Bill Text: MI HB5648 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Traffic control; other; smoking in vehicle with a minor present; prohibit, and provide penalty. Amends 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.1 - 257.923) by adding sec. 676c.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-06-12 - Printed Bill Filed 06/12/2014 [HB5648 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2013-HB5648-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 5648

 

June 11, 2014, Introduced by Rep. Zorn and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

     A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled

 

"Michigan vehicle code,"

 

(MCL 257.1 to 257.923) by adding section 676c.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 676c. (1) A person shall not possess a lit tobacco

 

product in a motor vehicle if an individual less than 18 years of

 

age is occupying the motor vehicle.

 

     (2) A person who violates this section is responsible for a

 

civil infraction and may be ordered to pay a fine of $100.00.

 

     (3) Points shall not be assessed under section 320a for a

 

violation of this section.

 

     (4) For 1 year after the effective date of the amendatory act

 

that added this section, a person who violates this section shall

 

be issued a warning, but not be cited for the violation.

 

     (5) As used in this section, "tobacco product" means that term

 

as defined in section 2 of the tobacco products tax act, 1993 PA

 

327, MCL 205.422.