Bill Text: MI HB5259 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Vehicles; mopeds; definition of mopeds; allow greater engine displacement and remove horsepower threshold. Amends sec. 32b of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.32b).

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Passed) 2012-12-27 - Assigned Pa 424'12 With Immediate Effect [HB5259 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2011-HB5259-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 5259

 

January 19, 2012, Introduced by Rep. LeBlanc and referred to the Committee on Transportation.

 

     A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled

 

"Michigan vehicle code,"

 

by amending section 32b (MCL 257.32b), as amended by 1983 PA 91.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 32b. "Moped" means a 2- or 3-wheeled vehicle to which

 

both of the following apply:

 

     (a) It is equipped with a motor that does not exceed 50 cubic

 

centimeters piston displacement , produces 2.0 brake horsepower or

 

less, and cannot propel the vehicle at a speed greater than 30

 

miles per hour on a level surface. The

 

     (b) Its power drive system shall does not require the operator

 

to shift gears.