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MI SB1121
Bill
AI Summary
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Expands definition of "implement of husbandry" to include farm tractors, self-propelled application-type vehicles, farm wagons, farm trailers, vehicles adapted for lifting or carrying other farm equipment, and substantially similar equipment used for agricultural production.
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Clarifies that implements of husbandry are excluded from definitions of "semi-trailer" and "trailer" under Michigan vehicle code.
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Allows motorcycle operators and riders aged 21 and older to forgo crash helmets if they have 2+ years of motorcycle endorsement experience or complete a motorcycle safety course, provided they maintain first-party medical benefits insurance of at least $20,000.
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Requires operators with riders to maintain $20,000 per person in medical benefits coverage, though riders with their own $20,000 coverage satisfy the requirement independently.
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Mandates seat belts for occupants of autocycles equipped with roofs meeting crash helmet standards, and exempts such vehicles from helmet requirements.
Legislative Description
Vehicles; agricultural equipment; definition of implement of husbandry; revise, and eliminate prohibition on carrying a passenger on a moped. Amends secs. 21, 59, 73 & 658 of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.21 et seq.).
Vehicles, agricultural equipment
Last Action
Assigned Pa 0589'12
12/31/2012