Bill Text: MI HB4980 | 2021-2022 | 101st Legislature | Chaptered
Bill Title: Traffic control: speed restrictions; drag racing; make prohibition of inapplicable to scramble area at Silver Lake State Park. Amends sec. 626a of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.626a).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-07-21 - Assigned Pa 75'21 With Immediate Effect [HB4980 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2021-HB4980-Chaptered.html
Act No. 75
Public Acts of 2021
Approved by the Governor
July 29, 2021
Filed with the Secretary of State
July 29, 2021
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 29, 2021
state of michigan
101st Legislature
Regular session of 2021
Introduced by Reps. VanSingel and Meerman
ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 4980
AN ACT to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled “An act to provide for the registration, titling, sale, transfer, and regulation of certain vehicles operated upon the public highways of this state or any other place open to the general public or generally accessible to motor vehicles and distressed vehicles; to provide for the licensing of dealers; to provide for the examination, licensing, and control of operators and chauffeurs; to provide for the giving of proof of financial responsibility and security by owners and operators of vehicles; to provide for the imposition, levy, and collection of specific taxes on vehicles, and the levy and collection of sales and use taxes, license fees, and permit fees; to provide for the regulation and use of streets and highways; to create certain funds; to provide penalties and sanctions for a violation of this act; to provide for civil liability of manufacturers, the manufacturers of certain devices, the manufacturers of automated technology, upfitters, owners, and operators of vehicles and service of process on residents and nonresidents; to regulate the introduction and use of certain evidence; to regulate and certify the manufacturers of certain devices; to provide for approval and certification of installers and servicers of certain devices; to provide for the levy of certain assessments; to provide for the enforcement of this act; to provide for the creation of and to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state and local agencies; to impose liability upon the state or local agencies; to provide appropriations for certain purposes; to repeal all other acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act or contrary to this act; and to repeal certain parts of this act on a specific date,” by amending section 626a (MCL 257.626a).
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 626a. (1) A person shall not do either of the following:
(a) Operate a vehicle upon a highway, or any other place open to the general public, including an area designated for the parking of motor vehicles, in a speed or acceleration contest or drag race or to make a speed record.
(b) Assist in a violation of subdivision (a).
(2) The operation of 2 or more vehicles either at speeds in excess of the prima facie lawfully established speed or rapidly accelerating from a common starting point to a speed in excess of the prima facie lawful speed is prima facie evidence of a drag race.
(3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply within the Silver Lake State Park scramble area.
(4) As used in this section, “drag race” means the operation of 2 or more vehicles from a point side by side at accelerating speeds in a competitive attempt to out-distance each other over a common selected course or where timing is involved or where timing devices are used in competitive accelerations of speeds by participating vehicles.
This
act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Secretary of the Senate
Approved___________________________________________
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Governor
