Gov signs law rejecting Real ID act
Billings Gazette
04/19/07
Gov. Brian Schweitzer signed a law Tuesday rejecting national driver’s licenses for Montanans, saying the message to the federal government was “no, nope, no way, hell no.” The bill the governor signed rejected implementing the Real ID act in Montana, a federal law that sets a national standard for driver’s licenses and requires states to link their record-keeping systems to national databases. Montana joined two other states, Idaho and Arkansas, in enacting laws that outright refuse to comply with the federal law, according to National Conference on State Legislatures. Washington’s legislature has also passed a similar bill and Maine and Hawaii have passed resolutions opposing the Real ID act...
http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/04/17/news/state/28-law.txt
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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There Stands Schweitzer Like a Stone Wall
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04/19/07
Gov. Brian Schweitzer signed a law Tuesday rejecting national driver’s licenses for Montanans, saying the message to the federal government was “no, nope, no way, hell no.” The bill the governor signed rejected implementing the Real ID act in Montana, a federal law that sets a national standard for driver’s licenses and requires states to link their record-keeping systems to national databases. Montana joined two other states, Idaho and Arkansas, in enacting laws that outright refuse to comply with the federal law, according to National Conference on State Legislatures. Washington’s legislature has also passed a similar bill and Maine and Hawaii have passed resolutions opposing the Real ID act...
http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/04/17/news/state/28-law.txt
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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There Stands Schweitzer Like a Stone Wall
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/4831504/
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=drivers+license
rudkla - 20. Apr, 13:39
