Bill Text: MI SB0589 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Engrossed
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]
Download: Michigan-2017-SB0589-Engrossed.html
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.