Vehicles: driver's licenses and identification cards: issuance and renewal: registered sex offenders.

Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles, upon proper application, to issue driver's licenses and identification cards. Existing law requires a person convicted of certain sex offenses to register with the chief of police or sheriff of the city or county in which the person is residing or located, and with the chief of police of a campus of the University of California, the California State University, or community college if he or she is residing or located upon the campus or in any of its facilities, within 5 working days of coming into, or changing his or her residence or location. This requirement applies for the rest of the person's life while residing or present in this state. This bill would require the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue a distinctive original driver's license, identification card, or a renewal of that driver's license or identification card that displays a distinctive color, as specified, to a person required to be registered as a sex offender. In addition to any other requirement, the bill would require the applicant to provide a current photograph and address verification to the department for the original license, identification card, and for each renewal.