An Act To
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 0812
Committee Amendment CA_A_H99 (House)
Committee: Transportation

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" 4 " to H.P. 612, L.D. 812, Bill, "An Act To 
Amend the Driver's License Laws" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'Resolve, To Direct the Secretary of State To Examine Driver's License 
Laws' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the title and before the summary and 
inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. Secretary of State to examine laws. Resolved: That the Secretary of 
State shall establish a working group to examine the laws governing eligibility and 
documentation requirements for applicants for driver's licenses and nondriver 
identification cards. The Secretary of State shall seek to include in the working group 
persons with appropriate and relevant expertise or knowledge with respect to the 
following: immigration law, the needs and interests of migrant workers and others who 
may be affected by changes in eligibility requirements or documentation standards and 
issues related to the issuance of driver's licenses or non driver identification cards to 
illegal aliens or persons who are not Maine residents. The working group shall develop 
recommendations with respect to limiting eligibility for driver's licenses and nondriver 
identification cards to Maine residents and to persons with legal presence status in the 
United States. 
The working group shall, at a minimum, examine issues related to 
standards of residency and proof of residency, standards for determining legal presence 
status, documentation requirements, methods of verification, the need for exceptions or 
provisions for special circumstances and the costs of implementing and enforcing such 
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standards and limitations. The Secretary of State shall provide notice of meetings of the 
working group to the Joint Standing Committee on Transportation. The Secretary of 
State shall report the findings and recommendations of the working group to the Joint 
Standing Committee on Transportation no later than January 15, 2008. The Secretary of 
State shall include with the report draft legislation to make appropriate changes to the 
eligibility and documentation requirements for applicants for driver's licenses and 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A .. to H.P. 612, L.D. 812 
nondriver identification cards based on the findings and recommendations of the working 
group; and be it further 
Sec. 2. 
Authorization to submit legislation. 
Resolved: 
That the Joint 
Standing Committee on Transportation may submit a bill related to the subject matter of 
the working group's report under section 1 to the Second Regular Session of the 123rd 
Legislature. ' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the bill with a resolve that directs the Secretary of State to 
establish a working group to examine the laws governing eligibility and documentation 
requirements for applicants for driver's licenses and non driver identification cards. The 
working group is required to develop recommendations for limiting eligibility for driver's 
licenses and nondriver identification cards to Maine residents and to persons with legal 
presence status in the United States. The working group shall, at a minimum, examine 
issues related to standards of residency and proof of residency, standards for determining 
legal presence status, documentation requirements, methods of verification, the need for 
exceptions or provisions for special circumstances and the costs of implementing and 
enforcing such standards and limitations. The Secretary of State is required to report the 
findings and recommendations of the working group to the Joint Standing Committee on 
Transportation no later than January 15, 2008. 
The Joint Standing Committee on 
Transportation is authorized to submit a bill related to the subject matter of the working 
group's report to the Second Regular Session of the l23rd Legislature. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 04111/07 Mac:.. 
LD812 
LR 1463(02) 
An Act To Amend the Driver's License Laws 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment" A " 
Committee: Transportation 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - Highway Fund 
LRI463(02) - Fiscal Note - Page 1 of I