Bill Text: MI HB4076 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Traffic control; driver license; forms of identification necessary to apply for driver license; include corrections identification card and allow access by secretary of state to certain prisoner information. Amends sec. 307 of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.307). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4074'11, HB 4075'11, HB 4077'11

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 11-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-02-23 - Assigned Pa 26'12 With Immediate Effect [HB4076 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2011-HB4076-Engrossed.html

HB-4076, As Passed Senate, February 9, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

HOUSE BILL NO. 4076

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled

 

"Michigan vehicle code,"

 

by amending section 307 (MCL 257.307), as amended by 2011 PA 159.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

 1        Sec. 307. (1) If an applicant for an operator's license or

 

 2  chauffeur's license is a citizen of the United States, the

 

 3  applicant shall supply a photographic identity document, a birth

 

 4  certificate, or other sufficient documents as the secretary of

 

 5  state may require to verify the identity and citizenship of the

 

 6  applicant. If an applicant for an operator's or chauffeur's

 

 7  license is not a citizen of the United States, the applicant

 

 8  shall supply a photographic identity document and other

 

 9  sufficient documents to verify the identity of the applicant and

 

10  the applicant's legal presence in the United States under

 


 1  subdivision (b). The documents required under this subsection

 

 2  shall include the applicant's full legal name, date of birth, and

 

 3  address and residency and demonstrate that the applicant is a

 

 4  citizen of the United States or is legally present in the United

 

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

 

 6  of the applicant that appears on a document presented under this

 

 7  subsection, the applicant shall present documents to verify his

 

 8  or her current full legal name. The secretary of state shall

 

 9  accept as 1 of the required identification documents an

 

10  identification card issued by the department of corrections to

 

11  prisoners who are placed on parole or released from a

 

12  correctional facility, containing the prisoner's legal name,

 

13  photograph, and other information identifying the prisoner as

 

14  provided in section 37(4) of the corrections code of 1953, 1953

 

15  PA 232, MCL 791.237. An application for an operator's or

 

16  chauffeur's license shall be made in a manner prescribed by the

 

17  secretary of state and shall contain all of the following:

 

18        (a) The applicant's full legal name, date of birth,

 

19  residence address, height, sex, eye color, signature, intent to

 

20  make an anatomical gift, other information required or permitted

 

21  on the license under this chapter, and, only to the extent

 

22  required to comply with federal law, the applicant's social

 

23  security number. The applicant may provide a mailing address if

 

24  the applicant receives mail at an address different from his or

 

25  her residence address.

 

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

 

27  the applicant shall provide, and the department shall verify,

 


 1  documents demonstrating his or her legal presence in the United

 

 2  States. Nothing in this act shall obligate or be construed to

 

 3  obligate this state to comply with title II of the real ID act of

 

 4  2005, Public Law 109-13. The secretary of state may adopt rules

 

 5  under the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL

 

 6  24.201 to 24.328, as are necessary for the administration of this

 

 7  subdivision. A determination by the secretary of state that an

 

 8  applicant is not legally present in the United States may be

 

 9  appealed under section 631 of the revised judicature act of 1961,

 

10  1961 PA 236, MCL 600.631.

 

11        (c) The following notice shall be included to inform the

 

12  applicant that under sections 509o and 509r of the Michigan

 

13  election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.509o and 168.509r, the

 

14  secretary of state is required to use the residence address

 

15  provided on this application as the applicant's residence address

 

16  on the qualified voter file for voter registration and voting:

 

 

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"NOTICE: Michigan law requires that the same address

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be used for voter registration and driver license

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purposes. Therefore, if the residence address

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you provide in this application differs from your

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voter registration address as it appears on the

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qualified voter file, the secretary of state

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will automatically change your voter registration

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to match the residence address on this application,

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after which your voter registration at your former

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address will no longer be valid for voting purposes.

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A new voter registration card, containing the

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information of your polling place, will be provided


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to you by the clerk of the jurisdiction where your

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residence address is located.".

