BILL NUMBER: AB 1733	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 25, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Quirk-Silva, Atkins, and Maienschein

    (   Coauthors:   Assembly Members 
 Ammiano,   Chesbro,   Nestande,  
Pan,   Stone,   and Ting   ) 

                        FEBRUARY 14, 2014

   An act to add Section 103577 to the Health and Safety Code, and to
add Section 14903 to the Vehicle Code, relating to public records.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1733, as amended, Quirk-Silva. Public records: fee waiver.
   (1) Existing law establishes the State Department of Public Health
and sets forth its powers and duties, including, but not limited to,
the duties as State Registrar relating to the uniform administration
of provisions relating to vital records and health statistics.
Existing law requires the State Registrar, local registrar, or county
recorder to, upon request and payment of the required fee, supply to
an applicant a certified copy of the record of a birth, fetal death,
death, marriage, or marriage dissolution registered with the
official.
   Existing law authorizes the issuance of certain records without
payment of the fee.
   This bill would require the State Registrar to issue, without a
fee, a certificate of live birth to an applicant who certifies, and
provides sufficient corroborating evidence to demonstrate, that he or
she is a homeless person, as defined.
   (2) Existing law authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles to
issue an identification card to any person attesting to the true full
name, correct age, and other identifying data as certified by the
applicant for the identification card, and authorizes the assessment
of related fees.
   This bill would require the department to issue, without a fee, an
identification card to an applicant who certifies, and provides
sufficient corroborating evidence to demonstrate, that he or she is a
homeless person, as defined.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 103577 is added to the Health and Safety Code,
to read:
   103577.  (a) The  state registrar   State
Registrar  shall, without a fee, issue a certificate of live
birth to an applicant who certifies, and provides sufficient
corroborating evidence to demonstrate, that he or she is a homeless
person.
   (b) For the purposes of this section, "homeless person" has the
same meaning as set forth in the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 11301 et seq.).
   (c) A person may receive a lifetime maximum of two certificates of
live birth without paying a fee pursuant to this section.
  SEC. 2.  Section 14903 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:
   14903.  (a) Notwithstanding Section 14902, the department shall,
without a fee, issue an identification card or a senior citizen
identification card to an applicant who certifies, and provides
sufficient corroborating evidence to demonstrate, that he or she is a
homeless person.
   (b) Notwithstanding any law, including, but not limited to,
subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section
13005, the content of the identification card shall be adjusted to
the extent necessary to accommodate the person's homeless status.
   (c) For the purposes of this section, "homeless person" has the
same meaning as set forth in the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 11301 et seq.).
   (d) A person may receive a lifetime maximum of two identification
cards without paying a fee pursuant to this section.