SENATE BILL No. 1436

 

 

June 27, 2008, Introduced by Senators BRATER, SCOTT, CLARKE, CLARK-COLEMAN, HUNTER and THOMAS and referred to the Committee on Transportation.

 

 

 

     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 2008 PA 40.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

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

 

shall contain the following:

 

     (a) An identification number permanently assigned to the

 

person.

 

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

 

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

 

signature of the applicant, 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 person.

 

     (ii) Immunization data of the person.

 

     (iii) Medication data of the person.

 

     (iv) A statement that the person 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) 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 defined 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 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

 

identification card. The secretary of state shall designate on the

 

identification card a space where the applicant may place a sticker

 

or decal of the 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 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

 

identification card or the renewal of an existing identification

 

card issued to a person less than 21 years of age shall be portrait

 

or vertical in form and an identification card issued to a person

 

21 years of age or over shall be landscape or horizontal in form.

 

Except as otherwise required in this act, other information

 

required on the identification card under this act may appear on

 

the identification card in a form prescribed by the secretary of

 

state.

 

     (5) The identification card shall 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 a person'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. A person's digital photographic image or signature shall

 

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 secretary of state shall forward to the department of

 

state police the images of persons 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 persons.

 

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

 

United States.

 

     (7) If a person 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 person's 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 a person'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

 

contain information appearing in electronic or machine readable

 

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

 

The information shall be limited to the person's identification

 

card number, birth date, expiration date, full legal name, date of

 

transaction, gender, address, state of issuance, and other

 

information necessary for use with electronic devices, machine

 

readers, or automatic teller machines and shall not contain the

 

person's driving record or other personal identifier. The

 

identification card shall identify the encoded information.

 

     (11) An official state personal identification card shall be

 

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

 

be manufactured in a manner to prohibit as nearly as possible the


 

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

 

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 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 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 person to whom

 

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

 

on the date the person 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, a person may apply

 

for a renewal of an official state personal identification card by

 

mail or by other methods prescribed by the secretary of state. The

 

secretary of state shall require renewal in person by a person

 

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) A person 65 years of age or older.

 

     (b) A person 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) A person who presents evidence of statutory blindness as

 

provided in 1978 PA 260, MCL 393.351 to 393.368.

 

     (d) A person who presents other good cause for a fee waiver.

 

     (e) A person who wishes to add or remove a heart insignia

 

described in subsection (1)(d).

 

     (f) A person who is indigent. The secretary of state may

 

require proof of indigence. As used in this subdivision, "indigent"

 

means the individual's income is not greater than 125% of the

 

official poverty line published annually in the federal register by

 

the United States department of health and human services under its

 

authority to revise the poverty line under 42 USC 9902.

 

     (15) A person who has been issued an official state personal

 

identification card shall apply for a renewal official state

 

personal identification card if the person changes his or her name.

 

     (16) A person 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 identification card by a method

 

prescribed by the secretary of state. A fee shall not be charged

 

for a change of residence address.


 

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

 

(16), a person 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 person wants to change any information on the

 

identification card.

 

     (b) An identification card issued under this act is lost,

 

destroyed, or mutilated, or becomes illegible.

 

     (18) A person 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 person is deaf.

 

     (19) 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 bear the designation of the individual's emancipated

 

status in a manner prescribed by the secretary of state.

 

     (20) The secretary of state shall inquire of each person 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. A person who

 

has agreed to participate in the donor registry shall not be

 

considered to have revoked that agreement solely because the

 

person's official state personal identification card has expired.

 

Enrollment in the donor registry constitutes 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.

 

     (21) A valid official state personal identification card

 

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

 

considered the same as a valid state of Michigan driver license

 

when identification is requested except as otherwise specifically

 

provided by law.