Bill Text: MI SB1029 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Crimes; vehicle offenses; penalties for moving violation causing physical injury or death to a vulnerable roadway user; enhance. Amends sec. 601c of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.601c).

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-10-18 - Referred To Committee Of The Whole [SB1029 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2015-SB1029-Introduced.html

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SENATE BILL No. 1029

 

 

June 9, 2016, Introduced by Senators O'BRIEN and KNEZEK and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled

 

"Michigan vehicle code,"

 

by amending section 601c (MCL 257.601c), as added by 2001 PA 103.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 601c. (1) A person who commits a moving violation that

 

has criminal penalties and as a result causes injury to a

 

vulnerable roadway user or person operating an implement of

 

husbandry on a highway in compliance with this act is guilty of a

 

misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 1 year or

 

a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or both.

 

     (2) A person who commits a moving violation that has criminal

 

penalties and as a result causes death to a vulnerable roadway user

 

or person operating an implement of husbandry on a highway in

 

compliance with this act is guilty of a felony punishable by

 

imprisonment for not more than 15 years or a fine of not more than

 

$7,500.00, or both.

 

     (3) As used in this section: , "moving

 

     (a) "Moving violation" means an act or omission prohibited

 

under this act or a local ordinance substantially corresponding to

 

this act that occurs while a person is operating a motor vehicle,

 

and for which the person is subject to a fine.

 

     (b) "Transportation device" means a device in, upon, or by

 

which any person or property, or both, is or may be transported or

 

drawn upon a highway by human power, or an electrical propulsion

 

system with average power of 750 watts or 1 horsepower and a

 

maximum speed on a paved level surface of not more than 20 miles

 

per hour, and that is regulated under this act. Transportation

 

device includes, but is not limited to, the following:

 

     (i) A cycle with 1 or more wheels, including, but not limited

 

to, a bicycle, or an electric bicycle that meets the requirements

 

of this subdivision.

 

     (ii) An electric wheelchair that meets the requirements of

 

this subdivision.

 

     (c) "Vulnerable roadway user" means a pedestrian, a wheelchair

 

user, or a person operating a transportation device in compliance

 

with this act.