HOUSE BILL No. 4203

 

 

February 14, 2017, Introduced by Reps. LaFave, Griffin, Marino, Hornberger, Alexander, Barrett, Hoitenga, Cole, Tedder, Lucido, Kivela, Glenn, Lower, Miller, Sneller and Hughes and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

     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 2016 PA 203.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

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

 

shall must contain the following:

 

     (a) An identification number permanently assigned to the

 

individual to whom the card is issued.

 

     (b) The full legal name, date of birth, sex, residence

 

address, height, weight, eye color, digital photographic image,

 

signature of or verification and certification by the applicant, as

 


determined by the secretary of state, and expiration date of the

 

official state personal identification card.

 

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

 

more of the following:

 

     (i) The blood type of the individual.

 

     (ii) Immunization data of the individual.

 

     (iii) Medication data of the individual.

 

     (iv) A statement that the individual is deaf.

 

     (d) In the case of a holder of an official state personal

 

identification card who has indicated his or her wish to

 

participate in the anatomical gift donor registry under part 101 of

 

the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.10101 to 333.10123, a

 

heart insignia on the front of the official state personal

 

identification card.

 

     (e) If requested by an individual who is a veteran as that

 

term is defined in section 1 of 1965 PA 190, MCL 35.61, a

 

designation that the individual is a veteran. The designation shall

 

be in a style and format considered appropriate by the secretary of

 

state. The secretary of state shall require proof of discharge or

 

separation of service from the armed forces of this state, another

 

state, or the United States, and the nature of that discharge, for

 

the purposes of verifying an individual's status as a veteran under

 

this subdivision. The secretary of state shall consult with the

 

department of military and veterans affairs in determining the

 

proof that shall be required to identify an individual's status as

 

a veteran for the purposes of this subsection. The secretary of

 

state may provide the department of military and veterans affairs


and agencies of the counties of this state that provide veteran

 

services with information provided by an applicant under this

 

subsection for the purpose of veterans' benefits eligibility

 

referral.

 

     (f) Physical security features designed to prevent tampering,

 

counterfeiting, or duplication of the official state personal

 

identification card for fraudulent purposes.

 

     (2) In conjunction with the application for 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) Information explaining the applicant's right to make an

 

anatomical gift in the event of death under part 101 of the public

 

health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.10101 to 333.10123, and in

 

accordance with this section.

 

     (ii) Information describing the donor registry program

 

maintained by Michigan's federally designated organ procurement

 

organization or its successor organization under section 10120 of

 

the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.10120. The information

 

required under this subparagraph includes the address and telephone

 

number of Michigan's federally designated organ procurement

 

organization or its successor organization as described in section

 

10120 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.10120.

 

     (iii) Information giving the applicant the opportunity to have

 

his or her name placed on the 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 333.10123, and in accordance with this section.

 

     (c) Inform the applicant 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 donor registry described in subdivision

 

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

 

for the donor registry.

 

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

 

official state personal identification card. The secretary of state

 

shall designate a space on the official state personal

 

identification card where the applicant may place a sticker or

 

decal of a 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 must 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. An original official

 

state personal identification card or the renewal of an existing

 

official state personal identification card issued to an individual

 

less than 21 years of age shall must be portrait or vertical in

 

form, and an official state personal identification card issued to

 

an individual 21 years of age or over shall must be landscape or

 

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

 

information required on the official state personal identification

 

card under this act may appear on the official state personal

 

identification card in a form prescribed by the secretary of state.

 

     (5) The official state personal identification card shall must

 

not contain a fingerprint or finger image of the applicant.

 

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

 

state shall retain and use an individual's digital photographic

 

image and signature described in subsection (1)(b) only for

 

programs administered by the secretary of state as specifically

 

authorized by law. An individual's digital photographic image or

 

signature shall must only be used as follows:


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

 

law enforcement purpose authorized by law.

 

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

 

authorized by law.

 

     (c) The For the secretary of state shall to forward to the

 

department of state police the images of individuals required to be

 

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

 

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

 

the secretary of state an updated list of those individuals.

 

     (d) For the secretary of state to forward to the department of

 

state police a digitized photograph taken of the applicant for an

 

official state personal identification card for use as provided in

 

section 5c of 1927 PA 372, MCL 28.425c.

 

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

 

United States.

 

     (7) If an individual 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 individual's official state

 

personal identification card in a manner that clearly indicates

 

that the cardholder is legally blind.

 

     (8) The secretary of state shall maintain a record of an

 

individual who indicates a willingness to have his or her name

 

placed on the donor registry described in subsection (2)(a)(ii).

