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WEBVTT ID REQUIREMENTS IN THE STATE WE TURN TO TYLER CADORETTE. TYLER:. YOU CAN GET THERE FROM HERE FLYING WITH YOUR MAIN DRIVERS LICENSE FOR A FEW MORE YEARS. THE STATE HOUSE UNTIL 2020 TO COMPLY WITH THE REAL ID ACT. >> IT IS A TECHNOLOGY-HEAVY PROPOSAL. WE CHANGE THE ENTIRE WAY THAT WE PRODUCE AN ISSUE CREDENTIALS. TYLER: THEY SAY IT WILL GIVE THE STATE TIME TO IRON OUT THE SPECIFICS OF THE REAL ID PROCESS. YOUR STANDARD STATE ID WILL ALLOW YOU TO BOARD PLANES. YOU COULD STILL USE IT FOR THINGS LIKE BUYING A BEER AND DRIVING HER CAR, BUT YOU EITHER NEED AN OFFICIAL DOCUMENT, LIKE A PASSPORT, OR WHAT OFFICIALS ARE CALLING A REAL I.D. TO FLY. >> THE DATABASE WILL BE FAR MORE ROBUST. YOUR PHOTOGRAPH WILL BE A 3-D VERSION. TYLER: SECRETARY DUNLAP SAYS HIS OFFICE HAD GOTTEN A LOT OF QUESTIONS FROM FOLKS TRAVELING OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS WONDERING WHAT WOULD HAPPEN WITH THAT EXTENSION BUT AT THIS POINT IN TIME THEY’LL HAVE AT LEAST A FEW MORE YEARS TO SORT ALL OF THAT OUT. >> WE DON’T WANT TO HAVE THE SAME THING WE DEALT WITH YEARS AGO WHERE WE HAVE STANDING ROOM ONLY LINES IN OUR BRANCH OFFICES SO WE’RE WORKING ON DIFFERENT STRATEGIES TO HELP THE PUBLIC ESPECIALLY WITH THE COST OF THE LICENSE. TYLER: THE BUREAU OF MOTOR VEHICLES PLANS TO START ISSUING REAL ID’S NEXT JULY. THEY WILL NOT BE MANDATORY AND THOSE WHO WISH TO KEEP THEIR REGULAR LICENSES WILL BE ABLE TO DO SO. HOWEVER REGULAR LICENSES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AT THE AIRPORT TWO YEARS FROM NOW. >> OUR JOB IS TO SUPPORT THE PUBLIC AND HELP THEM AND I THINK THIS IS WHERE THE COMPLIANCE ISSUE IS COMING IN

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