Amended in Senate April 8, 2013

Senate Bill No. 397

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February 20, 2013

begin delete An act to add and repeal Section 78016.7 of the Education Code, relating to the California Community Colleges. end delete begin insert An act to add Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 15400) to Division 6 of the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles. end insert

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SB 397, as amended, begin delete Block end delete   begin insert Hueso end insert . begin delete The California Community Colleges: veterans education pilot program. end delete begin insert Vehicles: enhanced driver’s license. end insert

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Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles, upon proper application, to issue driver’s licenses and identification cards.

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The federal Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative facilitates travel within the western hemisphere by authorizing the use of enhanced driver’s licenses and identification cards meeting specified requirements as travel documents.

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This bill would authorize the Department of Motor Vehicles to enter into a memorandum of understanding with a federal agency for the purpose of facilitating travels within the western hemisphere pursuant to the federal Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative through the issuance of an enhanced driver’s license, instruction permit, provisional license, or identification card. The bill would authorize the department to issue or renew, upon request, an enhanced driver’s license, instruction permit, provisional license, or identification card for specified persons. The bill would require a person applying for the initial issuance or renewal of an enhanced driver’s license, instruction permit, provisional license, or identification card to submit, under the penalty of perjury, additional proof of identity, residency, and citizenship that satisfies the requirements of the federal Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative. Because the knowledge of the submission of fraudulent information is a crime, the bill would create a new crime, thereby imposing a state-mandated local program. The bill would, except as specified, prohibit the disclosure of information submitted to the department. Because a violation of the Vehicle Code is a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

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The bill would prohibit an employer from requiring an employee to apply for, or use, an enhanced driver’s license or identification card as a condition of employment or to discriminate or otherwise retaliate against an employee who refuses to apply for, or use, an enhanced driver’s license or identification card. Because a violation of this provision would be a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

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The bill would also require the department to submit an annual report to specified committees of the Legislature on the implementation of the enhanced driver’s license and identification card. The bill would require a person applying for an enhanced driver’s license, instruction permit, provisional license, or identification card to submit an additional application fee of $75. The bill would establish the Enhanced Driver’s License and Identification Card Subaccount in the Motor Vehicle Account and would require the additional fee to be deposited into the subaccount. The bill would, upon appropriation by the Legislature, require the moneys in the subaccount to be expended by the department in implementing the above provisions.

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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.

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This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

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Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Existing law establishes community college districts, administered by governing boards, throughout the state, and authorizes these districts to provide instruction to students at the community college campuses maintained by the districts.

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This bill would require the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to establish a voluntary pilot program, until January 1, 2018, to identify, explore, and develop best practices for statewide policy on credit for experiential learning for veterans for career technical education course credit, certificates, and associate degrees. The bill would require the chancellor to consider specified information to select no more than 3 to 5 applicant campuses to participate in the pilot program. The bill would require participating community college districts to report specified information to the Office of the Chancellor, which would be required to provide that information to the Legislative Analyst’s Office by July 1, 2017. The bill would require the Legislative Analyst’s Office to use this information to provide a report to the Legislature, by December 1, 2017, that assesses the pilot program’s effect on student veterans’ success in reaching their educational goals, as specified.

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Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program:  begin delete no end delete begin insert yes end insert .

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:

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(a) Each year, more than 45 million personal vehicle passengers
and 15 million pedestrians enter the state from Mexico.

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(b) Border crossers have an economic impact on the state,
accounting annually for $4,000,500,000 in economic benefits and
67,000 jobs.

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(c) Border wait times during peak hours average 120 minutes
on weekdays and even longer on weekends.

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(d) More than eight million trips are lost due to congestion each
year in the San Ysidro Port of Entry, the busiest port of entry in
the world.

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(e) In the San Diego region alone, this translates into a revenue
loss of nearly $1,000,300,000, three million potential working
hours, 35,000 jobs, and $42,000,000 in wages.

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(f) It is estimated that border wait times will significantly
increase in the future and an additional 15 minutes in border wait
times will affect productivity in the binational border region by
an additional $1,000,000,000 in costs and a loss of 134,000 jobs.

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(g) Because border wait times impede international travel,
trade, and commerce, the Legislature must act to protect
California’s jobs and economy.

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(h) After the 9/11 attacks, the federal government enacted the
federal Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI; Public Law
110-53), to facilitate entry for United States citizens and legitimate
foreign visitors, while strengthening United States border security,
by requiring United States and Canadian travelers to present a
passport or other documents that denote identity and citizenship
when entering the United States. The documentation requirements
of the WHTI went into effect in 2007 for air travel into the United
States and in 2009 for land and sea travel.

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(i) In addition to a passport and other documents, the federal
government approved, for cross-border travel, the use of an
enhanced driver’s license (EDL), which is a standard state-issued
driver’s license that has been enhanced in process, technology,
and security to denote identity and citizenship for purposes of
entering the United States at the land and sea ports of entry. An
EDL contains radio frequency identification (RFID) technology,
which allows information contained in a wireless device or tag to
be read from a distance, and eliminates the need to key in travelers,
translating into 60 percent faster processing than manual queries.

