Act No. 90

Public Acts of 2018

Approved by the Governor

March 26, 2018

Filed with the Secretary of State

March 26, 2018

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 24, 2018

STATE OF MICHIGAN

99TH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2018

Introduced by Senators MacGregor, Brandenburg, Hildenbrand and Schmidt

ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 589

AN ACT to amend 1997 PA 55, entitled “An act to authorize a political subdivision to enact an ordinance allowing certain electrically powered vehicles to be operated on a highway within the political subdivision’s boundaries; to require certain equipment for electrically powered vehicles; to provide for restrictions and limitations; to provide for exceptions; and to define terms,” by amending sections 2, 4, 5, and 6 (MCL 257.1572, 257.1574, 257.1575, and 257.1576).

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 2. As used in this act:

(a) “Electric patrol vehicle” means an electrically powered motor vehicle designed to carry not more than 4 persons at a speed of not more than 25 miles per hour and having an unloaded weight of not more than 1,300 pounds.

(b) “Political subdivision” means a village, city, township, county, or a university of this state.

(c) “Sidewalk” means a paved public sidewalk intended for pedestrian use situated outside of and adjacent to the improved portion of a street or highway designed for vehicular travel.

Sec. 4. Subject to section 5, a political subdivision may, by ordinance, authorize law enforcement, emergency service, and parking enforcement employees of the political subdivision to operate an electric patrol vehicle on a street, highway, or sidewalk within that political subdivision’s boundaries.

Sec. 5. An electric patrol vehicle authorized under section 4 shall be limited as follows:

(a) To a street or highway with a posted speed limit of not more than 25 miles per hour.

(b) To crossing a street or highway with a posted speed limit of not more than 50 miles per hour.

Sec. 6. (1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3) each electric patrol vehicle authorized under section 4 shall have all of the following equipment:

(a) Brakes adequate to control the movement of and to stop and hold the vehicle.

(b) Not less than 2 head lamps that enable the operator of the vehicle to see a person not less than 100 feet to the front of the vehicle.

(d) A windshield of safety glass as defined in section 711 of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.711.

(e) A horn as defined in section 706(a) of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.706.

(f) Safety belts designed and installed with brackets and of sufficient strength to hold a passenger during a collision.

(g) A parking brake sufficient to hold the vehicle in a stopped position.

(h) Reflectors that reflect an amber or red color as required for motor vehicles by section 690 of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.690.

(2) Except as provided in subsection (3), an electric patrol vehicle that has 3 wheels or less shall have all of the following equipment:

(a) Brakes adequate to control the movement of and to stop and hold the vehicle.

(b) One or 2 headlamps that enable the operator of the vehicle to see a person not less than 100 feet to the front of the vehicle.

(d) A horn as defined in section 706(a) of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.706.

(e) A parking brake sufficient to hold the vehicle in a stopped position.

(f) Reflectors that reflect an amber or red color as required for motor vehicles by section 690 of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.690.

(3) A political subdivision may, by ordinance, exempt an electric patrol vehicle from subsection (1) or (2).

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.

Secretary of the Senate

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Approved

Governor