First Regular Session
               Seventieth General Assembly
                    STATE OF COLORADO
                                                 INTRODUCED
                                                           
                                                           
 LLS NO. 15-0154.01 Jery Payne x2157     SENATE BILL 15-066
                   SENATE SPONSORSHIP
 Ulibarri,
 
                    HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
 (None),
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Senate Committees
 House Committees
 
 
 State, Veterans, & Military Affairs
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                         A BILL FOR AN ACT
       Concerning an expansion of the types of government
            documents that are legally sufficient as a basis for
            the department of revenue to issue identification
            documents to persons who are not permanent lawful
            residents.
       
       
                           Bill Summary
       
            (Note:  This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
       not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
       passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
       applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
       http://www.leg.state.co.us/billsummaries.)
       
            Currently, a person who is not lawfully present in the United States
       must produce a taxpayer identification number, among other documents,
       in order to obtain a driver's license or identification card. Section 1 of the
       bill expands this requirement so that a person may produce a social
       security number instead. Currently, the applicant must also document that
       the applicant has been a resident in Colorado for the last 24 months.
       Section 1 clarifies that the documentation need not account for every day
       of those 24 months.
            Currently, a person who is temporarily lawfully present may obtain
       a driver's license. Section 2 clarifies that an international student need not
       surrender a driver's license issued in a foreign jurisdiction.
       
       
       
       Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
            SECTION 1.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, 42-2-505, amend (1)
       (b) (II) and (1) (c) as follows:
            42-2-505.  Identification documents - individuals not lawfully
       present. (1)  Documents issued. An individual who is not lawfully
       present may apply for an identification document in accordance with this
       part 5. The department shall issue an identification document to an
       applicant who:
            (b) (II)  Signs an affidavit that the applicant has continuously been
       a resident in Colorado for the immediately preceding twenty-four months
       and presents evidence of residence in Colorado for the immediately
       preceding twenty-four months that:
            (A)  Conforms to the standards of Pub.L. 109-13, Division B, Title
       II, sec. 201 et seq. or any rules promulgated under Pub.L. 109-13,
       Division B, Title II, sec. 201 et seq.; and
            (B)  Accounts for as much of the period as reasonably
       possible; except that every day or month of the period need not
       be accounted for through direct evidence; and
            (c)  Documents one of the following:
            (I)  An individual taxpayer identification number issued by an
       agency of the United States internal revenue service government; or
            (II)  A social security number issued by an agency of the
       United States government; and
            SECTION 2.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, 42-2-506, add (2) as
       follows:
            42-2-506.  Identification documents - individuals temporarily
       lawfully present. (2)  To obtain an identification document, an
       international student need not surrender a driver's license
       issued by the government of a foreign country.
            SECTION 3.  Act subject to petition - effective date. This act
       takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the
       ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly (August
       5, 2015, if adjournment sine die is on May 6, 2015); except that, if a
       referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V of the
       state constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this act
       within such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take effect
       unless approved by the people at the general election to be held in
       November 2016 and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the
       official declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.