REMOVAL OF SOC. SEC. NUMBERS H.B. 4517 (H-1) & 4519 (H-1):
COMMITTEE SUMMARY
House Bill 4517 (Substitute H-1 as passed by the House)
House Bill 4519 (Substitute H-1 as passed by the House)
Sponsor: Representative Barb Byrum
House Committee: Intergovernmental, Urban and Regional Affairs
Senate Committee: Local, Urban and State Affairs
Date Completed: 7-23-07
CONTENT
House Bills 4517 (H-1) and 4519 (H-1) would amend Public Act 20 of 1867 (which governs the recording of deeds, mortgages, and instruments of record) and Public Act 123 of 1915 (which governs the recording of affidavits offered to a register of deeds for recording), respectively, to prohibit a register of deeds from receiving certain documents for recording unless the first five digits of any Social Security number appearing in or on the document were obscured or removed.
House Bill 4517 (H-1) would apply to an instrument or reproduction of an instrument. House Bill 4519 (H-1) would apply to an affidavit stating facts relating to matters affecting real property.
The prohibition would not apply if State or Federal law, rule, regulation, or court order or rule required all or more than four sequential digits of the number to appear.
The prohibition under House Bill 4517 (H-1) would apply beginning on the bill's effective date, or, for an instrument or reproduction presented to a register of deeds by the Department of Treasury, April 1, 2008.
MCL 565.491 (H.B. 4517) Legislative Analyst: Craig Laurie
565.452 (H.B. 4519)
FISCAL IMPACT
The bill would have no fiscal impact on State or local revenue. The bill could increase expenditures for the State and some local units by an unknown amount, depending on the costs of adapting systems to the changes, the number of affidavits from which identifying information must be obscured or removed, as well as the number of local units that already have opted to obscure or remove the specified information.
Fiscal Analyst: David ZinAnalysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent. hb4517&4519/0708