SB-0817, As Passed House, December 8, 2004

HOUSE SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL NO. 817

                                                                             A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled                                             

"Michigan vehicle code,"                                                    

by amending section 307 (MCL 257.307), as amended by 2004 PA 362,           

and by adding section 217o.                                                 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1   Sec. 217o.  (1) The organ and tissue donation education fund                

2   is created within the state treasury.                                       

3       (2) The state treasurer may receive money or other assets                   

4   from any source for deposit into the fund.  The state treasurer             

5   shall direct the investment of the fund.  The state treasurer               

6   shall credit to the fund interest and earnings from fund                    

7   investments.                                                                

8   (3) Money in the fund at the close of the fiscal year shall                 

9   remain in the fund and shall not lapse to the general fund.                 

10      (4) The state treasurer shall disburse money in the fund on a               

1   monthly basis to the chronic disease division of the department             

2   of community health.  The chronic disease division shall only use           

3   the money to provide grants for programs and initiatives to                 

4   encourage residents of this state to place their names on the               

5   organ donor registry.                                                       

6       (5) Not more than 8% of all money received by the state each                

7   year for deposit into the fund shall be used by the department of           

8   community health and the secretary of state, collectively, for              

9   administrative expenses.                                                    

10      (6) As used in this section, "fund" means the organ and                     

11  tissue donation education fund created in subsection (1).

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

13  license shall supply a birth certificate attesting to his or her            

14  age or other sufficient documents or identification as the                  

15  secretary of state may require.  An application for an operator's           

16  or chauffeur's license shall be made in a manner prescribed by              

17  the secretary of state and shall contain all of the following:              

18      (a) The applicant's full name, date of birth, residence                     

19  address, height, sex, eye color, signature, other information               

20  required or permitted on the license under this chapter, and, to            

21  the extent required to comply with federal law, the applicant's             

22  social security number.  The applicant may provide a mailing                

23  address if the applicant receives mail at an address different              

24  from his or her residence address.                                          

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

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

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

1   secretary of state is required to use the residence address                 

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

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

4     "NOTICE:  Michigan law requires that the same address be used             

5     for voter registration and driver license purposes.  Therefore,           

6     if the residence address you provide in this application                  

7     differs from your voter registration address as it appears on             

8     the qualified voter file, the secretary of state will                     

9     automatically change your voter registration to match the                 

10    residence address on this application, after which your voter             

11    registration at your former address will no longer be valid for           

12    voting purposes.  A new voter registration card, containing the           

13    information of your polling place, will be provided to you by             

14    the clerk of the jurisdiction where your residence address is             

15    located.".                                                                

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

17  license with a vehicle group designation or indorsement, the                

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

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

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

21  group designation or indorsement, the following certifications by           

22  the applicant:                                                              

23                                                                               (i) The applicant meets the applicable federal driver                               

24  qualification requirements under 49 CFR part 391 if the applicant           

25  operates or intends to operate in interstate commerce or meets              

26  the applicable qualifications under the rules promulgated by the            

1   department of state police under the motor carrier safety act of            

2   1963, 1963 PA 181, MCL 480.11 to 480.22, if the applicant                   

3   operates or intends to operate in intrastate commerce.                      

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

5   skills tests is representative of the type of vehicle the                   

6   applicant operates or intends to operate.                                   

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

8   United States secretary of transportation, or a suspension,                 

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

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

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

12  than 1 state or jurisdiction.                                               

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

14  with a vehicle group designation and a hazardous material                   

15  indorsement (H vehicle indorsement) shall provide his or her                

16  fingerprints that were taken by a law enforcement official or a             

17  designated representative for investigation as required by the              

18  uniting and strengthening America by providing appropriate tools            

19  required to intercept and obstruct terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT)              

20  Act of 2001, Public Law 107-56.                                             

21      (2) Except as provided in this subsection, an applicant for                 

22  an operator's or chauffeur's license may have his or her image              

23  and signature captured or reproduced when the application for the           

24  license is made.  An applicant required under section 5a of the             

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

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

27  state personal identification card shall have his or her image              

1   and signature captured or reproduced when the application for the           

2   license is made.  The secretary of state shall acquire by                   

3   purchase or lease the equipment for capturing the images and                

4   signatures and may furnish the equipment to a local unit                    

5   authorized by the secretary of state to license drivers.  The               

6   secretary of state shall acquire equipment purchased or leased              

7   pursuant to this section under standard purchasing procedures of            

8   the department of management and budget based on standards and              

9   specifications established by the secretary of state.  The                  

10  secretary of state shall not purchase or lease equipment until an           

11  appropriation for the equipment has been made by the                        

12  legislature.  An image and signature captured pursuant to this              

13  section shall appear on the applicant's operator's or chauffeur's           

14  license.  Except as provided in this subsection, the secretary of           

15  state may retain and use a person's image and signature described           

16  in this subsection only for programs administered by the                    

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

18  secretary of state shall not use a person's image or signature,             

19  or both, unless the person grants written permission for that               

20  purpose to the secretary of state or specific enabling                      

21  legislation permitting the use is enacted into law.  A law                  

22  enforcement agency of this state has access to information                  

23  retained by the secretary of state under this subsection.  The              

24  information may be utilized for any law enforcement purpose                 

25  unless otherwise prohibited by law.  The department of state                

26  police shall provide to the secretary of state updated lists of             

27  persons required to be registered under the sex offenders                   

1   registration act, 1994 PA 295, MCL 28.721 to 28.732, and the                

2   secretary of state shall make the images of those persons                   

3   available to the department of state police as provided in that             

4   act.                                                                        

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

6   and certification by the applicant, as determined by the                    

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

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

9   application.  The secretary of state shall refund the application           

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

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

12  the examination requirements of the secretary of state within 90            

13  days after the date of application for a license.                           

