Bill Text: MI HB5507 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Transportation; school vehicles; enhanced rear lighting for school buses; mandate. Amends 1990 PA 187 (MCL 257.1801 - 257.1877) by adding sec. 12.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-02 - Referred To Second Reading [HB5507 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2011-HB5507-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 5507
March 21, 2012, Introduced by Reps. Hughes, Zorn, LaFontaine, Gilbert and Foster and referred to the Committee on Transportation.
A bill to amend 1990 PA 187, entitled
"The pupil transportation act,"
(MCL 257.1801 to 257.1877) by adding section 12.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 12. (1) This section applies to school buses manufactured
after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this
section.
(2) A school bus shall be equipped with enhanced rear lighting
at the top and bottom of the rear of the school bus that is
designed to reduce the number of injuries and fatalities resulting
from the collision of motor vehicles with the rear ends of school
buses.
(3) This section may be referred to as the "Privacky Law".