Bill Text: MI SB0165 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Traffic control; accidents; procedure relating to obtaining crash reports; modify. Amends secs. 621 & 622 of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.621 & 257.622).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-09-21 - Referred To Committee On Transportation [SB0165 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2009-SB0165-Engrossed.html
SB-0165, As Passed Senate, September 21, 2010
SENATE BILL No. 165
January 29, 2009, Introduced by Senator BARCIA and referred to the Committee on Transportation.
A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled
"Michigan vehicle code,"
by amending sections 621 and 622 (MCL 257.621 and 257.622), section
622 as amended by 2003 PA 66.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
621. (1) (a) The driver
operator of any vehicle involved
in
an accident resulting only in damage to fixtures property
legally upon or adjacent to a highway shall take reasonable steps
to
locate and notify the owner or person in charge of such that
property
of such the accident and of shall provide his or her name
and
address and of the registration number of the vehicle he or she
is
driving and shall upon or
was operating at the time of the
accident. Upon request, the operator shall exhibit his or her
Senate Bill No. 165 as amended September 15, 2010
operator's
or chauffeur's license and, if such the owner cannot be
found,
shall forthwith immediately
report such the accident
to the
nearest or most convenient police officer.
(2) (b)
The officer receiving such a report
under subsection
(1) or his or her commanding officer shall forward each individual
report made under subsection (1) to the director of the department
of
state police on forms prescribed by him
which the director of
the department of state police. The forms shall be completed in
full by the investigating officer. The director of state police
shall analyze each report relative to the cause of the reported
accident and shall prepare for public use the information compiled
from the reports. A copy of the report required under this section
shall be retained for not less than 3 years by the department of
state police and shall be made available to the public at a cost of
$10.00. <<This subsection does not prohibit the police agency that
forwarded the report to the department of state police from retaining a
copy of the report for the purposes of that police agency.>>
Sec. 622. The driver operator of
a motor vehicle involved in
an accident that injures or kills any person, or that damages
property to an apparent extent totaling $1,000.00 or more, shall
immediately report that accident at the nearest or most convenient
police station, or to the nearest or most convenient police
officer. The officer receiving the report, or his or her commanding
officer, shall immediately forward each report to the director of
the department of state police on forms prescribed by the director
of the department of state police. The forms shall be completed in
full by the investigating officer. The director of the department
of state police shall analyze each report relative to the cause of
the reported accident and shall prepare information compiled from
reports filed under this section for public use. A copy of the
report
required under this section and copies of reports required
under
section 621 shall be retained for at
least not less than 3
years
at the local police department, sheriff's department, or
local
state police post making the report by the department of
state police and shall be made available to the public at a cost of
$10.00.
