Bill Text: MI HB4258 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Records; birth; heirloom birth certificates; create, allow for fee collection, and earmark revenue. Amends 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.1101 - 333.25211) by adding sec. 2882a.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2011-05-17 - Assigned Pa 28'11 With Immediate Effect [HB4258 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2011-HB4258-Engrossed.html
HB-4258, As Passed Senate, May 11, 2011
HOUSE BILL No. 4258
February 15, 2011, Introduced by Reps. Lyons, Liss and Rogers and referred to the Committee on Families, Children, and Seniors.
A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled
"Public health code,"
(MCL 333.1101 to 333.25211) by adding section 2882a.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 2882a. (1) In addition to the birth record copies and
certificates issued under section 2882 and subject to the
limitations of section 2882(1)(a) and (b), the state registrar
shall issue, upon request and payment of a fee established by rule,
an heirloom birth certificate representing the birth of the
individual named on the original birth record or certificate. The
state registrar may establish procedures for the administration of
an heirloom birth certificate. The state registrar shall establish
procedures to allow the purchase of a gift card or certificate that
can be redeemed by a person eligible to purchase an heirloom birth
certificate under this section.
(2) The department shall promulgate rules that establish the
amount of the fee for each separate design of an heirloom
certificate of birth. The department shall establish each fee in an
amount that is more than the estimated actual cost to the
department for a similar design, not to exceed the estimated fair
market value of a comparable artistic rendition. The state
registrar shall transmit that portion of the fee that exceeds the
actual cost of preparing and administering an heirloom birth
certificate to the state treasurer for deposit as a gift or
donation into the children's trust fund created in 1982 PA 249, MCL
21.171 to 21.172.
(3) The department shall design each heirloom birth
certificate available for issue under subsection (1) consistent
with the form and content prescribed under section 2811 and so that
it is suitable for display. An heirloom birth certificate may bear
the seal of the state and may be signed by the governor.
(4) The department shall market and promote heirloom birth
certificates available under this section.
(5) An heirloom birth certificate issued under this section is
not an official record of birth and is not the active birth
certificate of the individual whose name appears on the document.
(6) This section may be referred to as the "Pam Posthumus
law".
