HB-4238,As Passed Senate,May 21, 2003                                       

    SENATE SUBSTITUTE FOR

    HOUSE BILL NO. 4238

(As amended May 21, 2003)

(As amended May 27, 2003)

                                                                             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:

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

2   accident that injures or kills any person, or that damages                  

3   property to an apparent extent totaling  $400.00 [$1,000.00] or            

4   more, shall immediately report that accident at the nearest or              

5   most convenient police station, or to the nearest or most                   

6   convenient police officer.  The officer receiving the report, or            

7   his or her commanding officer, shall immediately forward each               

8   report to the director of the department of state police on forms           

9   prescribed by the director of the department of state police.               

10  The forms shall be completed in full by the investigating                   

1   officer.  The director of the department of state police shall              

2   analyze each report relative to the cause of the reported                   

3   accident and shall prepare information compiled from reports                

4   filed under this section for public use.  A copy of the report              

5   under this section and copies of reports required under section             

6   621 shall be retained for at least 3 years at the local police              

7   department, sheriff's department, or local state police post                

8   making the report.                                                          

9       Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act takes effect                       

10  January 1, 2004.