Bill Text: MI HB5766 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Vehicles; equipment; use of amber lights on vehicles performing snow removal services; allow during movement between jobs, allow for operation of certain vehicles with snow plow blades up to 10 feet wide during certain periods, and other revisions. Amends secs. 224, 226, 698, 717 & 808 of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.224 et seq.).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2018-10-17 - Assigned Pa 342'18 With Immediate Effect [HB5766 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-HB5766-Engrossed.html

HB-5766, As Passed Senate, September 26, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SENATE SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

HOUSE BILL NO. 5766

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled

 

"Michigan vehicle code,"

 

by amending sections 224, 226, 698, 717, and 808 (MCL 257.224,

 

257.226, 257.698, 257.717, and 257.808), section 224 as amended by

 

2013 PA 179, section 226 as amended by 2016 PA 425, section 698 as

 

amended by 2018 PA 278, and section 717 as amended by 2018 PA 273;

 

and to repeal acts and parts of acts.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 224. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this act

 

regarding tabs or stickers, upon registering a vehicle, the

 

secretary of state shall issue to the owner 1 registration plate.

 

     (2) A registration plate shall display the registration number

 

assigned to the vehicle for which the registration plate is issued;

 


the name of this state, which may be abbreviated; and when the

 

registration plate expires, which may be shown by a tab or sticker

 

furnished by the secretary of state.

 

     (3) A registration plate issued for motor vehicles owned and

 

operated by this state; a state institution; a municipality; a

 

privately incorporated, nonprofit volunteer fire department; or a

 

nonpublic, nonprofit college or university of this state shall not

 

expire at any particular time but shall be renewed when the

 

registration plate is worn out or is illegible. This registration

 

plate shall be assigned upon proper application and payment of the

 

applicable fee and may be used on any eligible vehicle titled to

 

the applicant if a written record is kept of the vehicles upon

 

which the registration plate is used. The written record shall

 

state the time the registration plate is used on a particular

 

vehicle. The record shall be open to inspection by a law

 

enforcement officer or a representative of the secretary of state.

 

     (4) A registration plate issued for a vehicle owned by the

 

civil air patrol as organized under 36 USC 201 to 208; a vehicle

 

owned by a nonprofit organization and used to transport equipment

 

for providing dialysis treatment to children at camp; an emergency

 

support vehicle used exclusively for emergencies and owned and

 

operated by a federally recognized nonprofit charitable

 

organization; a vehicle owned and operated by a nonprofit veterans

 

center; a motor vehicle having a truck chassis and a locomotive or

 

ship's body which is owned by a nonprofit veterans organization and

 

used exclusively in parades and civic events; a vehicle owned and

 

operated by a nonprofit recycling center or a federally recognized


nonprofit conservation organization until December 31, 2000; a

 

motor vehicle owned and operated by a senior citizen center; and a

 

registration plate issued for buses including station wagons,

 

carryalls, or similarly constructed vehicles owned and operated by

 

a nonprofit parents' transportation corporation used for school

 

purposes, parochial school, society, church Sunday school, or other

 

grammar school, or by a nonprofit youth organization or nonprofit

 

rehabilitation facility shall be issued upon proper application and

 

payment of the applicable tax provided in section 801(1)(g) or (h)

 

to the applicant for the vehicle identified in the application. The

 

vehicle shall be used exclusively for activities of the school or

 

organization and shall be designated by proper signs showing the

 

school or organization operating the vehicle. The registration

 

plate shall expire on December 31 in the fifth year following the

 

date of issuance. The registration plate may be transferred to

 

another vehicle upon proper application and payment of a $10.00

 

transfer fee.

 

     (5) The department shall offer a standard design registration

 

plate that complies with the requirements of this act. The standard

 

design registration plate shall be of a common color scheme and

 

design that is made of fully reflectorized material and shall be

 

clearly visible at night.

 

     (6) The department may use the Pure Michigan brand or a

 

successor or similar brand that is used in conjunction with this

 

state's promotion, travel, and tourism campaigns or marketing

 

efforts as part of the standard design for registration plates.

