Bill Text: MI HB4787 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Transportation; other; installation of electric vehicle charging stations at certain state locations; allow. Amends sec. 2 of 1941 PA 205 (MCL 252.52).
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 22-6)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-07-02 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 07/02/2019 [HB4787 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2019-HB4787-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 4787
June 26, 2019, Introduced by Reps. Rabhi, Sabo, Miller, Manoogian, Kuppa, Lasinski, Witwer, Shannon, Ellison, Elder, Pagan, Clemente, Hertel, Bellino, Chirkun, Kennedy, Hope, Haadsma, VanSingel, Yaroch, Hood, Yancey, O'Malley, Alexander, Neeley, Whitsett, Cherry and Jones and referred to the Committee on Transportation.
A bill to amend 1941 PA 205, entitled
"An act to provide for the construction, establishment, opening,
use, discontinuing, vacating, closing, altering, improvement, and
maintenance of limited access highways and facilities ancillary to
those highways; to permit the acquiring of property and property
rights and the closing or other treatment of intersecting roads for
these purposes; to provide for the borrowing of money and for the
issuing of bonds or notes payable from special funds for the
acquisition, construction or improvement of such highways; and to
provide for the receipt and expenditure of funds generated from the
facilities,"
by amending section 2 (MCL 252.52), as amended by 2002 PA 150.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 2. (1) The state transportation department, a board of
county road commissioners, or a city or village, acting alone or in
cooperation with each other or with a federal, state, or local
agency having authority to participate in the construction and
maintenance of highways, may establish, open, discontinue, vacate,
close, alter, improve, maintain, and provide for the public use of
limited access highways, subject to section 1(i) of 1925 PA 352,
MCL 213.171.
(2) The state transportation department shall allow only the
installation of vending machines at selected sites on the limited
access highway system to dispense food, drink, and other articles
that the state transportation department determines appropriate.
The state transportation department shall allow only the
installation of vending machines at selected travel information
centers. Following a 2-year trial period the state transportation
department shall use its discretion with the advice of the
commission for the blind to allow only vending machines at other
locations on the limited access highway system. The vending
machines shall be operated solely by the commission for the blind,
which
is designated as the state licensing agency under section
2(a)(5)
of chapter 638, 49 Stat. 1559, 20 U.S.C. 107a. 20 USC 107a.
Except as otherwise provided in this section, no other commercial
enterprise shall be authorized or conducted within or on property
acquired for or designated as a limited access highway. The
commission for the blind shall require evidence of liability
insurance and monitor compliance as it pertains to only vending
machines
in the designated areas, holding harmless and shall hold
the state transportation department harmless.
(3) In conjunction with the exemption granted by federal law
from
the restrictions contained in section 111 of title 23 of the
United
States Code, 23 U.S.C. 111, and under
23 USC 111, as
described
in part 2g of the "manual on uniform traffic control
devices
for streets and highways", U.S. department of
transportation
and federal highway administration, part 2g (LOGOS),
manual on uniform traffic control devices for streets and highways,
this section does not prohibit the use of facilities located in
part on the right-of-way of I-94 in the vicinity of the interchange
of I-94 and I-69 business loop/I-94 business loop for the sale of
only
those articles which that are for export and consumption
outside the United States.
(4) This section does not prohibit the use of facilities
located
in the vicinity of the international bridge International
Bridge
in the city City of
Sault Ste. Marie for the sale of only
those articles which are for export and consumption outside the
United States to the extent that the use is not restricted by
federal law.
(5) This section does not prohibit the operation of customs
brokering facilities on state owned property available for that use
at
the sites of the blue water bridge Blue Water Bridge in Port
Huron
and the international bridge International
Bridge in Sault
Ste. Marie.
(6) The state transportation department may enter into a lease
for facilities described in subsection (3), (4), or (5), the
revenue from which shall be deposited in the state trunk line fund
if
attributable to the blue water bridge Blue Water Bridge site or
in the fund created under section 7 of 1954 PA 99, MCL 254.227, if
attributable
to the international bridge International
Bridge site.
(7) This section does not prohibit the use of facilities
located at rest areas or welcome centers to distribute, either
directly or through electronic technologies, free travel related
information or assistance, or both, to the traveling public if the
distribution is approved by the state transportation department.
(8) The state transportation department may enter into
agreements for the activities described in subsection (7), the
revenue from which shall be deposited in the state trunk line fund.
(9) The state transportation department may enter into
agreements to authorize the use of property acquired for or
designated as a limited access highway or acquired for or
designated for ancillary purposes for the installation, operation,
and maintenance of commercial or noncommercial electronic devices
and related structures so long as the electronic devices and
related structures are intended to assist in providing travel
related information to motorists who subscribe to travel related
information services, the public, or the state transportation
department. All revenue generated by the agreements shall be
deposited in the state trunk line fund. The state transportation
department may accept facilities or in-kind services to be used for
public purposes in lieu of, or in addition to, monetary
compensation.
(10) This section does not prohibit the use of logo signage
within
the right-of-way of limited access highways. For purposes of
this
subsection, "logo signage" means a sign containing the
trademark
or other symbol that identifies a business in a manner
and
at locations approved by the state transportation department.
The state transportation department may enter into agreements to
allow logo signage, and any revenue received by the state
transportation department under this subsection shall be deposited
into the state trunk line fund established under section 11 of 1951
PA 51, MCL 247.661. As used in this subsection, "logo signage"
means a sign containing the trademark or other symbol that
identifies a business in a manner and at locations approved by the
state transportation department.
(11) At the request of a hospital that provides 24-hour
emergency care, the state transportation department shall place and
maintain signs on all limited access highways that indicate exits
that are within 2 miles of that hospital. The signs shall indicate
the name of the hospital or the name of the nonprofit corporation
that owns or operates the hospital and the exit number of the exit
that is within the 2 miles of the hospital. At least 1 sign shall
be placed for each exit that is within 2 miles of a requesting
hospital that provides 24-hour emergency care. The cost of placing
and maintaining the sign shall be paid by the hospital requesting
the signs. The state transportation department shall adopt
guidelines specifying the size, shape, design, number, and
placement of the signs authorized under this subsection. The state
transportation department shall not remove signs on limited access
highways
that exist on the effective date of the amendatory act
that
added this subsection July
23, 2001 and that indicate exits
within 10 miles of a hospital that provides 24-hour emergency care
but that do not otherwise satisfy the requirements of this
subsection. As used in this subsection, "hospital" means a health
facility
that is licensed as a hospital under part 215 article 17
of
the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.21501 to
333.21568.333.20101 to 333.22260.
(12) The department may install or allow the installation of
charging stations for electric vehicles at state park and ride
sites in this state. The department may enter into a lease for the
installation or operation of charging station infrastructure.
Revenue from such a lease at a state park and ride site shall be
deposited, respectively, into the state trunk line fund established
under section 11 of 1951 PA 51, MCL 247.661.
(13) The department shall coordinate with the Michigan agency
for energy, electric utilities, and other interested parties to
identify specific state park and ride sites best suited for
electric vehicle charging stations. In determining suitability, the
department shall consider where grid infrastructure exists
sufficient to support charging and where seasonal traffic patterns
and state park and ride sites visitation volumes necessitate access
to charging to accommodate long distance or local travel and use of
state park and ride sites. Within 1 year after the effective date
of the amendatory act that added this subsection, the department
shall submit a report of its findings to the legislative committees
of the senate and house of representatives with responsibility for
issues involving electric vehicles and transportation and shall
post the report on its website. The department shall maintain the
website posting for at least 4 years.
