HB-5657, As Passed Senate, December 1, 2004                                 

SENATE SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 5657

                                                                             A bill to amend 1992 PA 116, entitled                                             

"Records media act,"                                                        

by amending the title and section 1 (MCL 24.401) and by adding              

section 4.                                                                  

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1                                 TITLE                                         

2                                                                                An act to designate and regulate the method and medium for                         

3   the storage and reproduction of certain records;  media; to                

4   provide for the certification of certain records; and to                    

5   prescribe the powers and duties of certain governmental entities            

6   and officials.                                                              

7       Sec. 1.  (1) This act shall be known and may be cited as the                

8   "records  media reproduction act".                                         

9   (2) As used in this act:                                                    

10      (a) "Board" means the state historical records advisory                     

1   board.                                                                      

2       (b) "Data transfer" means the copying or transmission of                    

3   electronic information that does not alter the content, context,            

4   or structure of a record from 1 medium to another medium.                   

5       (c) "Department" means the department of history, arts, and                 

6   libraries.                                                                  

7       (d) "Digital imaging" means the techniques for capturing,                   

8   recording, processing, storing, transferring, and using images of           

9   records electronically.                                                     

10      (e) "Digital migration" means the conversion of digital                     

11  information from an existing format to another format that                  

12  maintains the content, context, and structure of a record.                  

13      (f) "Digitization" means the conversion of information into                 

14  digitally coded electronic images suitable for electronic                   

15  storage.

16  Sec. 4.  (1) The board shall, within 60 days of receipt of a                

17  proposed technical standard from the department, approve,                   

18  disapprove, or revise the proposed technical standard.                      

19      (2) Before submitting a proposed technical standard to the                  

20  board under this section, the department shall seek advice and              

21  comment from the department of information technology and at                

22  least 1 representative from each of the following entities:                 

23  (a) County government.                                                      

24      (b) City, township, or village government.                                  

25      (c) The information technology industry.                                    

26      (3) Proposed and final technical standards shall be published               

27  in the Michigan register.  A technical standard shall not take              

1   effect before its publication in the Michigan register.

2       Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act does not take                      

3   effect unless all of the following bills of the 92nd Legislature            

4   are enacted into law:                                                       

5       (a) Senate Bill No. 1409.                                                   

6       (b) House Bill No. 5550.