 

Information about an individual's indication of a willingness to

 

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

 

by the secretary of state and forwarded under this section is


exempt from disclosure under section 13(1)(d) of the freedom of

 

information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.243. As required in section

 

10120 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.10120, the

 

secretary of state shall establish and maintain the donor registry

 

in a manner that complies with that section and that provides

 

electronic access, including, but not limited to, the transfer of

 

data to this state's federally designated organ procurement

 

organization or its successor organization, tissue banks, and eye

 

banks.

 

     (9) An official state personal identification card may contain

 

an identifier for voter registration purposes.

 

     (10) An official state personal identification card shall must

 

contain information appearing in electronic or machine readable

 

codes needed to conduct a transaction with the secretary of state.

 

The information shall must be limited to the information described

 

in subsection (1)(a) and (b) except for the person's digital

 

photographic image and signature or verification and certification,

 

state of issuance, and other information necessary for use with

 

electronic devices, machine readers, or automatic teller machines

 

and shall must not contain the individual's driving record or other

 

personal identifier. The official state personal identification

 

card shall must identify the encoded information.

 

     (11) An official state personal identification card shall must

 

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

 

shall must be manufactured in a manner to prohibit as nearly as

 

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

 

duplicate the official state personal 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 official state personal 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 created under section 10 of 1951

 

PA 51, MCL 247.660, shall must 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 expires on the birthday of the individual to

 

whom it is issued in the fourth year following the date of issuance

 

or on the date the individual is no longer considered to be legally

 

present in the United States under section 1, whichever is earlier.

 

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, the secretary of

 

state may issue a renewal official state personal identification

 

card for 1 additional 4-year period by mail or by other methods

 

prescribed by the secretary of state. The secretary of state shall

 

require renewal in person by an individual 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 any of the following:

 

     (a) An individual 65 years of age or older.

 

     (b) An individual 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.

 

     (c) An individual who presents evidence of statutory blindness

 

as provided in 1978 PA 260, MCL 393.351 to 393.368.

 

     (d) An individual who presents other good cause for a fee

 

waiver.

 

     (e) An individual who wishes decides to add or remove a heart

 

insignia described in subsection (1)(d).

 

     (15) An individual who has been issued an official state

 

personal identification card shall apply for a renewal official

 

state personal identification card if the individual changes his or

 

her name.

 

     (16) An individual 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 residence

 

address. The secretary of state may correct the address on an

 

official state personal identification card by a method prescribed

 

by the secretary of state. A fee shall must not be charged for a

 

change of residence address.

 

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

 

(16), an An individual 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 individual wants to change any information on the

 

official state personal identification card.

 

     (b) An official state personal identification card issued

 

under this act is lost, destroyed, or mutilated, or becomes

 

illegible.

 

     (18) An individual 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, or a statement that the individual is deaf.

 

     (19) No later than January 1, 2017, the secretary of state

 

shall develop and shall, in conjunction with the department of

 

state police, implement a process using the L.E.I.N. or any other

 

appropriate system that limits access to law enforcement that would

 

allow allows law enforcement agencies of this state to access

 

emergency contact information that the holder of an official state

 

personal identification card has voluntarily provided to the

 

secretary of state. As used in this subsection, "emergency contact

 

information" means the name, telephone number, or address of an

 

individual that is used for the sole purpose of contacting that

 

individual when the holder of an official state personal

 

identification card has been involved in an emergency.

 

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

 

that he or she is a minor who has been emancipated under 1968 PA

 

293, MCL 722.1 to 722.6, the official state personal identification


card shall must bear the designation of the individual's

 

emancipated status in a manner prescribed by the secretary of

 

state.

 

     (21) The secretary of state shall inquire of each individual

 

who applies for or who holds an official state personal

 

identification card, in person or by mail, whether he or she agrees

 

to participate in the anatomical gift donor registry under part 101

 

of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.10101 to 333.10123.

 

An individual who has agreed to participate in the donor registry

 

shall is not be considered to have revoked that agreement solely

 

because the individual's official state personal identification

 

card has expired. Enrollment in the donor registry constitutes is a

 

legal agreement that remains binding and in effect after the

 

donor's death regardless of the expressed desires of the deceased

 

donor's next of kin who may oppose the donor's anatomical gift.

 

     (22) A valid official state personal identification card

 

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

 

considered the same as a valid state of Michigan driver license

 

when identification is requested except as otherwise specifically

 

provided by law.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.