Bill Text: MI SB0501 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Traffic control; driver license; persons exempt from obtaining a Michigan driver license; modify. Amends sec. 302a of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.302a).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-05-31 - Assigned Pa 0138'16 [SB0501 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2015-SB0501-Introduced.html

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SENATE BILL No. 501

 

 

September 17, 2015, Introduced by Senators STAMAS, HORN, SCHMIDT and HANSEN and referred to the Committee on Transportation.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled

 

"Michigan vehicle code,"

 

by amending section 302a (MCL 257.302a), as amended by 2006 PA 298.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 302a. (1) Except as otherwise provided by this act, a

 

nonresident operator of a motor vehicle who is the holder of and

 

has in his or her immediate possession a valid license to operate a

 

motor vehicle in the issued by a country in which he or she resides

 

other than the United States and a valid visitor visa or passport

 

is not required to obtain a license to operate a passenger vehicle

 

within in this state , for the period of time that he or she is in

 

this state if he or she does not receive compensation for such

 

operation. This subsection does not apply unless all of the

 

following conditions have been satisfied:

     (a) The secretary of state determines that the standards of

 

the other country for licensing operators correspond substantially

 

to those of this state and that the other country extends the same

 

privileges to persons licensed to operate vehicles by this state.

 

     (b) The secretary of state and the other country have

 

exchanged letters confirming the reciprocal extension of privileges

 

to operate vehicles.

 

     (2) The secretary of state shall publish on its public

 

internet site a list of the countries for which reciprocal

 

operating privileges have been extended and withdrawn. If any

 

changes are made, a revised list shall be mailed to the courts,

 

prosecuting attorneys, and law enforcement agencies of this state.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.