Minnesota moves closer to planning for Real ID

The House passed a bill Tuesday evening to repeal a ban on Minnesota officials researching steps toward complying with a federal law to upgrade driver’s licenses, giving the Department of Public Safety a two-week deadline to report back to the legislature.

The measure will be sent to the Senate for approval before Gov. Mark Dayton is expected to sign it into law, bringing the state closer to a resolution of a years-long dispute over the federal Real ID Act that was intended to boost national security when it became law in 2005.

The bill, which passed 125-2, maintains a ban on implementing the Real ID law without further legislative action.

http://www.startribune.com/minnesota-moves-closer-to-planning-for-real-id/373929641/

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I admit, I did not pay much attention, back in 2009, when our dear Republican house members decided that, hey, we, Minnesotans, will take a stand against the tyrannical federal government now ruled by that "Kenyan Muslim guy"

Never mind that their "stand" would end up interfering with travel arrangements of regular Minnesotans.

I don't know how much it would change the driver's license. When we were ready to file our income tax return on TurboTax, we had to provide not only the license number, and expiration date, but also issue date. And the field was for a full date, while the license only gives month and year, like 04-16. Had to dig back in our checking account to find that date of the application which, of course, is not the date of issuance.

Oh well.