Bill Text: MI HB5057 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Records; birth; heirloom birth certificate; establish flat fee. Amends sec. 2882a of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.2882a).
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)
Status: (Passed) 2012-05-08 - Assigned Pa 127'12 With Immediate Effect [HB5057 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2011-HB5057-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 5057
October 12, 2011, Introduced by Reps. Lyons, Wayne Schmidt, Rogers, Walsh, Liss and Haveman and referred to the Committee on Families, Children, and Seniors.
A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled
"Public health code,"
by amending section 2882a (MCL 333.2882a), as added by 2011 PA 28.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 2882a. (1) In addition to the birth record copies and
certificates issued under section 2882 and subject to the
limitations of section 2882(1)(a) and (b), the state registrar
shall
issue, upon request and payment of a the fee established by
rule prescribed
in subsection (2), 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.
The state registrar shall establish procedures to allow the
purchase of a gift card or certificate that can be redeemed by a
person eligible to purchase an heirloom birth certificate under
this section.
(2)
The department shall promulgate rules that establish the
amount
of the fee for each separate
design of an heirloom
certificate
of birth is $40.00. 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 $20.00
of the each fee
that
exceeds
the actual cost of preparing and administering an heirloom
birth
certificate collected under
this section 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".
