Bill Text: MI SB1575 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Records; birth; heirloom birth certificates; create, allow for fee collection, and earmark revenue. Amends 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.1101 - 333.25211) by adding sec. 2882a.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-11-10 - Referred To Committee On Families And Children's Services [SB1575 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2009-SB1575-Introduced.html

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SENATE BILL No. 1575

 

 

November 4, 2010, Introduced by Senator RICHARDVILLE and referred to the Committee on Families and Human Services.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled

 

"Public health code,"

 

(MCL 333.1101 to 333.25211) by adding section 2882a.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 2882a. (1) In addition to the birth record copies and

 

certificates issued under section 2882, the state registrar shall

 

issue, upon request and payment of a fee established by rule, an

 

heirloom birth certificate representing the birth of the individual

 

named on the original birth record or certificate. The state

 

registrar may establish procedures for the administration of an

 

heirloom birth certificate.

 

     (2) The department shall promulgate rules that establish the

 

amount of the fee for each separate design of an heirloom

 

certificate of birth. The department shall establish each fee in an

 

amount that is more than the estimated actual cost to the

 

department for a similar design, not to exceed the estimated fair

 

market value of a comparable artistic rendition. The state

 

registrar shall transmit that portion of the fee that exceeds the

 

actual cost of preparing and administering an heirloom birth

 

certificate to the state treasurer for deposit as a gift or

 

donation into the children's trust fund created in 1982 PA 249, MCL

 

21.171 to 21.172.

 

     (3) The department shall design each heirloom birth

 

certificate available for issue under subsection (1) consistent

 

with the form and content prescribed under section 2811 and so that

 

it is suitable for display. An heirloom birth certificate may bear

 

the seal of the state and may be signed by the governor.

 

     (4) The department shall market and promote heirloom birth

 

certificates available under this section.

 

     (5) An heirloom birth certificate issued under this section is

 

not an official record of birth and is not the active birth

 

certificate of the individual whose name appears on the document.

 

     (6) This section may be referred to as the "Pam Posthumus

 

law".