HOUSE BILL No. 5518

 

December 4, 2007, Introduced by Reps. Pavlov, Agema, Horn, Acciavatti, Calley, Palmer, Marleau, Moss, Casperson, Huizenga, Caswell, Stahl, Espinoza, Knollenberg and Nofs and referred to the Committee on Transportation.

 

      A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled

 

"Michigan vehicle code,"

 

by amending sections 40b, 208c, 303, 307, 310, 314, 811, and 812

 

(MCL 257.40b, 257.208c, 257.303, 257.307, 257.310, 257.314,

 

257.811, and 257.812), section 40b as added by 1997 PA 100,

 

section 208c as amended by 2004 PA 362, sections 303, 307, and

 

314 as amended by 2006 PA 298, section 310 as amended by 2005 PA

 

141, section 811 as amended by 2006 PA 589, and section 812 as

 

amended by 2005 PA 142, and by adding sections 30c, 310f, and

 

310g.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

 1        Sec. 30c. "Defined minimum data elements" means that phrase

 

 2  as defined in 6 CFR 37.19.

 


 1        Sec. 40b. (1) "Personal information" means information that

 

 2  identifies an individual, including the individual's photograph

 

 3  or image, name, address (but not the zip code), driver license

 

 4  number, social security number, telephone number, digitized

 

 5  signature, and medical and disability information. Personal

 

 6  information does not include information on driving and

 

 7  equipment-related violations or civil infractions, driver or

 

 8  vehicle registration status, vehicular accidents, or other

 

 9  behaviorally-related information.

 

10        (2) "Highly restricted personal information" means an

 

11  individual's photograph or image, social security number,

 

12  digitized signature, and medical and disability information, and

 

13  source documents presented by an applicant to obtain an

 

14  operator's or chauffeur's license under section 307(1).

 

15        Sec. 208c. (1) Except as provided in this section and in

 

16  section 232, personal information in a record maintained under

 

17  this act shall not be disclosed, unless the person requesting the

 

18  information furnishes proof of identity satisfactory to the

 

19  secretary of state and certifies that the personal information

 

20  requested will be used for a permissible purpose identified in

 

21  this section or in section 232. However, highly restricted

 

22  personal information shall be used and disclosed only as

 

23  expressly permitted in section 307 or as otherwise expressly

 

24  provided by law.

 

25        (2) Personal information in a record maintained under this

 

26  act shall be disclosed by the secretary of state if required to

 

27  carry out the purposes of federal law or federal regulations.

 


 1        (3) Personal information in a record maintained under this

 

 2  act may be disclosed by the secretary of state as follows:

 

 3        (a) For use by a federal, state, or local governmental

 

 4  agency, including a court or law enforcement agency, in carrying

 

 5  out the agency's functions, or by a private person or entity

 

 6  acting on behalf of a governmental agency in carrying out the

 

 7  agency's functions.

 

 8        (b) For use in connection with matters of motor vehicle and

 

 9  driver safety or auto theft; motor vehicle emissions; motor

 

10  vehicle product alterations, recalls, or advisories; performance

 

11  monitoring of motor vehicles; motor vehicle market research

 

12  activities, including survey research; and the removal of

 

13  nonowner records from the original records of motor vehicle

 

14  manufacturers.

 

15        (c) For use in the normal course of business by a legitimate

 

16  business, including the agents, employees, and contractors of the

 

17  business, but only to verify the accuracy of personal information

 

18  submitted by an individual to the business or its agents,

 

19  employees, or contractors, and if the information as so submitted

 

20  is no longer correct, to obtain the correct information, for the

 

21  sole purpose of preventing fraud by pursuing legal remedies

 

22  against, or recovering on a debt against, the individual.

 

23        (d) For use in connection with a civil, criminal,

 

24  administrative, or arbitration proceeding in a federal, state, or

 

25  local court or governmental agency or before a self-regulatory

 

26  body, including use for service of process, investigation in

 

27  anticipation of litigation, and the execution or enforcement of

 


 1  judgments and orders, or pursuant to an order of a federal,

 

 2  state, or local court, an administrative agency, or a self-

 

 3  regulatory body.

 

 4        (e) For use in legitimate research activities and in

 

 5  preparing statistical reports for commercial, scholarly, or

 

 6  academic purposes by a bona fide research organization, if the

 

 7  personal information is not published, redisclosed, or used to

 

 8  contact individuals.

 

 9        (f) For use by an insurer or insurance support organization,

 

10  or by a self-insured entity, or its agents, employees, or

 

11  contractors, in connection with claims investigating activity,

 

12  antifraud activity, rating, or underwriting.

 

13        (g) For use in providing notice to the owner of an

 

14  abandoned, towed, or impounded vehicle.

 

15        (h) For use either by a private detective or private

 

16  investigator licensed under the private detective license act,

 

17  1965 PA 285, MCL 338.821 to 338.851, or by a private security

 

18  guard agency or alarm system contractor licensed under the

 

19  private security business and security alarm act, 1968 PA 330,

 

20  MCL 338.1051 to 338.1083, only for a purpose permitted under this

 

21  section.

 

22        (i) For use by an employer, or the employer's agent or

 

23  insurer, to obtain or verify information relating either to the

 

24  holder of a commercial driver license that is required under

 

25  federal law or to the holder of a chauffeur's license that is

 

26  required under chapter 3.

 

27        (j) For use by a car rental business, or its employees,

 


 1  agents, contractors, or service firms, for the purpose of making

 

 2  rental decisions.

 

 3        (k) For use in connection with the operation of private toll

 

 4  transportation facilities.

 

 5        (l) For use by a news medium in the preparation and

 

 6  dissemination of a report related in part or in whole to the

 

 7  operation of a motor vehicle or public safety. "News medium"

 

 8  includes a newspaper, a magazine or periodical published at

 

 9  regular intervals, a news service, a broadcast network, a

 

10  television station, a radio station, a cablecaster, or an entity

 

11  employed by any of the foregoing.

 

12        (m) For any use by an individual requesting information

 

13  pertaining to himself or herself or requesting in writing that

 

14  the secretary of state provide information pertaining to himself

 

15  or herself to the individual's designee. A request for disclosure

 

16  to a designee, however, may be submitted only by the individual.

 

17        (4) Medical and disability information in a record

 

18  maintained under this act may be used and disclosed for purposes

 

19  of subsection (3)(a), (d), or (m).

 

20        (5) Copies or images of source documents retained by the

 

21  secretary of state under section 310f may be used and disclosed

 

22  for purposes of subsection (3)(a) or (m).

 

23        Sec. 303. (1) The secretary of state shall not issue a

 

24  license under this act to any of the following persons:

 

25        (a) A person, as an operator, who is less than 18 years of

 

26  age, except as otherwise provided in this act.

 

27        (b) A person, as a chauffeur, who is less than 18 years of

 


 1  age, except as otherwise provided in this act.

