SENATE BILL No. 796

 

 

October 23, 2003, Introduced by Senators STAMAS, BRATER, BIRKHOLZ, ALLEN, GILBERT, VAN WOERKOM, KUIPERS, JELINEK, BASHAM, GARCIA, HAMMERSTROM, HARDIMAN, JOHNSON, SCOTT, CLARK-COLEMAN, CHERRY, BERNERO, LELAND, McMANUS, GEORGE, JACOBS, PRUSI, BROWN, CASSIS, CROPSEY, SWITALSKI and EMERSON and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

 

        

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A bill to create an identity theft victims database; and to                       

                                                                                

    prescribe certain powers and duties of the department of state              

                                                                                

    police.                                                                     

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1       Sec. 1.  (1) The department of state police shall establish                 

                                                                                

2   and maintain a database of each individual who has been the                 

                                                                                

3   victim of identity theft.                                                   

                                                                                

4       (2) Each of the following may access the database described                 

                                                                                

5   in subsection (1):                                                          

                                                                                

6       (a) A law enforcement agency.                                               

                                                                                

7       (b) A victim of identity theft, or his or her authorized                    

                                                                                

8   representative, to establish that he or she is a victim of                  

                                                                                

9   identity theft.                                                             

                                                                                

10      (3) The department of state police shall establish and                      

                                                                                

11  maintain a toll-free number to provide access to the database               


                                                                                

1   described in subsection (1) for victims of identity theft.                  

                                                                                

2       (4) A victim of identity theft shall submit to the department               

                                                                                

3   of state police a copy of any police report, a full set of                  

                                                                                

4   fingerprints, and any other relevant information required by the            

                                                                                

5   department of state police for inclusion in the database                    

                                                                                

6   described in subsection (1).  The department of state police                

                                                                                

7   shall verify the identity of the victim by examining a driver               

                                                                                

8   license or other identification issued by the secretary of                  

                                                                                

9   state.                                                                      

                                                                                

10      Enacting section 1.  This act does not take effect unless                   

                                                                                

11  Senate Bill No. 792                                                         

                                                                                

12                   of the 92nd Legislature is enacted into law.