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Responding to a question from Ms. Bettman, Mr. Yeiter indicated the bill, which proposed to modify the provisions for periodic review, was intended to better codify the periodic review process. Ms. Bettman moved to change the status of the bill to Support. Responding to a question from Mr. Pap6, Mr. Lidz said the statutory requirement was that periodic review would take place every ten years. Mr. Yeiter said given past experience, if the bill was passed the City's periodic review tasks would not be completed before the next statutory requirement was triggered. Ms. Taylor believed that requiring periodic review every seven years instead of every ten years was too frequent. The motion died for lack of a second. HB 3312A Ms. Taylor suggested the status of the bill be changed to oppose. Ms. Taylor, seconded by Ms. Bettman, moved to change the status of the bill to Oppose. The motion passed unanimously. Mr. Heuser indicated the bill, which would allow a governing body to contract with another entity to conduct studies required by a permit application, was dead. HB 3473 Ms. Bettman said the bill, which required a person applying for a driver's license to present a Social Security Number or other documentation indicating the person was in the United States legally, required more identification that was required now. She perceived the bill as discriminatory and was opposed to it. However, she acknowledged she did not have the votes to change the staff recommendation to support the bill. Responding to a question from Mr. Pap6, Mr. Heuser said the federal legislation currently under considera- tion in Congress would preclude states not in compliance from receiving federal highway funds. He believed that the federal legislation related to the issue was likely to pass, and it precluded people from securing licenses without citizenship. Mr. Heuser noted that the Oregon House had intended to amend the bill in question to create a system based on the Utah model, which provided a ;;drive only" card for those not in the country legally which could not be used for identification. However, given the fact of the federal legislation, the House had decided to pass a version with a citizen requirement. It was possible the Senate would decide to comply with the federal law now, rather than in 2007. Mr. Cushman noted staff's interest in an amendment to Section 8 of the bill that related to the need for the affected individual to pass a driver's test. Mr. Pap6, seconded by Ms. Taylor, moved to support the bill with the amendment men- tioned by Mr. Cushman. The motion passed, 2:1; Ms. Bettman voting no. MINUTES--Council Committee on Intergovernmental Relations May 26, 2005 Page 6