 

 2        (c) A person whose license is suspended, revoked, denied, or

 

 3  canceled in any state. If the suspension, revocation, denial, or

 

 4  cancellation is not from the jurisdiction that issued the last

 

 5  license to the person, the secretary of state may issue a license

 

 6  after the expiration of 5 years from the effective date of the

 

 7  most recent suspension, revocation, denial, or cancellation.

 

 8        (d) A person who in the opinion of the secretary of state is

 

 9  afflicted with or suffering from a physical or mental disability

 

10  or disease preventing that person from exercising reasonable and

 

11  ordinary control over a motor vehicle while operating the motor

 

12  vehicle upon the highways.

 

13        (e) A person who is unable to understand highway warning or

 

14  direction signs in the English language.

 

15        (f) A person who is unable to pass a knowledge, skill, or

 

16  ability test administered by the secretary of state in connection

 

17  with the issuance of an original operator's or chauffeur's

 

18  license, original motorcycle indorsement, or an original or

 

19  renewal of a vehicle group designation or vehicle indorsement.

 

20        (g) A person who has been convicted of, has received a

 

21  juvenile disposition for, or has been determined responsible for

 

22  2 or more moving violations under a law of this state, a local

 

23  ordinance substantially corresponding to a law of this state, or

 

24  a law of another state substantially corresponding to a law of

 

25  this state within the preceding 3 years, if the violations

 

26  occurred before issuance of an original license to the person in

 

27  this state, another state, or another country.

 


 1        (h) A Unless otherwise eligible under section 310f, a

 

 2  nonresident, including, but not limited to, a foreign exchange

 

 3  student.

 

 4        (i) A person who has failed to answer a citation or notice

 

 5  to appear in court or for any matter pending or fails to comply

 

 6  with an order or judgment of the court, including, but not

 

 7  limited to, paying all fines, costs, fees, and assessments, in

 

 8  violation of section 321a, until that person answers the citation

 

 9  or notice to appear in court or for any matter pending or

 

10  complies with an order or judgment of the court, including, but

 

11  not limited to, paying all fines, costs, fees, and assessments,

 

12  as provided under section 321a.

 

13        (j) A person not licensed under this act who has been

 

14  convicted of, has received a juvenile disposition for, or has

 

15  been determined responsible for a crime or civil infraction

 

16  described in section 319, 324, or 904. A person shall be denied a

 

17  license under this subdivision for the length of time

 

18  corresponding to the period of the licensing sanction that would

 

19  have been imposed under section 319, 324, or 904 if the person

 

20  had been licensed at the time of the violation.

 

21        (k) A person not licensed under this act who has been

 

22  convicted of or received a juvenile disposition for committing a

 

23  crime described in section 319e. A person shall be denied a

 

24  license under this subdivision for the length of time that

 

25  corresponds to the period of the licensing sanction that would

 

26  have been imposed under section 319e if the person had been

 

27  licensed at the time of the violation.

 


 1        (l) A person not licensed under this act who is determined to

 

 2  have violated section 33b(1) of former 1933 (Ex Sess) PA 8,

 

 3  section 703(1) of the Michigan liquor control code of 1998, 1998

 

 4  PA 58, MCL 436.1703, or section 624a or 624b of this act. The

 

 5  person shall be denied a license under this subdivision for a

 

 6  period of time that corresponds to the period of the licensing

 

 7  sanction that would have been imposed under those sections had

 

 8  the person been licensed at the time of the violation.

 

 9        (m) A person whose commercial driver license application is

 

10  canceled under section 324(2).

 

11        (n) Unless otherwise eligible under section 310f, a person

 

12  who is not a citizen of the United States.

 

13        (2) Upon receiving the appropriate records of conviction,

 

14  the secretary of state shall revoke the operator's or chauffeur's

 

15  license of a person and deny issuance of an operator's or

 

16  chauffeur's license to a person having any of the following,

 

17  whether under a law of this state, a local ordinance

 

18  substantially corresponding to a law of this state, or a law of

 

19  another state substantially corresponding to a law of this state:

 

20        (a) Any combination of 2 convictions within 7 years for

 

21  reckless driving in violation of section 626.

 

22        (b) Any combination of 2 or more convictions within 7 years

 

23  for any of the following:

 

24        (i) A felony in which a motor vehicle was used.

 

25        (ii) A violation or attempted violation of section 601b(2) or

 

26  (3), section 601c(1) or (2), section 602a(4) or (5), section 617,

 

27  section 653a(3) or (4), or section 904(4) or (5).

 


 1        (iii) Negligent homicide, manslaughter, or murder resulting

 

 2  from the operation of a vehicle or an attempt to commit any of

 

 3  those crimes.

 

 4        (iv) A violation or attempted violation of section 479a(4) or

 

 5  (5) of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.479a.

 

 6        (c) Any combination of 2 convictions within 7 years for any

 

 7  of the following or a combination of 1 conviction for a violation

 

 8  or attempted violation of section 625(6) and 1 conviction for any

 

 9  of the following within 7 years:

 

10        (i) A violation or attempted violation of section 625, except

 

11  a violation of section 625(2), or a violation of any prior

 

12  enactment of section 625 in which the defendant operated a

 

13  vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating or alcoholic

 

14  liquor or a controlled substance, or a combination of

 

15  intoxicating or alcoholic liquor and a controlled substance, or

 

16  while visibly impaired, or with an unlawful bodily alcohol

 

17  content.

 

18        (ii) A violation or attempted violation of section 625m.

 

19        (iii) Former section 625b.

 

20        (d) One conviction for a violation or attempted violation of

 

21  section 315(5), section 601b(3), section 601c(2), section 602a(4)

 

22  or (5), section 617, section 625(4) or (5), section 653a(4), or

 

23  section 904(4) or (5).

 

24        (e) One conviction of negligent homicide, manslaughter, or

 

25  murder resulting from the operation of a vehicle or an attempt to

 

26  commit any of those crimes.

 

27        (f) One conviction for a violation or attempted violation of

 


 1  section 479a(4) or (5) of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328,

 

 2  MCL 750.479a.

 

 3        (g) Any combination of 3 convictions within 10 years for any

 

 4  of the following or 1 conviction for a violation or attempted

 

 5  violation of section 625(6) and any combination of 2 convictions

 

 6  for any of the following within 10 years, if any of the

 

 7  convictions resulted from an arrest on or after January 1, 1992:

 

 8        (i) A violation or attempted violation of section 625, except

 

 9  a violation of section 625(2), or a violation of any prior

 

10  enactment of section 625 in which the defendant operated a

 

11  vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating or alcoholic

 

12  liquor or a controlled substance, or a combination of

 

13  intoxicating or alcoholic liquor and a controlled substance, or

 

14  while visibly impaired, or with an unlawful bodily alcohol

 

15  content.

 

16        (ii) A violation or attempted violation of section 625m.

 

17        (iii) Former section 625b.

 

18        (3) The secretary of state shall revoke a license under

 

19  subsection (2) notwithstanding a court order unless the court

 

20  order complies with section 323.

 

21        (4) The secretary of state shall not issue a license under

 

22  this act to a person whose license has been revoked under this

 

23  act or revoked and denied under subsection (2) until all of the

 

24  following occur, as applicable:

 

25        (a) The later of the following:

 

26        (i) The expiration of not less than 1 year after the license

 

27  was revoked or denied.

