Item 3F: Ratification of IGR Committee Actions

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ATTACHMENT B M I N U T E S Council Committee on Intergovernmental Relations McNutt Room—Eugene City Hall 777 Pearl Street, Eugene, Oregon February 5, 2008 Noon PRESENT: Betty Taylor, Chair; George Poling, Andrea Ortiz, members; Kitty Piercy, Mayor; Brenda Wilson, Jessica Mumme, Mary Walston, City Manager's Office; Chief Robert Lehner, El- wood Cushman, Eugene Police Department; Francisca Johnson, Human Rights Program. Call to Order and Review Agenda Ms. Taylor called the meeting of the Council Committee on Intergovernmental Relations (CCIGR) to order. She determined there were no changes to the agenda. Legislative Concept 32 Discussion Ms. Wilson stated that staff had pulled Legislative Concept (LC) 32 for discussion. She said that typically the committee would receive a report with recommendations and comments from staff on bills that had been introduced, but bills for the supplemental session had only been released yesterday afternoon. She said LC 32 was an important discussion item because it would likely be the most controversial bill in the session. She said the concept was released as Senate Bill (SB) 1082 and House Bill (HB) 3624 and hearings had been scheduled and she anticipated that the Senate version would be sent to the floor with a do pass recommendation and move to the House for discussion. Ms. Wilson provided an overview of the legislation. She said the governor had signed an executive order in 2007 directing the Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to adopt rules requiring specific documentation in order to obtain an Oregon driver's license or identification card and those rules went into effect February 4, 2008. She explained that the rules required documentation of proof that a person was in the country legally and proof of a Social Security card to obtain or renew a license or identification card. She said documenta- tion included a certified birth certificate or passport as well as any documents reflecting a name change due to divorce, marriage or adoption and this had implications for everyone, not just those who were in the country illegally. She said the governor indicated a desire for a two-step approach: 1) allow driver's licenses for purposes of driving and 2) allow identification for the purposes of the federal requirement; however, there did not appear to be any legislative support for the second step. Chief Lehner said the genesis of the legislation was federal standards that required a higher level of proof of identity, which could affect people's ability to fly on airplanes and travel to Canada and Mexico. He said state identification cards had to comply with federal requirements in order to be usable for boarding an aircraft; if Oregon did not comply residents could not use their driver's license to board an aircraft, regardless of the destination. He appreciated the governor's efforts to find a solution and regretted there was no legislative support. He was concerned with people driving cars without valid licenses, being tested for MINUTES—Council Committee on Intergovernmental Relations February 5, 2008 Page 1