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MI HB5963

Bill

Status

Introduced

11/13/2014

Primary Sponsor

John Kivela

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Origin

House of Representatives

97th Legislature

AI Summary

  • Allows pickup trucks with adequate towing capacity equipped with proper fifth wheel assemblies to tow a second trailer or semitrailer designed for recreational living purposes, subject to specific conditions including a 75-foot maximum total length and weight restrictions.

  • Requires the second trailer's gross weight not exceed the empty weight of either the pickup truck or the semitrailer being towed.

  • Establishes that pickup trucks towing multiple trailers are considered passenger vehicles for regulatory purposes.

  • Excludes speed violations of 5 miles per hour or less over the speed limit from being reported to the secretary of state and entered on a driver's master driving record.

  • Maintains existing court reporting requirements for vehicle code violations while preventing courts from withholding or delaying reports of commercial motor vehicle violations to the secretary of state.

Legislative Description

Traffic control; speed restrictions; speed limit law; modify to exclude certain pickup trucks from posted speed limit and to exclude certain speed limit violations from master driving record. Amends secs. 721 & 732 of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.721 & 257.732).

Traffic control, traffic regulation

Last Action

Printed Bill Filed 11/14/2014

12/2/2014

Committee Referrals

Transportation And Infrastructure11/13/2014

Full Bill Text

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