Bill Text: MI HB6455 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Vehicles; equipment; helmet law; waive motorcycle crash helmet requirement for month of July 2011. Amends sec. 658 of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.658).

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 10-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-09-21 - Printed Bill Filed 09/17/2010 [HB6455 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2009-HB6455-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 6455

 

September 16, 2010, Introduced by Reps. Genetski, Hildenbrand, LeBlanc, Rick Jones, Agema, McMillin, Walsh, Crawford, Horn, Stamas and Opsommer and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform.

 

     A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled

 

"Michigan vehicle code,"

 

by amending section 658 (MCL 257.658), as amended by 2002 PA 494.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 658. (1) A person propelling a bicycle or operating a

 

motorcycle or moped shall not ride other than upon and astride a

 

permanent and regular seat attached to that vehicle.

 

     (2) A bicycle or motorcycle shall not be used to carry more

 

persons at 1 time than the number for which it is designed and

 

equipped.

 

     (3) A moped or an electric personal assistive mobility device

 

shall not be used to carry more than 1 person at a time.

 

     (4) A Except as provided in subsection (6), a person operating

 

or riding on a motorcycle, and any person less than 19 years of age

 

operating a moped on a public thoroughfare shall wear a crash

 

helmet on his or her head. Crash helmets shall be approved by the

 

department of state police. The department of state police shall

 

promulgate rules for the implementation of this section pursuant to

 

under the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL

 

24.201 to 24.328. Rules in effect on June 1, 1970 , shall apply to

 

helmets required by this act. This subsection does not apply to a

 

person operating or riding in an autocycle if the vehicle is

 

equipped with a roof which that meets or exceeds standards for a

 

crash helmet.

 

     (5) A person operating or riding in an autocycle shall wear

 

seat belts when on a public highway in this state.

 

     (6) A person operating or riding on a motorcycle is not

 

required to wear a crash helmet on his or her head from July 1,

 

2011 to July 31, 2011.