 

     (7) The registration plate and the required letters and


numerals on the registration plate shall be of sufficient size to

 

be plainly readable from a distance of 100 feet during daylight.

 

The secretary of state may issue a tab or tabs designating the

 

month and year of expiration.

 

     (8) The Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the

 

secretary of state shall issue for every passenger motor vehicle

 

rented without a driver the same type of registration plate as the

 

type of registration plate issued for private passenger vehicles.

 

This subsection does not apply to a special registration plate

 

issued for a vehicle in a fleet under section 801h.

 

     (9) A person shall not operate a vehicle on the public

 

highways or streets of this state displaying a registration plate

 

other than the registration plate issued for the vehicle by the

 

secretary of state, except as provided in this chapter for

 

nonresidents, or by assignment as provided in subsection (3).

 

     (10) The registration plate displayed on a vehicle registered

 

on the basis of elected gross weight shall indicate the elected

 

gross weight for which the vehicle is registered.

 

     (11) Beginning on January 1, 2015, a registration plate issued

 

by the department under this section shall not be renewed 10 years

 

after the date that registration plate was issued. The owner of a

 

vehicle whose registration plate is no longer eligible for renewal

 

under this subsection shall obtain a replacement registration plate

 

upon payment of the fee required under section 804. For any

 

alphanumeric series that the department has retired from

 

circulation, upon request of the owner of a vehicle whose

 

registration plate is no longer eligible for renewal under this


subsection, the department may issue a new registration plate with

 

the same registration number as was displayed on the expired

 

registration plate as provided under section 803b.

 

     (12) The secretary of state, in conjunction with the

 

department of corrections, the Michigan state police, the Michigan

 

sheriffs' association, 1 individual appointed by the speaker of the

 

house of representatives, and 1 individual appointed by the senate

 

majority leader, shall prepare a report analyzing the viability of

 

moving from the current registration plate production process to a

 

digital printing of registration plates. The secretary of state

 

shall submit the report to the standing committees of the senate

 

and house of representatives with primary responsibility for

 

transportation issues no later than December 31, 2013.

 

     Sec. 226. (1) A vehicle registration issued by the secretary

 

of state expires on the owner's birthday, unless another expiration

 

date is provided for under this act or unless the registration is

 

for the following vehicles, in which case registration expires on

 

the last day of February:

 

     (a) A commercial vehicle except for a commercial vehicle

 

issued a registration under the international registration plan or

 

a pickup truck or van owned by an individual.

 

     (b) Except for a trailer or semitrailer issued a registration

 

under the international registration plan, a trailer or semitrailer

 

owned by a business, corporation, or person other than an

 

individual; or a pole trailer.

 

     (2) The expiration date for a registration issued for a

 

motorcycle is the motorcycle owner's birthday.


     (3) The expiration date for a registration bearing the letters

 

"SEN" or "REP" is February 1.

 

     (4) In the case of a vehicle owned by a business, corporation,

 

or an owner other than an individual, the secretary of state may

 

assign or reassign the expiration date of the registration.

 

     (5) The secretary of state shall do all of the following:

 

     (a) After the October 1 immediately preceding the year

 

designated on the registration, issue a registration upon

 

application and payment of the proper fee for a commercial vehicle,

 

other than a pickup or van owned by an individual; or a trailer

 

owned by a business, corporation, or person other than an

 

individual.

 

     (b) Beginning 60 days before the expiration date assigned on

 

an international registration plan registration plate, issue a

 

registration under section 801g upon application and payment of the

 

proper apportioned fee for a commercial vehicle engaged in

 

interstate commerce.

 

     (c) Beginning 45 days before the owner's birthday and 120 days

 

before the expiration date assigned by the secretary of state,

 

issue a registration for a vehicle other than those designated in

 

subsection (1)(a) or (b). However, if an owner whose registration

 

period begins 45 days before his or her birthday will be out of the

 

state during the 45 days immediately preceding expiration of a

 

registration or for other good cause shown cannot apply for a

 

renewal registration within the 45-day period, application for a

 

renewal registration may be made not more than 6 months before

 

expiration.


