Parolee: driver's licenses.

Existing law authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles to require a person applying for a driver's license or an identification card to provide any identification that it determines is necessary to ensure the identity of the applicant. This bill would require the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to provide an offender with a Parolee Identification Card and would require the Department of Motor Vehicles to honor that card as a valid source of identification for the purposes of applying for a driver's license or an identification card. The bill would authorize the above-referenced departments to jointly adopt rules and enter into interagency agreements necessary to establish the identities of offenders for the purposes of assisting offenders in obtaining a driver's license or identification card immediately upon the offender's release. The bill would specify that it is not intended to abrogate any requirement set forth in the Vehicle Code.