SENATE BILL No. 190

 

 

February 23, 2017, Introduced by Senator BOOHER and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform.

 

 

     A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled

 

"Natural resources and environmental protection act,"

 

by amending sections 80130a, 80315a, 81114a, and 82156a (MCL

 

324.80130a, 324.80315a, 324.81114a, and 324.82156a), section 80130a

 

as amended by 2000 PA 194 and sections 80315a, 81114a, and 82156a

 

as added by 1997 PA 102.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 80130a. (1) Except as provided in this section and

 

section 80130c, personal information in a record maintained under

 

this part shall not be disclosed, unless the person requesting the

 

information furnishes proof of identity considered satisfactory to

 

the secretary of state and certifies that the personal information

 

requested will be used for a permissible purpose identified in this

 

section or in section 80130c. Notwithstanding this section, highly

 


restricted personal information shall be used and disclosed only as

 

expressly permitted by law.

 

     (2) Personal information in a record maintained under this act

 

shall be disclosed by the secretary of state if required to carry

 

out the purposes of a specified federal law. As used in this

 

section, "specified federal law" means the automobile information

 

disclosure act, Public Law 85-506, 15 U.S.C. 1231 to 1232 and USC

 

1231 to 1233, the former motor vehicle information and cost savings

 

act, Public Law 92-513, the former national traffic and motor

 

vehicle safety act of 1966, Public Law 89-563, the anti-car theft

 

act of 1992, Public Law 102-519, 106 Stat. Stat 3384, the clean air

 

act, chapter 360, 69 Stat. Stat 322, 42 U.S.C. 7401 to 7431, 7470

 

to 7479, 7491 to 7492, 7501 to 7509a, 7511 to 7515, 7521 to 7525,

 

7541 to 7545, 7547 to 7550, 7552 to 7554, 7571 to 7574, 7581 to

 

7590, 7601 to 7612, 7614 to 7617, 7619 to 7622, 7624 to 7627, 7641

 

to 7642, 7651 to 7651o, 7661 to 7661f, and 7671 to USC 7401 to

 

7671q, and all federal regulations promulgated to implement these

 

federal laws.

 

     (3) Personal information in a record maintained under this act

 

may be disclosed to any person by the secretary of state as

 

follows:

 

     (a) For use by any government agency, including any court or

 

law enforcement agency, in carrying out its functions, or any

 

private person or entity acting on behalf of a government agency in

 

carrying out its functions.

 

     (b) For use in connection with matters of watercraft and

 

operator safety or watercraft theft; watercraft emissions;


watercraft product alterations, recalls, or advisories; performance

 

monitoring of watercraft; watercraft research activities including

 

survey research; and the removal of nonowner records from the

 

original records of watercraft manufacturers.

 

     (c) For use in the normal course of business by a business or

 

its agents, employees, or contractors to verify the accuracy of

 

personal information submitted by an individual to the business or

 

its agents, employees, or contractors, and if the information as

 

submitted is not correct or is no longer correct, to obtain the

 

correct information, but only for the purposes of preventing fraud,

 

by pursuing legal remedies against, or recovering on a debt or

 

security interest against, the individual.

 

     (d) For use in connection with any civil, criminal,

 

administrative, or arbitral proceeding in any court or government

 

agency or before any self-regulatory body, including the service of

 

process, investigation in anticipation of litigation, and the

 

execution or enforcement of judgments and orders, or pursuant to an

 

order of any court, administrative agency, or self-regulatory body.

 

     (e) For use in legitimate research activities and in preparing

 

statistical reports for commercial, scholarly, or academic purposes

 

by a bona fide research organization, so long as the personal

 

information is not published, redisclosed, or used to contact

 

individuals.

 

     (f) For use by any insurer, self-insurer, or insurance support

 

organization, or its agents, employees, or contractors, in

 

connection with claims investigation activities, antifraud

 

activities, rating, or underwriting.


     (g) For use in providing notice to the owner of an abandoned,

 

towed, or impounded watercraft.

