April 25, 2018, Introduced by Rep. LaFave and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.
A bill to amend 1956 PA 62, entitled
"An act to authorize the director of the department of state police
to promulgate a uniform traffic code; to authorize a city,
township, or village to adopt the uniform traffic code by reference
without publication in full; and to prescribe criminal penalties
and civil sanctions for violation of the code,"
by amending section 1 (MCL 257.951), as amended by 2006 PA 297.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1. (1) A city, township, or village may adopt by
reference a code or ordinance for the regulation of traffic within
cities, townships, and villages that has been promulgated by the
director of the department of state police. The director of the
department of state police may promulgate a uniform traffic code in
compliance with the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA
306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328.
(2) A city, township, or village, with the consent of, or at
the request of, a person who is in charge of a parking lot, whether
or not that parking lot is open to the general public, may contract
with that person for the city, township, or village to enforce
provisions of the uniform traffic code or ordinance adopted under
this section in that parking lot. A peace officer may enter upon a
private road that is accessible to the general public to enforce
provisions of an ordinance adopted under this section if signs
meeting the requirements of the Michigan manual of uniform traffic
control devices are posted on the private road. The owner or person
in charge of the private road is responsible for the posting of
signs
under this subsection. Nothing in this This subsection shall
be
considered to does not affect a contract entered into between a
city, township, or village and the person in charge of a private
road
before the effective date of the amendatory act that added
this
sentence. July 20, 2006. As used in this subsection, "person"
means an individual, corporation, association, partnership, or
other legal entity.
(3) A uniform traffic code promulgated by the director of the
department of state police under this section shall specify whether
a person who violates a particular provision of the code is guilty
of a misdemeanor or is responsible for a civil infraction. The
director may establish civil sanctions for civil infractions,
except that a civil sanction in excess of that prescribed in the
vehicle code is in conflict with that act and is void to the extent
of the conflict. The uniform traffic code shall not impose a
criminal penalty for an act or omission that is a civil infraction
under the vehicle code.
(4) Violation of a provision designated a civil infraction in
the uniform traffic code shall be processed in the same manner as a
civil infraction under the vehicle code.
(5) Notwithstanding the requirements of the uniform traffic
code, except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a sign
designating a parking space for persons with disabilities shall be
12 inches by 18 inches or larger and shall be either blue or white
and at a minimum contain the international handicapped symbol in
contrasting colors of either blue or white in the center of the
sign. A sign designating a parking space for persons with
disabilities that is erected or replaced on or after the effective
date of the 2018 amendatory act that amended this subsection shall
be 12 inches by 18 inches or larger and shall be either blue or
white and contain a handicapped symbol depicting a logo with a
dynamic character leaning forward with a sense of movement in
contrasting colors of either blue or white in the center of the
sign.
(6) The provisions of the uniform traffic code promulgated
pursuant
to under this act that relate to driving while under the
influence of an alcoholic beverage or driving with impaired ability
shall be identical to the provisions of sections 625 to 625m of the
Michigan
vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL
257.625 to 257.625m.
(7) For purposes of this section, "vehicle code" means the
Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.1 to 257.923.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.