of state; methods; form; emergency medical information card; fingerprint or finger
image; retention and use of individual's digital photographic image; limitation; evidence
of blindness; placement on donor registry; identifier for voter registration purposes;
information; issuance; fees; expiration; renewal; waiver of fee; correction for change of
name or address; application for renewal; other information; access to emergency
information by law enforcement agencies; emancipated minor; participation in
anatomical gift donor registry; validity; duplicate identification card; renewal; fees;
pandemic extension and reimbursement for certain expirations; definitions.
Sec. 2.
(1) An official state personal identification card must contain the following:
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(a) An identification number permanently assigned to the individual to whom the card is
issued.
(b) Except as provided in section 2a, 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. If an official state personal identification card is
issued to an individual described in section 1(5) who has temporary lawful status, the official
state personal identification card must be issued in compliance with 6 CFR 37.21 or in
compliance with the process established to comply with 6 CFR 37.71 by the secretary of state.
As used in this subdivision, "temporary lawful status" means that term as defined in 6 CFR
37.3.
(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 must 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 must 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 must include 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).
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(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
under 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 official state personal 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 must 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 official state
personal identification card or the renewal of an existing official state personal identification
card issued to an individual less than 21 years of age must be portrait or vertical in form, and
an official state personal identification card issued to an individual 21 years of age or over
must be landscape or horizontal in form. Except as otherwise required in this act, other
information required on the official state personal identification card under this act may appear
on the official state personal identification card in a form prescribed by the secretary of state.
(5) The official state personal identification card must 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 must 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) By the secretary of state for forwarding 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 28.730, upon the department of state police providing the secretary of state an
updated list of those individuals.
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(d) By the secretary of state for forwarding to the department of state police a digitized
photograph taken of the applicant for an official state personal identification card for use as
provided in section 5c of 1927 PA 372, MCL 28.425c.
(e) By the secretary of state for forwarding to the department of licensing and regulatory
affairs the images of applicants for an official state registry identification card issued under
section 6 of the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act, 2008 IL 1, MCL 333.26426, if the
department of licensing and regulatory affairs promulgates rules requiring a photograph as a
design element for an official state registry identification card.
(f) 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 official state personal
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.
(10) An official state personal identification card must contain information appearing in
electronic or machine-readable codes needed to conduct a transaction with the secretary of
state. The information must be limited to the information described in subsection (1)(a) and (b)
except for the individual'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 must not contain the individual's driving
record or other personal identifier. The official state personal identification card must identify
the encoded information.
(11) An official state personal identification card must be issued only upon authorization of
the secretary of state, and must be manufactured in a manner to prohibit as nearly as possible
the ability to reproduce, alter, counterfeit, forge, or duplicate the official state personal
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 secretary of state shall not assess a late renewal fee for an official state personal
identification card that expires on or after March 1, 2020 and is renewed before March 31,
2021. The secretary of state shall not assess a late renewal fee for an official state personal
identification card that expires after March 31, 2021 but before August 1, 2021 and is renewed
within 120 days after the date of the expiration. The secretary of state shall, upon an
applicant's request, reimburse a late renewal fee assessed and collected for an official state
personal identification card that expires after March 31, 2021 but before August 1, 2021 and is
renewed within 120 days after the date of the expiration of the official state personal
identification card. The department of treasury shall deposit the fees received and collected
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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, must 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 or beginning on July 1, 2021, for 2 additional 4-year periods, 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 evidence of 1 or more of the following:
(i) A notice of case action from the department of health and human services indicating that
the individual is a participant in 1 or both of the following programs and is making his or her
application for an official state personal identification card during a period in which he or she
is receiving benefits:
(A) The family independence program.
(B) The state disability assistance program.
(ii) A United States Social Security Administration benefit award letter indicating the
applicant is currently receiving payments under the federal supplemental security income
program as that term is defined in section 57 of the social welfare act, 1939 PA 280, MCL
400.57, or the Social Security disability income program.
(iii) A United States Social Security Administration benefit verification letter indicating the
applicant is currently receiving payments under the federal supplemental security income
program as that term is defined in section 57 of the social welfare act, 1939 PA 280, MCL
400.57, or the Social Security disability income program.
