1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to drivers' licenses; providing for use of tribal documents; amending 
1.3 	Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.06, by adding a subdivision.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.06, is amended by adding a 
1.6 	subdivision to read:
1.7 		Subd. 7. Tribal identification card; rules.  (a) For purposes of proving identity 
1.8 	when applying for a driver's license, instruction permit, or Minnesota identification card, 
1.9 	the commissioner of public safety shall adopt rules for recognition of a tribal identification 
1.10 	card in a like manner as accorded a driver's license, instruction permit, or Minnesota 
1.11 	identification card.
1.12 	(b) For purposes of a name change required pursuant to section 171.11, the 
1.13 	commissioner shall adopt rules to allow for verifying a name change by presentation of a 
1.14 	tribal marriage certificate in a like manner as a marriage certificate issued under chapter 
1.15 	517, a tribal court marriage dissolution decree in a like manner as a marriage dissolution 
1.16 	decree entered under chapter 518, or a tribal court order in a like manner as a district court 
1.17 	order entered under chapter 259.
1.18 	(c) For purposes of this subdivision, "tribal identification card" means an unexpired 
1.19 	identification card issued by the tribal government of a tribe recognized by the Bureau of 
1.20 	Indian Affairs, United States Department of the Interior, that contains the name, signature, 
1.21 	and picture of the individual.

1.22 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.