Bill Text: MI HB5944 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Human services; food assistance; requirement for establishments accepting the bridge card to verify identity of user; establish, and provide penalties for noncompliance. Amends 1939 PA 280 (MCL 400.1 - 400.119b) by adding sec. 14k.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 37-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-11 - Printed Bill Filed 03/11/2010 [HB5944 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2009-HB5944-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 5944

 

March 10, 2010, Introduced by Reps. Haines, Rick Jones, Elsenheimer, Kowall, Bolger, Knollenberg, Tyler, Rogers, Denby, Moss, Calley, Marleau, Lori, Horn, Walsh, Meltzer, Moore, Schuitmaker, Daley, Pavlov, Meekhof, Proos, Haveman, Lund, Genetski, Liss, Agema, Pearce, Kurtz, Paul Scott, Ball, Crawford, McMillin, Caul, Booher, Wayne Schmidt, Hildenbrand and DeShazor and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

     A bill to amend 1939 PA 280, entitled

 

"The social welfare act,"

 

(MCL 400.1 to 400.119b) by adding section 14k.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 14k. (1) At the time a retail establishment accepts a

 

Michigan bridge card for a purchase, the retailer shall verify the

 

Michigan bridge card user's identification. The retailer shall only

 

allow an individual listed on the Michigan bridge card to use that

 

card.

 

     (2) Verifying the Michigan bridge card user's identification

 

required in subsection (1) shall include an examination of an

 

official Michigan operator's or chauffeur's license, an official

 

state personal identification card, a military identification card,

 

or any other bona fide picture identification that establishes the

 

Michigan bridge card user's identity.

 

     (3) A retailer who violates this section is guilty of a

 

misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $50.00 for each

 

violation.