(e) An individual who decides to add or remove a heart insignia described in subsection (1)
(d).
(f) An individual who is a veteran as that term is defined in section 1 of 1965 PA 190, MCL
35.61. The secretary of state shall require an individual who seeks a waiver of the fee under
this subdivision to provide the secretary of state the same documentation required for a veteran
designation under subsection (1)(e) before granting the fee waiver.
(g) An individual who presents both of the following:
(i) A homeless verification letter that states that the individual meets the definition of
category 1 homeless as that term is defined by the United States Department of Housing and
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Urban Development. A letter provided as evidence under this subparagraph must be submitted
on the official letterhead of a public service agency. The secretary of state may verify the
information contained in the letter with the agency of issuance before issuing an official state
personal identification card.
(ii) A photo identification card generated from the United States Department of Housing and
Urban Development Homeless Management Information System.
(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 official state personal identification card by a
method prescribed by the secretary of state. A fee must not be charged for a change of
residence address.
(17) 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 official state personal
identification card.
(b) An official state personal 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) 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 allows law enforcement agencies of this state to access
emergency contact information and, beginning July 1, 2021, to view a communication
impediment designation that the holder of an official state personal identification card has
voluntarily provided to the secretary of state.
(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 must 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 is not considered to have revoked that agreement solely because the individual's
official state personal identification card has expired. Enrollment in the donor registry 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 is considered the same as a valid state of Michigan driver license when
identification is requested except as otherwise specifically provided by law.
(23) Beginning July 1, 2021, if an official state personal identification card issued under this
act is lost, destroyed, or mutilated, or becomes illegible, the individual to whom the official
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state personal identification card was issued may obtain a duplicate upon the payment of the
fee required in subsection (24) and upon furnishing proof satisfactory to the secretary of state
that the official state personal identification card has been lost, destroyed, or mutilated, or has
become illegible.
(24) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (25), for each duplicate official state
personal identification card, and for each correction of an official state personal identification
card, beginning July 1, 2021, an individual may apply for renewal of the official state personal
identification card and pay the renewal fee prescribed in this act or the individual may, at his
or her option and upon payment of the fee prescribed in this section, apply for a duplicate
official state personal identification card that expires on the same date as the official state
personal identification card that was lost, destroyed, or mutilated, or became illegible. The fee
for a duplicate official state personal identification card is $10.00. A renewal fee must not be
charged for a change of address, a correction required to correct a department error, or to add
or remove a heart insignia described in subsection (1)(d).
(25) Except with regard to an individual who is less than 21 years of age, for each duplicate
official state personal identification card, and for each correction of an official state personal
identification card, beginning July 1, 2021, an individual shall apply for renewal of the official
state personal identification card and pay the renewal fee prescribed in this act if the official
state personal identification card was due to expire within the next 12 months. Except as
otherwise provided in this act, an official state personal identification card renewed under this
subsection or subsection (24) must be renewed for the combined period of the time remaining
on the official state personal identification card before its renewal and the 4-year renewal
period.
(26) Notwithstanding subsection (13), an official state personal identification card that
expires on or after March 1, 2020 is considered valid until March 31, 2021. Notwithstanding
subsection (13), an official state personal identification card that expires after March 31, 2021
but before August 1, 2021 is considered valid until 120 days after the date of the expiration. If
the secretary of state receives an application to renew an official state personal identification
card that expires on or after March 1, 2020 before March 31, 2021, the secretary of state shall
process the application as a renewal of an existing official state personal identification card. If
the secretary of state receives an application to renew an official state personal identification
card that expires after March 31, 2021 but before August 1, 2021, the secretary of state shall
process the application as a renewal of an existing official state personal identification card
until 120 days after the date of the expiration.
(27) As used in this section:
(a) "Communication impediment" means an individual has a health condition that may
impede communication with a police officer, including, but not limited to, the following:
(i) Deafness or hearing loss.
(ii) An autism spectrum disorder.
(b) "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.§ 28.292Official state personal identification card; contents; exception; duties of secretary
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