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MI HB6277

Bill

Status

Introduced

6/22/2010

Primary Sponsor

Lesia Liss

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Origin

House of Representatives

95th Legislature

AI Summary

  • Clarifies that a moped or electric personal assistive mobility device shall not carry more than 1 person at a time, while bicycles and motorcycles follow design and capacity limitations.

  • Requires persons operating or riding on motorcycles and persons under 19 years of age operating mopeds on public thoroughfares to wear department-approved crash helmets.

  • Exempts autocycle operators and passengers from helmet requirements if the vehicle is equipped with a roof meeting crash helmet standards.

  • Requires autocycle operators and passengers to wear seat belts when operating on public highways in the state.

  • Updates language by removing mopeds from certain grammatical constructions and replacing outdated pronoun references with gender-neutral terms.

Legislative Description

Vehicles; mopeds; number of persons allowed at 1 time on a moped; clarify. Amends sec. 658 of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.658)

Vehicles, mopeds

Last Action

Printed Bill Filed 06/23/2010

6/23/2010

Committee Referrals

Transportation6/22/2010

Full Bill Text

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