1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; providing for planning and a pilot project on electronic 
1.3 	driver's licenses and Minnesota identification cards.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. ELECTRONIC DRIVER'S LICENSE AND MINNESOTA 
1.6 	IDENTIFICATION CARD; PLANNING; PILOT PROJECT.
 1.7 	(a) The commissioner of public safety shall undertake planning and preliminary 
1.8 	development of electronically issued driver's licenses and Minnesota identification cards 
1.9 	as provided in this section.
1.10 	(b) As part of the process under this section, the commissioner must establish 
1.11 	a working group of representatives from relevant state and local agencies, and other 
1.12 	stakeholders and interested parties. At a minimum, the working group must develop an 
1.13 	implementation plan proposal that evaluates:
1.14 	(1) data practices and data privacy;
1.15 	(2) data security, verification of users, and data authenticity;
1.16 	(3) physical access by law enforcement to an electronic device containing an 
1.17 	electronic driver's license or Minnesota identification card;
1.18 	(4) compliance with requirements under federal law;
1.19 	(5) design and development of software applications to provide the electronic 
1.20 	driver's license or Minnesota identification card;
1.21 	(6) technical and data integration with current information technology systems;
1.22 	(7) estimated costs and savings, and options for revenue-neutral fee setting for 
1.23 	the software application;
2.1 	(8) policy and implementation recommendations, including a proposal for any 
2.2 	specific legislative changes; and
2.3 	(9) any other topics identified by the commissioner or the working group.
2.4 	(c) Prior to submission of the final report under paragraph (d), the commissioner 
2.5 	must undertake a pilot project to develop and test an electronic driver's license software 
2.6 	application prototype or beta version. The pilot project must take into account the 
2.7 	considerations of the working group under paragraph (b).
2.8 	(d) The commissioner must submit an interim progress report by February 1, 2017, 
2.9 	and a final report by February 1, 2018, to the chairs and ranking minority members of the 
2.10 	legislative committees with jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance, public 
2.11 	safety, and data practices. Both the interim and final reports must provide information on 
2.12 	the analysis of each topic identified under paragraph (b), and the final report must provide 
2.13 	the implementation plan proposal and results of the pilot project.

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