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Colorado temporarily stops issuing new driver’s licenses

Associated Press
December 15, 2006

DENVER (AP) — The state temporarily stopped issuing new driver’s licenses Friday after a judge overturned a rule requiring license applicants to have two pieces of identification.

Motor vehicle offices will renew existing licenses but won’t hand out any new ones until officials can read the judge’s order in detail, said Diane Reimer, a spokeswoman for the Department of Revenue, which oversees licenses.

Reimer said the department is trying to determine if it can draw up emergency rules before it resumes issuing new licenses. The old rules were issued after Colorado passed a law this year barring state agencies from providing most non-emergency services to illegal immigrants.

Denver District Court Judge Larry Naves ruled Thursday the two-ID requirement was making it difficult for legal residents to get licenses.

Homeless advocates had filed a suit challenging the identification rule.