Nevada: Real ID driver's licenses to be optional -- Serfs cheer!

Nevadans at meeting cheer news that license would no longer be mandatory

CARSON CITY -- A new high-security driver's license would soon become optional under a plan proposed by the DMV's director and endorsed by lawmakers on Monday.

Nevadans attending the meeting of a legislative panel cheered the news that the controversial license would no longer be mandatory -- at least until such a time as the federal government says otherwise.

Opponents have described the Real ID program, which Congress passed as a safeguard against terrorism, as unnecessarily intrusive into people's lives.

Department of Motor Vehicles Director Edgar Roberts told the Legislative Committee on Regulations that it will cost $410,000 to reverse course.

It had cost $2 million to implement the Real ID license program in Nevada, of which $750,000 was state money.

Roberts said 46,000 drivers have obtained the Real ID licenses since January, when Gov. Jim Gibbons, by executive order, issued a 120-day regulation that made Nevada one of only nine states complying with the federal act.

Gibbons issued the regulation, even though legislators last year killed a bill to require the new licenses. The temporary regulation, which expires at the end of April, has appeared to contribute to longer waits at the DMV, as applicants often don't bring in all the required documents, causing delays.

To receive the high-security "gold star" licenses, drivers must show a birth certificate, a Social Security card and proof of residency through utility or other bills.

The DMV also is required to do background checks on DMV workers who have access to drivers' information, check whether drivers are legal residents and retain facial images of drivers.

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Nevada: Real ID driver's licenses to be optional -- Serfs cheer!

Nevada: Real ID driver's licenses to be optional -- Serfs cheer!

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