Bill Text: MI HB4642 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Traffic control; traffic regulation; definition of authorized emergency vehicle; amend to include privately owned vehicles of an emergency management unit. Amends sec. 2 of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.2).

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 14-5)

Status: (Passed) 2011-11-29 - Assigned Pa 231'11 With Immediate Effect [HB4642 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2011-HB4642-Engrossed.html

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HB-4642, As Passed Senate, November 9, 2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

HOUSE BILL NO. 4642

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled

 

"Michigan vehicle code,"

 

by amending section 2 (MCL 257.2), as amended by 2004 PA 19.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 2. (1) "Authorized emergency vehicle" means any 1 of the

 

following:

 

     (a) Vehicles of the fire department, police vehicles,

 

ambulances, or privately owned motor vehicles of volunteer or paid

 

fire fighters, or volunteer members of an emergency rescue unit if

 

authorized by the chief of an organized fire department, a county

 

sheriff, or the director of the department of state police, or

 

privately owned motor vehicles of volunteer or paid members of a

 

life support agency licensed by the department of consumer and

 

industry services licensing and regulatory affairs if authorized by

 

the life support agency.

 

     (b) For purposes of section 698(5)(c) during an emergency, a

 

vehicle owned and operated by a federally recognized nonprofit

 

charitable organization that is used exclusively for assistance

 

during that emergency.

 

     (c) For purposes of section 653a, a road service vehicle

 

giving a visual signal by means of a flashing, rotating, or

 

oscillating red or amber light. As used in this subdivision, "road

 

service vehicle" means a vehicle that is clearly marked and readily

 

recognizable as a vehicle used to assist disabled vehicles.

 

     (2) As used in this section:

 

     (a) "Emergency rescue unit" means an entity with training in a

 

specialized discipline exceeding the level of training for medical

 

first responders.

 

     (b) "Life support agency" means that term as defined in

 

section 20906 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL

 

333.20906.

 

     (c) "Medical first responder" means that term as defined in

 

section 20906 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL

 

333.20906.