Many states are starting to issue mobile drivers licenses that motorists can carry in a digital wallet on their smartphones. This week, a legislative committee got an update on what it would take to issue them in North Carolina. One question is whether drivers should pay for the mobile IDs. Aaron Cornell is with the legislature's Fiscal Research Division. He says virtual cards should be offered as a free add-on.
"The rationale there is just that there would be more uptake, and it would be a little easier to implement without having to worry about, did someone pay their fee, and did they pay it to us or to a third party vendor, just to make sure that everybody would have access to this?" he said.
Rolling out the mobile licenses would require changes to state law and additional funding for the Division of Motor Vehicles.