A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT strengthening the integrity of the drivers license, Identification card, and learners permit as identification documents.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑7 (b1) reads as rewritten:
"(b1)	Application. – To obtain an identification card, learners permit, or drivers license from the Division, a person shall complete an application form provided by the Division, present at least two forms of identification approved by the Commissioner, be a resident of this State, and, except for an identification card, demonstrate his or her physical and mental ability to drive safely a motor vehicle included in the class of license for which the person has applied. At least one of the forms of identification shall indicate the applicant's residence address. The Division may copy the identification presented or hold it for a brief period of time to verify its authenticity. To obtain an endorsement, a person shall demonstrate his or her physical and mental ability to drive safely the type of motor vehicle for which the endorsement is required.
The application form shall request all of the following information, and it shall contain the disclosures concerning the request for an applicant's social security number required by section 7 of the federal Privacy Act of 1974, Pub. L. No. 93‑579:
(1)	The applicant's full name.
(2)	The applicant's mailing address and residence address.
(3)	A physical description of the applicant, including the applicant's sex, height, eye color, and hair color.
(4)	The applicant's date of birth.
(5)	The applicant's valid social security number.
(6)	The applicant's signature.
If an applicant does not have a valid social security number and is ineligible to obtain one, the applicant shall swear to or affirm that fact under penalty of perjury. The Division shall not issue an identification card, learners permit, or drivers license to an applicant who fails to provide either the applicant's valid social security number or swear or affirm that he is ineligible to receive one."
SECTION 2. Effective July 1, 2005, an applicant for an original drivers license, learners permit, or identification card shall be a citizen of the United States or otherwise demonstrate unexpired legal authorization to be in the United States.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.