Federal REAL ID Act Raises State Costs, Concern
By D. R. Stewart, Tulsa World ~ A three-year-old U.S. law, little known and less understood, requires Oklahoma and the other states to overhaul driver's licensing systems and issue licenses meeting federal standards over the next decade.
The REAL ID Act of 2005 requires the states to reissue more than 240 million driver's licenses, beginning in 2010, at a cost of millions of dollars to each state. But a much greater cost, civil libertarians say, will be the further intrusion of the federal government into citizens' lives and the erosion of privacy rights.
"REAL ID has real problems, and it's real bad for America," said state Sen. Randy Brogdon, R-Owasso. "It's a blatant violation of the 10th Amendment."
Read the entire story at http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?articleID=20080316_1_A1_Oklah88657.
The REAL ID Act of 2005 requires the states to reissue more than 240 million driver's licenses, beginning in 2010, at a cost of millions of dollars to each state. But a much greater cost, civil libertarians say, will be the further intrusion of the federal government into citizens' lives and the erosion of privacy rights.
"REAL ID has real problems, and it's real bad for America," said state Sen. Randy Brogdon, R-Owasso. "It's a blatant violation of the 10th Amendment."
Read the entire story at http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?articleID=20080316_1_A1_Oklah88657.
Labels: Randy Brogdon, REAL ID Act of 2005
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