Act No. 321

Public Acts of 2016

Approved by the Governor

November 22, 2016

Filed with the Secretary of State

November 22, 2016

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 20, 2017

STATE OF MICHIGAN

98TH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2016

Introduced by Reps. Lane and Pettalia

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5656

AN ACT to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled “An act to provide for the registration, titling, sale, transfer, and regulation of certain vehicles operated upon the public highways of this state or any other place open to the general public or generally accessible to motor vehicles and distressed vehicles; to provide for the licensing of dealers; to provide for the examination, licensing, and control of operators and chauffeurs; to provide for the giving of proof of financial responsibility and security by owners and operators of vehicles; to provide for the imposition, levy, and collection of specific taxes on vehicles, and the levy and collection of sales and use taxes, license fees, and permit fees; to provide for the regulation and use of streets and highways; to create certain funds; to provide penalties and sanctions for a violation of this act; to provide for civil liability of manufacturers, the manufacturers of certain devices, the manufacturers of automated technology, upfitters, owners, and operators of vehicles and service of process on residents and nonresidents; to regulate the introduction and use of certain evidence; to regulate and certify the manufacturers of certain devices; to provide for approval and certification of installers and servicers of certain devices; to provide for the levy of certain assessments; to provide for the enforcement of this act; to provide for the creation of and to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state and local agencies; to impose liability upon the state or local agencies; to provide appropriations for certain purposes; to repeal all other acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act or contrary to this act; and to repeal certain parts of this act on a specific date,” (MCL 257.1 to 257.923) by adding section 312j.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 312j. (1) The department shall establish a pilot program that, as determined by the department, provides for the skills testing of an individual who holds a valid commercial learner’s permit issued by a state other than this state.

(2) An individual who holds a valid commercial learner’s permit issued by a state other than this state is not eligible for skills testing as described in subsection (1) unless all of the following are satisfied:

(a) The individual has successfully completed a truck driver training curriculum that has been approved by the department and provided by a person that has been approved to provide truck driver training under the driver education provider and instructor act, 2006 PA 384, MCL 256.621 to 256.705.

(b) The state that issued the commercial learner’s permit is a participant in an electronic national commercial driver examination reporting system in which this state is also a participant.

(3) The pilot program described in subsection (1) shall continue until the department adopts curriculum requirements for a person providing instruction to individuals seeking a vehicle group designation or indorsement described in section 312e.

Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days after the date it is enacted into law.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Secretary of the Senate

Approved

Governor