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(j) Another advantage of an EDL is that it can be used in Ready
Lanes, which were created by the United States Customs and
Border Protection and are used as primary vehicle lanes dedicated
to travelers who possess RFID-enabled travel documents.

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(k) The use of an EDL as an RFID-enabled travel document is
already in place in the States of Washington, New York, Michigan,
and Vermont.

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(l) The use of EDLs in the state will open the way for the United
States Customs and Border Protection to convert more vehicle
lanes into Ready Lanes, which will decrease border wait times by
an average of 30 minutes and thus provide a significant, long-term
economic benefit to the state, while strengthening border security.

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begin insert Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 15400) is added
to Division 6 of the end insert begin insert Vehicle Code end insert begin insert , to read: end insert

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Chapter   begin insert 8. end insert Enhanced Driver’s License and Identification
Card

 

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The department may enter into a memorandum of
understanding with a federal agency for the purposes of obtaining
approval for the issuance of an enhanced driver’s license,
instruction permit, provisional license, or identification card that
is acceptable as proof of identity and citizenship pursuant to the
federal Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (Public Law 110-53).

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(a) Upon the request of an applicant, the department
may issue an initial enhanced driver’s license, instruction permit,
provisional license, or identification card to, or renew the
enhanced driver’s license, instruction permit, provisional license,
or identification card of, a person who satisfies all of the following:

(1) Is 16 years of age or older.

(2) Is a resident of this state.

(3) Is a citizen of the United States.

(b) (1) In addition to other information required pursuant to
Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 12500), the applicant shall
submit sufficient proof that meets the requirements of the federal
Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (Public Law 110-53) to
establish his or her identity, residency, and citizenship.

(2) The applicant shall certify, under the penalty of perjury,
that the information submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) is true
and correct to the best knowledge of the applicant.

(3) The applicant shall sign a declaration acknowledging his
or her understanding of radio frequency identification technology.

(c) The department shall include, in the enhanced driver’s
license, instruction permit, provisional license, or identification
card, reasonable security measures, including tamper-resistant
features to prevent unauthorized duplication or cloning and to
protect against unauthorized disclosure of personal information
regarding the person who is the subject of the license, permit, or
card.

(d) The enhanced driver’s license, instruction permit,
provisional license, or identification card shall include both of the
following:

(1) Radio frequency identification technology that will contain
only a randomly assigned number that shall be encrypted if agreed
to by the United States Department of Homeland Security, and
shall not contain any personal data, biometric information, or
number other than the randomly assigned number.

(2) A machine readable zone or barcode that can be
electronically read by the cross border patrol and contains only
as much information as is required by the federal Western
Hemisphere Travel Initiative (Public Law 110-53) to permit a
border crossing.

(e) An enhanced driver’s license may be suspended, revoked,
or restricted pursuant to this code.

(f) (1) An employer shall not require an employee to apply for,
or use, an enhanced driver’s license or identification card as a
condition of employment.

(2) An employer shall not discharge an employee or otherwise
discriminate or retaliate against an employee who refuses to apply
for, or use, an enhanced driver’s license or identification card.

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(a) An applicant applying for an initial enhanced
driver’s license, instruction permit, provisional license, or
identification card, or renewing an enhanced driver’s license,
instruction permit, provisional license, or identification card, shall
have his or her facial image and signature captured or reproduced
by the department at the time of application or renewal.

(b) The facial image and signature shall only be available to
the United States Customs and Border Protection database or as
required by the United States Department of Homeland Security
for purposes of facilitating the purpose of the federal Western
Hemisphere Travel Initiative (Public Law 110-53).

(c) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the department shall
not disclose the person’s facial image or signature, or copies of
a digital image of any document required pursuant to this chapter.

(d) (1) The department shall examine and verify the
genuineness, regularity, and legality of an application and proof
submitted to the department for an initial issuance or renewal of
an enhanced driver’s license, instruction permit, provisional
license, or identification card.

(2) The department may require the submission of additional
information to establish identity, residency, and citizenship.

(3) The department shall deny an application or renewal of an
enhanced driver’s license, instruction permit, provisional license,
or identification card if the department is not satisfied with the
genuineness, regularity, and legality of the application or
supporting documentation or the truth of any statement contained
in the application or supporting documentation, or for any other
reason authorized by law.

(4) An applicant may, pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with
Section 14100) of Chapter 3, appeal the department’s denial of
an application for the issuance or renewal of an enhanced driver’s
license, instruction permit, provisional license, or identification
card.

(e) The department shall retain copies or digital images of
documents provided by the person pursuant to this chapter.

(f) Notwithstanding subdivision (e), and except as required by
other law, in the case of the denial of an application for the
issuance or renewal of an enhanced driver’s license, instruction
permit, provisional license, or identification card, the department
shall retain the facial image of the applicant and the reason for
denial for not less than one year, unless fraud is suspected, in
which case the applicant’s facial image and the reason for denial
shall be retained for not less than 10 years.

