Bill Text: MI SB0589 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Vehicles; other; operation of electric patrol vehicles on sidewalks; permit under certain circumstances and modify certain equipment requirements. Amends secs. 2, 4, 5 & 6 of 1997 PA 55 (MCL 257.1572 et seq.).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2018-04-10 - Assigned Pa 0090'18 With Immediate Effect [SB0589 Detail]

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SB-0589, As Passed House, March 13, 2018

SB-0589, As Passed Senate, January 18, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

SENATE BILL NO. 589

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1997 PA 55, entitled

 

"Electric patrol vehicle act,"

 

by amending sections 2, 4, 5, and 6 (MCL 257.1572, 257.1574,

 

257.1575, and 257.1576).

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 2. As used in this act:

 

     (a) "Electric patrol vehicle" means an electrically powered

 

motor vehicle designed to carry not more than 4 persons , at a

 

speed of not more than 25 miles per hour , having not less than 4

 

wheels and having an unloaded weight of not more than 1,300 pounds.

 

     (b) "Political subdivision" means a village, city, township,

 

county, or a university of this state.

 

     (c) "Sidewalk" means a paved public sidewalk intended for

 

pedestrian use situated outside of and adjacent to the improved

 


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portion of a street or highway designed for vehicular travel.

 

     Sec. 4. Subject to section 5, a political subdivision may, by

 

ordinance, authorize law enforcement, emergency service, and

 

parking enforcement employees of the political subdivision to

 

operate an electric patrol vehicle on a street, or highway, or

 

sidewalk within that political subdivision's boundaries.

 

     Sec. 5. An electric patrol vehicle authorized under section 4

 

shall be limited as follows:

 

     (a) To a street or highway with a posted speed limit of not

 

more than 25 miles per hour.

 

     (b) To crossing a street or highway with a posted speed limit

 

of not more than 50 miles per hour.

 

     (c) To a sidewalk.

 

     Sec. 6. (1) Each Except as provided in [          subsections] (2)[

 and (3)] each

 

electric patrol vehicle authorized under section 4 shall have all

 

of the following equipment:

 

     (a) Brakes adequate to control the movement of and to stop and

 

hold the vehicle.

 

     (b) Not less than 2 head lamps that enable the operator of the

 

vehicle to see a person not less than 100 feet to the front of the

 

vehicle.

 

     (c) Not less than 2 rear lamps that comply with section 697 of

 

the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.697.

 

     (d) A windshield of safety glass as defined in section 711 of

 

the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.711.

 

     (e) A horn as defined in section 706(a) of the Michigan

 

vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.706.


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     (f) Safety belts designed and installed with brackets and of

 

sufficient strength to hold a passenger during a collision.

 

     (g) A parking brake sufficient to hold the vehicle in a

 

stopped position.

 

     (h) Reflectors that reflect an amber or red color as required

 

for motor vehicles by section 690 of the Michigan vehicle code,

 

1949 PA 300, MCL 257.690.

 

     (2) [  Except as provided in subsection (3), an] electric patrol

 vehicle that has 3 wheels or less shall

 

have all of the following equipment:

 

     (a) Brakes adequate to control the movement of and to stop and

 

hold the vehicle.

 

     (b) One or 2 headlamps that enable the operator of the vehicle

 

to see a person not less than 100 feet to the front of the vehicle.

 

     (c) At least 1 rear lamp that complies with section 697 of the

 

Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.697.

 

     (d) A horn as defined in section 706(a) of the Michigan

 

vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.706.

 

     (e) A parking brake sufficient to hold the vehicle in a

 

stopped position.

 

     (f) Reflectors that reflect an amber or red color as required

 

for motor vehicles by section 690 of the Michigan vehicle code,

 

1949 PA 300, MCL 257.690.

[(3) A political subdivision may, by ordinance, exempt an electric patrol vehicle from subsection (1) or (2).]

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.

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