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SB 88 - Authorizes Electronic Driver Licenses - New Mexico Key Vote

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Title: Authorizes Electronic Driver Licenses

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that authorizes the use of electronic drivers licenses in the state of New Mexico.

Highlights:

  • Establishes terminology regarding “electronic credentials” and “credential holder” (Sec.1). 

  • Requires a physical drivers license to be carried and exhibited on demand in its physical form (Sec. 6). 

  • Authorizes the Tax and Revenue Department to issue an electronic credential to a person in addition to a physical drivers license or physical identification card (Sec. 8). 

  • Prohibits the use of an electronic credential that is not processed through a state-approved application (Sec. 8). 

  • Requires the credential holder to have physical possession of the device on which the electronic credential is accessed (Sec. 10). 

  • Requires the credential holders consent in order for the departments access to their data (Sec. 11). 

  • Authorizes the department to charge a fee for loading the electronic credential onto a device (Sec. 13). 

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