 

     (h) For use by any of the following for a purpose permitted

 

under this section:

 

     (i) A licensed private security guard agency or alarm system

 

contractor that is licensed under the private security guard act of

 

1968, 1968 PA 330, MCL 338.1051 to 338.1085. , or a

 

     (ii) A private detective or private investigator that is

 

licensed under the private detective license act of 1965,

 

investigator licensure act, 1965 PA 285, MCL 338.821 to 338.851. ,

 

for any purpose permitted under this section.

 

     (iii) A security guard agency that is licensed under article

 

14A of the occupational code, 1980 PA 299, MCL 339.1421 to

 

339.1443.

 

     (iv) A system provider that is registered under the security

 

alarm systems act, 2012 PA 580, MCL 338.2181 to 338.2187.

 

     (i) For use by a news medium in the preparation and

 

dissemination of a report related in part or in whole to the

 

operation of a motor vehicle or public safety. "News medium"

 

includes a newspaper, a magazine or periodical published at regular

 

intervals, a news service, a broadcast network, a television

 

station, a radio station, a cablecaster, or an entity employed by

 

any of the foregoing.

 

     (j) For any use by an individual requesting information

 

pertaining to himself or herself or requesting in writing that the

 

secretary of state provide information pertaining to himself or

 

herself to the individual's designee. A request for disclosure to a


designee, however, may be submitted only by the individual.

 

     Sec. 80315a. (1) Except as provided in this section and

 

section 80315c, personal information in a record maintained under

 

this part shall not be disclosed, unless the person requesting the

 

information furnishes proof of identity considered satisfactory to

 

the secretary of state and certifies that the personal information

 

requested will be used for a permissible purpose identified in this

 

section or in section 80315c. Notwithstanding this section, highly

 

restricted personal information shall be used and disclosed only as

 

expressly permitted by law.

 

     (2) Personal information in a record maintained under this act

 

shall be disclosed by the secretary of state if required to carry

 

out the purposes of a specified federal law. As used in this

 

section, "specified federal law" means the automobile information

 

disclosure act, Public Law 85-506, 15 U.S.C. 1231 to 1232 and USC

 

1231 to 1233, the former motor vehicle information and cost savings

 

act, Public Law 92-513, the former national traffic and motor

 

vehicle safety act of 1966, Public Law 89-563, the anti-car theft

 

act of 1992, Public Law 102-519, 106 Stat. Stat 3384, the clean air

 

act, chapter 360, 69 Stat. Stat 322, 42 U.S.C. 7401 to 7431, 7470

 

to 7479, 7491 to 7492, 7501 to 7509a, 7511 to 7515, 7521 to 7525,

 

7541 to 7545, 7547 to 7550, 7552 to 7554, 7571 to 7574, 7581 to

 

7590, 7601 to 7612, 7614 to 7617, 7619 to 7622, 7624 to 7627, 7641

 

to 7642, 7651 to 7651o, 7661 to 7661f, and 7671 USC 7401 to 7671q,

 

and all federal regulations promulgated to implement these federal

 

laws.

 

     (3) Personal information in a record maintained under this


part may be disclosed as follows:

 

     (a) For use by any government agency, including any court or

 

law enforcement agency, in carrying out its functions, or any

 

private person or entity acting on behalf of a government agency in

 

carrying out its functions.

 

     (b) For use in connection with matters of watercraft and

 

operator safety or watercraft theft; watercraft emissions;

 

watercraft product alterations, recalls; or advisories; performance

 

monitoring of watercraft; watercraft research activities, including

 

survey research; and the removal of nonowner records from the

 

original records of watercraft manufacturers.

 

     (c) For use in the normal course of business by a business or

 

its agents, employees, or contractors to verify the accuracy of

 

personal information submitted by an individual to the business or

 

its agents, employees, or contractors, and if the information as

 

submitted is not correct or is no longer correct, to obtain the

 

correct information, but only for the purposes of preventing fraud,

 

by pursuing legal remedies against, or recovering on a debt or

 

security interest against, the individual.