 


 1        (ii) The expiration of not less than 5 years after the date

 

 2  of a subsequent revocation or denial occurring within 7 years

 

 3  after the date of any prior revocation or denial.

 

 4        (b) For a denial under subsection (2)(a), (b), (c), and (g),

 

 5  the person rebuts by clear and convincing evidence the

 

 6  presumption resulting from the prima facie evidence that he or

 

 7  she is a habitual offender. The convictions that resulted in the

 

 8  revocation and denial constitute prima facie evidence that he or

 

 9  she is a habitual offender.

 

10        (c) The person meets the requirements of the department.

 

11        (5) The secretary of state may deny issuance of an

 

12  operator's license as follows:

 

13        (a) Until the age of 17, to a person not licensed under this

 

14  act who was convicted of or received a juvenile disposition for

 

15  violating or attempting to violate section 411a(2) of the

 

16  Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.411a, involving a

 

17  school when he or she was less than 14 years of age. A person not

 

18  issued a license under this subdivision is not eligible to begin

 

19  graduated licensing training until he or she attains 16 years of

 

20  age.

 

21        (b) To a person less than 21 years of age not licensed under

 

22  this act who was convicted of or received a juvenile disposition

 

23  for violating or attempting to violate section 411a(2) of the

 

24  Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.411a, involving a

 

25  school when he or she was less than 14 years of age or older,

 

26  until 3 years after the date of the conviction or juvenile

 

27  disposition. A person not issued a license under this subdivision

 


 1  is not eligible to begin graduated licensing training or

 

 2  otherwise obtain an original operator's or chauffeur's license

 

 3  until 3 years after the date of the conviction or juvenile

 

 4  disposition.

 

 5        (6) The secretary of state shall deny issuance of a vehicle

 

 6  group designation to a person if the person has been disqualified

 

 7  by the United States secretary of transportation from operating a

 

 8  commercial motor vehicle.

 

 9        (7) Multiple convictions or civil infraction determinations

 

10  resulting from the same incident shall be treated as a single

 

11  violation for purposes of denial or revocation of a license under

 

12  this section.

 

13        (8) As used in this section, "felony in which a motor

 

14  vehicle was used" means a felony during the commission of which

 

15  the person operated a motor vehicle and while operating the

 

16  vehicle presented real or potential harm to persons or property

 

17  and 1 or more of the following circumstances existed:

 

18        (a) The vehicle was used as an instrument of the felony.

 

19        (b) The vehicle was used to transport a victim of the

 

20  felony.

 

21        (c) The vehicle was used to flee the scene of the felony.

 

22        (d) The vehicle was necessary for the commission of the

 

23  felony.

 

24        Sec. 307. (1) An applicant for an operator's or chauffeur's

 

25  license shall supply a photographic identity document, a birth

 

26  certificate, attesting to his or her age or other nonphotographic

 

27  identity document and other sufficient documents or

 


 1  identification as the secretary of state may require. These

 

 2  documents shall provide the applicant's full legal name history

 

 3  and date of birth, his or her address and residency, and

 

 4  demonstrate that the applicant is a citizen of the United States,

 

 5  is an alien lawfully admitted for permanent or temporary

 

 6  residence in the United States, or has conditional permanent

 

 7  resident status in the United States. An application for an

 

 8  operator's or chauffeur's license shall be made in a manner

 

 9  prescribed by the secretary of state and shall contain all of the

 

10  following:

 

11        (a) The applicant's full legal name, date of birth,

 

12  residence address, height, sex, eye color, signature, and ,

 

13  beginning January 1, 2007, intent to be an organ donor, other

 

14  information required or permitted on the license under this

 

15  chapter, and, to the extent required to comply with federal law,

 

16  the applicant's social security number. The applicant may provide

 

17  a mailing address if the applicant receives mail at an address

 

18  different from his or her residence address.

 

19        (b) The following notice shall be included to inform the

 

20  applicant that under sections 509o and 509r of the Michigan

 

21  election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.509o and 168.509r, the

 

22  secretary of state is required to use the residence address

 

23  provided on this application as the applicant's residence address

 

24  on the qualified voter file for voter registration and voting:

 

 

25        "NOTICE: Michigan law requires that the same address

26        be used for voter registration and driver license

27        purposes. Therefore, if the residence address


       you provide in this application differs from your

       voter registration address as it appears on the

       qualified voter file, the secretary of state

       will automatically change your voter registration

       to match the residence address on this application,

       after which your voter registration at your former

       address will no longer be valid for voting purposes.

       A new voter registration card, containing the

       information of your polling place, will be provided

10        to you by the clerk of the jurisdiction where your

11        residence address is located.".

 

 

12        (c) For an original or renewal operator's or chauffeur's

 

13  license with a vehicle group designation or indorsement, the

 

14  names of all states where the applicant has been licensed to

 

15  drive any type of motor vehicle during the previous 10 years.

 

16        (d) For an operator's or chauffeur's license with a vehicle

 

17  group designation or indorsement, the following certifications by

 

18  the applicant:

 

19        (i) The applicant meets the applicable federal driver

 

20  qualification requirements under 49 CFR part 391 if the applicant

 

21  operates or intends to operate in interstate commerce or meets

 

22  the applicable qualifications of the department of state police

 

23  under the motor carrier safety act of 1963, 1963 PA 181, MCL

 

24  480.11 to 480.25, if the applicant operates or intends to operate

 

25  in intrastate commerce.

 

26        (ii) The vehicle in which the applicant will take the driving

 

27  skills tests is representative of the type of vehicle the

 

28  applicant operates or intends to operate.


 

 1        (iii) The applicant is not subject to disqualification by the

 

 2  United States secretary of transportation, or a suspension,

 

 3  revocation, or cancellation under any state law for conviction of

 

 4  an offense described in section 312f or 319b.

 

 5        (iv) The applicant does not have a driver's license from more

 

 6  than 1 state or jurisdiction.

 

 7        (e) An applicant for an operator's or chauffeur's license

 

 8  with a vehicle group designation and a hazardous material

 

 9  indorsement shall provide his or her fingerprints as prescribed

 

10  by state and federal law.

