Florida Senate - 2011 SB 1604
By Senator Siplin
19-01592-11 20111604__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to identification cards; amending s.
3 322.051, F.S.; providing that a Department of
4 Corrections original certificate of identification or
5 valid identification card is satisfactory proof of
6 identity in order to be issued an identification card
7 by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor
8 Vehicles; providing an effective date.
9
10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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12 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section
13 322.051, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
14 322.051 Identification cards.—
15 (1) Any person who is 5 years of age or older, or any
16 person who has a disability, regardless of age, who applies for
17 a disabled parking permit under s. 320.0848, may be issued an
18 identification card by the department upon completion of an
19 application and payment of an application fee.
20 (a) Each such application shall include the following
21 information regarding the applicant:
22 1. Full name (first, middle or maiden, and last), gender,
23 proof of social security card number satisfactory to the
24 department, county of residence, mailing address, proof of
25 residential address satisfactory to the department, country of
26 birth, and a brief description.
27 2. Proof of birth date satisfactory to the department.
28 3. Proof of identity satisfactory to the department. Such
29 proof must include one of the following documents issued to the
30 applicant:
31 a. A driver’s license record or identification card record
32 from another jurisdiction that required the applicant to submit
33 a document for identification which is substantially similar to
34 a document required under sub-subparagraph b., sub-subparagraph
35 c., sub-subparagraph d., sub-subparagraph e., sub-subparagraph
36 f., sub-subparagraph g., or sub-subparagraph h.;
37 b. A certified copy of a United States birth certificate;
38 c. A valid, unexpired United States passport;
39 d. A naturalization certificate issued by the United States
40 Department of Homeland Security;
41 e. A valid, unexpired alien registration receipt card
42 (green card);
43 f. A Consular Report of Birth Abroad provided by the United
44 States Department of State;
45 g. A Department of Corrections original certificate of
46 identification or valid identification card;
47 h.g. An unexpired employment authorization card issued by
48 the United States Department of Homeland Security; or
49 i.h. Proof of nonimmigrant classification provided by the
50 United States Department of Homeland Security, for an original
51 identification card. In order to prove such nonimmigrant
52 classification, applicants may produce but are not limited to
53 the following documents:
54 (I) A notice of hearing from an immigration court
55 scheduling a hearing on any proceeding.
56 (II) A notice from the Board of Immigration Appeals
57 acknowledging pendency of an appeal.
58 (III) Notice of the approval of an application for
59 adjustment of status issued by the United States Bureau of
60 Citizenship and Immigration Services.
61 (IV) Any official documentation confirming the filing of a
62 petition for asylum or refugee status or any other relief issued
63 by the United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration
64 Services.
65 (V) Notice of action transferring any pending matter from
66 another jurisdiction to Florida, issued by the United States
67 Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services.
68 (VI) Order of an immigration judge or immigration officer
69 granting any relief that authorizes the alien to live and work
70 in the United States including, but not limited to asylum.
71 (VII) Evidence that an application is pending for
72 adjustment of status to that of an alien lawfully admitted for
73 permanent residence in the United States or conditional
74 permanent resident status in the United States, if a visa number
75 is available having a current priority date for processing by
76 the United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration
77 Services.
78 (VIII) On or after January 1, 2010, an unexpired foreign
79 passport with an unexpired United States Visa affixed,
80 accompanied by an approved I-94, documenting the most recent
81 admittance into the United States.
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83 Presentation of any of the documents described in sub
84 subparagraph h. g. or sub-subparagraph i. h. entitles the
85 applicant to an identification card for a period not to exceed
86 the expiration date of the document presented or 1 year,
87 whichever first occurs.
88 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.