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§ 2.2-614.2. Participation in the REAL ID Act of 2005.

A. For purposes of this section, the following words and phrases shall havethe meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section except in thoseinstances where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

"Biometric data" means information relating to a biological characteristicof an individual that makes that individual unique from any other individual,including, but not limited to, the following:

1. Fingerprints, palm prints, and other means for measuring or recordingridge pattern or fingertip characteristics;

2. Facial feature pattern characteristics;

3. Behavior characteristics of a handwritten signature, such as shape, speed,pressure, pen angle, or sequence;

4. Voice data used for comparing live speech with a previously created speechmodel of an individual's voice;

5. Iris recognition data containing color or texture patterns or codes;

6. Keystroke dynamics, measuring pressure applied to key pads;

7. Hand geometry, measuring hand characteristics, including the shape andlength of fingers, in three dimensions;

8. Retinal scans, reading through the pupil to measure blood vessels liningthe retina; and

9. Deoxyribonucleic acid or ribonucleic acid.

"Biometric samples" means anything used as a source to develop, create, orextract biometric data.

"Economic privacy" means the privacy of an individual that relates to aright, privilege, or reasonable expectation that certain information isrequired by law to be held confidential or is otherwise considered to beconfidential to that individual, including, but not limited to:

1. Information included in a tax return required by law to be filed with thefederal, state, or local government;

2. Information on financial transactions conducted by or on behalf of theindividual; and

3. Information on investment transactions conducted by or on behalf of theindividual.

"REAL ID Act of 2005" means Division B of the Emergency SupplementalAppropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief,2005 (P.L. 109-13, 119 Stat. 302).

B. With the exception of identification cards issued to employees of theDepartment of State Police and any other law-enforcement officer employed byany agency of the Commonwealth, neither the Governor nor the Department ofMotor Vehicles nor any other agency of the Commonwealth shall comply with anyprovision of the REAL ID Act of 2005 that they determine would compromise theeconomic privacy, biometric data, or biometric samples of any resident of theCommonwealth.

(2009, cc. 733, 769.)

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Virginia > Title-2-2 > Chapter-6 > 2-2-614-2

§ 2.2-614.2. Participation in the REAL ID Act of 2005.

A. For purposes of this section, the following words and phrases shall havethe meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section except in thoseinstances where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

"Biometric data" means information relating to a biological characteristicof an individual that makes that individual unique from any other individual,including, but not limited to, the following:

1. Fingerprints, palm prints, and other means for measuring or recordingridge pattern or fingertip characteristics;

2. Facial feature pattern characteristics;

3. Behavior characteristics of a handwritten signature, such as shape, speed,pressure, pen angle, or sequence;

4. Voice data used for comparing live speech with a previously created speechmodel of an individual's voice;

5. Iris recognition data containing color or texture patterns or codes;

6. Keystroke dynamics, measuring pressure applied to key pads;

7. Hand geometry, measuring hand characteristics, including the shape andlength of fingers, in three dimensions;

8. Retinal scans, reading through the pupil to measure blood vessels liningthe retina; and

9. Deoxyribonucleic acid or ribonucleic acid.

"Biometric samples" means anything used as a source to develop, create, orextract biometric data.

"Economic privacy" means the privacy of an individual that relates to aright, privilege, or reasonable expectation that certain information isrequired by law to be held confidential or is otherwise considered to beconfidential to that individual, including, but not limited to:

1. Information included in a tax return required by law to be filed with thefederal, state, or local government;

2. Information on financial transactions conducted by or on behalf of theindividual; and

3. Information on investment transactions conducted by or on behalf of theindividual.

"REAL ID Act of 2005" means Division B of the Emergency SupplementalAppropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief,2005 (P.L. 109-13, 119 Stat. 302).

B. With the exception of identification cards issued to employees of theDepartment of State Police and any other law-enforcement officer employed byany agency of the Commonwealth, neither the Governor nor the Department ofMotor Vehicles nor any other agency of the Commonwealth shall comply with anyprovision of the REAL ID Act of 2005 that they determine would compromise theeconomic privacy, biometric data, or biometric samples of any resident of theCommonwealth.

(2009, cc. 733, 769.)


State Codes and Statutes

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Virginia > Title-2-2 > Chapter-6 > 2-2-614-2

§ 2.2-614.2. Participation in the REAL ID Act of 2005.

A. For purposes of this section, the following words and phrases shall havethe meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section except in thoseinstances where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

"Biometric data" means information relating to a biological characteristicof an individual that makes that individual unique from any other individual,including, but not limited to, the following:

1. Fingerprints, palm prints, and other means for measuring or recordingridge pattern or fingertip characteristics;

2. Facial feature pattern characteristics;

3. Behavior characteristics of a handwritten signature, such as shape, speed,pressure, pen angle, or sequence;

4. Voice data used for comparing live speech with a previously created speechmodel of an individual's voice;

5. Iris recognition data containing color or texture patterns or codes;

6. Keystroke dynamics, measuring pressure applied to key pads;

7. Hand geometry, measuring hand characteristics, including the shape andlength of fingers, in three dimensions;

8. Retinal scans, reading through the pupil to measure blood vessels liningthe retina; and

9. Deoxyribonucleic acid or ribonucleic acid.

"Biometric samples" means anything used as a source to develop, create, orextract biometric data.

"Economic privacy" means the privacy of an individual that relates to aright, privilege, or reasonable expectation that certain information isrequired by law to be held confidential or is otherwise considered to beconfidential to that individual, including, but not limited to:

1. Information included in a tax return required by law to be filed with thefederal, state, or local government;

2. Information on financial transactions conducted by or on behalf of theindividual; and

3. Information on investment transactions conducted by or on behalf of theindividual.

"REAL ID Act of 2005" means Division B of the Emergency SupplementalAppropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief,2005 (P.L. 109-13, 119 Stat. 302).

B. With the exception of identification cards issued to employees of theDepartment of State Police and any other law-enforcement officer employed byany agency of the Commonwealth, neither the Governor nor the Department ofMotor Vehicles nor any other agency of the Commonwealth shall comply with anyprovision of the REAL ID Act of 2005 that they determine would compromise theeconomic privacy, biometric data, or biometric samples of any resident of theCommonwealth.

(2009, cc. 733, 769.)