Bill Text: MI HB4873 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Vehicles; registration plates; temporary placement of registration plate in rear window under certain circumstances; allow. Amends sec. 225 of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.225).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-09-06 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 08/16/2017 [HB4873 Detail]

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HOUSE BILL No. 4873

 

 

August 16, 2017, Introduced by Reps. Yanez, Hertel, Gay-Dagnogo, Clemente, Peterson, Dianda, Cochran, Geiss, Wittenberg and Hammoud and referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

 

     A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled

 

"Michigan vehicle code,"

 

by amending section 225 (MCL 257.225), as amended by 2014 PA 26.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 225. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection

 

and subsection subsections (6) and (7), a registration plate issued

 

for a vehicle shall be attached to the rear of the vehicle. A

 

registration plate issued for a truck tractor or road tractor shall

 

be attached to the front of the vehicle.

 

     (2) A registration plate shall at all times be securely

 

fastened in a horizontal position to the vehicle for which the

 

plate is issued so as to prevent the plate from swinging. The plate

 

shall be attached at a height of not less than 12 inches from the

 


ground, measured from the bottom of the plate, in a place and

 

position that is clearly visible. The plate shall be maintained

 

free from foreign materials that obscure or partially obscure the

 

registration information and in a clearly legible condition.

 

     (3) A registration plate or an expiration tab on the

 

registration plate shall be of a different color designated by the

 

secretary of state with a marked contrast between the color of the

 

registration plate and the numerals or letters on the plate. The

 

secretary of state may provide a distinctive registration plate as

 

a replacement for a standard plate. To honor a special or

 

historical event, the secretary of state may provide a

 

commemorative plate as a replacement for a standard plate.

 

     (4) A person shall not attach a name plate, insignia, or

 

advertising device to a registration plate in a manner that

 

obscures or partially obscures the registration information.

 

     (5) A person shall not operate a motor vehicle that has a name

 

plate, insignia, or advertising device attached to a registration

 

plate in a manner that obscures or partially obscures the

 

registration information.

 

     (6) A registration plate issued for a historic military

 

vehicle that is authorized to be operated on the roads of this

 

state is not required to be attached to the rear or the front of

 

the historic military vehicle unless the historic military vehicle

 

was originally manufactured with lighting and mounting provisions

 

for a registration plate. However, if the registration plate is not

 

attached to the exterior of the historic military vehicle, it shall

 

be present in the historic military vehicle to which it refers and


shall be made available upon demand of a police officer. As used in

 

this subsection, "historic military vehicle" means a vehicle,

 

including a trailer, regardless of the vehicle's size, weight, or

 

year of manufacture, that was manufactured for use in any country's

 

military forces and is maintained to represent its military design

 

and markings accurately.

 

     (7) A registration plate may be placed inside the rear window

 

of a vehicle instead of the rear of the vehicle as provided in

 

subsection (1) if the registration plate is a valid special or

 

temporary registration plate issued under section 226(9), 226a, or

 

226b, or if the attachment of a tow ball, bicycle rack, removable

 

hitch, or other device designed to carry an object on the rear of a

 

vehicle, including the object being carried, would result in a

 

partial or total obstruction of the registration plate in violation

 

of subsection (2). A registration plate placed inside the rear

 

window under this subsection shall be plainly and clearly visible

 

to the outside of the vehicle and shall otherwise comply with the

 

requirements of this section.

 

     (8) (7) 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.

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