HOUSE BILL No. 4418

 

March 1, 2005, Introduced by Reps. Stahl, Hoogendyk, Nofs, Hummel, Shaffer, Gosselin, Stakoe, Accavitti, Taub, Elsenheimer, Van Regenmorter, Spade, Sheen, Lipsey, Robertson, Schuitmaker, Casperson, Moolenaar, Walker, Pearce and Lemmons, III and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform.

 

     A bill to amend 1972 PA 222, entitled

 

"An act to provide for an official personal identification card; to

provide for its form, issuance and use; to regulate the use and

disclosure of information obtained from the card; to prescribe the

powers and duties of the secretary of state; to prescribe fees; to

prescribe certain penalties for violations; and to provide an

appropriation for certain purposes,"

 

by amending section 2 (MCL 28.292), as amended by 2003 PA 143.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 2. (1) The official state personal identification card

 

shall contain the following:

 

     (a) An identification number permanently assigned to the

 

person.

 

     (b) The full name, date of birth, sex, residential address,

 

height, weight, eye color, image, and signature of the person to

 

whom the identification card is issued.


 

     (c) An indication that the identification card contains 1 or

 

more of the following:

 

     (i) The blood type of the person.

 

     (ii) Immunization data of the person.

 

     (iii) Medication data of the person.

 

     (iv) A statement that the person is deaf.

 

     (v) A statement that the person is an organ and tissue donor

 

pursuant to  under part 101 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368,

 

MCL 333.10101 to 333.10109. If the identification card contains

 

such a statement, the statement shall include the signature of the

 

person, along with the signature of at least 1 witness.

 

     (vi) Emergency contact information of the person.

 

     (d) Beginning July 1, 2003, in the case of a person who is

 

less than 18 years of age at the time of issuance of the

 

identification card, the dates on which the person will become 18

 

years of age and 21 years of age.

 

     (e) Beginning July 1, 2003, in the case of a person who is at

 

least 18 years of age but less than 21 years of age at the time of

 

issuance of the identification card, the date on which the person

 

will become 21 years of age.

 

     (2) In conjunction with the issuance of an official state

 

personal identification card, the secretary of state shall do all

 

of the following:

 

     (a) Provide the applicant with all of the following:

 

     (i) Written information explaining the applicant's right to

 

make an anatomical gift in the event of death pursuant to  under

 

part 101 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.10101 to


 

333.10109, and in accordance with this section.

 

     (ii) Written information describing the organ donation registry

 

program maintained by Michigan's federally designated organ

 

procurement organization or its successor organization. The written

 

information required under this subparagraph shall include, in a

 

type size and format that is conspicuous in relation to the

 

surrounding material, the address and telephone number of

 

Michigan's federally designated organ procurement organization or

 

its successor organization, along with an advisory to call

 

Michigan's federally designated organ procurement organization or

 

its successor organization with questions about the organ donor

 

registry program.

 

     (iii) Written information giving the applicant the opportunity

 

to have his or her name placed on the organ donor registry

 

described in subparagraph (ii).

 

     (b) Provide the applicant with the opportunity to specify on

 

his or her official state personal identification card that he or

 

she is willing to make an anatomical gift in the event of death

 

pursuant to  under part 101 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368,

 

MCL 333.10101 to 333.10109, and in accordance with this section.

 

     (c) Inform the applicant in writing that, if he or she

 

indicates to the secretary of state under this section a

 

willingness to have his or her name placed on the organ donor

 

registry described in subdivision (a)(ii), the secretary of state

 

will forward the applicant's name and address to the organ donation

 

registry maintained by Michigan's federally designated organ

 

procurement organization or its successor organization, pursuant to


 

subsection (4).

 

     (3) The secretary of state may fulfill the requirements of

 

subsection (2) by 1 or more of the following methods:

 

     (a) Providing printed material enclosed with a mailed notice

 

for the issuance or renewal of an official state personal

 

identification card.

 

     (b) Providing printed material to an applicant who personally

 

appears at a secretary of state branch office.

 

     (c) Through electronic information transmittals for

 

applications processed by electronic means.

