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Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:
‘An Act Relating to Proof of Citizenship for Renewal of a Driver's License or Nondriver Identification Card’
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the summary and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §1301, sub-§2-A, as enacted by PL 2007, c. 648, §1, is amended to read:
 
2-A. Legal presence requirement.   The Secretary of State may not issue a license to an applicant unless the applicant presents to the Secretary of State valid documentary evidence of legal presence in the United States, except that the Secretary of State may exempt a person from the requirements of this subsection if that person is renewing a noncommercial driver's license and that person has continuously held a valid driver's license under this chapter since December 31, 1989 or was born before December 1, 1964.
Sec. 2. 29-A MRSA §1410, sub-§8, as enacted by PL 2007, c. 648, §3, is amended to read:
 
8. Legal presence requirement.   The Secretary of State may not issue a nondriver identification card to an applicant unless the applicant presents to the Secretary of State valid documentary evidence of legal presence in the United States, except that the Secretary of State may exempt a person from the requirements of this subsection if that person has continuously held a nondriver identification card or valid driver's license under this chapter since December 31, 1989 or was born before December 1, 1964.’
 
SUMMARY
This amendment, which strikes and replaces the bill, provides that the Secretary of State may exempt a person who was born before December 1, 1964 or who has continuously held a Maine nondriver identification card or Maine driver's license since December 31, 1989 from the requirement of providing documentation to establish citizenship when that person is renewing a driver's license or that person is renewing or being issued a nondriver identification card.