SENATE BILL No. 1045

 

 

December 18, 2009, Introduced by Senators GLEASON, GILBERT, GEORGE, BIRKHOLZ, CHERRY, BASHAM, CLARKE, JACOBS, WHITMER, ANDERSON, CLARK-COLEMAN, BARCIA, SWITALSKI, OLSHOVE, PRUSI, SCOTT, THOMAS, BRATER, KUIPERS, HUNTER, STAMAS, SANBORN, CROPSEY and RICHARDVILLE and referred to the Committee on Transportation.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 2006 PA 384, entitled

 

"Driver education provider and instructor act,"

 

by amending section 39 (MCL 256.659).

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 39. A segment 2 curriculum course provided under this act

 

shall meet both all of the following requirements:

 

     (a) Be offered only to a student who has done all of the

 

following:

 

     (i) Successfully completed a segment 1 curriculum driver

 

education course.

 

     (ii) Held a valid level 1 graduated driver license for not less

 

than 3 continuous months.

 

     (iii) Acquired 30 or more hours driving experience on a level 1

 

graduated driver license that includes not less than 2 hours of


 

night driving with a licensed parent or legal guardian, or with the

 

permission of a parent or legal guardian, with any licensed driver

 

who is 21 years of age or older.

 

     (b) Contain 6 or more hours of classroom instruction that is

 

scheduled so the student receives not more than 2 hours of

 

classroom instruction per day.

 

     (c) Provide instruction explaining the right to make an

 

anatomical gift in the event of death under part 101 of the public

 

health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.10101 to 333.10123. Instructional

 

materials to effectuate this subdivision shall be developed in

 

cooperation with the federally designated organ procurement

 

organization for this state and shall include information on how to

 

join the state organ, tissue, and eye donor registry. The following

 

apply to instruction provided under this subdivision:

 

     (i) If instruction material is provided at no cost to the

 

driver education provider in an electronic medium, the provider

 

shall show the instruction material to its students.

 

     (ii) If instruction material is provided at no cost to the

 

driver education provider in the form of a brochure or other

 

written material, the provider shall provide the material to its

 

students.