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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- A bill that would enable companies to verify a driver's license by checking the state database has been reported out of committee and sent to the Utah Senate Floor.
Senate Bill 7 would combat fraud and the illegal sales of alcohol and tobacco, said its sponsor, Sen. Michael Waddoups, R-Taylorsville.
Insure-rite, the private company that runs Utah's uninsured motorist database, plans to create a secure Web site to which companies could buy access.
Those companies would type in certain information from a driver's license. They would then know instantaneously if they were holding a legitimate license or a fake, said Bart Blackstock, executive vice president of Insure-rite.
Waddoups said the bill does not violate the driver's privacy because the customer would volunteer the information to be checked.
The bill was reported out of committee on Friday.
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