
a state-mandated local program.  
   (4) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse
local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.  
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.  
   (5) The bill would provide that its provisions are severable.

   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program:  yes   no  .


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   SECTION 1.    It is the intent of the Legislature to
review the provisions of the federal Real ID Act of 2005 (Public Law
109-13).
   SEC. 2.    Notwithstanding Section 7550.5 of the
Government Code, the Department of Motor Vehicles shall report to the
Legislature on or before May 1, 2008, on the following issues
concerning the implementation of the federal Real ID Act of 2005:
 
   (a) The measures that need to be taken to implement the act in
California.  
   (b) An estimate of the costs for that implementation.  
   (c) Recommendations of funding mechanisms for that implementation.
 All matter omitted in this version of the bill appears in the
bill as amended in the Senate, May 23, 2007. (JR11)