SENATE BILL NO. 385


   February 24, 1999, Introduced by Senators BENNETT, MC MANUS,
        GOSCHKA, STEIL and MC COTTER and referred to the Committee 
        on Local, Urban and State Affairs.



        A bill to prohibit certain state agencies and certain local

   governmental units from placing certain information on certain

   documents; to impose certain duties on certain state officials;

   and to prescribe remedies and penalties.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         Sec. 1.  As used in this act:

 2         (a) "Local governmental unit" means a school district,

 3    intermediate school district, city, village, township, county,

 4    authority, or other political subdivision of this state.

 5         (b) "Personal information" means personal nonpublic informa-

 6    tion, excluding a person's name and address, including but not

 7    limited to all the following:

 8         (i) Social security number.

 9         (ii) Driver license number.




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 1         (c) "State agency" means a department, board, commission,

 2    office, agency, authority, or other unit of state government in

 3    the executive, legislative, or judicial branch.

 4         Sec. 2.  A state agency or a local governmental unit shall

 5    not deliver or cause to be delivered an envelope or package on

 6    the outside of which personal information of the recipient is

 7    placed or on the inside of which personal information of the

 8    recipient is placed that is visible from the outside of the

 9    envelope or package.






































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