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MI HB5750
Bill
Status
2/15/2022
Primary Sponsor
Sara Cambensy
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AI Summary
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Authorizes the Michigan Department of State Police and Department of Transportation to install and use automated speed enforcement systems in work zones on highways and streets to detect vehicles exceeding posted speed limits by 6 miles per hour or more.
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Establishes penalty structure for violations detected by automated speed enforcement systems: first violation receives written warning, second violation results in civil fine up to $150, third and subsequent violations result in civil fine up to $300.
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Creates an automated speed enforcement system unit within the Department of State Police to oversee implementation, train operators, and ensure proper documentation of violations through recorded images showing vehicle registration, location, date, and time.
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Requires the Department of State Police to submit a report to legislature within 5 years detailing the number of citations issued and accounting for costs and revenue generated from automated speed enforcement systems.
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Creates a Work Zone Safety Fund to be administered by the Department of Transportation, funded by civil fines collected under the automated speed enforcement program, for purposes of increasing police presence at work zones and funding traffic control devices that protect workers.
Legislative Description
Traffic control: speed restrictions; use of automated traffic enforcement devices in work zones to enforce speed limit reductions; allow. Amends secs. 907 & 909 of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.907 & 257.909) & adds secs. 2c, 627c & 907b.
Traffic control: traffic regulation
Last Action
Referred To Second Reading
5/24/2022