HOUSE BILL No. 5515

 

December 4, 2007, Introduced by Reps. Agema, Palmer, Knollenberg, Meekhof, Marleau, Meltzer, Acciavatti, LaJoy, Casperson, Horn, Ball, Shaffer, Rick Jones, Stakoe, Emmons, Bieda and Calley and referred to the Committee on Oversight and Investigations.

 

     A bill to require a person to provide proof of citizenship or

 

legal status before being issued a municipal identification card by

 

a local unit of government.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1. (1) Before being issued a municipal identification

 

card by a local unit of government, a person shall provide to the

 

clerk of the local unit of government proof that he or she is a

 

citizen of the United States or, if not a citizen of the United

 

States, proof of his or her legal presence in this country.

 

     (2) As used in this act, "local unit of government" means a

 

county, city, village, township, or charter township.