Act No. 31

Public Acts of 2008

Approved by the Governor

March 13, 2008

Filed with the Secretary of State

March 13, 2008

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 13, 2008

STATE OF MICHIGAN

94TH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2008

Introduced by Senator Sanborn

ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 654

AN ACT to amend 1972 PA 222, entitled "An act to provide for an official personal identification card; to provide for its form, issuance and use; to regulate the use and disclosure of information obtained from the card; to prescribe the powers and duties of the secretary of state; to prescribe fees; to prescribe certain penalties for violations; and to provide an appropriation for certain purposes," by amending sections 1, 1a, and 2 (MCL 28.291, 28.291a, and 28.292), sections 1 and 2 as amended by 2005 PA 143 and section 1a as added by 1997 PA 99.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 1. (1) A person who is a resident of this state may apply to the department of state for an official state personal identification card. Upon application, the applicant shall supply a photographic identity document, a birth certificate or other nonphotographic identity document, and other sufficient documents as the secretary of state may require to verify the identity and citizenship of the applicant. If an applicant for an official state personal identification card is not a citizen of the United States, the applicant shall supply a photographic identity document and other sufficient documents to verify the identity of the applicant and the applicant's legal presence in the United States under subsection (3). The documents required under this subsection shall include the applicant's full legal name, date of birth, and address and residency and demonstrate that the applicant is a citizen of the United States or is legally present in the United States. If the applicant's full legal name differs from the name of the applicant that appears on a document presented under this subsection, the applicant shall present documents to verify his or her current full legal name. An application for a state personal identification card shall be made in a manner prescribed by the secretary of state and shall contain the applicant's full legal name, date of birth, residence address, height, sex, eye color, signature, intent to be an organ donor, other information required or permitted on the official state personal identification card and, only to the extent to comply with federal law, the applicant's social security number. The applicant may provide a mailing address if the applicant receives mail at an address different from his or her residence address.

(2) The secretary of state shall not issue an official state personal identification card to a person who holds an operator's or chauffeur's license issued under the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.1 to 257.923, unless the license has been suspended, revoked, or restricted.

(3) If the applicant is not a citizen of the United States, the applicant shall provide documents demonstrating his or her legal presence in the United States. A person legally present in the United States includes, but is not limited to, a person authorized by the United States government for employment in the United States, a person with nonimmigrant status authorized under federal law, and a person who is the beneficiary of an approved immigrant visa petition or an approved labor certification. The secretary of state shall adopt rules under the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328, as are necessary for the administration of this subsection. A determination by the secretary of state that an applicant is not legally present in the United States may be appealed under section 631 of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.631.

(4) The secretary of state shall not disclose a social security number obtained under subsection (1) to another person except for use for 1 or more of the following purposes:

(a) Compliance with 49 USC 31301 to 31317 and regulations and rules related to this act.

(b) To carry out the purposes of section 466(a) of the social security act, 42 USC 666, in connection with matters relating to paternity, child support, or overdue child support.

(c) With the department of community health, for comparison with vital records maintained by the department of community health under part 28 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.2801 to 333.2899.

(d) As otherwise required by law.

(5) The secretary of state shall not display a person's social security number on the person's official state personal identification card.

(6) A requirement under this section to include a social security number on an application does not apply to an applicant who demonstrates he or she is exempt under law from obtaining a social security number.

(7) The secretary of state, with the approval of the state administrative board created under 1921 PA 2, MCL 17.1 to 17.3, may enter into agreements with the United States government to verify whether an applicant for an official state personal identification card under this section who is not a citizen of the United States is authorized under federal law to be present in the United States.

(8) The secretary of state shall not issue an official state personal identification card to a person holding an official state personal identification card issued by another state without confirmation that the person is terminating or has terminated the official state personal identification card issued by the other state.

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

(a) Ensure the physical security of locations where official state personal identification cards are produced and the security of document materials and papers from which official state personal identification cards are produced.

(b) Subject all persons authorized to manufacture or produce official state personal identification cards and all persons who have the ability to affect the identity information that appears on official state personal identification cards to appropriate security clearance requirements. The security requirements of this subdivision and subdivision (a) may require that official state personal identification cards be manufactured or produced in this state.

(c) Provide fraudulent document recognition programs to department of state employees engaged in the issuance of official state personal identification cards.

Sec. 1a. As used in this act:

(a) "Highly restricted personal information" includes an individual's photograph or image, social security number, digitized signature, and medical and disability information and source documents presented by an applicant to obtain a personal identification card under section 1.

(b) "Personal information" means information that identifies an individual, including the individual's photograph or image, name, address (but not the 5-digit zip code), driver license number, social security number, telephone number, digitized signature, and medical and disability information.

(c) "Residence address" means the place that is the settled home or domicile at which a person legally resides, which meets the definition of residence as defined in section 11 of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.11.

(d) "Resident" means every person who resides in this state and establishes that he or she is legally present in the United States. This definition applies to the provisions of this act only.