     (6) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the

 

secretary of state, upon application and payment of the proper fee,

 

shall issue a registration for a vehicle or a motorcycle to a

 

resident that shall expire on the owner's birthday. If the owner's

 

next birthday is at least 6 months but not more than 12 months in

 

the future, the owner shall receive a registration valid until the

 

owner's next birthday. If the owner's next birthday is less than 6

 

months in the future, the owner shall receive a registration valid

 

until the owner's birthday following the owner's next birthday. The

 

tax required under this act for a registration described in this

 

subsection shall be either of the following:

 

     (a) For an original registration, the tax shall bear the same

 

relationship to the tax required under section 801 for a 12-month

 

registration as the length of the registration bears to 12 months.

 

     (b) For a renewal of a registration, either of the following:

 

     (i) For a registration that is for at least 6 months but not

 

more than 12 months, the same amount as for 12 months.

 

     (ii) For a renewal of a registration that is for more than 12

 

months, 2 times the amount for 12 months.

 

     Partial months shall be considered as whole months in the

 

calculation of the required tax and in the determination of the

 

length of time between the application for a registration and the

 

owner's next birthday. The tax required for that registration shall

 

be rounded off to whole dollars as provided in section 801.

 

     (7) A certificate of title shall remain valid until canceled

 

by the secretary of state for cause or upon a transfer of an

 

interest shown on the certificate of title.


     (8) The secretary of state, upon request, shall issue special

 

registration for commercial vehicles, valid for 6 months after the

 

date of issue, if the full registration fee exceeds $50.00, on the

 

payment of 1/2 the full registration fee and a service charge as

 

enumerated in section 802(1).

 

     (9) The secretary of state may issue a special registration

 

for each of the following:

 

     (a) A new vehicle purchased or leased outside of this state

 

and delivered in this state to the purchaser or lessee by the

 

manufacturer of that vehicle for removal to a place outside of this

 

state, if a certification is made that the vehicle will be

 

primarily used, stored, and registered outside of this state and

 

will not be returned to this state by the purchaser or lessee for

 

use or storage.

 

     (b) A vehicle purchased or leased in this state and delivered

 

to the purchaser or lessee by a dealer or by the owner of the

 

vehicle for removal to a place outside of this state, if a

 

certification is made that the vehicle will be primarily used,

 

stored, and registered outside of this state and will not be

 

returned to this state by the purchaser or lessee for use or

 

storage.

 

     (10) A special registration issued under subsection (9) is

 

valid for not more than 30 days after the date of issuance, and a

 

fee shall be collected for each special registration as provided in

 

section 802(3). The special registration may be in the form

 

determined by the secretary of state. If a dealer makes a retail

 

sale or lease of a vehicle to a purchaser or lessee who is


qualified and eligible to obtain a special registration, the dealer

 

shall apply for the special registration for the purchaser or

 

lessee. If a person other than a dealer sells or leases a vehicle

 

to a purchaser or lessee who is qualified and eligible to obtain a

 

special registration, the purchaser or lessee shall appear in

 

person, or by a person exercising the purchaser's or lessee's power

 

of attorney, at an office of the secretary of state and furnish a

 

certification that the person is the bona fide purchaser or lessee

 

or that the person has granted the power of attorney, together with

 

other forms required for the issuance of the special registration

 

and provide the secretary of state with proof that the vehicle is

 

covered by a Michigan no-fault insurance policy issued pursuant to

 

under section 3101 of the insurance code of 1956, 1956 PA 218, MCL

 

500.3101, or proof that the vehicle is covered by a policy of

 

insurance issued by an insurer pursuant to under section 3163 of

 

the insurance code of 1956, 1956 PA 218, MCL 500.3163. The

 

certification required in this subsection shall contain all of the

 

following:

 

     (a) The address of the purchaser or lessee.

 

     (b) A statement that the vehicle is purchased or leased for

 

registration outside of this state.

 

     (c) A statement that the vehicle shall be primarily used,

 

stored, and registered outside of this state.

