Connecticut 2011 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00713 Compare Versions

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1-General Assembly Committee Bill No. 713
2-January Session, 2011 LCO No. 4013
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1+General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 713
2+January Session, 2011 LCO No. 367
43 Referred to Committee on Transportation
54 Introduced by:
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5+SEN. WITKOS, 8th Dist.
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19+SEN. WITKOS, 8th Dist.
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24-AN ACT CONCERNING THE ISSUANCE OF IDENTITY CARDS, WITHOUT CHARGE, TO CERTAIN PERSONS WHO ARE SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER.
21+AN ACT CONCERNING FREE IDENTIFICATION CARDS FOR CERTAIN SENIOR CITIZENS.
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2623 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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28-Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 1-1h of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2011):
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30-(a) Any person who does not possess a valid motor vehicle operator's license may apply to the Department of Motor Vehicles for an identity card. The application for an identity card shall be accompanied by the birth certificate of the applicant or a certificate of identification of the applicant issued and authorized for such use by the Department of Correction. Such application shall include: (1) The applicant's name; (2) the applicant's address; (3) whether the address is permanent or temporary; (4) the applicant's date of birth; (5) notice to the applicant that false statements on such application are punishable under section 53a-157b; and (6) such other pertinent information as the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles deems necessary. A fee of twenty-two dollars and fifty cents shall be paid to the department upon issuance to the applicant of an identity card which contains a picture of the applicant and specifies the applicant's height, sex and eye color. The applicant shall sign the application in the presence of an official of the department. The commissioner may waive the fee for any applicant who has voluntarily surrendered such applicant's motor vehicle operator's license or whose license has been refused by the commissioner pursuant to subdivision (4) of subsection (e) of section 14-36, and the commissioner shall waive the fee for any applicant who is sixty-five years of age or older and has voluntarily surrendered such applicant's motor vehicle operator's license. The commissioner may waive the fee for any applicant who is a resident of a homeless shelter or other facility for homeless persons. The commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to establish the procedure and qualifications for the issuance of an identity card to any such homeless applicant.
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35-This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
36-Section 1 October 1, 2011 1-1h(a)
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38-This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
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40-Section 1
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25+That Connecticut identification cards be issued, at no cost, to senior citizens who have given up their Connecticut motor vehicle operator's license.
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4627 Statement of Purpose:
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48-To provide an identity card, without charge, to any person sixty-five years of age or older who has voluntarily surrendered such person's motor vehicle operator's license.
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50-[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]
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29+To provide free photo ID cards for seniors who no longer drive.