Bill Text: MI HB4869 | 2023-2024 | 102nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Highways: bridges; Mackinac Bridge toll; eliminate. Amends sec. 12 of 1952 PA 214 (MCL 254.322).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 9-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-07-18 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 06/28/2023 [HB4869 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2023-HB4869-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL NO. 4869
A bill to amend 1952 PA 214, entitled
"An act authorizing the Mackinac bridge authority to acquire a bridge and a utility tunnel connecting the Upper and Lower Peninsulas of Michigan, including causeways, tunnels, roads and all useful related equipment and facilities, including park, parking, recreation, lighting, and terminal facilities; extending the corporate existence of the authority; authorizing the authority to enjoy and carry out all powers incident to its corporate objects; authorizing the appropriation and use of state funds for the preliminary purposes of the authority; providing for the payment of the cost of the bridge and authorizing the authority to issue revenue bonds payable solely from the revenues of the bridge; granting the right of condemnation to the authority; granting the use of state land and property to the authority; making provisions for the payment and security of bonds and granting certain rights and remedies to the holders of bonds; authorizing banks and trust companies to perform certain acts in connection with the payment and security of bonds; authorizing the imposition of tolls and charges; authorizing the authority to secure the consent of the United States government to the construction of the bridge and to secure approval of plans, specifications, and location of the bridge; authorizing employment of engineers regardless of whether those engineers have been previously employed to make preliminary inspections or reports with respect to the bridge; authorizing the state transportation department to operate and maintain the bridge or to contribute to the bridge and enter into leases and agreements in connection with the bridge; exempting bonds and the property of the authority from taxation; prohibiting competing traffic facilities; authorizing the operation of ferries by the authority; authorizing the creation of the Mackinac Straits corridor authority; authorizing the operation of a utility tunnel by the authority or the Mackinac Straits corridor authority; providing for the construction and use of certain buildings; and making an appropriation,"
by amending section 12 (MCL 254.322), as amended by 2004 PA 336.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 12. (1) Except as provided in this section, all individuals or vehicles using the bridge shall pay tolls and charges established by the authority. The authority shall not charge tolls or charges to its own personnel or vehicles while the personnel are on duty or while the vehicles are being used for authority business. Beginning October 1, 2003, the
(2) The authority shall not charge tolls or charges to authorized emergency vehicles that are in the process of responding to an emergency. As used in this section, "authorized emergency vehicles" means that term as defined in section 2 of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.2. Beginning November 1, 2004, a violation of
(3) Before the effective date of the amendatory act that added subsection (4), an individual who violates this section by failure failing to pay a toll is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 30 days or a fine of not more than $500.00, or both.
(4) Beginning on the effective date of the amendatory act that added this subsection, the authority shall not charge tolls or charges to any individual or vehicle for using the bridge.
(5) As used in this section, "authorized emergency vehicle" means that term as defined in section 2 of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.2.
