HOUSE BILL No. 5605

 

January 9, 2008, Introduced by Rep. Opsommer and referred to the Committee on Transportation.

 

     A bill to prohibit certain electronic devices in certain

 

licenses; and to prohibit certain access to databases by foreign

 

countries.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1. As used in this act, "radio frequency identification

 

device" means an electronic device that stores information and is

 

designed to transmit that information by means of radio waves to a

 

receiver.

 

     Sec. 2. Any license issued under any law of this state that

 

authorizes the licensee to operate a motor vehicle, or any

 

supplement issued in conjunction with any of those licenses, shall

 

not contain either of the following:

 

     (a) A radio frequency identification device.

 

     (b) Any other device capable of having stored information read


 

by a remote receiver, if the device and remote receiver can share

 

information when they do not have a clear line of sight between

 

them.

 

     Sec. 3. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), this state

 

shall not provide any foreign country with information relating to

 

the issuance of licenses described in section 2, including, but not

 

limited to, allowing access to its electronic databases.

 

     (2) Subsection (1) does not prohibit an officer or agency of

 

this state from providing pertinent information contained in a

 

database described in subsection (1) in either of the following

 

instances:

 

     (a) In connection with specific individual criminal

 

investigations being conducted by a law enforcement agency of a

 

foreign country in conjunction with the international criminal

 

police organization or other federally authorized foreign entity.

 

     (b) As currently allowed by any state law enacted before

 

December 31, 2007, for any license program operational before

 

December 31, 2007.

 

     (3) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (4), this state

 

shall not provide any nongovernmental third party entity with

 

information relating to the issuance of licenses described in

 

section 2, including, but not limited to, allowing access to its

 

electronic databases, if the third party is allowed to share that

 

information with foreign countries.

 

     (4) Subsection (3) does not prohibit an officer or agency of

 

this state from providing information contained in a database

 

described in subsection (1) to a nongovernmental third party entity


 

as currently allowed by any state law enacted before December 31,

 

2007, for any license program operational before December 31, 2007.