 

     (4) If an applicant indicates a willingness under this section

 

to have his or her name placed on the organ donor registry

 

described in subsection (2)(a)(ii), the secretary of state shall

 

within 10 days forward the applicant's name and address to the

 

organ donor registry maintained by Michigan's federally designated

 

organ procurement organization or its successor organization. The

 

secretary of state may forward information under this subsection by

 

mail or by electronic means. The secretary of state shall not

 

maintain a record of the name or address of an individual who

 

indicates a willingness to have his or her name placed on the organ

 

donor registry after forwarding that information to the organ donor

 

registry under this subsection. Information about an applicant's

 

indication of a willingness to have his or her name placed on the

 

organ donor registry obtained by the secretary of state under

 

subsection (2) and forwarded under this subsection is exempt from

 

disclosure under the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL

 

15.231 to 15.246, pursuant to  section 13(1)(d) of the freedom of


 

information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.243.

 

     (5) The secretary of state shall prescribe the form of the

 

identification card. The secretary of state shall designate on the

 

identification card a space where the applicant may place a sticker

 

or decal of the uniform size as the secretary may specify to

 

indicate that the cardholder carries a separate emergency medical

 

information card. The sticker or decal may be provided by any

 

person, hospital, school, medical group, or association interested

 

in assisting in implementing the emergency medical information

 

card, but shall meet the specifications of the secretary of state.

 

The sticker or decal also may be used to indicate that the

 

cardholder has designated 1 or more patient advocates in accordance

 

with section 5506 of the estates and protected individuals code,

 

1998 PA 386, MCL 700.5506. The emergency medical information card,

 

carried separately by the cardholder, may contain the information

 

described in subsection (2)(c), information concerning the

 

cardholder's patient advocate designation, other emergency medical

 

information, or an indication as to where the cardholder has stored

 

or registered emergency medical information. Beginning on and after

 

July 1, 2003, an original identification card or the renewal of an

 

existing identification card issued to a person less than 21 years

 

of age shall be portrait or vertical in form and an identification

 

card issued to a person 21 years of age or over shall be landscape

 

or horizontal in form. Except as otherwise required in this act,

 

other information required on the identification card pursuant to

 

this act may appear on the identification card in a form prescribed

 

by the secretary of state.


 

     (6) The identification card shall not contain a fingerprint or

 

finger image of the applicant.

 

     (7) Except as provided in this subsection, the secretary of

 

state may retain and use a person's image and signature described

 

in subsection (1)(b) only for programs administered by the

 

secretary of state. Except as provided in this subsection, the

 

secretary of state shall not use a person's image unless written

 

permission for that purpose is granted by the person to the

 

secretary of state or specific enabling legislation permitting the

 

use is enacted into law. A law enforcement agency of this state

 

shall have access to any information retained by the secretary of

 

state under this subsection. The information may be utilized for

 

any law enforcement purpose unless otherwise prohibited by law. The

 

department of state police shall provide to the secretary of state

 

updated lists of persons required under section 5a of the sex

 

offenders registration act, 1994 PA 295, MCL 28.725a, to maintain a

 

valid operator's or chauffeur's license or an official state

 

personal identification card and the secretary of state shall make

 

images of those persons available to the department of state police

 

as provided in the sex offenders registration act, 1994 PA 295, MCL

 

28.721 to 28.732.

 

     (8) If a person presents evidence of statutory blindness as

 

provided in 1978 PA 260, MCL 393.351 to 393.368, and is issued or

 

is the holder of an official state personal identification card,

 

the secretary of state shall mark the person's identification card

 

in a manner that clearly indicates that the cardholder is legally

 

blind.


 

     (9) Until July 1, 2003, if the secretary of state issues an

 

official state personal identification card to a person who at the

 

time of application is 20-1/2 years of age or less, the secretary

 

of state shall mark the person's identification card in a manner

 

that clearly indicates that the cardholder is less than 21 years of

 

age.

 

     (10) An official state personal identification card may

 

contain an identifier for voter registration purposes. An official

 

state personal identification card may contain information

 

appearing in electronic or machine readable codes needed to conduct

 

a transaction with the secretary of state. The information shall be

 

limited to the person's identification card number, birth date,

 

expiration date, and other information necessary for use with

 

electronic devices, machine readers, or automatic teller machines

 

and shall not contain the person's name, address, driving record,

 

or other personal identifier. The identification card shall

 

identify the encoded information.

 

     (11) An official state personal identification card shall be

 

issued only upon authorization of the secretary of state, and shall

 

be manufactured in a manner to prohibit as nearly as possible the

 

ability to reproduce, alter, counterfeit, forge, or duplicate the

 

identification card without ready detection.

 

     (12) Except as otherwise provided in this act, an applicant

 

shall pay a fee of $10.00 to the secretary of state for each

 

original or renewal identification card issued.

