REPEAL TRANSPORTATION PROVISIONS - H.B. 5595-5602, 5603, & 5604:FLOOR ANALYSIS


House Bills 5595 through 5602 (as reported without amendment)

House Bill 5603 (Substitute H-1 as reported without amendment)

House Bill 5604 (as reported without amendment)

Sponsor: Representative Ron Jelinek (H.B. 5595)

Representative Steve Vear (H.B. 5596)

Representative Joanne Voorhees (H.B. 5597)

Representative Rick Johnson (H.B. 5698 & 5601)

Representative Gary Woronchak (H.B. 5599)

Representative Randy Richardville (H.B. 5600)

Representative Mike Pumford (H.B. 5602)

Representative Lauren Hager (H.B. 5603 & 5604)

House Committee: Transportation

Senate Committee: Government Operations


CONTENT


House Bill 5595 would repeal Public Act 350 of 1921, which provides for the maintenance, construction, and marking of trunk line roads of Colgrove Highway between the States of Michigan and Indiana.


House Bill 5596 would repeal Public Act 36 of 1919, which regulates the planting of certain trees along State highways; provides for the maintenance, protection, care, and supply of those trees; and imposes a penalty for destroying or injuring them.


House Bill 5597 would repeal Sections 663 through 666 of the Michigan Vehicle Code, which contain regulations pertaining to passing streetcars, stopping for streetcars, blocking streetcar tracks, and driving through or over safety zones.


House Bill 5598 would amend the Michigan Vehicle Code to delete a provision that prohibits a licensed motor vehicle manufactured after January 1, 1956, from operating on the highways unless it is equipped with a windshield washer maintained in operable condition at all times and capable of cleaning the windshield so as to leave the driver with a clear view of the highway or an intersecting highway.


House Bill 5599 would repeal Section 3 of Public Act 269 of 1929, which pertains to the unlawful use of names or insignia. Section 3 prohibits a person from displaying on his or her motor vehicle any emblem or insignia of any organization, association, fraternity, lodge, club, or order, unless the vehicle owner is a member of that group, or unless the emblem or insignia is displayed solely for the purpose of participation in a public parade or at a public fair, exhibit, or carnival. A violation of the Act is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for up to 90 days and/or a maximum fine of $100.


House Bill 5600 would repeal Public Act 340 of 1921, which established a public wagon road leading from the City of Monroe to the boundary line between the States of Michigan and Ohio.



House Bill 5601 would repeal Public Act 57 of 1962, which authorized the construction of a bridge over Missaukee Lake to Redman Island.


House Bill 5602 would repeal Public Act 324 of 1921, which provides for the construction, improvement, maintenance, and marking of a trunk line highway within Mecosta, Osceola, and Missaukee Counties.


House Bill 5603 (H-1) would repeal Public Act 147 of 1935, which created the State Bridge Commission. The bill also would repeal Section 356 of the Executive Organization Act, which transferred the State Bridge Commission to the Department of Transportation and abolished the Commission.


House Bill 5604 would repeal Public Act 294 of 1947, which enabled the State Bridge Commission to sell real estate it owned in the City of Sarnia.


MCL 250.171 (H.B. 5595) - Legislative Analyst: N. Nagata

247.231-247.235 (H.B. 5596)

257.663-257.666 (H.B. 5597)

257.709 (H.B. 5598)

430.53 (H.B. 5599)

250.181 (H.B. 5600)

254.351 & 254.352 (H.B. 5601)

250.151 (H.B. 5602)

16.456 et al. (H.B. 5603)

254.181 (H.B. 5604)


FISCAL IMPACT


The bills would have no fiscal impact on State or local government.


Date Completed: 5-12-00 - Fiscal Analyst: C. Thiel

- J. Walker


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This 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.