Act No. 574

Public Acts of 2004

Approved by the Governor

January 3, 2005

Filed with the Secretary of State

January 3, 2005

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 3, 2005

STATE OF MICHIGAN

92ND LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2004

Introduced by Reps. Huizenga, Hummel and Farhat

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5657

AN ACT to amend 1992 PA 116, entitled "An act to designate and regulate certain records media; and to prescribe the powers and duties of certain governmental entities and officials," by amending the title and section 1 (MCL 24.401) and by adding section 4.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

TITLE

An act to designate and regulate the method and medium for the storage and reproduction of certain records; to provide for the certification of certain records; and to prescribe the powers and duties of certain governmental entities and officials.

Sec. 1. (1) This act shall be known and may be cited as the "records reproduction act".

(2) As used in this act:

(a) "Board" means the state historical records advisory board.

(b) "Data transfer" means the copying or transmission of electronic information that does not alter the content, context, or structure of a record from 1 medium to another medium.

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

(d) "Digital imaging" means the techniques for capturing, recording, processing, storing, transferring, and using images of records electronically.

(e) "Digital migration" means the conversion of digital information from an existing format to another format that maintains the content, context, and structure of a record.

(f) "Digitization" means the conversion of information into digitally coded electronic images suitable for electronic storage.

Sec. 4. (1) The board shall, within 60 days of receipt of a proposed technical standard from the department, approve, disapprove, or revise the proposed technical standard.

(2) Before submitting a proposed technical standard to the board under this section, the department shall seek advice and comment from the department of information technology and at least 1 representative from each of the following entities:

(a) County government.

(b) City, township, or village government.

(c) The information technology industry.

(3) Proposed and final technical standards shall be published in the Michigan register. A technical standard shall not take effect before its publication in the Michigan register.

Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless all of the following bills of the 92nd Legislature are enacted into law:

(a) Senate Bill No. 1409.

(b) House Bill No. 5550.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Secretary of the Senate

Approved

Governor