 

 

 3        (d) For an original or renewal operator's or chauffeur's

 

 4  license with a vehicle group designation or indorsement, the

 

 5  names of all states where the applicant has been licensed to

 

 6  drive any type of motor vehicle during the previous 10 years.

 

 7        (e) For an operator's or chauffeur's license with a vehicle

 

 8  group designation or indorsement, the following certifications by

 

 9  the applicant:

 

10        (i) The applicant meets the applicable federal driver

 

11  qualification requirements under 49 CFR parts 383 and 391 if the

 

12  applicant operates or intends to operate in interstate commerce

 

13  or meets the applicable qualifications of the department of state

 

14  police under the motor carrier safety act of 1963, 1963 PA 181,

 

15  MCL 480.11 to 480.25, if the applicant operates or intends to

 

16  operate in intrastate commerce.

 

17        (ii) The vehicle in which the applicant will take the driving

 

18  skills tests is representative of the type of vehicle the

 

19  applicant operates or intends to operate.

 

20        (iii) The applicant is not subject to disqualification by the

 

21  United States secretary of transportation, or a suspension,

 

22  revocation, or cancellation under any state law for conviction of

 

23  an offense described in section 312f or 319b.

 

24        (iv) The applicant does not have a driver's license from more

 

25  than 1 state or jurisdiction.

 

26        (f) An applicant for an operator's or chauffeur's license

 


 1  with a vehicle group designation and a hazardous material

 

 2  indorsement shall provide his or her fingerprints as prescribed

 

 3  by state and federal law.

 

 4        (2) An applicant for an operator's or chauffeur's license

 

 5  may have his or her image and signature captured or reproduced

 

 6  when the application for the license is made. The secretary of

 

 7  state shall acquire equipment purchased or leased under this

 

 8  section under standard purchasing procedures of the department of

 

 9  management and budget based on standards and specifications

 

10  established by the secretary of state. The secretary of state

 

11  shall not purchase or lease equipment until an appropriation for

 

12  the equipment has been made by the legislature. A digital

 

13  photographic image and signature captured under this section

 

14  shall appear on the applicant's operator's license or chauffeur's

 

15  license. A person's digital photographic image shall be used as

 

16  follows:

 

17        (a) By a federal, state, or local governmental agency for a

 

18  law enforcement purpose authorized by law.

 

19        (b) By the secretary of state for a use specifically

 

20  authorized by law.

 

21        (c) By the secretary of state for forwarding to the

 

22  department of state police the images of persons required to be

 

23  registered under the sex offenders registration act, 1994 PA 295,

 

24  MCL 28.721 to 28.736, upon the department of state police

 

25  providing the secretary of state an updated list of the names of

 

26  those persons.

 

27        (d) As necessary to comply with a law of this state or of

 


 1  the United States.

 

 2        (3) An application shall contain a signature or verification

 

 3  and certification by the applicant, as determined by the

 

 4  secretary of state, and shall be accompanied by the proper fee.

 

 5  The secretary of state shall collect the application fee with the

 

 6  application. The secretary of state shall refund the application

 

 7  fee to the applicant if the license applied for is denied, but

 

 8  shall not refund the fee to an applicant who fails to complete

 

 9  the examination requirements of the secretary of state within 90

 

10  days after the date of application for a license.

 

11        (4) In conjunction with the application for an operator's

 

12  license or chauffeur's license, the secretary of state shall do

 

13  all of the following:

 

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

 

15        (i) Information explaining the applicant's right to make an

 

16  anatomical gift in the event of death in accordance with section

 

17  310.

 

18        (ii) Information describing the anatomical gift donor

 

19  registry program under part 101 of the public health code, 1978

 

20  PA 368, MCL 333.10101 to 333.10123. The information required

 

21  under this subparagraph includes the address and telephone number

 

22  of Michigan's federally designated organ procurement organization

 

23  or its successor organization as defined in section 10102 of the

 

24  public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.10102.

 

25        (iii) Information giving the applicant the opportunity to be

 

26  placed on the donor registry described in subparagraph (ii).

