Bill Text: MI SB0682 | 2023-2024 | 102nd Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Traffic control: speed restrictions; speed limit on a highway closed to nonemergency motor vehicles; provide for. Amends 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.1 - 257.923) by adding sec. 628b.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)
Status: (Passed) 2024-07-30 - Assigned Pa 0076'24 With Immediate Effect [SB0682 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2023-SB0682-Engrossed.html
HOUSE Substitute For
SENATE BILL NO. 682
A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled
"Michigan vehicle code,"
(MCL 257.1 to 257.923) by adding section 628b.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 628b. (1) Subsection (2) applies only in a political subdivision that prohibits by ordinance, regulation, or resolution the operation of nonemergency motor vehicles in the political subdivision.
(2) Notwithstanding sections 627 and 628, an individual who operates a vehicle, a bicycle, or any other device on a state trunkline highway within a political subdivision described in subsection (1) shall not exceed either of the following speed limits:
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision and subdivision (b), 15 miles per hour. This subdivision does not apply to a snowmobile.
(b) Within a business district of a political subdivision described in subsection (1), 10 miles per hour.
(3) An individual who violates this section is responsible for a civil infraction.
(4) As used in this section:
(a) "Historic snowmobile" means that term as defined in section 82101 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.82101.
(b) "Snowmobile" means a vehicle that meets all of the following requirements:
(i) Is engine-driven.
(ii) Has an endless belt tread.
(iii) Was originally manufactured solely for operation over snow.
(iv) Is steered by 2 sled-type runners or skis that are in contact with the snow and the distance between the centers of the spindles of which is, except for a historic snowmobile, not more than 48 inches.
