California Assembly Bill AB1389 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 1389INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Allen FEBRUARY 18, 2011 An act to amend 12800 of the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1389, as introduced, Allen. Vehicles: driver's licenses. Existing law requires every application for an original or a renewal of a driver's license to contain specified information, including the applicant's true full name, age, sex, mailing address, residence address, and social security account number. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to these provisions. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 12800 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read: 12800.  Every   An  application for an original or a renewal of a driver's license shall contain all of the following information: (a) The applicant's true full name, age, sex, mailing address, residence address, and social security account number. (b) A brief description of the applicant for the purpose of identification. (c) A legible print of the thumb or finger of the applicant. (d) The type of motor vehicle or combination of vehicles the applicant desires to operate. (e) Whether the applicant has ever previously been licensed as a driver and, if so, when and in what state or country and whether or not the license has been suspended or revoked and, if so, the date of and reason for the suspension or revocation. (f) Whether the applicant has ever previously been refused a driver's license in this state and, if so, the date of and the reason for the refusal. (g) Whether the applicant, within the last three years, has experienced, on one or more occasions, either a lapse of consciousness or an episode of marked confusion caused by a condition that may bring about recurrent lapses, or whether the applicant has a disease, disorder, or disability that affects his or her ability to exercise reasonable and ordinary control in operating a motor vehicle upon a highway. (h) Whether the applicant understands traffic signs and signals. (i) Whether the applicant has ever previously been issued an identification card by the department. (j) Any other information that is necessary to enable the department to determine whether the applicant is entitled to a license under this code.