Bill Text: MI HB5370 | 2021-2022 | 101st Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Traffic control: violations; right-of-way violations; modify. Amends 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.1 - 257.923) by adding sec. 649a.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-06-02 - Assigned Pa 92'22 With Immediate Effect [HB5370 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2021-HB5370-Enrolled.html
state of michigan
101st Legislature
Regular session of 2022
Introduced by Rep. VanSingel
ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5370
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,” (MCL 257.1 to 257.923) by adding section 649a.
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 649a. (1) The driver of a vehicle at a location other than an intersection intending to turn to the left across a lane of traffic traveling in the opposite direction shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles approaching from the opposite direction that are so close to the driver as to constitute an immediate hazard.
(2) An individual who violates this section is responsible for a civil infraction.
This
act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Secretary of the Senate
Approved___________________________________________
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Governor