(g) The facial image, signature, copies, and digital image of
documents required pursuant to this section are exempt from public
disclosure pursuant to the California Public Records Act (Chapter
3.5 (commencing with Section 6250) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the
Government Code).

(h) Except as required by federal law, information submitted
by an applicant pursuant to this chapter shall not be disclosed to
a foreign nation.

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(a) In addition to fees required pursuant to this
division, a person requesting the initial issuance or renewal of an
enhanced driver’s license, instruction permit, provisional license,
or identification card shall submit an additional nonrefundable
application fee of seventy-five dollars ($75) with the application.

(b) Fees submitted shall be deposited into the Enhanced Driver’s
License and Identification Card Subaccount established pursuant
to Section 15404.

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(a) There is hereby established the Enhanced Driver’s
License and Identification Card Subaccount in the Motor Vehicle
Account. Moneys in the subaccount shall, upon appropriation by
the Legislature, be expended by the department to implement this
chapter.

(b) Moneys in the subaccount, including any interest accrued,
shall remain in the subaccount at the end of each fiscal year.

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The department shall submit an annual report in
compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code to the
Assembly and Senate Committees on Judiciary, the Senate
Committee on Transportation and Housing, and the Assembly
Committee on Transportation. The report shall include, but not
be limited to, information on the number of enhanced driver’s
licenses and identification cards issued, the effect on wait times
and traffic congestion at points of entry, and whether or not there
have been any security or privacy breaches related to the use of
the enhanced driver’s licenses and identification cards.

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No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or
infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty
for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of
the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within
the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution.

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SECTION 1.  

Section 78016.7 is added to the Education Code,
to read:

78016.7.  

(a) The Office of the Chancellor of the California
Community Colleges shall establish a voluntary pilot program to
identify, explore, and develop best practices for a statewide policy
on awarding credit for experiential learning for veterans for career
technical education course credit, certificates, and associate
degrees.

(b) The governing board of a community college district may
apply for a campus within its district to be selected to participate
in the pilot program, and the chancellor shall select no more than
three to five of those campuses to participate in the pilot program.
In selecting campuses for the pilot program, the chancellor shall
consider all of the following:

(1) The geographic, socioeconomic, and demographic diversity
of students attending the campus.

(2) The percentage of veterans on the campus and the campus’
existing veteran services and programs.

(3) The community college district’s program and planning
capacity.

(4) The potential for support from funding partners in industry,
the military, labor, or other private funding sources to reduce the
cost of attendance for students participating in the pilot program.

(5) The community college district’s plan to recognize federal
training and education and to identify innovative options for
expediting the attainment of degree and certificate goals by
veterans.

(c) The pilot program shall use resources and strategies, which
include, but are not limited to, the American Council on
Education’s guidelines and recommendations, partnerships between
the community college district and branches of the Armed Forces
of the United States that facilitate the transition of veterans into
workforce partnership jobs, course offerings that maximize the
awarding of credit to complete academic requirements, and
stackable credential programs, to determine the value of a veteran’s
prior professional military training, education, and experience.

(d) Career technical education course credit and certificates for
the pilot program may include credit earned as a result of prior
military service.

(e)  For purposes of the pilot program, the governing board of
a community college district may approve credit courses that are
not part of an approved educational program for a campus that
participates in the pilot program, in accordance with Section 70901,
for the duration of the pilot program.

(f) Community college districts participating in the pilot program
shall report all of the following information to the Office of the
Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, which shall
provide this information to the Legislative Analyst’s Office on or
before July 1, 2017:

(1) The geographic, socioeconomic, and demographic diversity
of students participating in the pilot program.

(2) Summary statistics on enrollment, financing sources,
completion rates, and credit granted for prior learning experience
for the pilot program.

(g) (1) On or before December 1, 2017, the Legislative
Analyst’s Office shall provide a report to the Legislature that
assesses the pilot program’s effect on student veterans’ success in
reaching their educational goals using information provided
pursuant to subdivision (f). In preparing this report, the Legislative
Analyst’s Office may draw upon campus reports; campus visits;
interviews with faculty, students, and administrators; and other
sources the Legislative Analyst’s Office deems relevant. The report
shall include all of the following:

(A) An identification of best practices that emerge from the
pilot program that the Legislature may want to consider for
statewide policy regarding credit for experiential learning for
veterans.

(B) The geographic, socioeconomic, and demographic diversity
of students participating in the pilot program.

(C) Summary statistics on enrollment, financing sources,
completion rates, and credit granted for prior learning experience
for the pilot program.

(D) An assessment of the pilot program’s effect on student
veterans’ success in reaching their educational goals.

(E) Recommendations regarding the extension, expansion, or
modification of the pilot program.

(2) A report submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be
submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government
Code.

(h) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2018,
and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that
is enacted before January 1, 2018, deletes or extends that date.

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