Bill Text: MI SB0997 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Vehicles; other; mobility research center; provide for. Amends secs. 2b & 601a of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.2b & 257.601a) & adds sec. 665a.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 25-10)
Status: (Passed) 2016-12-13 - Assigned Pa 0334'16 With Immediate Effect [SB0997 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2015-SB0997-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL No. 997
May 25, 2016, Introduced by Senators WARREN, KOWALL, JONES, STAMAS, BRANDENBURG, HERTEL, COLBECK, SCHMIDT, MARLEAU, HORN and ANANICH and referred to the Committee on Economic Development and International Investment.
A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled
"Michigan vehicle code,"
by amending sections 2b and 601a (MCL 257.2b and 257.601a), section
2b as added by 2013 PA 231 and section 601a as amended by 2011 PA
115, and by adding section 665a.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 2b. (1) "Automated driving system" means hardware and
software that are collectively capable of performing all aspects of
the dynamic driving task for a vehicle on a part-time or full-time
basis without any supervision by a human operator. As used in this
subsection, "dynamic driving task" means all of the following, but
does not include strategic aspects of a driving task, including,
but not limited to, determining destinations or waypoints:
(a) Operational aspects, including, but not limited to,
steering, braking, accelerating, and monitoring the vehicle and the
roadway.
(b) Tactical aspects, including, but not limited to,
responding to events, determining when to change lanes, turning,
using signals, and other related actions.
(2)
(1) "Automated motor vehicle" means a motor
vehicle on
which
an automated technology driving
system has been installed,
either
by a manufacturer of automated technology driving systems or
an upfitter that enables the motor vehicle to be operated without
any control or monitoring by a human operator. Automated motor
vehicle does not include a motor vehicle enabled with 1 or more
active safety systems or operator assistance systems, including,
but not limited to, a system to provide electronic blind spot
assistance, crash avoidance, emergency braking, parking assistance,
adaptive cruise control, lane-keeping assistance, lane departure
warning, or traffic jam and queuing assistance, unless 1 or more of
these technologies alone or in combination with other systems
enable the vehicle on which the technology is installed to operate
without any control or monitoring by an operator.
(3) (2)
"Automated technology"
means technology installed on a
motor vehicle that has the capability to assist, make decisions
for,
or replace an a human operator.
(3)
"Automatic mode" means the mode of operating an automated
motor
vehicle when automated technology is engaged to enable the
motor
vehicle to operate without any control or monitoring by an
operator.
(4) "Automatic crash notification technology" means a vehicle
service that integrates wireless communications and vehicle
location technology to determine the need for or to facilitate
emergency medical response in the event of a vehicle crash.
(5) (4)
"Manufacturer of automated technology"
driving
systems" means a manufacturer or subcomponent system producer
recognized by the secretary of state that develops or produces
automated
technology driving systems
or automated vehicles.
(6) "Mobility research center" means a facility operated under
an agreement between this state, a local unit of government, and a
Michigan university that has the ability to receive and accept from
any federal, state, or municipal agency, foundation, public or
private agency, entity, or individual a grant, contribution, or
loan for or in aid of the planning, construction, operation,
upgrade, or financing of a facility for testing advanced
transportation systems, including, but not limited to, connected or
automated technology or automated motor vehicles to increase
mobility options.
(7) "Motor vehicle manufacturer" means a person that has
manufactured and distributed motor vehicles in the United States
that are certified to comply with all applicable federal motor
vehicle safety standards and that has submitted appropriate
manufacturer identification information to the National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration as provided in 49 CFR part 566.
(8) "On-demand automated motor vehicle network" means a
digital network or software application used to connect passengers
to automated motor vehicles, not including commercial motor
vehicles equipped with automated driving systems in participating
fleets for transportation between points chosen by passengers, for
transportation between locations chosen by the passenger when the
automated motor vehicle is operated without any control or
monitoring by a human operator.
(9) "Participating fleet" means vehicles that are equipped
with automated driving systems that are operating on the public
roads and highways of this state in a SAVE project as provided in
section 665a.
(10) "SAVE project" means an initiative that authorizes
eligible motor vehicle manufacturers to make available to the
public on-demand automated vehicle networks as provided in section
665b.
(11) (5)
"Upfitter" means a person
that modifies a motor
vehicle after it was manufactured by installing an automated
technology
driving system in that motor vehicle to convert it to an
automated motor vehicle. Upfitter includes a subcomponent system
producer recognized by the secretary of state that develops or
produces
automated technology.driving
systems.
Sec. 601a. (1) A county, city, township, or village may
contract with a person who owns or is in charge of a private road
that is open to the general public, at that person's request or
with that person's consent, to enforce provisions of this act on
that private road.
(2) Subject to subsection (1) and section 906, a peace officer
may enter upon a private road that is open to the general public to
enforce provisions of this act if signs meeting the requirements of
the Michigan manual of uniform traffic control devices are posted
on the private road.
(3) The owner or person in charge of a private road open to
the general public who enters into a contract as described in
subsection (1) is responsible for the cost and the posting of signs
described in subsection (2).
(4) This section does not affect a contract entered into
between a county, city, township, or village and the person who
owns or is in charge of a private road open to the general public
before December 29, 2006.
(5) As used in this section, "private road that is open to the
general public" does not include a road that is under the control
of a mobility research center, regardless of whether a private
research entity or a corporation is using the road under an
agreement with the mobility research center.
Sec. 665a. A manufacturer of automated technology is immune
from civil liability for damages that arise out of any modification
made to a motor vehicle, an automated motor vehicle, an automated
driving system, or automated technology by another person without
the manufacturer of automated technology's consent, as provided in
section 2949b of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236,
MCL 600.2949b.