 

     (d) The name of the jurisdiction in which the vehicle is to be

 

registered.

 

     (e) Other information requested by the secretary of state.

 

     (11) In the case of a commercial vehicle, trailer, or


semitrailer issued a registration under the international

 

registration plan, the secretary of state in mutual agreement with

 

the owner may assign or reassign the expiration date of the

 

registration. However, the expiration date agreed to shall be

 

either March 31, June 30, September 30, or December 31 or beginning

 

on February 19, 2019, the last day of a calendar month. Renewals

 

expiring on or after September 30, 1993 June 30, 2020 shall be for

 

a minimum of at least 12 months if there is a change in the

 

established expiration date.

 

     (12) The expiration date for a multiyear registration issued

 

for a leased vehicle shall be the date the lease expires but shall

 

not be for a period longer than 24 months.

 

     Sec. 698. (1) A motor vehicle may be equipped with not more

 

than 2 side cowl or fender lamps that emit an amber or white light

 

without glare.

 

     (2) A motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than 1

 

running board courtesy lamp on each side that emits a white or

 

amber light without glare.

 

     (3) Backing lights of red, amber, or white may be mounted on

 

the rear of a motor vehicle if the switch controlling the light is

 

so arranged that the light may be turned on only if the vehicle is

 

in reverse gear. The backing lights when unlighted shall be covered

 

or otherwise arranged so as not to reflect objectionable glare in

 

the eyes of an operator of a vehicle approaching from the rear.

 

     (4) Unless both covered and unlit, a vehicle operated on the

 

highways of this state shall not be equipped with a lamp or a part

 

designed to be a reflector unless expressly required or permitted


by this chapter or that meets the standards prescribed in 49 CFR

 

571.108. A lamp or a part designed to be a reflector, if visible

 

from the front, shall display or reflect a white or amber light; if

 

visible from either side, shall display or reflect an amber or red

 

light; and if visible from the rear, shall display or reflect a red

 

light, except as otherwise provided by law.

 

     (5) The use or possession of flashing, oscillating, or

 

rotating lights of any color is prohibited except as otherwise

 

provided by law, or under the following circumstances:

 

     (a) A police vehicle shall be equipped with flashing,

 

rotating, or oscillating red or blue lights, for use in the

 

performance of police duties.

 

     (b) A fire vehicle or ambulance available for public use or

 

for use of the United States, this state, or any unit of this

 

state, whether publicly or privately owned, shall be equipped with

 

flashing, rotating, or oscillating red lights and used as required

 

for safety.

 

     (c) An authorized emergency vehicle may be equipped with

 

flashing, rotating, or oscillating red lights for use when

 

responding to an emergency call if when in use the flashing,

 

rotating, or oscillating red lights are clearly visible in a 360-

 

degree arc from a distance of 500 feet when in use. A person

 

operating lights under this subdivision at any time other than when

 

responding to an emergency call is guilty of a misdemeanor.

 

     (d) Flashing, rotating, or oscillating amber or green lights,

 

placed in a position as to be visible throughout an arc of 360

 

degrees, shall be used by a state, county, or municipal vehicle


engaged in the removal of ice, snow, or other material from the

 

highway and in other operations designed to control ice and snow,

 

or engaged in other non-winter operations. This subdivision does

 

not prohibit the use of a flashing, rotating, or oscillating green

 

light by a fire service.

 

     (e) A vehicle used for the cleanup of spills or a necessary

 

emergency response action taken pursuant to state or federal law or

 

a vehicle operated by an employee of the department of natural

 

resources or the department of environmental quality that responds

 

to a spill, emergency response action, complaint, or compliance

 

activity may be equipped with flashing, rotating, or oscillating

 

amber or green lights. The lights described in this subdivision

 

shall not be activated unless the vehicle is at the scene of a

 

spill, emergency response action, complaint, or compliance

 

activity. This subdivision does not prohibit the use of a flashing,

 

rotating, or oscillating green light by a fire service.

