Bill Text: MI HB4459 | 2023-2024 | 102nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Recreation: trails; prohibition for wheeled vehicles from driving on snowmobile trails from December 1 to March 31; provide for. Amends secs. 82101 & 82110 of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.82101 & 324.82110) & adds sec. 82163. TIE BAR WITH: HB 4458'23
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-04-26 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 04/25/2023 [HB4459 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2023-HB4459-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL NO. 4459
A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled
"Natural resources and environmental protection act,"
by amending sections 82101 and 82110 (MCL 324.82101 and 324.82110), section 82101 as amended by 2020 PA 385 and section 82110 as amended by 2004 PA 587, and by adding section 82163.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 82101. As used in this part:
(a) "Alcoholic liquor" means that term as defined in section 1d of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.1d.
(b) "Auction" means the sale or offer for sale by bidding of real or personal property at a public or private location.
(c) "Auctioneer" means a person that is engaged in the business of conducting auctions or that offers to conduct an auction for compensation.
(d) "Conviction" means a final conviction, the payment of a fine, a plea of guilty or nolo contendere if accepted by the court, or a finding of guilt or probate court disposition on a violation of this part, regardless of whether the penalty is rebated or suspended.
(e) "Dealer" means any person engaged in the sale, lease, or rental of snowmobiles as a regular business, other than an auctioneer.
(f) "Former section 15a" means section 15a of former 1968 PA 74, as constituted before May 1, 1994.
(g) "Highly restricted personal information" means an individual's photograph or image, Social Security number, digitized signature, and medical and disability information.
(h) "Highway or street" means the entire width between the boundary lines of every way publicly maintained if any part of it is open to public use for vehicular travel.
(i) "Historic snowmobile" means a snowmobile that is over 25 years old and that is owned solely as a collector's item and for occasional use and for participation in club activities, exhibitions, tours, parades, and similar uses, including mechanical testing.
(j) "In-kind contributions" means services and goods as approved by the department that are provided by a grant recipient toward completion of a department-approved local snowmobile program under section 82107.
(k) "Law of another state" means a law or ordinance enacted by any of the following:
(i) Another state.
(ii) A local unit of government in another state.
(iii) Canada or a province or territory of Canada.
(iv) A local unit of government in a province or territory of Canada.
(l) "Operate" means to ride in or on and be in actual physical control of the operation of a snowmobile.
(m) "Operator" means any individual who operates a snowmobile.
(n) "ORV" means that term as defined in section 81101.
(o) (n) "Owner" means any of the following:
(i) A person that holds the legal title to a snowmobile.
(ii) A vendee or lessee of a snowmobile that is the subject of an agreement for conditional sale or lease with the right of purchase upon performance of the conditions stated in the agreement and with an immediate right of possession vested in the conditional vendee or lessee.
(iii) A person renting a snowmobile or having the exclusive use of a snowmobile for more than 30 days.
(p) (o) "Peace officer" means any of the following:
(i) A sheriff.
(ii) A sheriff's deputy.
(iii) A deputy who is authorized by a sheriff to enforce this part and who has satisfactorily completed at least 40 hours of law enforcement training, including training specific to this part.
(iv) A village or township marshal.
(v) An officer of the police department of any municipality.
(vi) An officer of the Michigan state police.
(vii) The director and conservation officers employed by the department.
(viii) A law enforcement officer who is licensed or certified under the Michigan commission on law enforcement standards act, 1965 PA 203, MCL 28.601 to 28.615, and is policing within his or her jurisdiction.
(q) (p) "Personal information" means information that identifies an individual, including an individual's driver identification number, name, address not including zip code, and telephone number, but does not include information on snowmobile operation or equipment-related violations or civil infractions, operator or snowmobile registration status, accidents, or other behaviorally-related information.
(r) (q) "Prior conviction" means a conviction for any of the following, whether under a law of this state, a local ordinance substantially corresponding to a law of this state, a law of the United States substantially corresponding to a law of this state, or a law of another state substantially corresponding to a law of this state:
(i) A violation or an attempted violation of section 82127(1), (3), (4), (5), (6), or (7), except that only 1 violation or attempted violation of section 82127(6), a local ordinance substantially corresponding to section 82127(6), or a law of another state substantially corresponding to section 82127(6), or a law of the United States substantially corresponding to section 82127(6) may be used as a prior conviction other than for enhancement purposes as provided in section 82129a(1)(b).
(ii) Negligent homicide, manslaughter, or murder resulting from the operation of a snowmobile or an attempt to commit any of those crimes.
(iii) Former section 15a(1), (3), (4), or (5) of 1968 PA 74.
(iv) Former section 15a.
(s) (r) "Probate court or family division disposition" means the entry of a probate court order of disposition or family division order of disposition for a child found to be within the provisions of chapter XIIA of the probate code of 1939, 1939 PA 288, MCL 712A.1 to 712A.32.
(t) (s) "Prosecuting attorney", unless the context requires otherwise, means the attorney general, the prosecuting attorney of a county, or the attorney representing a local unit of government.
(u) (t) "Recreational snowmobile trail improvement subaccount" means the recreational snowmobile trail improvement subaccount of the snowmobile account created in section 82110.
(v) (u) "Right-of-way" means that portion of a highway or street not including the roadway and any shoulder.
(w) (v) "Roadway" means that portion of a highway or street improved, designated, or ordinarily used for vehicular travel. If a highway or street includes 2 or more separate roadways, the term roadway refers to any roadway separately, but not to all of the roadways collectively.
(x) (w) "Shoulder" means that portion of a highway or street on either side of the roadway that is normally snowplowed for the safety and convenience of vehicular traffic.
