Bill Text: MI HB5287 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Chaptered
Bill Title: Law enforcement; local police; provision prohibiting issuance of specified number of traffic citations; revise. Amends sec. 750 of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.750).
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 36-7)
Status: (Passed) 2010-12-15 - Assigned Pa 226'10 With Immediate Effect [HB5287 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2009-HB5287-Chaptered.html
Act No. 226
Public Acts of 2010
Approved by the Governor
December 10, 2010
Filed with the Secretary of State
December 10, 2010
EFFECTIVE DATE: December 10, 2010
STATE OF MICHIGAN
95TH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2010
Introduced by Reps. LeBlanc, Gregory, Hammel, Womack, Jackson, Durhal, Young, Stanley, Espinoza, Constan, Johnson, Agema, Bledsoe, Lisa Brown, Terry Brown, Clemente, Corriveau, Dean, Geiss, Genetski, Gonzales, Griffin, Hildenbrand, Huckleberry, Rick Jones, Robert Jones, Kennedy, Leland, Liss, Marleau, Mayes, Meadows, Melton, Nathan, Rocca, Segal, Sheltrown, Slavens, Spade, Switalski, Tlaib, Valentine and Walsh
ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5287
AN ACT to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled “An act to provide for the registration, titling, sale, transfer, and regulation of certain vehicles operated upon the public highways of this state or any other place open to the general public or generally accessible to motor vehicles and distressed vehicles; to provide for the licensing of dealers; to provide for the examination, licensing, and control of operators and chauffeurs; to provide for the giving of proof of financial responsibility and security by owners and operators of vehicles; to provide for the imposition, levy, and collection of specific taxes on vehicles, and the levy and collection of sales and use taxes, license fees, and permit fees; to provide for the regulation and use of streets and highways; to create certain funds; to provide penalties and sanctions for a violation of this act; to provide for civil liability of owners and operators of vehicles and service of process on residents and nonresidents; to regulate the introduction and use of certain evidence; to provide for the levy of certain assessments; to provide for the enforcement of this act; to provide for the creation of and to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state and local agencies; to impose liability upon the state or local agencies; to provide appropriations for certain purposes; to repeal all other acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act or contrary to this act; and to repeal certain parts of this act on a specific date,” by amending section 750 (MCL 257.750), as amended by 1988 PA 446.
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 750. (1) A police officer shall not be required to issue a predetermined or specified number of citations for violations of this act or of local ordinances substantially corresponding to provisions of this act, including parking or standing violations. A police officer’s performance evaluation system shall not require a predetermined or specified number of citations to be issued. Section 901 does not apply to a violation of this subsection.
(2) A police officer shall not be entitled to any fees for issuing a citation. A police officer, judge, district court magistrate, or other person employed by the state or by a local governmental unit who violates section 749 or this subsection is guilty of misconduct in office and subject to removal from office.
This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Secretary of the Senate
Approved
Governor
