Bill Text: MI HB5945 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Traffic control; traffic regulation; truck route designations by local authorities and county road commissions; provide for agriculture equipment exemption. Amends sec. 726 of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.726).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-12-31 - Assigned Pa 533'18 With Immediate Effect [HB5945 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-HB5945-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 5945
May 8, 2018, Introduced by Reps. Lasinski, Elder, Sneller, Dianda, Chirkun, Brinks, Graves, Lilly, Victory, Howell, Frederick, Pagel, Brann, Peterson, Yaroch, Roberts, Theis, VanderWall, VanSingel, Sabo, Albert, Calley, Phelps and Zemke and referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled
"Michigan vehicle code,"
by amending section 726 (MCL 257.726), as amended by 2008 PA 539.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
726. (1) Local Subject to
subsection (4), local
authorities and county road commissions with respect to highways
under their jurisdiction, except state trunk line highways, by
ordinance or resolution, may do any of the following:
(a) Prohibit the operation of trucks or other commercial
vehicles on designated highways or streets.
(b) Impose limitations as to the weight of trucks or other
commercial vehicles on designated highways or streets.
(c) Provide that only certain highways or streets may be used
by trucks or other commercial vehicles.
(2) Any prohibitions, limitations, or truck route designations
established under subsection (1) shall be designated by appropriate
signs placed on the highways or streets. The design and placement
of the signs shall be consistent with the requirements of section
608.
(3)
If a township has established any a prohibition or
limitation under subsection (1) on any county primary road that an
adjoining township determines diverts traffic onto a border highway
or street shared by the township and the adjoining township, the
adjoining township may submit a written objection to the county
road commission having jurisdiction over the county primary road,
along with a copy to the township that established the prohibition
or
limitation, on or before the later of March 1, 2009, or 60 days
after the township approves the prohibition or limitation. The
written objection shall explain how the prohibition or limitation
diverts traffic onto the border highway or street shared by the
township and the adjoining township. The county road commission
shall then investigate the objection. The township and adjoining
township shall cooperate with that investigation and negotiate in
good faith to resolve the objection. If the objection is not
resolved within 60 days after the township receives the copy of the
written
objection, the county road commission has the authority to,
and
shall , either approve or void the prohibition or limitation
that
is the subject of the objection within 60 days thereafter,
which
after the 60-day period
described in this subsection, and the
decision
shall be final. For purposes of As
used in this
subsection, "county primary road" means a highway or street
designated
as a county primary road pursuant to under 1951 PA 51,
MCL 247.671 to 247.675.
(4) An ordinance or resolution described in subsection (1)(a)
does not apply to a vehicle that is used to transport agricultural
products, farm machinery, farm supplies, or a combination of these
items, to or from a farm or as necessary for agricultural
production.
(5) (4)
A person who violates a
prohibition, limitation, or
truck
route designation established pursuant to under subsection
(1) is responsible for a civil infraction.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.
