Act No. 174
Public Acts of 2005
Approved by the Governor
October 11, 2005
Filed with the Secretary of State
October 12, 2005
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 12, 2005
STATE OF MICHIGAN
93RD LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2005
Introduced by Senator Johnson
ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 550
AN ACT to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled "An act to protect the environment and natural resources of the state; to codify, revise, consolidate, and classify laws relating to the environment and natural resources of the state; to regulate the discharge of certain substances into the environment; to regulate the use of certain lands, waters, and other natural resources of the state; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state and local agencies and officials; to provide for certain charges, fees, and assessments; to provide certain appropriations; to prescribe penalties and provide remedies; to repeal certain parts of this act on a specific date; and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts," by amending sections80130, 80315, 81114, and 82156 (MCL 324.80130, 324.80315, 324.81114, and 324.82156), as amended by 1997 PA102.
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 80130. (1) The secretary of state may provide a commercial lookup service of records maintained under this part. For each individual record looked up, the secretary of state shall charge a fee specified annually by the legislature, or if none, a market-based price established by the secretary of state. The secretary of state shall process a commercial lookup request only if the request is in a form or format prescribed by the secretary of state. Fees collected under this subsection on and after October 1, 2005 shall be credited to the transportation administration collection fund created in section 810b of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.810b.
(2) In order to provide an individual, historical boating record, the secretary of state shall create and maintain a computerized central file that includes the information contained on application forms received under this part and the name of each person who is convicted of an offense, who fails to comply with an order or judgment issued, or against whom an order is entered under this part. The computerized central file shall be interfaced with the law enforcement information network as provided in the L.E.I.N. policy council act of 1974, 1974 PA 163, MCL 28.211 to 28.216.
(3) The secretary of state shall not provide an entire computerized central or other file of records maintained under this part to a nongovernmental person or entity unless the purchaser pays the prescribed fee or price for each individual record contained within the computerized file.
(4) A certified copy of an order, record, or paper maintained under this part is admissible in evidence in the same manner as the original and is prima facie proof of the facts stated in the original.
Sec. 80315. (1) Records maintained under this part, other than those declared to be confidential by law or that are restricted by law from disclosure to the public, shall be available to the public under procedures prescribed in this part, and in the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246.
(2) The secretary of state may provide a commercial lookup service of watercraft title records maintained under this part. For each individual record looked up, the secretary of state shall charge a fee specified annually by the legislature, or if none, a market-based price established by the secretary of state. The secretary of state shall process a commercial lookup request only if the request is in a form or format prescribed by the secretary of state. Fees collected under this subsection on and after October 1, 2005 shall be credited to the transportation administration collection fund created in section 810b of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.810b.
(3) The secretary of state shall create and maintain a computerized central file that includes the information contained on application forms received under this part. The computerized central file shall be interfaced with the law enforcement information network as provided in the L.E.I.N. policy council act of 1974, 1974 PA 163, MCL 28.211 to 28.216.
(4) The secretary of state shall not provide an entire computerized central or other file of records maintained under this part to a nongovernmental person or entity, unless the purchaser pays the prescribed fee or price for each individual record contained within the computerized file.
(5) A certified copy of an order, record, or paper maintained under this part is admissible in evidence in the same manner as the original and is prima facie proof of the facts stated in the original.
Sec. 81114. (1) Records maintained under this part, other than those declared to be confidential by law or that are restricted by law from disclosure to the public, shall be available to the public under procedures prescribed in this part, and in the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246.
(2) The secretary of state may provide a commercial lookup service of ORV operation, title, and registration records maintained under this part. For each individual record looked up, the secretary of state shall charge a fee specified annually by the legislature, or if none, a market-based price established by the secretary of state. The secretary of state shall process a commercial lookup request only if the request is in a form or format prescribed by the secretary of state. Fees collected under this subsection on and after October 1, 2005 shall be credited to the transportation administration collection fund created in section 810b of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.810b.
(3) The secretary of state shall create and maintain a computerized central file that includes the information contained on application forms received under this part and the name of each person who is convicted of an offense, who fails to comply with an order or judgment issued, or against whom an order is entered under this part. The computerized central file shall be interfaced with the law enforcement information network as provided in the L.E.I.N. policy council act of 1974, 1974 PA 163, MCL 28.211 to 28.216.
(4) The secretary of state may purge a record of an ORV certificate of title and any record pertaining to it 7 years after the title was issued or the record was made or received.
(5) The secretary of state shall not provide an entire computerized central or other file of records maintained under this part to a nongovernmental person or entity, unless the purchaser pays the prescribed fee or price for each individual record contained within the computerized file.
(6) A certified copy of an order, record, or paper maintained under this part is admissible in evidence in the same manner as the original and is prima facie proof of the facts stated in the original.
Sec. 82156. (1) Records maintained under this part, other than those declared to be confidential by law or that are restricted by law from disclosure to the public, shall be available to the public under procedures prescribed in this part, and in the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246.
(2) The secretary of state may provide a commercial lookup service of snowmobile operation, title, and registration records maintained under this part. For each individual record looked up, the secretary of state shall charge a fee specified annually by the legislature, or if none, a market-based price established by the secretary of state. The secretary of state shall process a commercial lookup request only if the request is in a form or format prescribed by the secretary of state. Fees collected under this subsection on and after October 1, 2005 shall be credited to the transportation administration collection fund created in section 810b of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL257.810b.
(3) In order to provide an individual, historical snowmobiling record, the secretary of state shall create and maintain a computerized central file that includes the information contained on application forms received under this part and the name of each person who is convicted of an offense, who fails to comply with an order or judgment issued, or against whom an order is entered under this part or former 1968 PA 74. The computerized central file shall be interfaced with the law enforcement information network as provided in the L.E.I.N. policy council act of 1974, 1974 PA 163, MCL28.211 to 28.216.
(4) The secretary of state shall not provide an entire computerized central or other file of records maintained under this part to a nongovernmental person or entity, unless the purchaser pays the prescribed fee or price for each individual record contained within the computerized file.
(5) A certified copy of an order, record, or paper maintained in this record is admissible in evidence in like manner as the original and is prima facie proof of the facts stated in the original.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless all of the following bills of the 93rd Legislature are enacted into law:
(a) Senate Bill No. 548.
(b) Senate Bill No. 549.
This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Secretary of the Senate
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Approved
Governor