5499-S AMS CARR KEYS 030

03/11/2005 NOT ADOPTED

SSB 5499 - S AMD TO S AMD (KAST HESS 016)368

By Senators Carrell, McCaslin, Morton, Johnson, Zarelli, Brandland, Benton, Schmidt, Esser, Deccio, Stevens, Schoesler, Roach and Pflug

On page 8 after line 19 of the amendment, insert the following:

"NEW SECTION. Sec. 5. A new section is added to chapter 29A.08 RCW to read as follows:

(1) Form of registration. In addition to the requirements of RCW 29A.08.010, the form of registration provided by the secretary of state or county auditor must include a statement that the applicant must submit evidence of United States citizenship with the application and that the county auditor or secretary of state shall reject the application if no evidence of citizenship is attached.

(2) The county auditor or secretary of state shall reject any application for registration that is not accompanied by satisfactory evidence of United States citizenship. Satisfactory evidence of citizenship includes any of the following:

(a) The number of the applicant's Washington state driver's license or Washington state identification card issued by the department of licensing, but only if the department indicates on the applicant's driver's license or identification card that the applicant has provided satisfactory proof of United States citizenship;

(b) A legible photocopy of the applicant's birth certificate that verifies citizenship to the satisfaction of the county auditor or secretary of state;

(c) A legible photocopy of pertinent pages of the applicant's United States passport identifying the applicant and the applicant's passport number or presentation to the county auditor or the secretary of state of the applicant's United States passport;

(d) A presentation to the county auditor or secretary of state of the applicant's United States naturalization documents or the number of the certificate of naturalization. If only the number of the certificate of naturalization is provided, the applicant must not be included in the registration rolls until the number of the certificate of naturalization is verified with the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service by the county auditor or secretary of state;

(e) Other documents or methods of proof that are established under the federal Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986; or

(f) The applicant's Bureau of Indian Affairs card number, tribal treaty card number, or tribal enrollment number.

(3) Notwithstanding subsection (4) of this section, any person who is registered in this state on the effective date of this section is deemed to have provided satisfactory evidence of citizenship and may not be required to resubmit evidence of citizenship unless the person is changing voter registration from one county to another or reregistering to vote.

(4) Proof of voter registration from another state or county is not satisfactory evidence of citizenship.

(5) After a person has submitted satisfactory evidence of citizenship, the county auditor or secretary of state shall indicate this information in the person's permanent voter file. After two years, the county auditor or secretary of state may destroy all documents that were submitted as evidence of citizenship."

Renumber the sections following consecutively and correct internal references accordingly.

SSB 5499 - S AMD TO S AMD (KAST HESS 016)

By Senator Carrell

On page 22, line 12 of the title amendment, after "29A.84.650;" insert "adding a new section to chapter 29A.08 RCW;"

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EFFECT: Requires that applicants for voter registration provide proof of U.S. citizenship.