West Palm Beach - Anne M. Gannon, Constitutional Tax Collector, launches her “License To Drive” campaign at the opening of the Lantana Driver License office on February 22, 2011. Remarks by officials, a ribbon cutting ceremony and a tour of the new facility begin at noon. The office is located at 1299 West Lantana Road.
DMV closed its Lantana Driver License Office on January 7 leaving a mobile unit to service the community. “Today we open our doors to provide driver license services to this underserved community,” said Gannon. “It is also my hope that we can help relieve some of the heavy congestion at our Delray office.” The distance between the two offices is approximately 10 miles and 11 minutes by car.
Tax Collector Gannon’s driver license services result from a 2010 Florida Law transferring the issuing of driver licenses from the DMV to local Tax Collectors. Gannon’s new service also includes implementing the federal Real ID Act, an anti-terrorism measure. The Real ID Act requires original certified documentation proving birth, social security number and residence prior to being issued a driver’s license or identification card.
Gannon created the “License to Drive” public education program to help people better prepare for what she characterizes as a time consuming and often complicated process. Her multicultural “License to Drive” Toolkit includes a document organizer which lists the required documents, offers suggestions for replacement of lost or missing documents, and doubles as storage envelope. The toolkit includes useful checklists for U.S. citizens, non-citizens, immigrants and Canadians. The kits are available at the Lantana Office opening or available for download at www.taxcollectorpbc.com.
“We want to help people prepare,” says Gannon. “The federal law requires that we validate and scan the original required documents prior to issuing a Driver License or Identification Card. Without the required documents, you will, unfortunately, be turned away.”
Created on ... February 18, 2011