 

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

 


 1  his or her operator's or chauffeur's license that he or she is

 

 2  willing to make an anatomical gift in the event of death in

 

 3  accordance with section 310.

 

 4        (c) Inform the applicant that, if he or she indicates to the

 

 5  secretary of state under this section a willingness to have his

 

 6  or her name placed on the donor registry described in subdivision

 

 7  (a)(ii), the secretary of state will mark the applicant's record

 

 8  for the donor registry.

 

 9        (d) Provide the applicant with the opportunity to make a

 

10  donation of $1.00 or more to the organ and tissue donation

 

11  education fund created under section 217o. A donation made under

 

12  this subdivision shall be deposited in the state treasury to the

 

13  credit of the organ and tissue donation education fund.

 

14        (5) The secretary of state may fulfill the requirements of

 

15  subsection (4) by 1 or more of the following methods:

 

16        (a) Providing printed material enclosed with a mailed notice

 

17  for an operator's or chauffeur's license renewal or the issuance

 

18  of an operator's or chauffeur's license.

 

19        (b) Providing printed material to an applicant who

 

20  personally appears at a secretary of state branch office.

 

21        (c) Through electronic information transmittals for

 

22  operator's and chauffeur's licenses processed by electronic

 

23  means.

 

24        (6) The secretary of state shall maintain a record of an

 

25  individual who indicates a willingness to have his or her name

 

26  placed on the donor registry described in subsection (4)(a)(ii).

 

27  Information about an applicant's indication of a willingness to

 


 1  have his or her name placed on the donor registry that is

 

 2  obtained by the secretary of state under subsection (4) and

 

 3  forwarded under subsection (14) is exempt from disclosure under

 

 4  section 13(1)(d) of the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442,

 

 5  MCL 15.243.

 

 6        (7) If an application is received from a person previously

 

 7  licensed in another jurisdiction, the secretary of state shall

 

 8  request a copy of the applicant's driving record and other

 

 9  available information from the national driver register. When

 

10  received, the driving record and other available information

 

11  become a part of the driver's record in this state.

 

12        (8) If an application is received for an original, renewal,

 

13  or upgrade of a vehicle group designation or indorsement, the

 

14  secretary of state shall request the person's complete driving

 

15  record from all states where the applicant was previously

 

16  licensed to drive any type of motor vehicle over the last 10

 

17  years before issuing a vehicle group designation or indorsement

 

18  to the applicant. If the applicant does not hold a valid

 

19  commercial motor vehicle driver license from a state where he or

 

20  she was licensed in the last 10 years, this complete driving

 

21  record request must be made not earlier than 24 hours before the

 

22  secretary of state issues the applicant a vehicle group

 

23  designation or indorsement. For all other drivers, this request

 

24  must be made not earlier than 10 days before the secretary of

 

25  state issues the applicant a vehicle group designation or

 

26  indorsement. The secretary of state shall also check the

 

27  applicant's driving record with the national driver register and

 


 1  the federal commercial driver license information system before

 

 2  issuing that group designation or indorsement. If the application

 

 3  is for the renewal of a vehicle group designation or indorsement,

 

 4  and if the secretary of state enters on the person's historical

 

 5  driving record maintained under section 204a a notation that the

 

 6  request was made and the date of the request, the secretary of

 

 7  state is required to request the applicant's complete driving

 

 8  record from other states only once under this section.

 

 9        (9) Except for a vehicle group designation or indorsement or

 

10  as provided in this subsection or section 314(5), the secretary

 

11  of state may issue a renewal operator's or chauffeur's license

 

12  for 1 additional 4-year period or until the person is no longer

 

13  determined to be legally present under this section by mail or by

 

14  other methods prescribed by the secretary of state. The secretary

 

15  of state may check the applicant's driving record through the

 

16  national driver register and the commercial driver license

 

17  information system before issuing a license under this section.

