Idaho Bills

Amends existing law to provide that a driver's license shall be revoked or canceled under certain circumstances.

This legislation amends section 49-303 regarding which persons shall not be issued driver licenses. According to the section, there are 14 categories of persons that shall not be issued a driver license, but if a license is somehow issued in one of these prohibited categories, then the Department of Transportation currently has the optiontorevokeorcancelthelicense. Thislegislationbringsthestatuteintoconformancewithcurrentpractices and the intent of the statute by requiring the department to revoke all licenses in the prohibited categories.

Adds to existing law to establish a next of kin database and a procedure for next of kin to be notified in the event of certain emergency situations.

This legislation amends Chapter 2, Title 49, Idaho Code, by adding a new section, 49-245, to create a Next-of-Kin Database within Idaho Transportation Department’s (ITD) Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV). This will give DMV the ability to collect the necessary information for coroners and other law enforcement to notify a relative or friend in the case of injury, death, or other emergencies. The information is voluntary for the drivers’ license owner. The legislation also defines next-of-kin.