 

     (d) For use in connection with any civil, criminal,

 

administrative, or arbitral proceeding in any court or government

 

agency or before any self-regulatory body, including the service of

 

process, investigation in anticipation of litigation, and the

 

execution or enforcement of judgments and orders, or pursuant to an

 

order of any court, administrative agency, or self-regulatory body.

 

     (e) For use in legitimate research activities and in preparing

 

statistical reports for commercial, scholarly, or academic purposes


by a bona fide research organization, so long as the personal

 

information is not published, redisclosed, or used to contact

 

individuals.

 

     (f) For use by any insurer, self-insurer, or insurance support

 

organization, or its agents, employees, or contractors, in

 

connection with claims investigation activities, antifraud

 

activities, rating, or underwriting.

 

     (g) For use in providing notice to the owner of an abandoned,

 

towed, or impounded watercraft.

 

     (h) For use by any of the following for a purpose permitted

 

under this section:

 

     (i) A licensed private security guard agency or alarm system

 

contractor that is licensed under the private security guard act of

 

1968, 1968 PA 330, MCL 338.1051 to 338.1085. , or a

 

     (ii) A private detective or private investigator that is

 

licensed under the private detective license act of 1965

 

investigator licensure act, 1965 PA 285, MCL 338.821 to 338.851. ,

 

for any purpose permitted under this section.

 

     (iii) A security guard agency that is licensed under article

 

14A of the occupational code, 1980 PA 299, MCL 339.1421 to

 

339.1443.

 

     (iv) A system provider that is registered under the security

 

alarm systems act, 2012 PA 580, MCL 338.2181 to 338.2187.

 

     (i) For use by a watercraft rental business or its employees,

 

agents, contractors, or service firms for the purpose of making

 

rental decisions.

 

     (j) For use by a news medium in the preparation and


dissemination of a report related in part or in whole to the

 

operation of a motor vehicle or public safety. "News medium"

 

includes a newspaper, a magazine or periodical published at regular

 

intervals, a news service, a broadcast network, a television

 

station, a radio station, a cablecaster, or an entity employed by

 

any of the foregoing.

 

     (k) For any use by an individual requesting information

 

pertaining to himself or herself or requesting in writing that the

 

secretary of state provide information pertaining to himself or

 

herself to the individual's designee. A request for disclosure to a

 

designee, however, may be submitted only by the individual.

 

     Sec. 81114a. (1) Except as provided in this section and in

 

section 81114c, personal information in a record maintained under

 

this part shall not be disclosed, unless the person requesting the

 

information furnishes proof of identity considered satisfactory to

 

the secretary of state and certifies that the personal information

 

requested will be used for a permissible purpose identified in this

 

section or in section 81114c. Notwithstanding this section, highly

 

restricted personal information shall be used and disclosed only as

 

expressly permitted by law.

 

     (2) Personal information in a record maintained under this act

 

shall be disclosed by the secretary of state if required to carry

 

out the purposes of a specified federal law. As used in this

 

section, "specified federal law" means the automobile information

 

disclosure act, Public Law 85-506, 15 U.S.C. 1231 to 1232 and USC

 

1231 to 1233, the former motor vehicle information and cost savings

 

act, Public Law 92-513, the former national traffic and motor


vehicle safety act of 1966, Public Law 89-563, the anti-car theft

 

act of 1992, Public Law 102-519, 106 Stat. Stat 3384, the clean air

 

act, chapter 360, 69 Stat. Stat 322, 42 U.S.C. 7401 to 7431, 7470

 

to 7479, 7491 to 7492, 7501 to 7509a, 7511 to 7515, 7521 to 7525,

 

7541 to 7545, 7547 to 7550, 7552 to 7554, 7571 to 7574, 7581 to

 

7590, 7601 to 7612, 7614 to 7617, 7619 to 7622, 7624 to 7627, 7641

 

to 7642, 7651 to 7651o, 7661 to 7661f, and 7671 USC 7401 to 7671q,

 

and all federal regulations promulgated to implement these federal

 

laws.

 

     (3) Personal information in a record maintained under this

 

part may be disclosed as follows:

 

     (a) For use by any government agency, including any court or

 

law enforcement agency, in carrying out its functions, or any

 

private person or entity acting on behalf of a government agency in

 

carrying out its functions.

