November 29, 2016, Introduced by Rep. Lyons and referred to the Committee on Elections.
A bill 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), section 1 as amended by 2012 PA 25, section 1a as amended
by 2008 PA 31, and section 2 as amended by 2016 PA 203.
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
(5). (7). The documents required under this subsection
shall
must include the applicant's full legal name, date of
birth,
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 must be made in a manner prescribed by
the
secretary of state and shall must
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 accept as 1 of the
identification documents required under subsection (1) an
identification card issued by the department of corrections to
prisoners who are placed on parole or released from a correctional
facility, containing the prisoner's legal name, photograph, and
other information identifying the prisoner as provided in section
37(4) of the corrections code of 1953, 1953 PA 232, MCL 791.237.
(3) Beginning February 1, 2018, in lieu of a birth certificate
or other nonphotographic identity document required under
subsection (1), the secretary of state shall accept as 1 of the
identification documents required under subsection (1) a
nonphotographic identity document described in this subsection. A
state personal identification card issued by the secretary of state
using a nonphotographic identity document described in this
subsection shall only be issued if that issuance otherwise complies
with federal and state law and is a valid form of photo
identification for voting purposes only. A nonphotographic identity
document under this subsection is limited to an affidavit made by
an applicant under penalty of perjury and in a form prescribed by
the secretary of state. An affidavit made under this subsection
must include all of the following:
(a) The applicant's date of birth as represented by the
applicant.
(b) That the applicant is a citizen of the United States and
was born outside of this state and possesses the qualifications of
an elector under section 492 of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA
116, MCL 168.492.
(c) That the applicant has attempted and failed to obtain a
birth certificate or other form of nonphotographic identification
required under subsection (1) from the applicant's state or United
States territory of birth as a result of either of the following:
(i) Inadequate, nonexistent, or lost records in the
applicant's state or territory of birth.
(ii) The indigency of the applicant and the cost of the
record.
(d) That the applicant does not possess any other form of
photo identification for voting purposes.
(e) Documentation from the applicant's state or United States
territory of birth supporting the applicant's attestation under
subdivision (c)(i) if applicable, and not less than 1 document
supporting the applicant's attestation under subdivision (a).
(4) The secretary of state shall establish a procedure for
issuing an individual a state personal identification card under
subsection (3).
(5) (3)
The secretary of state shall have
electronic access to
prisoner information maintained by the department of corrections
for the purpose of verifying the identity of a prisoner who applies
for an official state identification card under subsection (1).
(6) (4)
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.
(7) (5)
If the applicant is not a citizen
of the United
States, the applicant shall provide, and the department shall
verify, documents demonstrating his or her legal presence in the
United States. Nothing in this act shall obligate or be construed
to obligate this state to comply with title II of the real ID act
of 2005, Public Law 109-13. The secretary of state may 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.
(8) (6)
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, health and human
services for comparison with vital records maintained by the
department
of community health and
human services under part 28 of
the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.2801 to 333.2899.
(d) As otherwise required by law.
(9) (7)
The secretary of state shall not
display a person's
social security number on the person's official state personal
identification card.
(10) (8)
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.
(11) (9)
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.
(12) (10)
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.
(13) (11)
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) "Photo identification for voting purposes" means that term
as defined in section 20(a) of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA
116, MCL 168.20.
(d) (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 that term is defined in
section 11 of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.11.
(e) (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) An official state personal identification card
shall
must contain the following:
(a) An identification number permanently assigned to the
individual to whom the card is issued.
(b) The full legal name, date of birth, sex, residence
address, height, weight, eye color, digital photographic image,
signature of or verification and certification by the applicant, as
determined by the secretary of state, 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 individual.
(ii) Immunization data of the individual.
(iii) Medication data of the individual.
(iv) A statement that the individual 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 anatomical gift donor registry under part 101 of
the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.10101 to 333.10123, a
heart insignia on the front of the official state personal
identification card.
(e) If requested by an individual who is a veteran as that
term is defined in section 1 of 1965 PA 190, MCL 35.61, a
designation that the individual is a veteran. The designation shall
be in a style and format considered appropriate by the secretary of
state. The secretary of state shall require proof of discharge or
separation of service from the armed forces of this state, another
state, or the United States, and the nature of that discharge, for
the purposes of verifying an individual's status as a veteran under
this subdivision. The secretary of state shall consult with the
department of military and veterans affairs in determining the
proof that shall be required to identify an individual's status as
a veteran for the purposes of this subsection. The secretary of
state may provide the department of military and veterans affairs
and agencies of the counties of this state that provide veteran
services with information provided by an applicant under this
subsection for the purpose of veterans' benefits eligibility
referral.