(y) (x) "Snowmobile", subject to subdivision (z), means any motor-driven vehicle that is designed for travel primarily on snow or ice and that utilizes sled-type runners or skis, an endless belt tread, or any combination of these or other similar means of contact with the surface upon which it is operated, but is not a vehicle that must a vehicle that meets all of the following requirements:
(i) Is engine-driven.
(ii) Has an endless belt tread.
(iii) Was originally manufactured solely for operation over snow.
(iv) Is steered by 2 sled-type runners or skis that are in contact with the snow and the distance between the centers of the spindles of which is, except for a historic snowmobile, not more than 48 inches.
(z) Snowmobile does not include any of the following:
(i) An ORV required to be licensed under section 81115.
(ii) A vehicle required to be registered under the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.1 to 257.923.
(aa) (y) "Snowmobile account" means the snowmobile account of the Michigan conservation and recreation legacy fund provided for in section 2025.
(bb) (z) "Snowmobile registration fee subaccount" means the snowmobile registration fee subaccount of the snowmobile account created in section 82111.
(cc) (aa) "Specialty court program" means a program under any of the following:
(i) A drug treatment court, as defined in section 1060 of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.1060, in which the participant is an adult.
(ii) A DWI/sobriety court, as defined in section 1084 of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.1084.
(iii) A hybrid of the programs under subparagraphs (i) and (ii).
(iv) A mental health court as defined in section 1090 of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.1090.
(v) A veterans treatment court, as defined in section 1200 of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.1200.
(dd) (bb) "Zone 1" means all of the Upper Peninsula.
(ee) (cc) "Zone 2" means all of that part of the Lower Peninsula north of a line beginning at and drawn from a point on the Michigan-Wisconsin boundary line due west of the westerly terminus of River Road in Muskegon County; thence due east to the westerly terminus of River Road; thence north and east along the center line of the River Road to its intersection with highway M-120; thence northeasterly and easterly along the center line of highway M-120 to the junction of highway M-20; thence easterly along the center line of M-20 to its junction with US-10 at the Midland-Bay County line; thence easterly along the center line of the "business route" of highway US-10 to the intersection of Garfield Road in Bay County; thence north along the center line of Garfield Road to the intersection of the Pinconning Road; thence east along the center line of Pinconning Road to the intersection of the Seven Mile Road; thence north along the center of the Seven Mile Road to the Bay-Arenac County line; thence north along the center line of the Lincoln School Road (county road 25) in Arenac County to the intersection of highway M-61; thence east along the center line of highway M-61 to the junction of highway US-23; thence northerly and easterly along the center line of highway US-23 to the center line of the Au Gres River; thence southerly along the center line of the river to its junction with Saginaw Bay of Lake Huron; thence north 78° east to the international boundary line between the United States and the Dominion of Canada.
(ff) (dd) "Zone 3" means all of that part of the Lower Peninsula south of the line described in subdivision (bb).(ee).
Sec. 82110. (1) The recreational snowmobile trail improvement subaccount is created as a subaccount of the snowmobile account. Money in the subaccount shall be used upon appropriation solely for the improvement of snowmobile trails and other nonconflicting recreational purposes.
(2) Five dollars of each fee collected under section 82105, a All of the following shall be deposited in the recreational snowmobile trail improvement subaccount:
(a) A portion of each registration fee collected for a historic snowmobile as provided under section 82106.
(b) A portion of each trail permit fee collected as provided under section 82118. , and not
(c) Not less than 80% of the revenue from the fees collected under sections 82114 and 82115. shall be deposited in the recreational snowmobile trail improvement subaccount.
(d) Fines collected under section 82163.
(3) The department shall promulgate rules for the administration of the recreational snowmobile trail improvement subaccount.
(4) All funds allocated under this part shall be for projects that are open to the public.
Sec. 82163. (1) Subject to subsection (2), during the period from December 1 through March 31 annually, a person shall not operate a motor vehicle other than a snowmobile on a trail if all of the following apply:
(a) The trail is part of the statewide trail network established under section 72114 and is designated for snowmobile use alone or for snowmobile use in combination with ORV use.
(b) The trail is snow covered, and the snow is groomed for snowmobile use.
(c) At major points where the trail may be accessed by motor vehicles, it is marked as a groomed trail with an official sign designed by the department.
(d) If the segment of the trail on which the motor vehicle would be operated is a highway or street that is not normally snowplowed, the authority having jurisdiction over the highway or street has issued to the department a permit for that segment of the trail to be located on the highway or street.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply under any of the following circumstances:
(a) If the motor vehicle is being operated for emergency or law enforcement purposes.
(b) If the motor vehicle is being operated for approved grooming activities on the trail.
(c) If the segment of the trail on which the motor vehicle is being operated is a crossing with a highway or street or a trail where operation of the motor vehicle is otherwise authorized.
(d) If the motor vehicle is used in logging operations.
(e) If the motor vehicle is an ORV and is being operated pursuant to section 81131(9).
(f) The motor vehicle is being operated to access property owned by or under the control of the operator or on which the operator is an invited guest, using the safest route from a highway or street on which the operator is authorized to operate the motor vehicle.
(g) If and to the extent that the department waives the prohibition for department-sponsored events or other circumstances as determined by the director or the director's designee.
(3) A person who violates subsection (1) is responsible for a state civil infraction and may be ordered to pay a civil fine of not more than $200.00. A fine collected under this section shall be deposited in the recreational snowmobile trail improvement subaccount.
(4) As used in this section, "motor vehicle" means any vehicle that is self-propelled. However, motor vehicle does not include a power-driven mobility device, as defined in section 43c of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.43c, when that power-driven mobility device is being used by an individual with a mobility disability.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4458 (request no. 01879'23 a) of the 102nd Legislature is enacted into law.
