California Code of Regulations
Title 13 - Motor Vehicles
Division 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles
Chapter 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles
Article 2 - Driver Licenses and Identification Cards
Section 15.07 - Reduced Fee Identification Cards

Universal Citation: 13 CA Code of Regs 15.07

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024

(a) The department shall issue an identification card to an applicant for a reduced fee, as specified in Section 423.00 of Article 6.0, if, in addition to the other requirements for obtaining a card, the applicant presents a Reduced Fee Identification Card Eligibility Verification, form DL 937 (Rev. 6/2023), which is hereby incorporated by reference, completed by a qualified verifier of income establishing the applicant is a qualified low-income person.

(b) A qualified low-income person is one whose income meets the eligibility requirements of, or is receiving public benefits under, any of the following programs:

(1) California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Act/CalWORKs (Welf. and Inst. Code sec. 11200);

(2) Burton-Moscone-Bagley Citizens' Income Security Act for Aged, Blind, and Disabled Californians (Welf. and Inst. Code sec. 12000);

(3) County or city general assistance programs (Welf. and Inst. Code sec. 17000);

(4) Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program/Cal Fresh (Welf. and Inst. Code sec. 18900);

(5) Food Assistance Program for Legal Immigrants/California Food Assistance Program (CFAP) (Welf. and Inst. Code sec. 18900); and/or

(6) Cash Assistance Program for Aged, Blind and Disabled Legal Immigrants/Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants (CAPI) (Welf. and Inst. Code sec. 18937);

(c) A qualified verifier of income is a person who regularly verifies income for eligibility for the programs listed in subdivision (b) as an employee or volunteer of either:

(1) A governmental entity, or

(2) A nonprofit organization registered with the Internal Revenue Service as a non-profit organization that has a physical location within California, and regularly assists members of the public with applications for benefits under the programs listed in subsection (b).

(d) A qualified verifier of income shall review the applicant's documents, evidence, or other information typically required to determine eligibility for benefits and conclude the information more likely than not meets the income eligibility requirements for a benefit listed in subsection (b), complete and sign form DL 937 under penalty of perjury, and retain for one year all documents and evidence relied on to verify income of the applicant.

(e) The certification of eligibility in form DL 937 shall be completed and dated within 90 days of the application for the reduced fee identification card.

(f) A verifier shall not charge a fee for complying with this regulation.

1. New section filed 9-9-2004 as an emergency; operative 9-9-2004 (Register 2004, No. 37). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 1-7-2005 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
2. Certificate of Compliance as to 9-9-2004 order transmitted to OAL 12-20-2004 and filed 1-26-2005 (Register 2005, No. 4).
3. Repealer and new section and amendment of NOTE filed 6-23-2016; operative 10-1-2016 (Register 2016, No. 26).
4. Amendment filed 9-22-2022; operative 1-1-2023 (Register 2022, No. 38).

Note: Authority cited: Sections 1651, 1678 and 14902, Vehicle Code. Reference: Sections 1678 and 14902, Vehicle Code.

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