HOUSE BILL No. 4871


     June 4, 1997, Introduced by Reps. Harder, Walberg and Leland and referred to the Committee on Transportation.


        A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled

   "Michigan vehicle code,"

   by amending section 658 (MCL 257.658), as amended by 1984 PA

   328.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         Sec. 658.  (1) A person propelling a bicycle or operating a

 2    motorcycle or moped shall not ride other than upon and astride a

 3    permanent and regular seat attached to that vehicle.

 4         (2) A bicycle or motorcycle shall not be used to carry more

 5    persons at 1 time than the number for which it is designed and

 6    equipped.

 7         (3) A moped shall not be used to carry more than 1 person at

 8    a time.

 9         (4) A person  operating or riding on a motorcycle, and any

10     person  less than 19 years of age operating a moped on a public


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 1    thoroughfare shall wear a crash helmet on his or her head.  Crash

 2    helmets shall be approved by the department of state police.  The

 3    department of state police shall promulgate rules for the imple-

 4    mentation of this section pursuant to the administrative proce-

 5    dures act of 1969,  Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, being

 6     sections 24.201 to 24.315 of the Michigan Compiled Laws  1969 PA

 7    306, MCL 24.201 TO 24.328.  Rules in effect on June 1, 1970,

 8    shall apply to helmets required by this act.  This subsection

 9    does not apply to a person operating or riding in an autocycle if

10    the vehicle is equipped with a roof  which  THAT meets or exceeds

11    standards for a crash helmet.

12         (5) A person operating or riding in an autocycle shall wear

13    seat belts when on a public highway in this state.































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