 

     (f) A vehicle to perform public utility service, a vehicle

 

owned or leased by and licensed as a business for use in the

 

collection and hauling of refuse, an automobile service car or

 

wrecker, a vehicle engaged in authorized highway repair or

 

maintenance, a vehicle of a peace officer, a vehicle operated by a

 

rural letter carrier or a person under contract to deliver

 

newspapers or other publications by motor route, a vehicle utilized

 

for snow or ice removal under section 682c, a private security

 

guard vehicle as authorized in subsection (7), a motor vehicle

 

while engaged in escorting or transporting an oversize load that

 

has been issued a permit by the state transportation department or


a local authority with respect to highways under its jurisdiction,

 

a vehicle owned by the national guard National Guard or a United

 

States military vehicle while traveling under the appropriate

 

recognized military authority, a motor vehicle while towing an

 

implement of husbandry, or an implement of husbandry may be

 

equipped with flashing, rotating, or oscillating amber lights.

 

However, a wrecker may be equipped with flashing, rotating, or

 

oscillating red lights that shall be activated only when the

 

wrecker is engaged in removing or assisting a vehicle at the scene

 

of a traffic accident or disablement. The flashing, rotating, or

 

oscillating amber lights shall not be activated except when the

 

warning produced by the lights is required for public safety. A

 

vehicle engaged in authorized highway repair or maintenance may be

 

equipped with flashing, rotating, or oscillating amber or green

 

lights. This subdivision does not prohibit the operator of a

 

vehicle utilized for snow or ice removal under section 682c that is

 

equipped with flashing, rotating, or oscillating amber lights from

 

activating the flashing, rotating, or oscillating amber lights when

 

that vehicle is traveling between locations at which it is being

 

utilized for snow or ice removal.

 

     (g) A vehicle engaged in leading or escorting a funeral

 

procession or any vehicle that is part of a funeral procession may

 

be equipped with flashing, rotating, or oscillating purple or amber

 

lights that shall not be activated except during a funeral

 

procession.

 

     (h) An authorized emergency vehicle may display flashing,

 

rotating, or oscillating white lights in conjunction with an


authorized emergency light as prescribed in this section.

 

     (i) A private motor vehicle of a physician responding to an

 

emergency call may be equipped with and the physician may use

 

flashing, rotating, or oscillating red lights mounted on the roof

 

section of the vehicle either as a permanent installation or by

 

means of magnets or suction cups and clearly visible in a 360-

 

degree arc from a distance of 500 feet when in use. The physician

 

shall first obtain written authorization from the county sheriff.

 

     (j) A public transit vehicle may be equipped with a flashing,

 

oscillating, or rotating light mounted on the roof of the vehicle

 

approximately 6 feet from the rear of the vehicle that displays a

 

white light to the front, side, and rear of the vehicle, which

 

light may be actuated by the driver for use only in inclement

 

weather such as fog, rain, or snow, when boarding or discharging

 

passengers, from 1/2 hour before sunset until 1/2 hour after

 

sunrise, or when conditions hinder the visibility of the public

 

transit vehicle. As used in this subdivision, "public transit

 

vehicle" means a motor vehicle, other than a station wagon or

 

passenger van, with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than

 

10,000 pounds.

 

     (k) A person engaged in the manufacture, sale, or repair of

 

flashing, rotating, or oscillating lights governed by this

 

subsection may possess the lights for the purpose of employment,

 

but shall not activate the lights upon the highway unless

 

authorized to do so under subsection (6).

 

     (l) A vehicle used as part of a neighborhood watch program may

 

be equipped with flashing, rotating, or oscillating amber lights,


if the vehicle is clearly identified as a neighborhood watch

 

vehicle and the neighborhood watch program is working in

 

cooperation with local law enforcement. The lights described in

 

this subdivision shall not be activated when the vehicle is not

 

being used to perform neighborhood watch program duties.