 

11        (2) Except as provided in this subsection, an An applicant

 

12  for an operator's or chauffeur's license may shall have a digital

 

13  photograph of his or her image and signature captured or

 

14  reproduced when the application for the license is made. An

 

15  applicant required under section 5a of the sex offenders

 

16  registration act, 1994 PA 295, MCL 28.725a, to maintain a valid

 

17  operator's or chauffeur's license or official state personal

 

18  identification card shall have his or her image and signature

 

19  captured or reproduced when the application for the license is

 

20  made. The secretary of state shall acquire by purchase or lease

 

21  the equipment for capturing the images and signatures and may

 

22  furnish the equipment to a local unit authorized by the secretary

 

23  of state to license drivers. The secretary of state shall acquire

 

24  equipment purchased or leased pursuant to this section under

 

25  standard purchasing procedures of the department of management

 

26  and budget based on standards and specifications established by

 

27  the secretary of state. The secretary of state shall not purchase


 

 1  or lease equipment until an appropriation for the equipment has

 

 2  been made by the legislature. An A digital photographic image and

 

 3  signature captured pursuant to under this section shall appear on

 

 4  the applicant's operator's or chauffeur's license. Except as

 

 5  provided in this subsection, the secretary of state may retain

 

 6  and use a person's image and signature described in this

 

 7  subsection only for programs administered by the secretary of

 

 8  state. Except as provided in this subsection, the secretary of

 

 9  state shall not use a person's image or signature, or both,

 

10  unless the person grants written permission for that purpose to

 

11  the secretary of state or specific enabling legislation

 

12  permitting the use is enacted into law. A law enforcement agency

 

13  of this state has access to information retained by the secretary

 

14  of state under this subsection. The information may be utilized

 

15  for any law enforcement purpose unless otherwise prohibited by

 

16  law. The department of state police shall provide to the

 

17  secretary of state updated lists of persons required to be

 

18  registered under the sex offenders registration act, 1994 PA 295,

 

19  MCL 28.721 to 28.736, and the secretary of state shall make the

 

20  images of those persons available to the department of state

 

21  police as provided in that act. A person's digital photographic

 

22  image or signature shall only be used as follows:

 

23        (a) By a federal, state, or local governmental agency for a

 

24  law enforcement purpose.

 

25        (b) By another state to the extent required by federal law.

 

26        (c) By the secretary of state for a program administered by

 

27  the secretary of state.


 

 1        (d) By the secretary of state for a purpose other than a

 

 2  purpose described in subdivision (c), if the person gives written

 

 3  permission.

 

 4        (e) The secretary of state shall forward to the department

 

 5  of state police the images of persons required to be registered

 

 6  under the sex offenders registration act, 1994 PA 295, MCL 28.721

 

 7  to 28.736, upon the department of state police providing the

 

 8  secretary of state an updated list of those persons.

 

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

 

10  United States.

 

11        (3) An application shall contain a signature or verification

 

12  and certification by the applicant, as determined by the

 

13  secretary of state, and shall be accompanied by the proper fee.

 

14  The secretary of state shall collect the application fee with the

 

15  application. The secretary of state shall refund the application

 

16  fee to the applicant if the license applied for is denied, but

 

17  shall not refund the fee to an applicant who fails to complete

 

18  the examination requirements of the secretary of state within 90

 

19  days after the date of application for a license.

 

20        (4) In conjunction with the application for or, until

 

21  January 1, 2007, the issuance of an operator's or chauffeur's

 

22  license, the secretary of state shall do all of the following:

 

23        (a) Provide the applicant with all of the following:

 

24        (i) Information explaining the applicant's right to make an

 

25  anatomical gift in the event of death in accordance with section

 

26  310.

 

27        (ii) Information describing the organ, tissue, and eye donor


 

 1  registry program. The information required under this

 

 2  subparagraph includes the address and telephone number of

 

 3  Michigan's federally designated organ procurement organization or

 

 4  its successor organization.

 

 5        (iii) Information giving the applicant the opportunity to be

 

 6  placed on the registry described in subparagraph (ii).

 

 7        (b) Provide the applicant with the opportunity to specify on

 

 8  his or her operator's or chauffeur's license that he or she is

 

 9  willing to make an anatomical gift in the event of death in

 

10  accordance with section 310.

 

11        (c) Inform the applicant that, if he or she indicates to the

 

12  secretary of state under this section a willingness to have his

 

13  or her name placed on the registry described in subdivision

 

14  (a)(ii), the secretary of state will mark the applicant's record

 

15  for the registry.

 

16        (d) Provide the applicant with the opportunity to make a

 

17  donation of $1.00 or more to the organ and tissue donation

 

18  education fund created under section 217o. A donation made under

 

19  this subdivision shall be deposited in the state treasury to the

 

20  credit of the organ and tissue donation education fund.

 

21        (5) The secretary of state may fulfill the requirements of

 

22  subsection (4) by 1 or more of the following methods:

 

23        (a) Providing printed material enclosed with a mailed notice

 

24  for an operator's or chauffeur's license renewal or the issuance

 

25  of an operator's or chauffeur's license.

 

26        (b) Providing printed material to an applicant who

 

27  personally appears at a secretary of state branch office.


 

 1        (c) Through electronic information transmittals for

 

 2  operator's and chauffeur's licenses processed by electronic

 

 3  means.

 

 4        (6) Until January 1, 2007, if an applicant indicates a

 

 5  willingness under this section to have his or her name placed on

 

 6  the organ donor registry described in subsection (4)(a)(ii), the

 

 7  secretary of state shall within 10 days forward the applicant's

 

 8  name, and address, and date of birth to the organ donor registry

 

 9  maintained by Michigan's federally designated organ procurement

 

10  organization or its successor organization. The secretary of

 

11  state may forward information under this subsection by mail or by

 

12  electronic means. The secretary of state shall not maintain a

 

13  record of the name or address of an individual who indicates a

 

14  willingness to have his or her name placed on the organ donor

 

15  registry after forwarding that information to the organ donor

 

16  registry under this subsection. Information about an applicant's

 

17  indication of a willingness to have his or her name placed on the

 

18  organ donor registry that is obtained by the secretary of state

 

19  under subsection (4) and forwarded under this subsection is

 

20  exempt from disclosure under section 13(1)(d) of the freedom of

 

21  information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.243. Beginning January 1,

 

22  2007, the secretary of state shall maintain a record of an

 

23  individual who indicates a willingness to have his or her name

 

24  placed on the registry described in subsection (4)(a)(ii).

 

25  Information about an applicant's indication of a willingness to

 

26  have his or her name placed on the registry that is obtained by

 

27  the secretary of state under subsection (4) and forwarded under


 

 1  subsection (14) is exempt from disclosure under section 13(1)(d)

 

 2  of the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.243.

 

 3        (7) If an application is received from a person previously

 

 4  licensed in another jurisdiction, the secretary of state shall

 

 5  request a copy of the applicant's driving record and other

 

 6  available information from the national driver register. When

 

 7  received, the driving record and other available information

 

 8  become a part of the driver's record in this state.

 

 9        (8) If an application is received for an original, renewal,

 

10  or upgrade of a vehicle group designation or indorsement, the

 

11  secretary of state shall request the person's complete driving

 

12  record from all states where the applicant was previously

 

13  licensed to drive any type of motor vehicle over the last 10

 

14  years before issuing a vehicle group designation or indorsement

 

15  to the applicant. If the applicant does not hold a valid

 

16  commercial motor vehicle driver license from a state where he or

 

17  she was licensed in the last 10 years, this complete driving

 

18  record request must be made not earlier than 24 hours before the

 

19  secretary of state issues the applicant a vehicle group

 

20  designation or indorsement. For all other drivers, this request

 

21  must be made not earlier than 10 days before the secretary of

 

22  state issues the applicant a vehicle group designation or

 

23  indorsement. The secretary of state shall also check the

 

24  applicant's driving record with the national driver register and

 

25  the federal commercial driver license information system before

 

26  issuing that group designation or indorsement. If the application

 

27  is for the renewal of a vehicle group designation or indorsement,


 

 1  and if the secretary of state enters on the person's historical

 

 2  driving record maintained under section 204a a notation that the

 

 3  request was made and the date of the request, the secretary of

 

 4  state is required to request the applicant's complete driving

 

 5  record from other states only once under this section.

