BILL NUMBER: AB 468	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Cohn

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2001

   An act to amend Section 12815 of the Vehicle Code, relating to
driver's licenses.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 468, as introduced, Cohn.  Driver's license: duplicate.
   Existing law provides a procedure for obtaining a duplicate driver'
s license if a driver's license is lost, destroyed or mutilated, or a
new true, full name is acquired.  In order to obtain a duplicate
license, the Department of Motor Vehicles must be furnished with
satisfactory proof of that loss, destruction, or mutilation, and if
the licensee is a minor, evidence of permission to obtain a duplicate
secured from the parents, guardian, or person having custody of the
minor.
   This bill would require, in addition, that the department be
furnished with satisfactory proof of the identity of the person
requesting the duplicate license, including a valid identification
document that contains a photograph of that person.  The bill would
authorize the department to verify a person's identity through
inspection of its own photographic files from the licensee's prior
license if the person requesting a duplicate license is unable to
provide satisfactory proof of his or her identity.
   Vote:  majority.  Appropriation:  no.  Fiscal committee:  yes.
State-mandated local program:  no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 12815 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:
   12815.  (a) If a driver's license issued under this code is lost,
destroyed or mutilated, or a new true, full name is acquired, the
person to whom it was issued shall obtain a duplicate upon furnishing
to the department (1) satisfactory proof of that loss, destruction,
or mutilation and (2)  satisfactory proof of the identity of the
person requesting a duplicate license, including a valid
identification document that contains a photograph of that person,
and (3)  if the licensee is a minor, evidence of permission to
obtain a duplicate secured from the parents, guardian, or person
having custody of the minor.   If the person requesting a
duplicate license is unable to provide satisfactory proof of his or
her identity, the department may verify that person's identity
through inspection of its own photographic files from the licensee's
prior license.   Any person who loses a driver's license and
who, after obtaining a duplicate, finds the original license shall
immediately destroy the original license.
   (b) A person in possession of a valid driver's license who has
been informed either by the department or by a law enforcement agency
that the document is mutilated shall surrender the license to the
department not later than 10 days after that notification.
   (c) For purposes of this section, a mutilated license is one that
has been damaged sufficiently to render any or all of the elements of
identity set forth in Sections 12800.5 and 12811 unreadable or
unidentifiable through visual, mechanical, or electronic means.