Sec. 2. (1) The official state personal identification card shall contain the following:

(a) An identification number permanently assigned to the person.

(b) The full legal name, date of birth, sex, residence address, height, weight, eye color, digital photographic image, signature of the applicant, and expiration date of the official state personal identification card.

(c) An indication that the identification card contains 1 or more of the following:

(i) The blood type of the person.

(ii) Immunization data of the person.

(iii) Medication data of the person.

(iv) A statement that the person is deaf.

(d) In the case of a holder of an official state personal identification card who has indicated his or her wish to participate in the organ and tissue donor registry under part 101 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.10101 to 333.10109, a heart insignia on the front of the official state personal identification card.

(e) Physical security features designed to prevent tampering, counterfeiting, or duplication of the official state personal identification card for fraudulent purposes.

(2) In conjunction with the application for or, until January 1, 2007, the issuance of an official state personal identification card, the secretary of state shall do all of the following:

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

(i) Information explaining the applicant's right to make an anatomical gift in the event of death under part 101 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.10101 to 333.10109, and in accordance with this section.

(ii) Information describing the organ, tissue, and eye donor registry program maintained by Michigan's federally designated organ procurement organization or its successor organization. The information required under this subparagraph includes the address and telephone number of Michigan's federally designated organ procurement organization or its successor organization.

(iii) Information giving the applicant the opportunity to have his or her name placed on the registry described in subparagraph (ii).

(b) Provide the applicant with the opportunity to specify on his or her official state personal identification card that he or she is willing to make an anatomical gift in the event of death pursuant to part 101 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.10101 to 333.10109, and in accordance with this section.

(c) Inform the applicant that, if he or she indicates to the secretary of state under this section a willingness to have his or her name placed on the registry described in subdivision (a)(ii), the secretary of state will mark the applicant's record for the registry.

(3) The secretary of state may fulfill the requirements of subsection (2) by 1 or more of the following methods:

(a) Providing printed material enclosed with a mailed notice for the issuance or renewal of an official state personal identification card.

(b) Providing printed material to an applicant who personally appears at a secretary of state branch office.

(c) Through electronic information transmittals for applications processed by electronic means.

(4) Until January 1, 2007, if an applicant indicates a willingness under this section to have his or her name placed on the registry described in subsection (2)(a)(ii), the secretary of state shall within 10 days forward the applicant's name, address, and date of birth to the organ donor registry maintained by Michigan's federally designated organ procurement organization or its successor organization. The secretary of state may forward information under this subsection by mail or by electronic means. The secretary of state shall not maintain a record of the name or address of an individual who indicates a willingness to have his or her name placed on the organ donor registry after forwarding that information to the organ donor registry under this subsection. Information about an applicant's indication of a willingness to have his or her name placed on the organ donor registry obtained by the secretary of state under subsection (2) and forwarded under this subsection is exempt from disclosure under section 13(1)(d) of the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.243.

(5) The secretary of state shall prescribe the form of the identification card. The secretary of state shall designate on the identification card a space where the applicant may place a sticker or decal of the uniform size as the secretary may specify to indicate that the cardholder carries a separate emergency medical information card. The sticker or decal may be provided by any person, hospital, school, medical group, or association interested in assisting in implementing the emergency medical information card, but shall meet the specifications of the secretary of state. The sticker or decal also may be used to indicate that the cardholder has designated 1 or more patient advocates in accordance with section5506 of the estates and protected individuals code, 1998 PA 386, MCL 700.5506. The emergency medical information card, carried separately by the cardholder, may contain the information described in subsection (2)(c), information concerning the cardholder's patient advocate designation, other emergency medical information, or an indication as to where the cardholder has stored or registered emergency medical information. An original identification card or the renewal of an existing identification card issued to a person less than 21 years of age shall be portrait or vertical in form and an identification card issued to a person 21 years of age or over shall be landscape or horizontal in form. Except as otherwise required in this act, other information required on the identification card under this act may appear on the identification card in a form prescribed by the secretary of state.

(6) The identification card shall not contain a fingerprint or finger image of the applicant.

(7) Except as provided in this subsection, the secretary of state shall retain and use a person's digital photographic image and signature described in subsection (1)(b) only for programs administered by the secretary of state as specifically authorized by law. A person's digital photographic image or signature shall only be used as follows:

(a) By a federal, state, or local governmental agency for a law enforcement purpose authorized by law.

(b) By the secretary of state for a use specifically authorized by law.

(c) The secretary of state shall forward to the department of state police the images of persons required to be registered under the sex offenders registration act, 1994 PA 295, MCL 28.721 to 28.736, upon the department of state police providing the secretary of state an updated list of those persons.

(d) As necessary to comply with a law of this state or the United States.

(8) If a person presents evidence of statutory blindness as provided in 1978 PA 260, MCL 393.351 to 393.368, and is issued or is the holder of an official state personal identification card, the secretary of state shall mark the person's identification card in a manner that clearly indicates that the cardholder is legally blind.