14      (4) In conjunction with the issuance of an operator's or                    

15  chauffeur's license, the secretary of state shall do all of the             

16  following:                                                                  

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

18                                                                               (i) Written information explaining the applicant's right to                         

19  make an anatomical gift in the event of death in accordance with            

20  section 310.                                                                

21      (ii) Written information describing the organ donation                       

22  registry program maintained by Michigan's federally designated              

23  organ procurement organization or its successor organization.               

24  The written information required under this subparagraph shall              

25  include, in a type size and format that is conspicuous in                   

26  relation to the surrounding material, the address and telephone             

27  number of Michigan's federally designated organ procurement                 

1   organization or its successor organization, along with an                   

2   advisory to call Michigan's federally designated organ                      

3   procurement organization or its successor organization with                 

4   questions about the organ donor registry program.                           

5       (iii) Written information giving the applicant the                           

6   opportunity to be placed on the organ donation registry described           

7   in subparagraph (ii).                                                        

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

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

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

11  accordance with section 310.                                                

12      (c) Inform the applicant in writing that, if he or she                      

13  indicates to the secretary of state under this section a                    

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

15  registry described in subdivision (a)(ii), the secretary of state            

16  will forward the applicant's name and address to the organ                  

17  donation registry maintained by Michigan's federally designated             

18  organ procurement organization or its successor organization, as            

19  required by subsection (6).                                                 

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

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

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

23  this provision shall be deposited in the state treasury to the              

24  credit of the organ and tissue donation education fund.

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

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

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

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

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

3       (b) Providing printed material to an applicant who personally               

4   appears at a secretary of state branch office.                              

5       (c) Through electronic information transmittals for                         

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

7   means.                                                                      

8       (6) If an applicant indicates a willingness under this                      

9   section to have his or her name placed on the organ donor                   

10  registry described in subsection (4)(a)(ii), the secretary of                

11  state shall within 10 days forward the applicant's name and                 

12  address to the organ donor registry maintained by Michigan's                

13  federally designated organ procurement organization or its                  

14  successor organization.  The secretary of state may forward                 

15  information under this subsection by mail or by electronic                  

16  means.  The secretary of state shall not maintain a record of the           

17  name or address of an individual who indicates a willingness to             

18  have his or her name placed on the organ donor registry after               

19  forwarding that information to the organ donor registry under               

20  this subsection.  Information about an applicant's indication of            

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

22  registry that is obtained by the secretary of state under                   

23  subsection (4) and forwarded under this subsection is exempt from           

24  disclosure under the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL           

25  15.231 to 15.246, pursuant to section 13(1)(d) of the freedom of            

26  information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.243.                                   

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

1   licensed in another jurisdiction, the secretary of state shall              

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

3   available information from the national driver register.  When              

4   received, the driving record and other available information                

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

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

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

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

9   record from all states where the applicant was previously                   

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

11  years before issuing a vehicle group designation or indorsement             

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

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

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

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

16  secretary of state issues the applicant a vehicle group                     

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

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

19  state issues the applicant a vehicle group designation or                   

20  indorsement.  The secretary of state shall also check the                   

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

22  the federal commercial driver license information system before             

23  issuing that group designation or indorsement.  If the                      

24  application is for the renewal of a vehicle group designation or            

25  indorsement, and if the secretary of state enters on the person's           

26  historical driving record maintained under section 204a a                   

27  notation that the request was made and the date of the request,             

1   the secretary of state is required to request the applicant's               

2   complete driving record from other states only once under this              

3   section.                                                                    

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

5   as provided in this subsection, the secretary of state may issue            

6   a renewal operator's or chauffeur's license for 1 additional                

7   4-year period by mail or by other methods prescribed by the                 

8   secretary of state.  The secretary of state may check the                   

9   applicant's driving record through the national driver register             

10  and the commercial driver license information system before                 

11  issuing a license under this section.  The secretary of state               

12  shall issue a renewal license only in person if the person is a             

13  person required under section 5a of the sex offenders                       

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

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

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

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

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

19  department of state police shall provide to the secretary of                

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

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

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

23  state personal identification card.                                         

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

25  information manual to an applicant explaining how to obtain a               

26  vehicle group designation or indorsement.  The manual shall                 

27  contain the information required under 49 CFR part 383.                     

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

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

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

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

5   state law and rules related to this chapter.                                

6       (b) Through the law enforcement information network, to carry               

7   out the purposes of section 466(a) of the social security act, 42           

8   USC 666, in connection with matters relating to paternity, child            

9   support, or overdue child support.                                          

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

11  national driver register and the commercial driver license                  

12  information system when issuing a license under this act.                   

13      (d) As otherwise required by law.                                           

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

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

16  license.                                                                    

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

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

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

20  social security number or to an applicant who for religious                 

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

22  social security number under these circumstances.  The secretary            

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