Ch. 452                                    2003 LAWS OF MARYLAND

SECTION 6. 7. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, subject to the
provisions of Section 5 of this Act, this Act shall take effect July October 1, 2003.

Approved May 22, 2003.

CHAPTER 452
(House Bill 838)

AN ACT concerning

Vehicle Laws - Drivers' Licenses - Fraud and Proof of Age and Identity

Licensing Documentation

FOR the purpose of prohibiting the Motor Vehicle Administration from requiring an
applicant for a driver's license to provide information regarding national origin
or immigration status; clarifying that an applicant may provide an original or
certified copy of a birth certificate issued by the United States, a United States
territory, or a foreign government as proof of age or identity; requiring the
Administration to accept certain documents as proof of age and identity;
requiring the Administration to accept certain documents issued in a United
States territory or a foreign country under certain circumstances; providing that
an individual may only use certain documents prepared in a foreign country as
proof of age or identity under certain circumstances; prohibiting a person from
using a false, fictitious, or fraudulently altered document in an application for a
driver's license; providing for a certain penalty; and generally relating to fraud
and proof of age and identity.

FOR the purpose of requiring an applicant for a driver's license to state on the
driver's license application the social security number of the applicant under
certain circumstances; requiring an applicant who does not have a social
security number to provide a certain certification in the application for the
driver's license; prohibiting a person from using a false, fictitious, or
fraudulently altered document in an application for a driver's license; providing
for a certain penalty; establishing a Task Force to Study Driver Licensing
Documentation; providing for the composition, duties, and staff of the Task
Force; requiring the Task Force to report to the Governor and the General
Assembly by a certain date; providing for the termination of the Task Force; and
generally relating to documentation for drivers' licenses.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Transportation
Section 16-106 and 16-301(b)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2002 Replacement Volume)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

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