Thread: State granted reprieve in compliance with Real ID

State granted reprieve in compliance with Real ID
By RICHARD FELLINGER


Pennsylvania has been granted a 20-month extension to decide if it wants to comply with the Real ID Act, a controversial federal law calling for new identification cards.
The 2005 law gives states until May 11 to comply, but Pennsylvania officials learned this morning that federal officials approved their request for an extension until Dec. 31, 2009, said Deputy Transportation Secretary Kurt Myers.

Myers informed the House Intergovernmental Affairs Committee of the extension at a three-hour hearing at which lawmakers grilled federal and state officials about the law.

Critics of the Real ID Act say it is an unfunded mandate that raises privacy concerns. Some liken it to a national driver's license. Supporters say it's needed to combat terrorism and fraud.

The extension will give PennDOT officials ample time to review newly released regulations for the law to determine if the state should comply. States that don't comply would have driver's licenses that couldn't be used for boarding an airplane or entering a federal building.

http://www.publicopiniononline.com/localnews/ci_8055660

more bullcrap-my mother lives in gettysburg PA and it is being flooded by illegals-the schools for the first time are over crowded