 

     The department of treasury shall deposit the fees received and

 

collected under this section in the state treasury to the credit of


 

the general fund. The legislature shall appropriate the fees

 

credited to the general fund under this act to the secretary of

 

state for the administration of this act. Appropriations from the

 

Michigan transportation fund shall not be used to compensate the

 

secretary of state for costs incurred and services performed under

 

this section.

 

     (13) An original or renewal official state personal

 

identification card shall expire  expires on the birthday of the

 

person to whom it is issued in the fourth year following the date

 

of issuance. The secretary of state shall not issue an official

 

state personal identification card under this act for a period

 

greater than 4 years. Except as provided in this subsection, a

 

person may apply for a renewal of an official state personal

 

identification card by mail or by other methods prescribed by the

 

secretary of state. The secretary of state shall require renewal in

 

person by a person required under section 5a of the sex offenders

 

registration act, 1994 PA 295, MCL 28.725a, to maintain a valid

 

operator's or chauffeur's license or official state personal

 

identification card.

 

     (14) The secretary of state shall waive the fee under this

 

section if the applicant is a person 65 years of age or older, is a

 

person who has had his or her operator's or chauffeur's license

 

suspended, revoked, or denied under the Michigan vehicle code, 1949

 

PA 300, MCL 257.1 to 257.923, because of a mental or physical

 

infirmity or disability, is a person who presents evidence of

 

statutory blindness as provided in 1978 PA 260, MCL 393.351 to

 

393.368, or is a person who presents other good cause for a fee


 

waiver.

 

     (15) A person who has been issued an official state personal

 

identification card shall apply for a renewal official state

 

personal identification card if the person changes his or her name.

 

     (16) A person who has been issued an official state personal

 

identification card shall apply for a corrected identification card

 

if he or she changes his or her residential address. The secretary

 

of state may correct the address on an identification card by a

 

method prescribed by the secretary of state. A fee shall not be

 

charged for a change of residential address.

 

     (17) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (15) and

 

(16), a person who has been issued an official state personal

 

identification card may apply for a renewal official state personal

 

identification card for 1 or more of the following reasons:

 

     (a) The person wants to change any information on the

 

identification card.

 

     (b) An identification card issued under this act is lost,

 

destroyed, or mutilated, or becomes illegible.

 

     (18) A person may indicate on an official state personal

 

identification card in a place designated by the secretary of state

 

his or her blood type, emergency contact information, immunization

 

data, medication data, a statement that the person is deaf, or a

 

statement that the person has made an anatomical gift pursuant to

 

under part 101 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL

 

333.10101 to 333.10109.

 

     (19) If an applicant provides proof to the secretary of state

 

that he or she is a minor who has been emancipated pursuant to  


 

under 1968 PA 293, MCL 722.1 to 722.6, the official state personal

 

identification card shall bear the designation of the individual's

 

emancipated status in a manner prescribed by the secretary of

 

state.

 

     (20) A valid official state personal identification card

 

presented by the person to whom the card is issued shall be

 

considered the same as a valid state of Michigan driver license

 

when identification is requested except as otherwise specifically

 

provided by law.

 

     (21) Beginning on the effective date of the amendatory act

 

that added this subsection, the secretary of state, upon being

 

notified that an individual who has been issued either a Michigan

 

operator's or chauffeur's license or an official state personal

 

identification card has been convicted of a violation of section

 

625 or 625m of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.625

 

and 257.625m, shall revoke the official state personal

 

identification card and only reissue an official state personal

 

identification card that is portrait or vertical in form. The

 

portrait or vertical official state personal identification card

 

shall be carried 1 year after the date the person is convicted for

 

a first time for a violation of section 625 or 625m of the Michigan

 

vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.625 and 257.625m; 2 years after

 

the date the person is convicted for a second time of a violation

 

of section 625 or 625m of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300,

 

MCL 257.625 and 257.625m; or 5 years after a third or subsequent

 

conviction of a violation of section 625 of 625m of the Michigan

 

vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.625 and 257.625m. However, if


 

the individual is less than 21 years of age at the time he or she

 

is convicted, the time periods prescribed under this subsection

 

begin on that individual's twenty-first birthday.

 

     Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless all of the following bills of the 93rd Legislature are

 

enacted into law:

 

     (a) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4416(request no.

 

00080'05).

 

     (b) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4417(request no.

 

00080'05 a).