(f) 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 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 333.10123, and in
accordance with this section.
(ii) Information describing the donor registry program
maintained by Michigan's federally designated organ procurement
organization or its successor organization under section 10120 of
the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.10120. The information
required under this subparagraph includes the address and telephone
number of Michigan's federally designated organ procurement
organization or its successor organization as described in section
10120 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.10120.
(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 333.10123, 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 donor registry described in subdivision
(a)(ii), the secretary of state will mark the applicant's record
for the donor 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) The secretary of state shall prescribe the form of the
official state personal identification card. The secretary of state
shall designate a space on the identification card where the
applicant may place a sticker or decal of a 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 section 5506 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 an individual less
than 21 years of age shall be portrait or vertical in form and an
identification card issued to an individual 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.
(5) The identification card shall not contain a fingerprint or
finger image of the applicant.
(6) Except as provided in this subsection, the secretary of
state shall retain and use an individual'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. An individual'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 individuals 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 individuals.
(d) As necessary to comply with a law of this state or the
United States.
(7) If an individual 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 individual's identification
card in a manner that clearly indicates that the cardholder is
legally blind.
(8) The secretary of state shall maintain a record of an
individual who indicates a willingness to have his or her name
placed on the donor registry described in subsection (2)(a)(ii).
Information about an individual's indication of a willingness to
have his or her name placed on the donor 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. As required in section
10120 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.10120, the
secretary of state shall establish and maintain the donor registry
in a manner that complies with that section and that provides
electronic access, including, but not limited to, the transfer of
data to this state's federally designated organ procurement
organization or its successor organization, tissue banks, and eye
banks.
(9) An official state personal identification card may contain
an identifier for voter registration purposes. The secretary of
state may mark a state personal identification card in a manner
that clearly indicates that it is valid for voting purposes only if
the state personal identification card was issued under section
1(3).
(10) 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 information described in
subsection (1)(a) and (b) except for the person's digital
photographic image and signature or verification and certification,
state of issuance, and other information necessary for use with
electronic devices, machine readers, or automatic teller machines
and shall not contain the individual's driving record or other
personal identifier. The identification card shall identify the
encoded information.
(11) 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.
(12) 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 official state personal 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.
(13) An original or renewal official state personal
identification card expires on the birthday of the individual to
whom it is issued in the fourth year following the date of issuance
or on the date the individual 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, the secretary of
state may issue a renewal official state personal identification
card for 1 additional 4-year period by mail or by other methods
prescribed by the secretary of state. The secretary of state shall
require renewal in person by an individual 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.
(14) The secretary of state shall waive the fee under this
section if the applicant is any of the following:
(a) An individual 65 years of age or older.
(b) An individual 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) An individual who presents evidence of statutory blindness
as provided in 1978 PA 260, MCL 393.351 to 393.368.
(d) An individual who presents other good cause for a fee
waiver.
(e) An individual who wishes to add or remove a heart insignia
described in subsection (1)(d).
(f) An individual who does not possess photo identification
for voting purposes and who possesses the qualifications of an
elector under section 492 of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA
116, MCL 168.492.
(15) An individual who has been issued an official state
personal identification card shall apply for a renewal official
state personal identification card if the individual changes his or
her name.
(16) An individual 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 residence
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 residence
address.
(17) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (15) and
(16), an individual 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 individual 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.
(18) An individual 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, or a statement that the individual is deaf.
(19) No later than January 1, 2017, the secretary of state
shall develop and shall, in conjunction with the department of
state police, implement a process using the L.E.I.N. or any other
appropriate
system that limits access to law enforcement that would
allow
allows law enforcement agencies of this state to access
emergency contact information that the holder of an official state
personal identification card has voluntarily provided to the
secretary of state. As used in this subsection, "emergency contact
information" means the name, telephone number, or address of an
individual that is used for the sole purpose of contacting that
individual when the holder of an official state personal
identification card has been involved in an emergency.
(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 individual
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 anatomical gift donor registry under part 101
of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.10101 to 333.10123.
An individual who has agreed to participate in the donor registry
shall not be considered to have revoked that agreement solely
because the individual's official state personal identification
card
has expired. Enrollment in the donor registry constitutes is 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 anatomical gift.
(22) A valid official state personal identification card
presented
by the individual to whom the card is issued shall be is
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 takes effect February
1, 2018.
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless all of the following bills of the 98th Legislature are
enacted into law:
(a) Senate Bill No. ____ or House Bill No. 6066 (request no.
06687'16 *).
(b) Senate Bill No. ____ or House Bill No. 6067 (request no.
06688'16 *).