6013920 Motor Vehicles, Department of - Notice of Emergency & Proposed Rulemaking - Application for driver license, learner permit or provisional permit-REAL ID
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DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES
NOTICE OF EMERGENCY AND PROPOSED 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 (2014 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 (2014 Repl.)), hereby gives notice of the adoption, on an emergency basis, of amendments to Chapter 1 (Issuance of Driver Licenses) of Title 18 (Vehicles and Traffic) of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (“DCMR”).
This emergency rulemaking gives the Director the authority to approve identification and date of birth documents submitted by persons seventy (70) years of age and older who are seeking to establish residency. There is an immediate need to protect the safety and welfare of District residents by ensuring elderly District residents, specifically those aged seventy (70) and older, have the ability to establish their identity and residency so as to be able to obtain government-issued identification.
This emergency rulemaking was adopted on April 25, 2016, and became effective immediately. This emergency rulemaking will remain in effect for up to one hundred twenty (120) days, unless earlier superseded by a Notice of Final Rulemaking.
The Director also hereby gives notice of the intent to take final rulemaking action to adopt these proposed rules in not less than thirty (30) days from the date of publication of this notice in the D.C. Register.
Chapter 1, ISSUANCE OF DRIVER LICENSES, of Title 18 DCMR, VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC, is amended as follows:
Section 103, APPLICATION FOR A DRIVER LICENSE, LEARNER PERMIT, OR PROVISIONAL PERMIT, is amended as follows:
Subsection 103.4(d) is amended by adding a new paragraph (12) to read as follows:
(12) Any other documents deemed acceptable by the Director through written approval.
Subsection 103.5 is amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
(c) If the applicant is seventy (70) years or older, he or she may submit documents subject to the approval of the Director certifying identity, date of birth, or social security number.
All persons desiring to comment on the subject matter of this rulemaking should file comments, in writing, to David Glasser, General Counsel, D.C. Department of Motor Vehicles, 95 M Street, S.W., Suite 300, Washington, D.C. 20024, email at dmvpubliccomments@dc.gov, or online at www.dcregs.dc.gov. Comments must be received not later than thirty (30) days after the publication of this notice in the D.C. Register. Copies of this proposal may be obtained, at cost, by writing to the above address.
