Connecticut 2013 2013 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00628 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/23/2013

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 628
January Session, 2013  LCO No. 1739
Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION
Introduced by:
SEN. LOONEY, 11th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 628 

January Session, 2013

LCO No. 1739

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION 

Introduced by:

SEN. LOONEY, 11th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE ISSUANCE OF DRIVERS' LICENSES TO CERTAIN IMMIGRANTS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to allow the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles to issue a motor vehicle operator's license to any applicant who (1) has resided in the state for not less than one year, (2) is ineligible to obtain a Social Security number, and (3) is unable to present documentation issued by the federal government authorizing such applicant's presence in the United States.

Statement of Purpose: 

To create safer roads by ensuring that all motor vehicle operators have been issued a license by the Department of Motor Vehicles.