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MI HB5356

Bill

Status

Introduced

9/30/2021

Primary Sponsor

Steven Johnson

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Origin

House of Representatives

101st Legislature

AI Summary

  • Prohibits police officers from stopping a motor vehicle or issuing citations solely based on a chipped or cracked windshield under MCL 257.683(2)

  • Clarifies that operating a motor vehicle with a chipped or cracked windshield does not violate windshield requirements under MCL 257.708a(1)

  • Replaces "person" with "individual" throughout sections 683 and 708a for consistent terminology

  • Maintains exemptions for farm tractors, implements of husbandry, and historic vehicles from windshield equipment requirements

  • Changes statutory language from "shall" to "must" and "do not" for clearer legal phrasing in vehicle equipment provisions

Legislative Description

Traffic control: violations; operation of vehicle with a cracked or chipped windshield; prohibit as bases for citation. Amends secs. 683 & 708a of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.683 & 257.708a).

Vehicles: equipment

Last Action

Bill Electronically Reproduced 09/30/2021

10/5/2021

Committee Referrals

Judiciary9/30/2021

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