Bill Text: MI SB0568 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Chaptered
Bill Title: Vehicles; motorcycles; height restriction on motorcycle and moped handlebars; modify. Amends sec. 661a of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.661a).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-05-29 - Assigned Pa 160'18 With Immediate Effect [SB0568 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-SB0568-Chaptered.html
Act No. 160
Public Acts of 2018
Approved by the Governor
May 23, 2018
Filed with the Secretary of State
May 23, 2018
EFFECTIVE DATE: May 23, 2018
STATE OF MICHIGAN
99TH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2018
Introduced by Senator Jones
ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 568
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 661a (MCL 257.661a).
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 661a. A person shall not operate on a public highway of this state a motorcycle or moped equipped with handlebars that are higher than 30 inches from the lowest point of the undepressed saddle to the highest point of the handle grip of the operator.
This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Secretary of the Senate
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Approved
Governor
