186.4122 Personal identification card application for United States citizen or
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permanent resident -- Photograph -- Scanning and retaining application
information -- Proof of residency -- Homeless child or youth -- Issuance of
personal identification card and operator's license or instruction permit --
Term of identification card.
(1)As used in this section, "applicant" means a person who:
(a)Is a citizen or permanent resident of the United States; or
(b)Meets the minimum requirements for federal recognition in Section 202 of the
REAL ID ACT of 2005, as amended, in 49 U.S.C. sec. 30301 note, and has
been admitted to the United States as a nonimmigrant pursuant to a compact
of free association between the United States and the Republic of the Marshall
Islands, the Republic of Palau, or the Federated States of Micronesia.
(2)The Transportation Cabinet shall issue a personal identification card to an applicant
who:
(a)Is a Kentucky resident;
(b)Applies in person to the cabinet or through alternative technology; and
(c)Complies with the provisions of this section.
(3)Upon application for a personal identification card under this section, the cabinet
shall capture a photograph of the applicant in accordance with KRS 186.4102(1).
(a)Except as provided in paragraph
(b)of this subsection, the cabinet shall
electronically scan the documents required for application under this section
and shall electronically retain the application, supporting documents, and the
photograph of the applicant. The cabinet shall present the applicant with a
temporary personal identification card, which shall be valid for thirty
days until a permanent personal identification card is mailed to the applicant
by the Transportation Cabinet.
(b)The cabinet shall only electronically scan the birth certificate of an individual
applying for a voluntary travel ID personal identification card. If the applicant
is not seeking such a document, the cabinet shall not electronically scan the
applicant's birth certificate.
(c)An applicant for a personal identification card shall not be required to
surrender the applicant's birth certificate for image capture, image storage, or
image transmission to any entity, including the federal government, unless
express consent is given by the applicant during the course of obtaining a
voluntary travel ID personal identification card.
(a)An application for a personal identification card shall be accompanied by the
same information as is required for an operator's license under KRS 186.412,
except if an applicant does not have an established and fixed nighttime
residence of regular return, the applicant may:
1. Until July 1, 2025, use as proof of residency a signed letter from a
homeless shelter, health care facility, or social service agency currently
providing the applicant treatment or services and attesting that the
applicant is a resident of Kentucky; or
2. On or after July 1, 2025, follow the procedures outlined in KRS
186.412(3).
(b)An applicant who does not have an established and fixed nighttime residence
of regular return shall not be issued a voluntary travel ID personal
identification card.
(c)An applicant for a personal identification card who is at least sixteen
years of age but less than eighteen
(18)years of age shall not be required to
obtain a signature of a parent or legal guardian on the application if the
applicant has been verified as a homeless child or youth, as defined in 42
U.S.C. sec. 11434a(2), by at least one
(1)of the following:
1. A director or designee of a governmental or nonprofit agency that
receives public or private funding to provide services to homeless
people;
2. A local educational agency liaison for homeless children and youths
designated pursuant to 42 U.S.C. sec. 11432(g)(1)(J)(ii), or a school
social worker or school counselor;
3. The director or director's designee of a federal TRIO Program or a
Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Program; or
4. A financial aid administrator for an institution of higher education.
(d)It shall be permissible for the application form for a personal identification
card to include as an applicant's most current resident address a mailing
address or an address provided on a voter registration card.
(e)If the applicant is not the legal owner or possessor of the address provided on
the application form, the applicant shall swear that he or she has permission
from the legal owner, authorized agent for the legal owner, or possessor to use
the address for purposes of obtaining the personal identification card.
(a)Every applicant for a personal identification card under this section shall
swear an oath to the cabinet as to the truthfulness of the statements contained
on the application form.
(b)A personal identification card may be suspended or revoked if the person who
was issued the card presents false or misleading information to the cabinet
when applying for the card.
(7)A personal identification card issued under this section shall be valid for a period of
eight
(8)years from the date of issuance, except that if the personal identification
card is issued to a person who does not have an established and fixed nighttime
residence of regular return, then the personal identification card shall be valid for
one
(1)year from the date of issuance.
(a)An applicant shall not be issued a personal identification card if the applicant
currently holds a valid Kentucky instruction permit or operator's license. A
person shall not hold more than one
(1)license or personal identification card.
(b)If a person's instruction permit or operator's license has been suspended or
revoked, the person may be issued a personal identification card. A personal
identification card shall be surrendered when the person applies to have his or
her instruction permit or operator's license reinstated.