HOUSE BILL No. 5862


     April 9, 2002, Introduced by Rep. Callahan and referred to the Committee on Transportation.


        A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled

   "Michigan vehicle code,"

   by amending section 622 (MCL 257.622), as amended by 1991 PA

   168.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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             Sec. 622.  The driver of a motor vehicle involved in an

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        accident that injures or kills any person, or that damages prop-

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        erty to an apparent extent totaling  $400.00  $2,000.00 or more,

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        shall immediately report that accident at the nearest or most

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        convenient police station, or to the nearest or most convenient

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        police officer.  The officer receiving the report, or his or her

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        commanding officer, shall immediately forward each report to the

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        director of THE DEPARTMENT OF state police on forms prescribed by

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        the director.  of state police.  The forms shall be completed in

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        full by the investigating officer.  The director of THE


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        DEPARTMENT OF state police shall analyze each report relative to

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        the cause of the reported accident and shall prepare information

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        compiled from reports filed under this section for public use.  A

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        copy of the report under this section and copies of reports

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        required under section 621 shall be retained for at least 3 years

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        at the local police department, sheriff's department, or local

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        state police post making the report.










































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