| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to verification of identity; prohibiting a |
| 3 | state agency, political subdivision, or officer or |
| 4 | employee thereof from recognizing documents other than the |
| 5 | documents specified in the act for purposes of proving the |
| 6 | identity of an applicant for a public benefit, license, or |
| 7 | permit or proving the identity of a person registering to |
| 8 | vote; providing specified documents that are acceptable to |
| 9 | prove identification of the person; providing an effective |
| 10 | date. |
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| 12 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 14 | Section 1. Verification of identity for public benefits, |
| 15 | licenses, permits, and voter registration.-- |
| 16 | (1) A department, agency, commission, or other entity of |
| 17 | the state, a political subdivision, or an officer or employee |
| 18 | thereof may not recognize or rely upon, or authorize the |
| 19 | recognition of or reliance upon, any document that is not |
| 20 | described in subsection (3) when the document is offered to |
| 21 | prove the identity of a person applying for a public benefit, |
| 22 | license, or permit. |
| 23 | (2) Notwithstanding part II of chapter 97, Florida |
| 24 | Statutes, a department or other entity of the state, a political |
| 25 | subdivision, or any agency or employee thereof authorized to |
| 26 | register a person to vote in any federal, state, or local |
| 27 | election may not recognize or rely upon, or authorize the |
| 28 | recognition of or reliance upon, any document that is not |
| 29 | described in subsection (3) when the document is offered to |
| 30 | prove the identity of a person attempting to register to vote in |
| 31 | this state. |
| 32 | (3) Documents acceptable to prove the identity of a person |
| 33 | are limited to: |
| 34 | (a) A valid, unexpired passport issued by the United |
| 35 | States, an immigration document issued by the Federal |
| 36 | Government, and any document issued by an agency of the Federal |
| 37 | Government or the Armed Services of the United States which |
| 38 | bears a photograph of the person. |
| 39 | (b) A valid, unexpired passport issued by a foreign |
| 40 | government if the passport includes or is accompanied by a |
| 41 | document proving that the alien is lawfully in the United |
| 42 | States. |
| 43 | (c) A valid, unexpired identification document issued by a |
| 44 | state or political subdivision if the document bears a recent |
| 45 | photograph of the individual, the issuing state or political |
| 46 | subdivision prohibits the issuance of the identification |
| 47 | document to an alien who is unlawfully in the United States, and |
| 48 | the state or political subdivision requires independent |
| 49 | verification of the records offered by the person to prove |
| 50 | identity when applying for the identification document. |
| 51 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2006. |