REAL ID NONPARTICIPATION ACT - ENACTMENT — 2012 Pa. Act 38 (historical enacted text)

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PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 339PRINTER'S NO. 1354
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.354Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY FOLMER, WOZNIAK, KITCHEN, ERICKSON, KASUNIC, D. WHITE, LEACH, ALLOWAY, BOSCOLA, EARLL, PIPPY, WILLIAMS, M. WHITE, STACK, FONTANA, ORIE, FARNESE AND FERLO, FEBRUARY 1, 2011
SENATOR FOLMER, COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY, AS AMENDED, JUNE 15, 2011
AN ACT
Relating to compliance with the Federal REAL ID Act of 2005.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the REAL ID
Nonparticipation Act.
Section 2. Participation in the REAL ID Act of 2005.
(a) Prohibition.--Neither the Governor nor the Department of
Transportation or any other Commonwealth agency shall
10 participate in the compliance of any provision of the REAL ID <--
Act of 2005 or regulations promulgated thereunder.
(b) Definition.--As used in this section, the term "REAL ID
Act of 2005" means Division B of the Emergency Supplemental
Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and
Tsunami Relief, 2005 (Public Law 109-13, 119 Stat. 302).
Section 3. Legal challenge.
Either the Governor or the Attorney General may file an
action in a court of competent jurisdiction to challenge the
constitutionality or legality of the REAL ID Act of 2005.
Section 20. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.