November 12, 2014, Introduced by Rep. McMillin and referred to the Committee on Criminal Justice.
A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled
"Michigan vehicle code,"
(MCL 257.1 to 257.923) by adding section 823.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 823. (1) By February 1 of each year, a local or county
law enforcement agency that uses a registration plate reading
device shall provide a report to the department of state police
that contains all of the following information regarding the use of
registration plate reading devices by the agency for the preceding
calendar year:
(a) The number of registration plates read each month.
(b) The number of vehicles reported stolen or missing that
were recovered through the use of the devices.
(c) How long the agency retains information from the devices.
(d) How the agency disposes of information from the devices.
(e) Any other information required to be reported by the
department of state police.
(2) After receiving the reports under subsection (1), the
department of state police shall compile the information received
with the same information regarding the use of registration plate
reading devices by the department of state police for the preceding
calendar year. The department of state police shall prepare a
report to the governor and the standing committees of the house of
representatives and the senate with jurisdiction over
transportation and law enforcement matters that contains the
information compiled under this subsection.
(3) The department of state police shall annually reimburse a
local or county law enforcement agency for the cost of compiling
and providing information as required by this section.
(4) As used in this section, "registration plate reading
device" means a device that uses automated high-speed camera and
optical character recognition technology to passively read motor
vehicle registration plate information, that immediately compares
that information against other information contained within or
accessible to the device, that sends an audible or visual alert if
data are determined by the device to be relevant, and that stores
registration plate information that has been read for a prescribed
period of time.