HOUSE BILL No. 5045


     September 20, 2001, Introduced by Reps. Lemmons, McConico, Hale, Thomas, Garza, Daniels, Kolb, Williams, Waters, Bogardus, Murphy,
Zelenko, Mans, O'Neil, Wojno, Lipsey, Rich Brown, Whitmer, Adamini, Anderson, Plakas, Pestka, Rison, Clark, Newell, DeRossett, Howell, Rocca,
Clarke and Pappageorge and referred to the Committee on Criminal Justice.


        A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled

   "Michigan vehicle code,"

   by amending section 903 (MCL 257.903), as amended by 1997

   PA 101.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           Sec. 903.  (1) A person who, WITH INTENT TO USE THE FALSE

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      CERTIFICATION, makes a false certification to a matter or thing

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      required by the terms of this act to be certified, including but

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      not limited to an application for any type of driver license,

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      dealer license, vehicle certificate of title, vehicle registra-

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      tion, vehicle inspection, self-insurance, personal information,

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      or commercial driver training school, is guilty of a felony.  A

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      person who uses personal information for a purpose other than a

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      permissible purpose identified in section 208c or 232 is guilty




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      of a felony.  USE OF THE FALSE CERTIFICATION IS PRESUMPTIVE

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      EVIDENCE OF INTENT.

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           (2) A person who is convicted of a second violation of this

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      section shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than 2

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      years or more than 7 years, or by a fine of not less than

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      $1,500.00 or more than $7,000.00, or both.

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           (3) A person who is convicted of a third or subsequent vio-

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      lation of this section shall be punished by imprisonment for not

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      less than 5 years or more than 15 years, or by a fine of not less

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      than $5,000.00 or more than $15,000.00, or both.

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           (4) THIS SECTION DOES NOT APPLY UNLESS THE MATTER OR THING

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      FALSELY CERTIFIED IS USED BY THE INDIVIDUAL WHO MADE THE FALSE

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      CERTIFICATION.































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