STREETCAR DERAILMENT H.B. 6625:
COMMITTEE SUMMARY
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House Bill 6625 (as passed by the House)
Sponsor: Representative Hoon-Yung Hopgood
House Committee: Transportation
Senate Committee: Transportation
Date Completed: 12-3-08
CONTENT
The bill would amend the Code of Criminal Procedure to include in the sentencing guidelines causing derailment of a streetcar, tram, or trolley or endangering the life of a person engaged in the work of or traveling by streetcar, tram, or trolley. The offense would be a Class A felony against public safety with a statutory maximum sentence of life imprisonment.
The bill is tie-barred to Senate Bill 1589, which would amend Public Act 35 of 1867 (dealing with street railway companies) to permit the organization of a nonprofit corporation for the purpose of acquiring, owning, constructing, equipping, operating, improving, and maintaining a street railway system. The bill would make it a felony, punishable by up to life imprisonment, for a person to cause or attempt to cause the derailment of a streetcar, tram, or trolley of a street railway or otherwise willfully endanger or attempt to endanger the life of any person working on the railway or traveling on the streetcar, tram or trolley.
MCL 777.14m Legislative Analyst: Curtis Walker
FISCAL IMPACT
The bill would have no fiscal impact on State or local government.
Fiscal Analyst: Lindsay Hollander
Analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent. hb6625/0708