5258096 Motor Vehicles,Department of - Notice of Final Rulemaking - REAL ID Amendment

DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES

 

NOTICE OF FINAL RULEMAKING

 

The Director of the Department of Motor Vehicles (“Director”), pursuant to the authority set forth in Sections 1825 and 1826 of the Department of Motor Vehicles Establishment Act of 1998, effective March 26, 1999 (D.C. Law 12-175; D.C. Official Code §§ 50-904 and 50-905 (2012 Repl.)), and Sections 6, 7 and 8a of the District of Columbia Traffic Act of 1925, approved March 3, 1925 (43 Stat. 1121,1125; D.C. Official Code §§ 50-2201.03, 50-1401.01 and 50-1401.03 (2012 Repl. & 2014 Supp.)), hereby gives notice of the adoption of the following rulemaking that amends Chapter 1 (Issuance of Drivers Licenses) of Title 18 (Vehicles and Traffic) of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (“DCMR”).  

 

Upon the advice of the United States Department of Homeland Security and to ensure the District’s compliance with federal requirements relating to issuance of licenses, permits and identification cards, the provision pertaining to submission of an unexpired United States military or dependent identification card as an exception to § 103.4(a) is repealed.

 

No comments were received and no changes were made to the text of the proposed rules, as published in the D.C. Register as a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on November 28, 2014 at 61 DCR 12307. The final rules were adopted on December 29, 2014 and will be effective upon publication of this notice in the D.C. Register. 

 

Title 18, VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC, of the DCMR is amended as follows:

 

Chapter 1, ISSUANCE OF DRIVER LICENSES, is amended as follows:

 

Subsection 103.5 is amended to read as follows:

 

103.5         If an applicant is unable to comply with the document requirements set forth in § 103.4(a) to show identity or date of birth due to circumstances beyond the applicant's control, the applicant may submit one of the alternate documents and the Department shall indicate in the applicant’s record that an exceptions process was used:

 

(a)                [REPEALED].

 

(b)               Department of Motor Vehicles’ approved letter with picture from the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency (CSOSA) or D.C. Department of Corrections issued within the last sixty (60) days certifying identity and date of birth.