- H.B. 5595-5598, 5600-5603, 5604, 5620, 5626, & 5631: COMMITTEE SUMMARY
REPEAL TRANSP. PROV.
House Bill 5603 (Substitute H-1 as passed by the House)
House Bills 5604, 5620, 5626, and 5631 (as passed by the House)
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 Randy Richardville (H.B. 5600)
Representative Mike Pumford (H.B. 5602)
Representative Lauren Hager (H.B. 5603 & 5604)
Representative Judson Gilbert III (H.B. 5620)
Representative Mary Ann Middaugh (H.B. 5626)
Representative Scott Shackleton (H.B. 5631)
House Committee: Transportation
Senate Committee: Government Operations
Date Completed: 5-11-00
CONTENT
House Bill 5595 would repeal Public Act 350 of 1921, which establishes and 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 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 establishes and 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.
House Bill 5620 would amend the Michigan Vehicle Code to delete a provision that prohibits a person from operating a bicycle unless it is equipped with a bell or other device capable of giving a signal audible for a distance of at least 100 feet. The bicycle, however, may not be equipped with, nor must a person use upon a bicycle, a siren or whistle.
House Bill 5626 would repeal Public Act 341 of 1921, which establishes and provides for the construction, improvement, maintenance, and marking of a trunk line highway from Paw Paw to Gobleville to Allegan.
House Bill 5631 would repeal Public Act 82 of 1959, which authorized the construction of a bridge over the public navigable waters of Crooked Lake in Emmet County to connect Oden Island and the mainland and required the board of county road commissioners of Emmet County to file with the Department of Conservation, evidence of its acceptance of the bridge and connecting roads.
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)
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)
257.662 (H.B. 5620)
250.161 (H.B. 5626)
254.111 & 254.112 (H.B. 5631)
FISCAL IMPACT
The bills would have no fiscal impact on State or local government.
- Fiscal Analyst: C. Thiel
- J. WalkerS9900\s5595sa
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.