HOUSE BILL No. 4929


     September 30, 1999, Introduced by Reps. Gilbert, Rick Johnson, Jelinek, Middaugh,
Julian, Garcia, Kukuk, Garza and Bovin and referred to the Committee on Transportation.


        A bill to amend 1956 PA 62, entitled

   "An act to authorize the director of the department of state
   police to promulgate a uniform traffic code; to authorize a city,
   township, or village to adopt the uniform traffic code by refer-
   ence without publication in full; and to prescribe criminal pen-
   alties and civil sanctions for violation of the code,"

   (MCL 257.951 to 257.954) by adding section 5.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         SEC. 5.  (1) A CIVIL FINE IMPOSED UPON A PERSON OPERATING A

 2    COMMERCIAL VEHICLE FOR A VIOLATION OF A CODE OR ORDINANCE ADOPTED

 3    BY A CITY, TOWNSHIP, OR VILLAGE UNDER SECTION 1 SHALL BE PAID TO

 4    THE COUNTY TREASURER AND SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY APPLIED TO THE SUP-

 5    PORT OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND COUNTY LAW LIBRARIES IN THE SAME

 6    MANNER AS PROVIDED BY LAW FOR PENAL FINES ASSESSED AND COLLECTED

 7    FOR A VIOLATION OF THE PENAL LAWS OF THIS STATE.

 8         (2) AS USED IN THIS SECTION:




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 1         (A) "COMMERCIAL VEHICLE" MEANS THAT TERM AS DEFINED IN

 2    SECTION 7 OF THE MICHIGAN VEHICLE CODE, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.7.

 3         (B) "OPERATING" MEANS BEING IN ACTUAL PHYSICAL CONTROL OF A

 4    VEHICLE REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT THE PERSON IS LICENSED UNDER

 5    THE MICHIGAN VEHICLE CODE, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.1 TO 257.923, AS

 6    AN OPERATOR OR CHAUFFEUR.

 7         (C) "PERSON" MEANS EVERY NATURAL PERSON, PARTNERSHIP, ASSO-

 8    CIATION, OR CORPORATION AND THEIR LEGAL SUCCESSORS.

 9         Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act does not take

10    effect unless all of the following bills of the 90th Legislature

11    are enacted into law:

12         (a) Senate Bill No. _____ or House Bill No. 4932 (request

13    no. 03641'99*).

14         (b) Senate Bill No. _____ or House Bill No. 4928 (request

15    no. 03652'99*).

16         (c) Senate Bill No. _____ or House Bill No. 4931 (request

17    no. 04221'99*).

18         (d) Senate Bill No. _____ or House Bill No. 4930 (request

19    no. 04528'99*).

20         (e) Senate Bill No. _____ or House Bill No. 4927 (request

21    no. 04529'99*).















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