 

     (6) A person shall not sell, loan, or otherwise furnish a

 

flashing, rotating, or oscillating blue or red light designed

 

primarily for installation on an authorized emergency vehicle to a

 

person except a police officer, sheriff, deputy sheriff, authorized

 

physician, volunteer or paid fire fighter, volunteer ambulance

 

driver, licensed ambulance driver or attendant of the this state, a

 

county or municipality within the this state, a person engaged in

 

the business of operating an ambulance or wrecker service, or a

 

federally recognized nonprofit charitable organization that owns

 

and operates an emergency support vehicle used exclusively for

 

emergencies. This subsection does not prohibit an authorized

 

emergency vehicle, equipped with flashing, rotating, or oscillating

 

blue or red lights, from being operated by a person other than a

 

person described in this section if the person receives

 

authorization to operate the authorized emergency vehicle from a

 

police officer, sheriff, deputy sheriff, authorized physician,

 

volunteer or paid fire fighter, volunteer ambulance driver,

 

licensed ambulance driver or attendant, a person operating an

 

ambulance or wrecker service, or a federally recognized nonprofit

 

charitable organization that owns and operates an emergency support

 

vehicle used exclusively for emergencies, except that the

 

authorization shall not permit the person to operate lights as


described in subsection (5)(a), (b), (c), (i), or (j), or to

 

exercise the privileges described in section 603. A person who

 

operates an authorized emergency vehicle in violation of the terms

 

of an authorization is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by

 

imprisonment for not more than 90 days or a fine of not more than

 

$100.00, or both.

 

     (7) A private motor vehicle of a security guard agency or

 

alarm company licensed under the private security business and

 

security alarm act, 1968 PA 330, MCL 338.1051 to 338.1092, may

 

display flashing, rotating, or oscillating amber lights. The

 

flashing, rotating, or oscillating amber lights shall not be

 

activated on a public highway when a vehicle is in motion.

 

     (8) This section does not prohibit, restrict, or limit the use

 

of lights authorized or required under sections 697, 697a, and

 

698a.

 

     (9) A person who operates a vehicle in violation of subsection

 

(1), (2), (3), or (4) is responsible for a civil infraction.

 

     Sec. 717. (1) The total outside width of a vehicle or the load

 

on a vehicle shall not exceed 96 inches, except as otherwise

 

provided in this section.

 

     (2) A person may operate or move an implement of husbandry of

 

any width on a highway as required, designed, and intended for

 

farming operations, including the movement of implements of

 

husbandry being driven or towed and not hauled on a trailer,

 

without obtaining a special permit for an excessively wide vehicle

 

or load under section 725. The operation or movement of the

 

implement of husbandry shall be in a manner so as to minimize the


interruption of traffic flow. A person shall not operate or move an

 

implement of husbandry to the left of the center of the roadway

 

from a half hour after sunset to a half hour before sunrise, under

 

the conditions specified in section 639, or at any time visibility

 

is substantially diminished due to weather conditions. A person

 

operating or moving an implement of husbandry shall follow all

 

traffic regulations.

 

     (3) The total outside width of the load of a vehicle hauling

 

concrete pipe, ferrous pipe, agricultural products, or unprocessed

 

logs, pulpwood, or wood bolts shall not exceed 108 inches.

 

     (4) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (5) and this

 

subsection, if a vehicle that is equipped with pneumatic tires is

 

operated on a highway, the maximum width from the outside of 1

 

wheel and tire to the outside of the opposite wheel and tire shall

 

not exceed 102 inches, and the outside width of the body of the

 

vehicle or the load on the vehicle shall not exceed 96 inches.

 

However, a truck and trailer or a tractor and semitrailer

 

combination hauling pulpwood or unprocessed logs may be operated

 

with a maximum width of not to exceed 108 inches in accordance with

 

a special permit issued under section 725.

 

     (5) The total outside body width of a school bus, a bus, a

 

trailer coach, a trailer, a semitrailer, a truck camper, or a motor

 

home shall not exceed 102 inches. However, an appurtenance of a

 

school bus, a trailer coach, a truck camper, or a motor home that

 

extends not more than 6 inches beyond the total outside body width

 

is does not a violation of violate this section.