 

     (b) For use in connection with matters of ORV and operator

 

safety or ORV theft; ORV emissions; ORV product alterations,

 

recalls, or advisories; performance monitoring of ORVs; ORV

 

research activities, including survey research; and the removal of

 

nonowner records from the original records of ORV manufacturers.

 

     (c) For use in the normal course of business by a business or

 

its agents, employees, or contractors to verify the accuracy of

 

personal information submitted by an individual to the business or

 

its agents, employees, or contractors, and if the information as

 

submitted is not correct or is no longer correct, to obtain the

 

correct information, but only for the purposes of preventing fraud,

 

by pursuing legal remedies against, or recovering on a debt or


security interest against, the individual.

 

     (d) For use in connection with any civil, criminal,

 

administrative, or arbitral proceeding in any court or government

 

agency or before any self-regulatory body, including the service of

 

process, investigation in anticipation of litigation, and the

 

execution or enforcement of judgments and orders, or pursuant to an

 

order of any court, administrative agency, or self-regulatory body.

 

     (e) For use in legitimate research activities and in preparing

 

statistical reports for commercial, scholarly, or academic purposes

 

by a bona fide research organization, so long as the personal

 

information is not published, redisclosed, or used to contact

 

individuals.

 

     (f) For use by any insurer, self-insurer, or insurance support

 

organization, or its agents, employees, or contractors, in

 

connection with claims investigation activities, antifraud

 

activities, rating, or underwriting.

 

     (g) For use in providing notice to the owner of an abandoned,

 

towed, or impounded ORV.

 

     (h) For use by any of the following for a purpose permitted

 

under this section:

 

     (i) A licensed private security guard agency or alarm system

 

contractor that is licensed under the private security guard act of

 

1968, 1968 PA 330, MCL 338.1051 to 338.1085. , or a

 

     (ii) A private detective or private investigator that is

 

licensed under the private detective license act of 1965,

 

investigator licensure act, 1965 PA 285, MCL 338.821 to 338.851. ,

 

for any purpose permitted under this section.


     (iii) A security guard agency that is licensed under article

 

14A of the occupational code, 1980 PA 299, MCL 339.1421 to

 

339.1443.

 

     (iv) A system provider that is registered under the security

 

alarm systems act, 2012 PA 580, MCL 338.2181 to 338.2187.

 

     (i) For use by an ORV rental business, or its employees,

 

agents, contractors, or service firms, for the purpose of making

 

rental decisions.

 

     (j) For use by a news medium in the preparation and

 

dissemination of a report related in part or in whole to the

 

operation of a motor vehicle or public safety. "News medium"

 

includes a newspaper, a magazine or periodical published at regular

 

intervals, a news service, a broadcast network, a television

 

station, a radio station, a cablecaster, or an entity employed by

 

any of the foregoing.

 

     (k) For any use by an individual requesting information

 

pertaining to himself or herself or requesting in writing that the

 

secretary of state provide information pertaining to himself or

 

herself to the individual's designee. A request for disclosure to a

 

designee, however, may be submitted only by the individual.

 

     Sec. 82156a. (1) Except as provided in this section and in

 

section 82156c, personal information in a record maintained under

 

this part shall not be disclosed, unless the person requesting the

 

information furnishes proof of identity deemed satisfactory to the

 

secretary of state and certifies that the personal information

 

requested will be used for a permissible purpose identified in this

 

section or in section 82156c. Notwithstanding this section, highly


restricted personal information shall be used and disclosed only as

 

expressly permitted by law.

