H 4319

Abstract

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 56-1-90, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO EVIDENCE REQUIRED OF APPLICANTS TO OBTAIN A DRIVER'S LICENSE, SO AS TO REVISE THIS EVIDENCE TO INCLUDE GENDER, PRINCIPAL RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS, LEGAL NAME CHANGE, AND AUTHORIZED LENGTH OF STAY IN THIS COUNTRY, TO PROVIDE THIS EVIDENCE APPLIES TO APPLICANTS SEEKING TO OBTAIN OR RENEW DRIVERS' LICENSES, BEGINNERS' PERMITS, OR IDENTIFICATION CARDS, TO REVISE THE TYPES OF EVIDENCE NECESSARY TO VERIFY THE SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS OF APPLICANTS, TO PROVIDE THE TYPES OF EVIDENCE APPLICANTS WHOSE NAMES HAVE CHANGED SINCE BIRTH MUST PRESENT TO SHOW NAME TRACEABILITY, TO PROVIDE APPLICANTS MAY HAVE DRIVERS' LICENSES OR IDENTIFICATION CARDS ISSUED IN THEIR PREFERRED NAMES UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, AND TO PROVIDE THAT REAL IDS SHALL NOT BE ISSUED IN THE CASE OF SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS NOT VALIDATING; AND TO AMEND SECTIONS 56-1-140, AS AMENDED, 56-1-50, AS AMENDED, 56-1-2100, AS AMENDED, AND 56-1-3370, RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF DRIVERS' LICENSES, BEGINNERS' PERMITS, COMMERCIAL DRIVER LICENSES, AND SPECIAL IDENTIFICATION CARDS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THEY MUST CONTAIN UNOBSTRUCTED PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE APPLICANTS, AND TO PROVIDE THE PHOTOGRAPHS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO BE IN COLOR. - ratified title