 

 6        (9) Except for a vehicle group designation or indorsement or

 

 7  as provided in this subsection or section 314(5), the secretary

 

 8  of state may issue a renewal operator's or chauffeur's license

 

 9  for 1 additional 4-year period by mail or by other methods

 

10  prescribed by the secretary of state. The secretary of state may

 

11  check the applicant's driving record through the national driver

 

12  register and the commercial driver license information system

 

13  before issuing a license under this section. The secretary of

 

14  state shall issue a renewal license only in person if the person

 

15  is a person required under section 5a of the sex offenders

 

16  registration act, 1994 PA 295, MCL 28.725a, to maintain a valid

 

17  operator's or chauffeur's license or official state personal

 

18  identification card. If a license is renewed by mail or by other

 

19  method, the secretary of state shall issue evidence of renewal to

 

20  indicate the date the license expires in the future. The

 

21  department of state police shall provide to the secretary of

 

22  state updated lists of persons required under section 5a of the

 

23  sex offenders registration act, 1994 PA 295, MCL 28.725a, to

 

24  maintain a valid operator's or chauffeur's license or official

 

25  state personal identification card.

 

26        (10) Upon request, the secretary of state shall provide an

 

27  information manual to an applicant explaining how to obtain a


 

 1  vehicle group designation or indorsement. The manual shall

 

 2  contain the information required under 49 CFR part 383.

 

 3        (11) The secretary of state shall not disclose a social

 

 4  security number obtained under subsection (1) to another person

 

 5  except for use for 1 or more of the following purposes:

 

 6        (a) Compliance with 49 USC 31301 to 31317 and regulations

 

 7  and state law and rules related to this chapter.

 

 8        (b) Through the law enforcement information network, to

 

 9  carry out the purposes of section 466(a) of the social security

 

10  act, 42 USC 666, in connection with matters relating to

 

11  paternity, child support, or overdue child support.

 

12        (c) To check an applicant's driving record through the

 

13  national driver register and the commercial driver license

 

14  information system when issuing a license under this act.

 

15        (d) With the department of community health, for comparison

 

16  with vital records maintained by the department of community

 

17  health under part 28 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL

 

18  333.2801 to 333.2899.

 

19        (e) As otherwise required by law.

 

20        (12) The secretary of state shall not display a person's

 

21  social security number on the person's operator's or chauffeur's

 

22  license.

 

23        (13) A requirement under this section to include a social

 

24  security number on an application does not apply to an applicant

 

25  who demonstrates he or she is exempt under law from obtaining a

 

26  social security number. or to an applicant who for religious

 

27  convictions is exempt under law from disclosure of his or her


 

 1  social security number under these circumstances. The secretary

 

 2  of state shall inform the applicant of this possible exemption.

 

 3        (14) Beginning January 1, 2007, the The secretary of state

 

 4  shall maintain the organ, tissue, and eye donor registry in a

 

 5  manner that provides electronic access, including, but not

 

 6  limited to, transfer of data to this state's federally designated

 

 7  organ procurement organizations, their successor organizations,

 

 8  and tissue and eye banks with limitations on the use of and

 

 9  access to the donor registry as determined by the secretary of

 

10  state.

 

11        Sec. 310. (1) The secretary of state shall issue an

 

12  operator's license to each person licensed as an operator and a

 

13  chauffeur's license to each person licensed as a chauffeur. An

 

14  applicant for a motorcycle indorsement under section 312a or a

 

15  vehicle group designation or indorsement shall first qualify for

 

16  an operator's or chauffeur's license before the indorsement or

 

17  vehicle group designation application is accepted and processed.

 

18  On and after July 1, 2003, an An original license or the first

 

19  renewal of an existing license issued to a person less than 21

 

20  years of age shall be portrait or vertical in form and a license

 

21  issued to a person 21 years of age or over shall be landscape or

 

22  horizontal in form.

 

23        (2) The license issued under subsection (1) shall contain

 

24  all of the following: information:

 

25        (a) The distinguishing number permanently assigned to the

 

26  licensee.

 

27        (b) The full legal name, date of birth, address of


 

 1  residence, height, eye color, sex, digital photographic image,

 

 2  and signature of the licensee.

 

 3        (c) Until January 1, 2007, a place for the licensee to

 

 4  indicate 1 or more of the following:

 

 5        (i) The blood type of the licensee.

 

 6        (ii) Immunization data of the licensee.

 

 7        (iii) Medication data of the licensee.

 

 8        (iv) A statement that the licensee is deaf.

 

 9        (v) Until January 1, 2007, a statement that the licensee is

 

10  an organ and tissue donor under part 101 of the public health

 

11  code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.10101 to 333.10109.

 

12        (vi) Emergency contact information of the licensee.

 

13        (vii) A sticker or decal as specified by the secretary of

 

14  state to indicate that the licensee has designated 1 or more

 

15  patient advocates in accordance with section 5506 of the estates

 

16  and protected individuals code, 1998 PA 386, MCL 700.5506, or a

 

17  statement that the licensee carries an emergency medical

 

18  information card.

 

19        (d) Until January 1, 2007, if the licensee has made a

 

20  statement described in subdivision (c)(v), the signature of the

 

21  licensee following the indication of his or her organ and tissue

 

22  donor intent identified in subdivision (c)(v), along with the

 

23  signature of at least 1 witness.

 

24        (e) In the case of a licensee who is less than 18 years of

 

25  age at the time of issuance of the license, the date on which the

 

26  licensee will become 18 years of age and 21 years of age.

 

27        (f) In the case of a licensee who is at least 18 years of


 

 1  age but less than 21 years of age at the time of issuance of the

 

 2  license, the date on which the licensee will become 21 years of

 

 3  age.

 

 4        (c) (g) Beginning January 1, 2007, in In the case of a

 

 5  licensee who has indicated his or her wish to participate in the

 

 6  organ and tissue donor registry under part 101 of the public

 

 7  health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.10101 to 333.10109, a heart

 

 8  insignia on the front of the license.

 

 9        (d) Physical security features designed to prevent

 

10  tampering, counterfeiting, or duplication of the license for

 

11  fraudulent purposes.

 

12        (3) Except as otherwise required under this chapter, other

 

13  information required on the license pursuant to under this

 

14  chapter may appear on the license in a form prescribed by the

 

15  secretary of state.

 

16        (4) The license shall not contain a fingerprint or finger

 

17  image of the licensee.