 

18  The secretary of state shall issue a renewal license only in

 

19  person if the person is a person required under section 5a of the

 

20  sex offenders registration act, 1994 PA 295, MCL 28.725a, to

 

21  maintain a valid operator's or chauffeur's license or official

 

22  state personal identification card. If a license is renewed by

 

23  mail or by other method, the secretary of state shall issue

 

24  evidence of renewal to indicate the date the license expires in

 

25  the future. The department of state police shall provide to the

 

26  secretary of state updated lists of persons required under

 

27  section 5a of the sex offenders registration act, 1994 PA 295,

 


 1  MCL 28.725a, to maintain a valid operator's or chauffeur's

 

 2  license or official state personal identification card.

 

 3        (10) Upon request, the secretary of state shall provide an

 

 4  information manual to an applicant explaining how to obtain a

 

 5  vehicle group designation or indorsement. The manual shall

 

 6  contain the information required under 49 CFR part 383.

 

 7        (11) The secretary of state shall not disclose a social

 

 8  security number obtained under subsection (1) to another person

 

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

 

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

 

11  and state law and rules related to this chapter.

 

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

 

13  social security act, 42 USC 666, in connection with matters

 

14  relating to paternity, child support, or overdue child support.

 

15        (c) To check an applicant's driving record through the

 

16  national driver register and the commercial driver license

 

17  information system when issuing a license under this act.

 

18        (d) With the department of community health, for comparison

 

19  with vital records maintained by the department of community

 

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

 

21  333.2801 to 333.2899.

 

22        (e) As otherwise required by law.

 

23        (12) The secretary of state shall not display a person's

 

24  social security number on the person's operator's or chauffeur's

 

25  license.

 

26        (13) A requirement under this section to include a social

 

27  security number on an application does not apply to an applicant

 


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

 

 2  social security number.

 

 3        (14) As required in section 10120 of the public health code,

 

 4  1978 PA 368, MCL 333.10120, the secretary of state shall maintain

 

 5  the donor registry in a manner that provides electronic access,

 

 6  including, but not limited to, the transfer of data to this

 

 7  state's federally designated organ procurement organization or

 

 8  its successor organization, tissue banks, and eye banks, in a

 

 9  manner that complies with that section.

 

10        (15) The secretary of state, with the approval of the state

 

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

 

12  may enter into agreements with the United States government to

 

13  verify whether an applicant for an operator's license or a

 

14  chauffeur's license under this section who is not a citizen of

 

15  the United States is authorized under federal law to be present

 

16  in the United States.

 

17        (16) The secretary of state shall not issue an operator's

 

18  license or a chauffeur's license to a person holding an

 

19  operator's license or chauffeur's license issued by another state

 

20  without confirmation that the person is terminating or has

 

21  terminated the operator's license or chauffeur's license issued

 

22  by the other state.

 

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

 

24        (a) Ensure the physical security of locations where

 

25  operator's licenses and chauffeur's licenses are produced and the

 

26  security of document materials and papers from which operator's

 

27  licenses and chauffeur's licenses are produced.

 


 1        (b) Subject all persons authorized to manufacture or produce

 

 2  operator's licenses or chauffeur's licenses and all persons who

 

 3  have the ability to affect the identity information that appears

 

 4  on operator's licenses or chauffeur's licenses to appropriate

 

 5  security clearance requirements. The security requirements of

 

 6  this subdivision and subdivision (a) may require that licenses be

 

 7  manufactured or produced in this state.

 

 8        (c) Provide fraudulent document recognition programs to

 

 9  department of state employees engaged in the issuance of

 

10  operator's licenses and chauffeur's licenses.

 

11        (18) The secretary of state shall have electronic access to

 

12  prisoner information maintained by the department of corrections

 

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

 

14  applies for an operator's or chauffeur's license under subsection

 

15  (1).

 

16        Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

17  unless all of the following bills of the 96th Legislature are

 

18  enacted into law:

 

19        (a) House Bill No. 4074.

 

20        (b) House Bill No. 4075.

 

21        (c) House Bill No. 4077.

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