ENGROSSED SENATE
BILL NO. 138	By:	Ballenger, Garrison, Johnson (Constance), Stanislawski and Bass of the Senate

			and

		Shoemake of the House

An Act relating to personal identification; requiring the Department of Public Safety to provide space for certain emblem on driver licenses and identification cards; requiring presentation of certain documents; providing for codification; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 6-124 of Title 47, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
As a way to honor and recognize the veterans who have served our country, the Department of Public Safety shall make space available on the front or back of the driver license and the identification card for a flag emblem to be designed by the Department that will serve as a notation of veteran status.  Upon application for issuance or renewal of the driver license or identification card and in addition to other documentation required by the Department, persons requesting the flag emblem shall show proof of present or past military service by presenting a valid Uniformed Services Identity Card or the United States Department of Defense Form (DD)214.
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2011.
Passed the Senate the 8th day of March, 2011.

	
Presiding Officer 	of the Senate

Passed the House of Representatives the ____ day of __________, 2011.

	
Presiding Officer of the House
	of Representatives