SENATE BILL No. 456

 

 

June 14, 2017, Introduced by Senator KNEZEK and referred to the Committee on Transportation.

 

 

     A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled

 

"Michigan vehicle code,"

 

by amending section 676b (MCL 257.676b).

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 676b. (1) A person, without authority, shall not block,

 

obstruct, impede, or otherwise interfere with the normal flow of

 

vehicular or pedestrian traffic upon a public street or highway in

 

this state, by means of a barricade, object, or device, or with his

 

or her person. This section shall does not apply to persons

 

maintaining, rearranging, or constructing public utility facilities

 

in or adjacent to a street or highway.

 

     (2) A county, township, city, or village may permit a person

 

who is soliciting contributions on behalf of a charitable

 

organization to solicit contributions while standing in the

 

improved portion of a roadway within the jurisdiction of that

 


county, township, city, or village.

 

     (3) (2) A person who violates this section is responsible for

 

a civil infraction.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.