 

18        (5) A digitized license may contain an identifier for voter

 

19  registration purposes. The digitized license may shall contain

 

20  information appearing in electronic or machine readable codes

 

21  with defined minimum data elements needed to conduct a

 

22  transaction with the secretary of state. The information shall be

 

23  limited to the person's driver license number, birth date,

 

24  license expiration date, and other information necessary for use

 

25  with electronic devices, machine readers, or automatic teller

 

26  machines and shall not contain the person's name, address,

 

27  driving record, or other personal identifier. The license shall


 

 1  identify the encoded information.

 

 2        (6) The license shall be manufactured in a manner to

 

 3  prohibit as nearly as possible the ability to reproduce, alter,

 

 4  counterfeit, forge, or duplicate the license without ready

 

 5  detection. In addition, a license with a vehicle group

 

 6  designation shall contain the information required under 49 CFR

 

 7  part 383.

 

 8        (7) Except as provided in subsection (11), a person who

 

 9  intentionally reproduces, alters, counterfeits, forges, or

 

10  duplicates a license photograph, the negative of the photograph,

 

11  image, license, or electronic data contained on a license or a

 

12  part of a license or who uses a license, image, or photograph

 

13  that has been reproduced, altered, counterfeited, forged, or

 

14  duplicated is subject to 1 of the following:

 

15        (a) If the intent of the reproduction, alteration,

 

16  counterfeiting, forging, duplication, or use is to commit or aid

 

17  in the commission of an offense that is a felony punishable by

 

18  imprisonment for 10 or more years, the person committing the

 

19  reproduction, alteration, counterfeiting, forging, duplication,

 

20  or use is guilty of a felony, punishable by imprisonment for not

 

21  more than 10 years or a fine of not more than $20,000.00, or

 

22  both.

 

23        (b) If the intent of the reproduction, alteration,

 

24  counterfeiting, forging, duplication, or use is to commit or aid

 

25  in the commission of an offense that is a felony punishable by

 

26  imprisonment for less than 10 years or a misdemeanor punishable

 

27  by imprisonment for 6 months or more, the person committing the


 

 1  reproduction, alteration, counterfeiting, forging, duplication,

 

 2  or use is guilty of a felony, punishable by imprisonment for not

 

 3  more than 5 years, or a fine of not more than $10,000.00, or

 

 4  both.

 

 5        (c) If the intent of the reproduction, alteration,

 

 6  counterfeiting, forging, duplication, or use is to commit or aid

 

 7  in the commission of an offense that is a misdemeanor punishable

 

 8  by imprisonment for less than 6 months, the person committing the

 

 9  reproduction, alteration, counterfeiting, forging, duplication,

 

10  or use is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for

 

11  not more than 1 year or a fine of not more than $2,000.00, or

 

12  both.

 

13        (8) Except as provided in subsections (11) and (16), a

 

14  person who sells, or who possesses with the intent to deliver to

 

15  another, a reproduced, altered, counterfeited, forged, or

 

16  duplicated license photograph, negative of the photograph, image,

 

17  license, or electronic data contained on a license or part of a

 

18  license is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not

 

19  more than 5 years or a fine of not more than $10,000.00, or both.

 

20        (9) Except as provided in subsections (11) and (16), a

 

21  person who is in possession of 2 or more reproduced, altered,

 

22  counterfeited, forged, or duplicated license photographs,

 

23  negatives of the photograph, images, licenses, or electronic data

 

24  contained on a license or part of a license is guilty of a felony

 

25  punishable by imprisonment for not more than 5 years or a fine of

 

26  not more than $10,000.00, or both.

 

27        (10) Except as provided in subsection (16), a person who is


 

 1  in possession of a reproduced, altered, counterfeited, forged, or

 

 2  duplicated license photograph, negative of the photograph, image,

 

 3  license, or electronic data contained on a license or part of a

 

 4  license is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for

 

 5  not more than 1 year or a fine of not more than $2,000.00, or

 

 6  both.

 

 7        (11) Subsections (7)(a) and (b), (8), and (9) do not apply

 

 8  to a minor whose intent is to violate section 703 of the Michigan

 

 9  liquor control code of 1998, 1998 PA 58, MCL 436.1703.

 

10        (12) The secretary of state, upon determining after an

 

11  examination that an applicant is mentally and physically

 

12  qualified to receive a license, may issue the applicant a

 

13  temporary driver's permit. The temporary driver's permit entitles

 

14  the applicant, while having the permit in his or her immediate

 

15  possession, to drive a motor vehicle upon the highway for a

 

16  period not exceeding 60 days before the secretary of state has

 

17  issued the applicant an operator's or chauffeur's license. The

 

18  secretary of state may establish a longer duration for the

 

19  validity of a temporary driver's permit if necessary to

 

20  accommodate the process of obtaining a background check that is

 

21  required for an applicant by federal law.

 

22        (13) An operator or chauffeur may indicate on the license in

 

23  a place designated by the secretary of state his or her blood

 

24  type, emergency contact information, immunization data,

 

25  medication data, or a statement that the licensee is deaf, or,

 

26  until January 1, 2007, a statement that the licensee is an organ

 

27  and tissue donor and has made an anatomical gift under part 101


 

 1  of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.10101 to

 

 2  333.10109.

 

 3        (14) An operator or chauffeur may indicate on the license in

 

 4  a place designated by the secretary of state that he or she has

 

 5  designated a patient advocate in accordance with sections 5506 to

 

 6  5513 5515 of the estates and protected individuals code, 1998 PA

 

 7  386, MCL 700.5506 to 700.5513 700.5515.

 

 8        (15) If the applicant provides proof to the secretary of

 

 9  state that he or she is a minor who has been emancipated under

 

10  1968 PA 293, MCL 722.1 to 722.6, the license shall bear the

 

11  designation of the individual's emancipated status in a manner

 

12  prescribed by the secretary of state.

 

13        (16) Subsections (8), (9), and (10) do not apply to a person

 

14  who is in possession of 1 or more photocopies, reproductions, or

 

15  duplications of a license to document the identity of the

 

16  licensee for a legitimate business purpose.

 

17        (17) The sticker or decal described in subsection (2)(c)(vii)

 

18  may be provided by any person, hospital, school, medical group,

 

19  or association interested in assisting in implementing the

 

20  emergency medical information card, but shall meet the

 

21  specifications of the secretary of state. The emergency medical

 

22  information card may contain the information described in

 

23  subsection (2)(c)(vi), information concerning the licensee's

 

24  patient advocate designation, other emergency medical

 

25  information, or an indication as to where the licensee has stored

 

26  or registered emergency medical information.

 

27        (18) Beginning January 1, 2007, the secretary of state shall


 

 1  inquire of each licensee, in person or by mail, whether the

 

 2  licensee agrees to participate in the organ, tissue, and eye

 

 3  donor registry under part 101 of the public health code, 1978 PA

 

 4  368, MCL 333.10101 to 333.10109.

 

 5        (19) A licensee who has agreed to participate in the organ,

 

 6  tissue, and eye donor registry under part 101 of the public

 

 7  health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.10101 to 333.10109, shall not

 

 8  be considered to have revoked that agreement solely because the

 

 9  licensee's license has been revoked or suspended or has expired.

