Bill Text: MI HB4352 | 2023-2024 | 102nd Legislature | Chaptered

Michigan House Bill 4352 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Highways: other; designation of high-occupancy vehicle lanes by agency having jurisdiction over the highway; provide for. Amends sec. 642 of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.642).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-10-10 - Assigned Pa 148'23 With Immediate Effect [HB4352 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2023-HB4352-Chaptered.html

Act No. 148

Public Acts of 2023

Approved by the Governor

October 10, 2023

Filed with the Secretary of State

October 10, 2023

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 10, 2023

state of michigan

102nd Legislature

Regular session of 2023

Introduced by Reps. Shannon, Brenda Carter and MacDonell

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 4352

AN ACT to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled �An act to provide for the registration, titling, sale, transfer, and regulation of certain vehicles operated upon the public highways of this state or any other place open to the general public or generally accessible to motor vehicles and distressed vehicles; to provide for the licensing of dealers; to provide for the examination, licensing, and control of operators and chauffeurs; to provide for the giving of proof of financial responsibility and security by owners and operators of vehicles; to provide for the imposition, levy, and collection of specific taxes on vehicles, and the levy and collection of sales and use taxes, license fees, and permit fees; to provide for the regulation and use of streets and highways; to create certain funds; to provide penalties and sanctions for a violation of this act; to provide for civil liability of manufacturers, the manufacturers of certain devices, the manufacturers of automated technology, upfitters, owners, and operators of vehicles and service of process on residents and nonresidents; to regulate the introduction and use of certain evidence; to regulate and certify the manufacturers of certain devices; to provide for approval and certification of installers and servicers of certain devices; to provide for the levy of certain assessments; to provide for the enforcement of this act; to provide for the creation of and to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state and local agencies; to impose liability upon the state or local agencies; to provide appropriations for certain purposes; to repeal all other acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act or contrary to this act; and to repeal certain parts of this act on a specific date,� by amending section 642 (MCL 257.642), as amended by 2022 PA 179.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 642. (1) If a roadway is divided into 2 or more clearly marked lanes for traffic, the following rules in addition to all other rules that are consistent with this act apply:

(a) A vehicle must be driven as nearly as practicable entirely within a single lane and must not be moved from the lane until the operator has first ascertained that the movement can be safely made.

(b) On a roadway that is divided into 4 or more lanes and provides for 2-way movement of traffic, a vehicle must be operated within the extreme right-hand lane except if overtaking and passing, and must not cross the center line of the roadway except if making a left turn.

(c) On a roadway that is divided into 3 lanes and provides for 2-way movement of traffic, a vehicle must not be operated in the center lane except under any of the following circumstances:

(i) If overtaking and passing another vehicle traveling in the same direction, and the center lane is clear of traffic within a safe distance.

(ii) In preparation for a left turn.

(iii) If the center lane is allocated exclusively to traffic moving in the same direction the vehicle is proceeding and the allocation is designated by official traffic control devices.

(d) Official traffic control devices may be erected directing specified traffic to use a designated lane or designating those lanes to be used by traffic moving in a particular direction regardless of the center of the roadway and operators of vehicles shall obey the directions of the traffic control device.

(e) Official traffic control devices may be installed prohibiting the changing of lanes on sections of roadway, and operators of vehicles shall obey the directions of the traffic control devices.

(2) If a lane is designated as an HOV lane by an agency with jurisdiction over the roadway, and is appropriately marked with traffic control devices, the lane must be reserved during the periods indicated for the exclusive use of buses and HOVs. The restrictions imposed on an HOV lane do not apply to any of the following:

(a) An authorized emergency vehicle.

(b) A law enforcement vehicle.

(d) A motorcycle.

(3) If a segment of roadway is designated as an automated vehicle roadway or a lane or ramp of an automated vehicle roadway as an automated vehicle roadway lane under section 665c, both of the following must apply:

(a) If a user fee is required under section 665c(1)(c), the user fee is paid.

(b) The motor vehicle or automated motor vehicle complies with any applicable requirements of section 665c(2).

(4) The requirements of subsection (3) apply in addition to other existing rules or regulations governing the use of an automated vehicle roadway or automated vehicle roadway lane that are not inconsistent with subsection (3).

(5) An individual who violates this section is responsible for a civil infraction and may be fined as provided in section 907.

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