AB 397, as introduced, Mathis. Driver’s license: identification card: false information.
Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to examine and determine the genuineness and regularity of every application or document filed with it and authorizes the department to require additional information or reject any application or document if not satisfied of the genuineness and regularity of the application or document or the truth of any statement contained in the application or document.
This bill, in order to reduce identify theft, would additionally require the department to report to the local district attorney’s office, sheriff’s department, or police department when the department reasonably suspects that an application for the issuance or renewal of a driver’s license or identification card contains false information.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 1653 of the Vehicle Code is amended to
2read:
begin insert(a)end insertbegin insert end insert The department shall examine and determine the
2genuineness and regularity of every application or document filed
3with it under this code and may require additional information or
4reject anybegin delete suchend delete application or document if not satisfied of the
5genuineness and regularitybegin delete thereofend deletebegin insert of the application or documentend insert
6 or the truth of any statement
containedbegin delete therein.end deletebegin insert in the application
7or document.end insert
8(b) In order to reduce identity theft, the department shall report
9to the local district attorney’s office, sheriff’s department, or police
10department when the department reasonably suspects that an
11application for the issuance or renewal of a driver’s license or
12identification card pursuant to Division 6 (commencing with
13Section 12500) contains false information.
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