 

10  Enrollment in the organ, tissue, and eye donor registry

 

11  constitutes a legal agreement that remains binding and in effect

 

12  after the donor's death regardless of the expressed desires of

 

13  the deceased donor's next of kin who may oppose the donor's

 

14  organ, tissue, or eye donation.

 

15        Sec. 310f. (1) Before issuing an operator's license or a

 

16  chauffeur's license to an applicant, the secretary of state shall

 

17  require and the applicant shall produce documentary evidence as

 

18  determined by the secretary of state showing that 1 or more of

 

19  the following apply to the applicant:

 

20        (a) The applicant is a citizen of the United States.

 

21        (b) The applicant is an alien lawfully admitted for

 

22  permanent or temporary residence in the United States.

 

23        (c) The applicant has conditional permanent residence status

 

24  in the United States.

 

25        (d) The applicant has a valid, unexpired nonimmigrant visa

 

26  or nonimmigrant visa status for entry into the United States.

 

27        (e) The applicant has an approved application for asylum in


 

 1  the United States.

 

 2        (f) The applicant has entered into the United States in

 

 3  refugee status.

 

 4        (g) The applicant has a pending or approved application for

 

 5  temporary protected status in the United States.

 

 6        (h) The applicant has approved deferred action status.

 

 7        (i) The applicant has a pending application for adjustment

 

 8  of status to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent

 

 9  residence in the United States or conditional permanent residence

 

10  status in the United States.

 

11        (2) If an applicant presents evidence described in

 

12  subsection (1)(d) through (i), the secretary of state shall not

 

13  issue an operator's license or chauffeur's license under section

 

14  307, but may issue a temporary operator's license or chauffeur's

 

15  license to the applicant. A temporary operator's license or

 

16  chauffeur's license issued under this subsection is valid only

 

17  during the period of time that the applicant is authorized to

 

18  stay in the United States or, if there is no definite end to the

 

19  period of authorized stay, for 1 year.

 

20        (3) A temporary operator's license or chauffeur's license

 

21  issued under this section shall clearly indicate that it is

 

22  temporary and shall state the date on which it expires.

 

23        (4) A temporary operator's license or chauffeur's license

 

24  issued under this section may be renewed only upon presentation

 

25  of valid documentary evidence that the status by which the

 

26  applicant qualified for the temporary operator's license or

 

27  chauffeur's license has been extended by the United States


 

 1  secretary of homeland security.

 

 2        (5) The secretary of state shall verify with the issuing

 

 3  agency the validity and completeness of each document presented

 

 4  by an applicant for an operator's license or chauffeur's license

 

 5  under this chapter. The secretary of state shall not accept a

 

 6  foreign document, other than an official passport, to satisfy the

 

 7  application requirements under this chapter.

 

 8        (6) The secretary of state shall use technology to capture

 

 9  digital images of identity source documents so that the images

 

10  are capable of being retained in electronic storage in a

 

11  transferable format.

 

12        (7) The secretary of state shall retain paper copies of

 

13  source documents presented by an applicant to obtain an

 

14  operator's license or chauffeur's license under this chapter for

 

15  not less than 7 years or images of those source documents for not

 

16  less than 10 years.

 

17        (8) The secretary of state shall establish an effective

 

18  procedure to confirm or verify a renewing applicant's

 

19  information.

 

20        (9) The secretary of state shall confirm with the social

 

21  security administration a social security account number

 

22  presented by a person using the full social security account

 

23  number or confirm the applicant's ineligibility for issuance of a

 

24  social security number.

 

25        (10) The secretary of state shall refuse to issue an

 

26  operator's license or a chauffeur's license to a person holding

 

27  an operator's license or chauffeur's license issued by another


 

 1  state without confirmation that the person is terminating or has

 

 2  terminated the operator's license or chauffeur's license issued

 

 3  by the other state.

 

 4        (11) The secretary of state shall do all of the following:

 

 5        (a) Ensure the physical security of locations where

 

 6  operator's licenses and chauffeur's licenses are produced and the

 

 7  security of document materials and papers from which operator's

 

 8  licenses and chauffeur's licenses are produced.

 

 9        (b) Subject all persons authorized to manufacture or produce

 

10  operator's licenses or chauffeur's licenses to appropriate

 

11  security clearance requirements.

 

12        (c) Establish fraudulent document recognition training

 

13  programs for appropriate employees engaged in the issuance of

 

14  operator's licenses and chauffeur's licenses.

 

15        (12) For purposes of this chapter, the secretary of state

 

16  shall presume that an operator's license or chauffeur's license

 

17  for which an application has been made for renewal, duplication,

 

18  or reissuance was issued in accordance with the provisions of

 

19  this chapter if at the time the application is made the

 

20  operator's license or chauffeur's license is not expired,

 

21  canceled, suspended, or revoked. The presumption created under

 

22  this subsection does not apply if the secretary of state is

 

23  notified by a local, state, or federal governmental agency that

 

24  the person seeking a renewal, duplication, or reissuance is

 

25  either of the following:

 

26        (a) Not a citizen of the United States.

 

27        (b) Not legally in the United States.


 

 1        Sec. 310g. (1) This state shall enter into a memorandum of

 

 2  understanding with the United States secretary of homeland

 

 3  security to routinely utilize the automated system known as

 

 4  systematic alien verification for entitlements, as provided by

 

 5  section 404 of the illegal immigration reform and immigrant

 

 6  responsibility act of 1996, 110 Stat. 3009-664, to verify the

 

 7  legal presence status of a person, other than a United States

 

 8  citizen, applying for an operator's license or chauffeur's

 

 9  license.

 

10        (2) This state may enter into and participate in the

 

11  interstate compact regarding sharing of driver license data,

 

12  known as the "driver license agreement", in order to provide

 

13  electronic access by a state to information contained in the

 

14  motor vehicle databases of all other states. The secretary of

 

15  state shall establish and maintain a motor vehicle database

 

16  containing the information required under the driver license

 

17  agreement.

 

18        Sec. 314. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section

 

19  chapter, operator's licenses and chauffeur's licenses expire on

 

20  the birthday of the person to whom the license is issued in the

 

21  fourth year following the date of the issuance of the license

 

22  unless suspended or revoked before that date. A license shall not

 

23  be issued for a period longer than 4 years. A person holding a

 

24  license at any time 12 months before the expiration of his or her

 

25  license may apply for a new license as provided for in this

 

26  chapter. A knowledge test for an original group designation or

 

27  indorsement may be taken at any time during this period and the


 

 1  results are valid for 12 months. A license renewed under this

 

 2  subsection shall be renewed for the time remaining on the license

 

 3  before its renewal combined with the 4-year renewal period.

 

 4        (2) The first operator's license issued to a person who at

 

 5  the time of application is less than 20-1/2 years of age expires

 

 6  on the licensee's twenty-first birthday unless suspended or

 

 7  revoked.

