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MI SB1106
Bill
Status
2/4/2010
Primary Sponsor
Michael Switalski
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AI Summary
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Extends safety belt requirements to all passengers aged 16 and older, and passengers aged 4-15 must be properly secured in safety belts or child restraint systems as applicable.
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Removes the secondary enforcement provision that limited safety belt enforcement to situations where drivers were detained for other violations.
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Establishes that violation of safety belt requirements is a civil infraction with no points assessed under the driver's license point system.
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Requires law enforcement agencies to investigate reports of police harassment resulting from safety belt law enforcement and mandates the Secretary of State to commission a 3-year study on harassment incidents.
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Exempts vehicles manufactured before January 1, 1965, buses, motorcycles, mopeds, school buses, and certain commercial/postal vehicles from safety belt requirements; also exempts individuals with physician-verified medical inability to wear belts.
Legislative Description
Vehicles; equipment; primary enforcement of safety belt law; require, and require all passengers in vehicle to wear safety belts. Amends sec. 710e of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.710e).
Vehicles, equipment
Last Action
Referred To Committee On Transportation
2/4/2010