(9) The secretary of state shall maintain a record of an individual who indicates a willingness to have his or her name placed on the registry described in subsection (2)(a)(ii). Information about a person's indication of a willingness to have his or her name placed on the registry that is obtained by the secretary of state and forwarded under this section is exempt from disclosure under section 13(1)(d) of the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.243. The secretary of state shall establish and maintain the organ, tissue, and eye donor registry in a manner that provides electronic access, including, but not limited to, the transfer of data to this state's federally designated organ procurement organizations, their successor organizations, and tissue and eye banks with limitations on the use of and access to the donor registry as determined by the secretary of state.

(10) An official state personal identification card may contain an identifier for voter registration purposes.

(11) An official state personal identification card shall contain information appearing in electronic or machine readable codes needed to conduct a transaction with the secretary of state. The information shall be limited to the person's identification card number, birth date, expiration date, full legal name, date of transaction, gender, address, state of issuance, and other information necessary for use with electronic devices, machine readers, or automatic teller machines and shall not contain the person's driving record or other personal identifier. The identification card shall identify the encoded information.

(12) An official state personal identification card shall be issued only upon authorization of the secretary of state, and shall be manufactured in a manner to prohibit as nearly as possible the ability to reproduce, alter, counterfeit, forge, or duplicate the identification card without ready detection.

(13) Except as otherwise provided in this act, an applicant shall pay a fee of $10.00 to the secretary of state for each original or renewal identification card issued. The department of treasury shall deposit the fees received and collected under this section in the state treasury to the credit of the general fund. The legislature shall appropriate the fees credited to the general fund under this act to the secretary of state for the administration of this act. Appropriations from the Michigan transportation fund created under section 10 of 1951 PA 51, MCL 247.660, shall not be used to compensate the secretary of state for costs incurred and services performed under this section.

(14) An original or renewal official state personal identification card expires on the birthday of the person to whom it is issued in the fourth year following the date of issuance or on the date the person is no longer considered to be legally present in the United States under section 1, whichever is earlier. The secretary of state shall not issue an official state personal identification card under this act for a period greater than 4 years. Except as provided in this subsection, a person may apply for a renewal of an official state personal identification card by mail or by other methods prescribed by the secretary of state. The secretary of state shall require renewal in person by a person required under section 5a of the sex offenders registration act, 1994 PA 295, MCL 28.725a, to maintain a valid operator's or chauffeur's license or official state personal identification card.

(15) The secretary of state shall waive the fee under this section if the applicant is any of the following:

(a) A person 65 years of age or older.

(b) A person who has had his or her operator's or chauffeur's license suspended, revoked, or denied under the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.1 to 257.923, because of a mental or physical infirmity or disability.

(c) A person who presents evidence of statutory blindness as provided in 1978 PA 260, MCL 393.351 to 393.368.

(d) A person who presents other good cause for a fee waiver.

(e) A person who wishes to add or remove a heart insignia described in subsection (1)(f).

(16) A person who has been issued an official state personal identification card shall apply for a renewal official state personal identification card if the person changes his or her name.

(17) A person who has been issued an official state personal identification card shall apply for a corrected identification card if he or she changes his or her residential address. The secretary of state may correct the address on an identification card by a method prescribed by the secretary of state. A fee shall not be charged for a change of residential address.

(18) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (16) and (17), a person who has been issued an official state personal identification card may apply for a renewal official state personal identification card for 1 or more of the following reasons:

(a) The person wants to change any information on the identification card.

(b) An identification card issued under this act is lost, destroyed, or mutilated, or becomes illegible.

(19) A person may indicate on an official state personal identification card in a place designated by the secretary of state his or her blood type, emergency contact information, immunization data, medication data, a statement that the person is deaf, or, until January 1, 2007, a statement that the person has made an anatomical gift under part 101 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.10101 to 333.10109.

(20) If an applicant provides proof to the secretary of state that he or she is a minor who has been emancipated under 1968 PA 293, MCL 722.1 to 722.6, the official state personal identification card shall bear the designation of the individual's emancipated status in a manner prescribed by the secretary of state.

(21) The secretary of state shall inquire of each person who applies for or who holds an official state personal identification card, in person or by mail, whether he or she agrees to participate in the organ, tissue, and eye donor registry under part 101 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.10101 to 333.10109. A person who has agreed to participate in that registry shall not be considered to have revoked that agreement solely because the person's official state personal identification card has expired. Enrollment in the organ, tissue, and eye donor registry constitutes a legal agreement that remains binding and in effect after the donor's death regardless of the expressed desires of the deceased donor's next of kin who may oppose the donor's organ, tissue, or eye donation.

(22) A valid official state personal identification card presented by the person to whom the card is issued shall be considered the same as a valid state of Michigan driver license when identification is requested except as otherwise specifically provided by law.

Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless House Bill No. 4505 of the 94th Legislature is enacted into law.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Secretary of the Senate

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Approved

Governor