 

     (6) A vehicle shall not extend beyond the center line of a


state trunk line highway except when authorized by law. Except as

 

provided in subsection (2), if the width of the vehicle makes it

 

impossible to stay away from the center line, a permit shall be

 

obtained under section 725.

 

     (7) The director of the state transportation department, a

 

county road commission, or a local authority may designate a

 

highway under the agency's jurisdiction as a highway on which a

 

person may operate a vehicle or vehicle combination that is not

 

more than 102 inches in width, including load, the operation of

 

which would otherwise be prohibited by this section. The agency

 

making the designation may require that the owner or lessee of the

 

vehicle or of each vehicle in the vehicle combination secure a

 

permit before operating the vehicle or vehicle combination. This

 

subsection does not restrict the issuance of a special permit under

 

section 725 for the operation of a vehicle or vehicle combination.

 

This subsection does not permit the operation of a vehicle or

 

vehicle combination described in section 722a carrying a load

 

described in that section if the operation would otherwise result

 

in a violation of that section.

 

     (8) The director of the state transportation department, a

 

county road commission, or a local authority may issue a special

 

permit under section 725 to a person operating a vehicle or vehicle

 

combination if all of the following are met:

 

     (a) The vehicle or vehicle combination, including load, is not

 

more than 106 inches in width.

 

     (b) The vehicle or vehicle combination is used solely to move

 

new motor vehicles or parts or components of new motor vehicles


between facilities that meet all of the following:

 

     (i) New motor vehicles or parts or components of new motor

 

vehicles are manufactured or assembled in the facilities.

 

     (ii) The facilities are located within 10 miles of each other.

 

     (iii) The facilities are located within the city limits of the

 

same city and the city is located in a county that has a population

 

of more than 400,000 and less than 500,000 according to the most

 

recent federal decennial census.

 

     (c) The special permit and any renewals are each issued for a

 

term of 1 year or less.

 

     (9) A person may move or operate a boat lift of any width or

 

an oversized hydraulic boat trailer owned and operated by a marina

 

or watercraft dealer in a commercial boat storage operation on a

 

highway under a multiple trip permit issued on an annual basis as

 

specified under section 725. The operation or movement of the boat

 

lift or trailer shall minimize the interruption of traffic flow. It

 

shall be used exclusively to transport a boat between a place of

 

storage and a marina or in and around a marina. A boat lift or

 

oversized hydraulic boat trailer may be operated, drawn, or towed

 

on a street or highway only when transporting a vessel between a

 

body of water and a place of storage or when traveling empty to or

 

from transporting a vessel. A boat lift shall not be operated on

 

limited access highways. A person moving or operating a boat lift

 

or oversized hydraulic boat trailer shall follow all traffic

 

regulations and shall ensure the route selected has adequate power

 

and utility wire height clearance.

 

     (10) A person may operate or move a truck to which a snowplow


blade that is wider than 96 inches but no more than 132 inches wide

 

is mounted without obtaining a special permit for an excessively

 

wide vehicle or load under section 725. This subsection only

 

applies between October 1 and May 1 of each year. A person

 

operating a truck described in this subsection shall minimize the

 

overwidth condition of the snowplow blade when not engaged in snow

 

removal by angling the plow blade or any other method. This

 

subsection does not apply to a person operating construction

 

equipment for snow removal.

 

     (11) (10) A person who violates this section is responsible

 

for a civil infraction. The owner of the vehicle may be charged

 

with a violation of this section.

 

     Sec. 808. Any application for the placement or discharge of a

 

lien on a motor vehicle as provided for in under section 238 of

 

this act shall be accompanied by a fee of $1.00. Beginning on

 

February 19, 2019, the fee collected under this section shall be

 

credited to the transportation administration collection fund

 

created in section 810b.

 

     Enacting section 1. Enacting section 1 of 2018 PA 280 is

 

repealed.

 

     Enacting section 2. Sections 224, 226, 698, 717, and 808 of

 

the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.224, 257.226,

 

257.698, 257.717, and 257.808, as amended by this amendatory act,

 

take effect 90 days after the date this amendatory act is enacted

 

into law.

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