 

 8        (3) The first chauffeur's license issued to a person expires

 

 9  on the licensee's birthday in the fourth year following the date

 

10  of issuance unless the license is suspended or revoked before

 

11  that date. The chauffeur's license of a person who at the time of

 

12  application is less than 20-1/2 years of age expires on the

 

13  licensee's twenty-first birthday unless suspended or revoked. A

 

14  subsequent chauffeur's license expires on the birthday of the

 

15  person to whom the license is issued in the fourth year following

 

16  the date of issuance of the license unless the license is

 

17  suspended or revoked before that date.

 

18        (4) A person may apply for an extension of his or her

 

19  driving privileges if he or she is out of state on the date that

 

20  his or her operator's or chauffeur's license expires. The

 

21  extension may extend the license for 180 days beyond the

 

22  expiration date or not more than 2 weeks after the applicant

 

23  returns to Michigan, whichever occurs first.

 

24        (5) Except for an operator's or chauffeur's license with a

 

25  hazardous material indorsement, the secretary of state may issue

 

26  a renewal operator's or chauffeur's license to a person who will

 

27  be out of state for more than 180 days beyond the expiration date


 

 1  of his or her operator's or chauffeur's license, if the secretary

 

 2  of state has a digital image of the person on file. The applicant

 

 3  for this renewal shall submit a statement evidencing a vision

 

 4  examination in accordance with the rules promulgated by the

 

 5  secretary of state under section 309 and any other statement

 

 6  required by this act or federal law. A person is not eligible for

 

 7  consecutive renewals of a license under this subsection.

 

 8        (6) The secretary of state may check the applicant's driving

 

 9  record through the national driver register and the commercial

 

10  driver license information system before issuing a renewal under

 

11  this section.

 

12        Sec. 811. (1) An application for an original operator's or

 

13  an original or renewal chauffeur's license as provided in

 

14  sections 307 and 312 and an application for an original minor's

 

15  restricted license as provided in section 312 shall be

 

16  accompanied by the following fees:

 

 

17      Operator's license............$ 25.00 not more than $35.00

18      Chauffeur's license............ 35.00 not more than $45.00

19      Minor's restricted license..... 25.00 not more than $35.00

 

 

20        The renewal fee for an operator's license renewed under this

 

21  section is $18.00 shall not be more than $30.00. However, if an

 

22  operator's license is expired at the time of the renewal, the fee

 

23  is the same as the original fee, except as provided in subsection

 

24  (4). The date of an application for a renewal of an operator's

 

25  license under this section that is delivered to the secretary of

 

26  state by regular mail is the postmark date in determining the fee


 

 1  to be assessed.

 

 2        (2) The secretary of state shall deposit the money received

 

 3  and collected under subsection (1) in the state treasury to the

 

 4  credit of the general fund. The secretary of state shall refund

 

 5  out of the fees collected to each county or municipality acting

 

 6  as an examining officer or examining bureau $2.50 for each

 

 7  applicant examined for an original license, $1.00 for each

 

 8  applicant examined for an original chauffeur's license, and $1.00

 

 9  for every other applicant examined, if the application is not

 

10  denied and the money refunded is paid to the county or local

 

11  treasurer and is appropriated to the county, municipality, or

 

12  officer or bureau receiving the money for the purpose of carrying

 

13  out this act. The state treasurer shall deposit the sum of $4.00

 

14  in the traffic law enforcement and safety fund created in section

 

15  819a for each person examined for an original license, a renewal

 

16  operator's license, an original chauffeur's license, or a renewal

 

17  chauffeur's license. , except that the sum deposited for each 2-

 

18  year operator's or 2-year chauffeur's license shall be $2.00.

 

19        (3) Notwithstanding sections 306 and 308, an operator's

 

20  license shall not be issued to a person under 18 years of age

 

21  unless that person successfully passes a driver education course

 

22  and examination given by a school licensed under the driver

 

23  education and training schools act, 1974 PA 369, MCL 256.601 to

 

24  256.612. A person who has been a holder of a motor vehicle

 

25  operator's license issued by any other state, territory, or

 

26  possession of the United States, or any other sovereignty for 1

 

27  year immediately before application for an operator's license


 

 1  under this act is not required to comply with this subsection.

 

 2  Restricted licenses may be issued pursuant to section 312 without

 

 3  compliance with this subsection.

 

 4        (4) A person who is on active military service at the time

 

 5  his or her operator's license expires shall be charged the

 

 6  renewal rate for renewing his or her operator's license under

 

 7  this section if all of the following apply:

 

 8        (a) He or she applies for renewal within 30 days of

 

 9  returning to this state from active duty.

 

10        (b) He or she held a valid, unexpired operator's license

 

11  from this state immediately prior to leaving this state for

 

12  active military service.

 

13        (c) He or she presents such documentation as the secretary

 

14  of state requires to establish eligibility under this subsection.

 

15        (5) The revenue from the increase in fees under this section

 

16  that is authorized by the amendatory act that added this

 

17  subsection is appropriated to the general fund to be used by the

 

18  secretary of state to pay the necessary expenses incurred by the

 

19  secretary of state in the administration and enforcement of the

 

20  amendatory act that added this subsection.

 

21        Sec. 812. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection

 

22  (2), for each duplicate license as provided in section 313, and

 

23  for each correction of a license, a person may apply for renewal

 

24  of the license and pay the renewal fee prescribed in this act or

 

25  the person may, at his or her option and upon payment of the fee

 

26  prescribed in this section, apply for a duplicate license which

 

27  expires on the same date as the license which was lost,


 

 1  destroyed, mutilated, or became illegible. The secretary of state

 

 2  may check the applicant's driving record through the national

 

 3  driver register and the commercial driver license information

 

 4  system before issuing a license under this section. The fee for a

 

 5  duplicate chauffeur's license is $18.00 not more than $25.00. The

 

 6  fee for a duplicate operator's license is $9.00 not more than

 

 7  $15.00. A renewal fee shall not be charged for a change of

 

 8  address, a correction required to correct a department error, or,

 

 9  beginning January 1, 2007, to add or remove a heart insignia

 

10  described in section 310.

 

11        (2) Except with regard to a person who is less than 21 years

 

12  of age or a person with a license containing a hazardous material

 

13  indorsement, for each duplicate license as provided in section

 

14  313, and for each correction of a license, a person shall apply

 

15  for renewal of the license and pay the renewal fee prescribed in

 

16  this act if the license was due to expire within the next 12

 

17  months. Except as otherwise provided in this act, a license

 

18  renewed under this subsection shall be renewed for the combined

 

19  period of the time remaining on the license before its renewal

 

20  and the 4-year renewal period.

 

21        (3) The revenue from the increase in fees under this section

 

22  that is authorized by the amendatory act that added this

 

23  subsection is appropriated to the general fund to be used by the

 

24  secretary of state to pay the necessary expenses incurred by the

 

25  secretary of state in the administration and enforcement of the

 

26  amendatory act that added this subsection.

 

27        Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect January


 

 1  1, 2009.

 

 2        Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

 3  unless Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5519(request no.

 

 4  01675'07) of the 94th Legislature is enacted into law.