SB 310

This bill provides that a person may use an identification card issued by the

Department of Transportation to establish residency for approvals issued by the

Department of Natural Resources and requires DOT to provide DNR with access to

DOT records for this purpose.

Under current law, DNR issues approvals that authorize the holder of the

approval to engage in certain activities, such as hunting wild animals. In general,

residents of the state are issued a different approval, for a lower fee, than

nonresidents of the state. Current law provides that a resident is anyone who has

maintained a permanent abode in the state for at least 30 days prior to applying for

an approval, which must be established by demonstrating domiciliary intent. Under

current law, evidence of domiciliary intent includes voting, paying personal income

taxes, or obtaining a driver's license at a location in the state.

The bill provides that domiciliary intent may also be satisfied by obtaining an

identification card issued by DOT. Under current law, an identification card issued

by DOT is required to contain the same information that is required for an operator's

license, including the license holder's name, address, and photograph, but must be

clearly labeled as providing only identification of the card's holder.

Current law requires DOT to maintain current records of all identification card

holders and generally prohibits DOT from disclosing the records to any person.

There are numerous exceptions to this prohibition, including disclosing information

to the driver licensing agencies of other jurisdictions and to other state agencies for

specified purposes. The bill requires DOT to provide DNR electronic access to

identification card records for the purpose of verifying the residency of applicants for

DNR approvals.