 

     (2) Personal information in a record maintained under this act

 

shall be disclosed by the secretary of state if required to carry

 

out the purposes of a specified federal law. As used in this

 

section, "specified federal law" means the automobile information

 

disclosure act, Public Law 85-506, 15 U.S.C. 1231 to 1232 and USC

 

1231 to 1233, the former motor vehicle information and cost savings

 

act, Public Law 92-513, the former national traffic and motor

 

vehicle safety act of 1966, Public Law 89-563, the anti-car theft

 

act of 1992, Public Law 102-519, 106 Stat. Stat 3384, the clean air

 

act, chapter 360, 69 Stat. Stat 322, 42 U.S.C. 7401 to 7431, 7470

 

to 7479, 7491 to 7492, 7501 to 7509a, 7511 to 7515, 7521 to 7525,

 

7541 to 7545, 7547 to 7550, 7552 to 7554, 7571 to 7574, 7581 to

 

7590, 7601 to 7612, 7614 to 7617, 7619 to 7622, 7624 to 7627, 7641

 

to 7642, 7651 to 7651o, 7661 to 7661f, and 7671 USC 7401 to 7671q,

 

and all federal regulations promulgated to implement these federal

 

laws.

 

     (3) Personal information in a record maintained under this

 

part may be disclosed as follows:

 

     (a) For use by any government agency, including any court or

 

law enforcement agency, in carrying out its functions, or any

 

private person or entity acting on behalf of a government agency in

 

carrying out its functions.

 

     (b) For use in connection with matters of snowmobile and

 

operator safety or ORV theft; snowmobile emissions; snowmobile

 

product alterations, recalls, or advisories; performance monitoring


of snowmobiles; snowmobiles research activities, including survey

 

research; and the removal of nonowner records from the original

 

records of snowmobile manufacturers.

 

     (c) For use in the normal course of business by a business or

 

its agents, employees, or contractors to verify the accuracy of

 

personal information submitted by an individual to the business or

 

its agents, employees, or contractors, and if the information as

 

submitted is not correct or is no longer correct, to obtain the

 

correct information, but only for the purposes of preventing fraud,

 

by pursuing legal remedies against, or recovering on a debt or

 

security interest against, the individual.

 

     (d) For use in connection with any civil, criminal,

 

administrative, or arbitral proceeding in any court or government

 

agency or before any self-regulatory body, including the service of

 

process, investigation in anticipation of litigation, and the

 

execution or enforcement of judgments and orders, or pursuant to an

 

order of any court.

 

     (e) For use in legitimate research activities and in preparing

 

statistical reports for commercial, scholarly, or academic purposes

 

by a bona fide research organization, so long as the personal

 

information is not published, redisclosed, or used to contact

 

individuals.

 

     (f) For use by any insurer, self-insurer, or insurance support

 

organization, or its agents, employees, or contractors, in

 

connection with claims investigation activities, antifraud

 

activities, rating, or underwriting.

 

     (g) For use in providing notice to the owner of an abandoned,


towed, or impounded snowmobile.

 

     (h) For use by any of the following for a purpose permitted

 

under this section:

 

     (i) A licensed private security guard agency or alarm system

 

contractor that is licensed under the private security guard act of

 

1968, 1968 PA 330, MCL 338.1051 to 338.1085. , or a

 

     (ii) A private detective or private investigator that is

 

licensed under the private detective license act of 1965,

 

investigator licensure act, 1965 PA 285, MCL 338.821 to 338.851. ,

 

for any purpose permitted under this section.

 

     (iii) A security guard agency that is licensed under article

 

14A of the occupational code, 1980 PA 299, MCL 339.1421 to

 

339.1443.

 

     (iv) A system provider that is registered under the security

 

alarm systems act, 2012 PA 580, MCL 338.2181 to 338.2187.

 

     (i) For use by an ORV rental business or its employees,

 

agents, contractors, or service firms for the purpose of making

 

rental decisions.

 

     (j) For use by a news medium in the preparation and

 

dissemination of a report related in part or in whole to the

 

operation of a motor vehicle or public safety. "News medium"

 

includes a newspaper, a magazine or periodical published at regular

 

intervals, a news service, a broadcast network, a television

 

station, a radio station, a cablecaster, or an entity employed by

 

any of the foregoing.

 

     (k) For any use by an individual requesting information

 

pertaining to himself or herself or requesting in writing that the


secretary of state provide information pertaining to himself or

 

herself to the individual's designee. A request for disclosure to a

 

designee, however, may be submitted only by the individual.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.