HOUSE BILL No. 5102

 

August 24, 2005, Introduced by Rep. Lemmons, III and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

     A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled

 

"Michigan vehicle code,"

 

by amending section 903 (MCL 257.903), as amended by 1997 PA 101.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 903. (1) A person who, with intent to use the false

 

certification, makes a false certification to a matter or thing

 

required by the terms of this act to be certified, including but

 

not limited to an application for any type of driver license,

 

dealer license, vehicle certificate of title, vehicle registration,

 

vehicle inspection, self-insurance, personal information, or

 

commercial driver training school, is guilty of a felony punishable

 

by imprisonment for not more than 4 years or a fine of not more

 


than $2,000.00, or both. A person who uses personal information for

 

a purpose other than a permissible purpose identified in section

 

208c or 232 is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for

 

not more than 4 years or a fine of not more than $2,000.00, or

 

both. Use of the false certification is presumptive evidence of

 

intent.

 

     (2) A person who is convicted of a second violation of this

 

section shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than 2 years

 

or more than 7 years, or by a fine of not less than $1,500.00 or

 

more than $7,000.00, or both.

 

     (3) A person who is convicted of a third or subsequent

 

violation of this section shall be punished by imprisonment for not

 

less than 5 years or more than 15 years, or by a fine of not less

 

than $5,000.00 or more than $15,000.00, or both.

 

     (4) This section does not apply unless the matter or thing

 

falsely certified is used by the individual who made the false

 

certification.