05 HB577/FA/1
SENATE
AMENDMENT TO HB
577
ADOPTED
Amend HB 577 by inserting "to prescribe the type of documentation sufficient to obtain a temporary driveŕs license or permit or special identification card;" after "cards;" on line 4 on page 1.
ADOPTED
Amend HB 577 by inserting "to prescribe the type of documentation sufficient to obtain a temporary driveŕs license or permit or special identification card;" after "cards;" on line 4 on page 1.
By
renumbering Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 as Sections 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7,
respectively.
By
adding a new Section 2 to read as follows:
"SECTION
2.
Said
chapter is further amended by inserting immediately following Code Section
40-5-21 a new Code section to read as follows:
'40-5-21.1.
(a)
Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, an applicant who presents in
person valid documentary evidence of:
(1)
Admission to the United States in a valid, unexpired nonimmigrant
status;
(2)
A pending or approved application for asylum in the United States;
(3)
Admission into the United States in refugee status;
(4)
An approved application for temporary protected status in the United
States;
(5)
Approved deferred action status; or
(6)
Other federal documentation verified by the United States Department of Homeland
Security to be valid documentary evidence of lawful presence in the United
States under federal immigration law
may
be issued a temporary license, permit, or special identification card. Such
temporary license, permit, or special identification card shall be valid only
during the period of time of the
applicant́s
authorized stay in the United States.
(b)
A
driverś
license or identification card issued by any state or territory which, on or
after July 1, 2006, authorized such
driveŕs
license or identification card to be issued to persons not lawfully present in
the United States may not be accepted as evidence of legal presence in the
United
States.'"