Amended in Assembly June 1, 2015

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California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly BillNo. 221


Introduced by Assembly Member Dababneh

February 3, 2015


An act to add Article 6 (commencing with Section 13020) to Chapter 1 of Division 6 of the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 221, as amended, Dababneh. Mobile application: driver’s licenses and identification cards.

Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue to a person a driver’s license as applied for when the department determines that the applicant is lawfully entitled to a license. Existing law requires the license to state specified information, including the true full name, age, and mailing address of the licensee and a brief description and engraved picture or photograph of the licensee for the purpose of identification.

Existing law authorizes the department to issue an identification card to any person attesting to his or her true full name, correct age, and other identifying data as certified by the applicant for the identification card.

This bill would require the Department of Motor Vehicles tobegin delete conduct a pilot project to test the effectiveness of utilizing best practice standards for the assessmentend deletebegin insert study the feasibilityend insert of creating a digital mobile driver’s license application for smartphone use.begin delete The bill would require the pilot project to use an assessment protocol or process developed by the Department of Motor Vehicles in collaboration with other stakeholders to execute the pilot project. The bill would require the department to solicit participation in the pilot project by Department of Motor Vehicles and Department of Transportation employees on or before April 1, 2016, and would require that those employees be selected and begin operation of the pilot project on or before July 1, 2016.end delete The bill would require the department tobegin delete make a preliminary report on the status of the project to the California State Assemblyend deletebegin insert report the results of theend insertbegin insert study to the Legislatureend insert on or beforebegin delete April 1, 2017, a full report on the status by December 1, 2017, and to have full implementation of the application on or before July 1, 2018. end deletebegin insert December 1, 2016.end insert

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

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

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SECTION 1.  

Article 6 (commencing with Section 13020) is
2added to Chapter 1 of Division 6 of the Vehicle Code, to read:

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4Article 6.  Mobile Application
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13020.  

(a) The department shallbegin delete conduct a pilot project to test
7the effectiveness of utilizing best practice standards for the
8assessmentend delete
begin insert study the feasibilityend insert of creating a digital mobile driver’s
9license application for smartphone use.

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10(b) The pilot project shall meet all of the following conditions:

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11(1) On or before April 1, 2016, the department shall solicit
12participation in the pilot project by Department of Motor Vehicles
13and Department of Transportation employees. Department of Motor
14Vehicles and Department of Transportation employees shall be
15selected and begin operation of the pilot project on or before July
161, 2016.

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17(2) The pilot project shall use an assessment protocol or process
18developed by the Department of Motor Vehicles in collaboration
19with other stakeholders to execute the pilot project.

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20(3) On or before April 1, 2017, the Department of Motor
21Vehicles shall report a preliminary status update of the pilot project
22to the Legislature. The report shall be submitted in compliance
23with Section 9795 of the Government Code.

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2begin insert(end insertbegin insertb)end insert On or before December 1,begin delete 2017,end deletebegin insert 2016,end insert thebegin delete Department of
3Motor Vehicles will report the status of the pilot project to the
4California State Assembly.end delete
begin insert department shall report the results of
5the study described in subdivision (a) to the Legislature.end insert
The report
6shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the
7 Government Code. The requirement for submitting a report
8imposed by thisbegin delete paragraphend deletebegin insert subdivisionend insert is inoperative onbegin delete July 1,
92019,end delete
begin insert December 1, 2020,end insert pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the
10Government Code.

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11(5) On or before July 1, 2018, full implementation of digital
12mobile driver’s license application for smartphone use will go into
13effect.

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