HOUSE BILL No. 4620

 

April 24, 2013, Introduced by Reps. Zemke, Irwin, Dillon, Singh, Tlaib, Schor, Knezek and Ananich and referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

 

     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 1 (MCL 28.291), as amended by 2012 PA 25.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1. (1) A person An individual who is a resident of this

 

state may apply to the department of state for an official state

 

personal identification card. Upon application, the applicant shall

 

supply a photographic identity document, a birth certificate or

 

other nonphotographic identity document, and other sufficient

 

documents as the secretary of state may require to verify the

 

identity and citizenship of the applicant. If an applicant for an

 


official state personal identification card is not a citizen of the

 

United States, the applicant shall supply a photographic identity

 

document and other sufficient documents to verify the identity of

 

the applicant and the applicant's legal presence or deferred status

 

in the United States under subsection (5). The documents required

 

under this subsection shall include the applicant's full legal

 

name, date of birth, address, and residency and demonstrate that

 

the applicant is a citizen of the United States, or is legally

 

present in the United States, or has deferred status in the United

 

States. If the applicant's full legal name differs from the name of

 

the applicant that appears on a document presented under this

 

subsection, the applicant shall present documents to verify his or

 

her current full legal name. An application for a state personal

 

identification card shall be made in a manner prescribed by the

 

secretary of state and shall contain the applicant's full legal

 

name, date of birth, residence address, height, sex, eye color,

 

signature, intent to be an organ donor, other information required

 

or permitted on the official state personal identification card

 

and, only to the extent necessary to comply with federal law, the

 

applicant's social security number. The applicant may provide a

 

mailing address if the applicant receives mail at an address

 

different from his or her residence address.

 

     (2) The secretary of state shall accept as 1 of the

 

identification documents required under subsection (1) an

 

identification card issued by the department of corrections to

 

prisoners who are placed on parole or released from a correctional

 

facility, containing the prisoner's legal name, photograph, and

 


other information identifying the prisoner as provided in section

 

37(4) of the corrections code of 1953, 1953 PA 232, MCL 791.237.

 

     (3) The secretary of state shall have electronic access to

 

prisoner information maintained by the department of corrections

 

for the purpose of verifying the identity of a prisoner who applies

 

for an official state identification card under subsection (1).

 

     (4) The secretary of state shall not issue an official state

 

personal identification card to a person an individual who holds an

 

operator's or chauffeur's license issued under the Michigan vehicle

 

code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.1 to 257.923, unless the license has

 

been suspended, revoked, or restricted.

 

     (5) If the applicant is not a citizen of the United States,

 

the applicant shall provide, and the department shall verify,

 

documents demonstrating his or her legal presence in the United

 

States or deferred status in the United States. Nothing in this act

 

shall obligate obligates or shall be construed to obligate this

 

state to comply with title II of the real ID act of 2005, Public

 

Law 109-13. The secretary of state may adopt rules under the

 

administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to

 

24.328, as are necessary for the administration of this subsection.

 

A determination by the secretary of state that an applicant is not

 

legally present in the United States or does not have deferred

 

status in the United States may be appealed under section 631 of

 

the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.631.

 

     (6) The secretary of state shall not disclose a social

 

security number obtained under subsection (1) to another person

 

except for use for 1 or more of the following purposes:

 


     (a) Compliance with 49 USC 31301 to 31317 and regulations and

 

rules related to this act.

 

     (b) To carry out the purposes of section 466(a) of the social

 

security act, 42 USC 666, in connection with matters relating to

 

paternity, child support, or overdue child support.

 

     (c) With the department of community health, for comparison

 

with vital records maintained by the department of community health

 

under part 28 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.2801

 

to 333.2899.

 

     (d) As otherwise required by law.

 

     (7) The secretary of state shall not display a person's an

 

individual's social security number on the person's individual's

 

official state personal identification card.

 

     (8) A requirement under this section to include a social

 

security number on an application does not apply to an applicant

 

who demonstrates he or she is exempt under law from obtaining a

 

social security number.

 

     (9) The secretary of state, with the approval of the state

 

administrative board created under 1921 PA 2, MCL 17.1 to 17.3, may

 

enter into agreements with the United States government to verify

 

whether an applicant for an official state personal identification

 

card under this section who is not a citizen of the United States

 

is authorized under federal law to be present in the United States.

 

     (10) The secretary of state shall not issue an official state

 

personal identification card to a person an individual holding an

 

official state personal identification card issued by another state

 

without confirmation that the person individual is terminating or

 


has terminated the official state personal identification card

 

issued by the other state.

 

     (11) The secretary of state shall do all of the following:

 

     (a) Ensure the physical security of locations where official

 

state personal identification cards are produced and the security

 

of document materials and papers from which official state personal

 

identification cards are produced.

 

     (b) Subject all persons authorized to manufacture or produce

 

official state personal identification cards and all persons who

 

have the ability to affect the identity information that appears on

 

official state personal identification cards to appropriate

 

security clearance requirements. The security requirements of this

 

subdivision and subdivision (a) may require that official state

 

personal identification cards be manufactured or produced in this

 

state.

 

     (c) Provide fraudulent document recognition programs to

 

department of state employees engaged in the issuance of official

 

state personal identification cards.

 

     (12) As used in this section, "deferred status" means that the

 

individual has been granted a deferral from prosecution for

 

unlawful status in the United States by the United States

 

department of homeland security through the federal executive

 

branch program known as deferred action for childhood arrivals

 

(DACA).