HOUSE BILL No. 6065


     October 3, 2000, Introduced by Reps. Schermesser, LaForge, DeHart, Hale, Rivet, Prusi, Ehardt, Jamnick and Brater and
referred to the Committee on Transportation.


        A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled

   "Michigan vehicle code,"

   by amending section 601b (MCL 257.601b), as added by 1996 PA

   320.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           Sec. 601b.  (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this

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      act, a person responsible for a moving violation in a construc-

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      tion zone, at an emergency scene, or in a school zone during the

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      period beginning 30 minutes before school in the morning and

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      through 30 minutes after school in the afternoon is subject to a

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      fine that is double the fine otherwise prescribed for that moving

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      violation.

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           (2) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS ACT, A

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      PERSON WHO COMMITS A MOVING VIOLATION OF THIS ACT THAT CAUSES

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      INJURY TO A CONSTRUCTION WORKER IN THE CONSTRUCTION ZONE AREA IS


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      GUILTY OF A FELONY PUNISHABLE BY A FINE OF NOT MORE THAN

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      $1,000.00 OR IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT MORE THAN 2 YEARS, OR BOTH.

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           (3) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS ACT, A

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      PERSON WHO COMMITS A MOVING VIOLATION OF THIS ACT THAT CAUSES

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      DEATH TO A CONSTRUCTION WORKER IN THE CONSTRUCTION ZONE AREA IS

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      GUILTY OF A FELONY PUNISHABLE BY A FINE OF NOT MORE THAN

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      $7,500.00 OR BY IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT MORE THAN 15 YEARS, OR

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      BOTH.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS ACT, A PERSON

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      WHO COMMITS A MOVING VIOLATION OF THIS ACT THAT CAUSES DEATH TO A

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      CONSTRUCTION WORKER IN THE CONSTRUCTION ZONE AREA AND WHO WAS AT

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      THE TIME OF THE VIOLATION UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF, OR IMPAIRED BY,

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      INTOXICATING LIQUOR OR A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE IS PUNISHABLE BY

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      IMPRISONMENT FOR LIFE OR ANY TERM OF YEARS.

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           (4)  (2)  Whenever practical, signs designed in compliance

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      with the uniform manual of traffic control devices shall be

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      appropriately placed at the construction zone by the state trans-

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      portation department or road authority having jurisdiction over

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      the construction zone notifying operators of vehicles  that  OF

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      THE INCREASED FINES AND PENALTIES PROVIDED BY THIS SECTION for

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      the protection and safety of construction workers.  the fine for

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      a moving violation in this work area is double the fine otherwise

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      prescribed for that moving violation. 

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           (5)  (3)  As used in this section:

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           (a) "Construction zone" means a designated work area

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      described in section 627.

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           (b) "Emergency scene" means a traffic accident, a serious

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      incident caused by weather conditions, or another occurrence



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      along a highway or street for which a police officer,

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      firefighter, or emergency medical personnel are summoned to aid

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      an injured victim.

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

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      under this act or a local ordinance substantially corresponding

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      to this act that occurs while a person is operating a motor vehi-

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      cle, and for which the person is subject to a fine.

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           (d) "School zone" means that term as defined in section

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      627a.






































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