As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
KINGSTON ID CARD
(or other name to be determined later by the Common Council
and Mayor) An identification card issued by the City of Kingston that
shall, at a minimum, display the cardholder's photograph, name,
date of birth, address, ID card number, and card expiration date.
Such identification card shall be designed in a manner to deter fraud
which may include: bar codes, serial numbers, watermarks, City Seal,
or other security measures used to protect against fraud. Such devices
are to be determined by City staff subject to the approval of the
Kingston Common Council and Mayor.
CITY
The City of Kingston or any department, agency, board, or
commission thereof.
RESIDENT
A person who can establish current residency in the City of Kingston pursuant to §
280-4 of this chapter.
The City of Kingston City Clerk shall administer the municipal
identity card program and shall promulgate all rules necessary as
set by the Common Council to effectuate the purposes of this chapter.
Such office shall make applications for such card available for pickup
and submission at any agency or office where there is substantial
contact with the public and shall also make applications available
online.
In order to obtain a Kingston ID card an applicant must complete
an application and provide documentation in order to establish proof
of identity and proof of residency within the City as follows:
A. Proof of identity. In order to establish identity, an applicant shall
be required to attain four points of identification by producing at
least one of the following documents from List One (four points),
current or expired not more than five years prior to the date of the
City of Kingston ID card application or one document from List Two
(three points} along with one document from List Three (one point).
(1) List One (four point documents): United States or foreign passport;
United States state driver's license; United States state identification
card; United States permanent resident card; a consular identification
card; a photo identification card with name, address, date of birth,
and expiration date issued by another country to its citizens or nationals
as an alternative to a passport for re-entry to the issuing country;
a national identification card with photo, name, address, date of
birth, and expiration date; a foreign driver's license; United
States or foreign military identification card; a current visa issued
by a government agency. State Veterans ID with photo; United States
Federal Government or Tribal-issue d photo ID; photo ID issued by
an accredited United States educational institution; United States
union photo ID; municipal ID.
(2) List Two (three point documents): United States Permanent Resident
(Green Card); United States Citizenship and Naturalization Certificate;
United States or foreign birth certificate; birth certificate of applicant's
child, issued by a state or territory, or a locality of a state or
territory, or by the United States State Department, listing applicant
as birth parent; current United States employment authorization document
(EAD) or work permit issued by United States Citizenship and Immigration
Services (USCIS) with date of birth and expiration date.
(3) List Three (one point document): social security card; EBT card;
ITIN (individual taxpayer identification number) card or authorization
letter; voter registration card; United States school transcript from
high school or post-secondary school; United States high school diploma,
high school equivalency diploma, or United States postsecondary school,
college or university diploma; Selective Service registration card;
prison discharge papers; certificate of marriage, domestic partnership,
civil union, divorce or dissolution of marriage, domestic partnership
or civil union; employee identification card from employer located
in United States; written verification issued by a social services
agency or homeless shelter; unemployment photo ID card.
(4) Proof of residency. In order to establish residency, an applicant
shall be required to produce at least one of the following items of
which must show the applicant's name and residential address
located within the City and must be dated no more than 60 days prior
to the date such document is presented, unless otherwise indicated
below: a utility bill; a current residential property lease; a local
property tax statement dated within one year of the date it is submitted;
a local real property mortgage payment receipt; a bank account statement;
proof that the applicant has a minor child currently enrolled in a
school located within the City; an employment pay stub; a jury summons
or court order issued by a federal or state court; a federal or state
income tax or refund statement dated within one year of the date it
is submitted; an insurance bill (homeowner, renter, health, life,
or automobile insurance); written verification issued by a homeless
shelter located within municipality that confirms at least 15 days'
residency; written verification issued by a hospital, health clinic
or social services agency located within the City of Kingston confirming
at least 15 days' residency .
The City of Kingston shall, consistent with all federal, state,
and local laws, provide language assistance to applicants for the
municipal identity cards to facilitate access thereto. The Mayor,
with the advice of the Common Council of the City of Kingston, shall
identify and implement measures, including but not limited to staff
training, community outreach, and language assistance tools, to address
the needs of limited English proficient individuals in the successful
administration of the Kingston ID card program.
It is a violation of the City of Kingston ID code under this
section for any person or entity to undertake any of the following
act s. A fine of no more than $100 may be imposed for each violation:
A. To knowingly present false information in the course of applying
for a Kingston ID card.
B. To alter, copy, or replicate a Kingston ID card without the authority
of the City of Kingston.
C. To use a Kingston ID card issued to another person, with the intent
to cause a third person or entity to believe the holder of the card
is the person to whom the card was issued.
This chapter shall be effective upon its filing with the Secretary
of State.
The invalidity or unenforceability of any section, subsection,
paragraph, sentence, clause, provision, or phrase of the aforementioned
sections, as declared by the valid judgment of any court of competent
jurisdiction to be unconstitutional, shall not affect the validity
or enforceability of any other section, subsection, paragraph, sentence,
clause, provision, or phrase, which shall remain in full force and
effect.