national id & driver license - florida house bill 109

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HB 109 2012

F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S

A bill to be entitled1

An act relating to the issuance and renewal of2

driver's licenses and identification cards; creating3

s. 322.0805, F.S.; providing legislative intent;4

prohibiting the Department of Highway Safety and Motor5

Vehicles from copying and retaining certain6

verification documents of any United States citizens7

who is obtaining, renewing, or modifying a driver's8

license or identification card; limiting requirements9

to provide verification documents; requiring10

destruction of such documents received and retained by11

the department; exempting certain licensed persons or12

identification card holders from requirements to13

provide proof of address; requiring the department to14

use existing records for identity verification for a15

normal renewal, reinstatement, or modification of a16

license or identification card; prohibiting the17

department from using certain standards for18

photographs, incorporating any electronic tracking19

device upon or within any driver's license or20

identification card, and obtaining fingerprints or21

biometric DNA material of citizens; allowing use of a22

nonresidential address for certain persons; providing23

for application; providing an effective date.24

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Section 1. Section 322.0805, Florida Statutes, is created28

to read:29

322.0805 Florida Driver's License Citizen Protection Act.30

(1) It is the intent of the Legislature to minimize any31

inconvenience to citizens transacting business with the32

department while maintaining security for the issuance of33

driver's licenses and identification cards to citizens and34

aliens legally residing within the state.35

(2)(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the36

department may not copy or retain in any form or format any37

document submitted by a United States citizen as proof of38

identification, proof of Social Security number, or proof of39

residence or any other verification document required or40

formerly required under this chapter for original issuance,41

normal renewal, reinstatement, or modification, such as an42

endorsement or address change, of a driver's license or43

identification card. Proof of citizenship required for issuance44

of an original driver's license or identification card may not45

be copied or retained by the department but shall be noted in46

the department's records when received and returned. Once47

established, proof of identity or citizenship may not be48

required by the department for renewal, reinstatement, or49

modification of a license or identification card. By September50

11, 2012, the department shall securely destroy so as to make51

irretrievable any such verification documents that have been52

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Florida identification card, the department shall grant a normal56

renewal, reinstatement, or modification, such as an endorsement57

or address change, of the license or identification card in the58

name already existing in the records of the department and the59

citizen may not be required by the department to provide further60

proof of identity. The department may not require a citizen who61

has held a valid Florida driver's license or a valid Florida62

identification card for at least 10 years to submit proof of his63

or her residence address for renewal of the license or64

identification card. In all cases, the department shall65

primarily use the existing photographs in its records as the66

best evidence for identification upon renewal or modification of67

a driver's license or identification card.68

(3) The department may not use any national or69

international standard for the photographs required under this70

chapter and may not incorporate any radio frequency71

identification device, any device known as a RFID, or any72

similar electronic tracking device upon or within any driver's73

license or identification card issued. The department may not74

obtain any fingerprints or biometric DNA material from a United75

States citizen for purposes of any issuance, renewal,76

reinstatement, or modification of a driver's license or77

identification card.78

(4) A residential address is not required to be displayed79

on the driver's license or identification card of any person80

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(5) This section does not prohibit the copying and83

retention of documents submitted by noncitizens when applying84

for a driver's license or identification card.85

Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.86


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Footnotes 1, 3, 6, 7 and 9 (and anywhere the word citizen

appears): Technically, Floridians, i.e., Citizens of The State

of Florida, cannot claim to be United States citizens except inrelation to the land of one of the several States of The Union.

The United States, except for the land area which Maryland ceded

to the federal government, is not a stand alone country as

England is, and has no defined land boundaries. It is a Union of

several land-defined States. Therefore, no American, except

those born on the soil of Washington, DC or its possession,

enclaves, or military bases, can claim to be United States

citizens. Currently, there is no application available forCitizens of The State of Florida on the soil to apply for a

driver license as Citizens of The State of Florida. For every

other status, there is an application. Why does it not suffice

the DMV to say that one is a Citizen of The State of Florida or

any other State of the Union?

Footnote 2: copy or scan and retain

Footnote 4: When someone wants to acquire information abouthim/herself held by the federal government, one is requesting

that information via a FOIA, a Freedom of Information Act

request. That Act is codified in Title 5 Sec. 552a. In the

Definitions section of Title 5 Sec. 552a of the United Stated

Code, sections (a) (2) and (a)(13), an "individual" is definedas a "citizen of the United States" and a "Federal personnel" is

defined as "...individuals entitled to receive immediate or

deferred retirement benefits under any retirement program of theGovernment of the United States (including survivor benefits)",

respectively. Since the government requires people to acquire a

social security number in order to work, it forces people to be"entitled" to receive benefits under its retirement program,

i.e., social security. Thus, unknowingly, people are attesting

to being "citizens of the United States" when the social

security number is assigned to them, with or without their

consent. Because of this imposed status to which many of us donot consent, Floridians must be allowed to opt-out of using an

SSN and of being asked whether he/she is a United States

citizen. Only those who are born on the land of Washington,

D.C. or United States possessions or enclaves can reasonably

attest to being United States citizens. If you were to go to


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