Bill Text: MI SB0997 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Vehicles; other; mobility research center; provide for. Amends secs. 2b & 601a of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.2b & 257.601a) & adds sec. 665a.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 25-10)
Status: (Passed) 2016-12-13 - Assigned Pa 0334'16 With Immediate Effect [SB0997 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2015-SB0997-Engrossed.html
SB-0997, As Passed House, November 10, 2016
HOUSE SUBSTITUTE FOR
SENATE BILL NO. 997
A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled
"Michigan vehicle code,"
by amending section 601a (MCL 257.601a), as amended by 2011 PA 115.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 601a. (1) A county, city, township, or village may
contract with a person who owns or is in charge of a private road
that is open to the general public, at that person's request or
with that person's consent, to enforce provisions of this act on
that private road.
(2) Subject to subsection (1) and section 906, a peace officer
may enter upon a private road that is open to the general public to
enforce provisions of this act if signs meeting the requirements of
the Michigan manual of uniform traffic control devices are posted
on the private road.
(3) The owner or person in charge of a private road open to
the general public who enters into a contract as described in
subsection (1) is responsible for the cost and the posting of signs
described in subsection (2).
(4) This section does not affect a contract entered into
between a county, city, township, or village and the person who
owns or is in charge of a private road open to the general public
before December 29, 2006.
(5) As used in this section, "private road that is open to the
general public" does not include a road that is under the control
of a mobility research center, regardless of whether a private
research entity or a corporation is using the road under an
agreement with the mobility research center.
