Bill Text: MI SB0333 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Chaptered
Bill Title: Traffic control; driver license; suspension of driver license after third minor in possession offense; provide for. Amends sec. 319 of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.319).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-12-28 - Assigned Pa 0358'16 With Immediate Effect [SB0333 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2015-SB0333-Chaptered.html
Act No. 358
Public Acts of 2016
Approved by the Governor
December 21, 2016
Filed with the Secretary of State
December 21, 2016
EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2018
STATE OF MICHIGAN
98TH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2016
Introduced by Senator Jones
ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 333
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 manufacturers, the manufacturers of certain devices, the manufacturers of automated technology, upfitters, owners, and operators of vehicles and service of process on residents and nonresidents; to regulate the introduction and use of certain evidence; to regulate and certify the manufacturers of certain devices; to provide for approval and certification of installers and servicers of certain devices; 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 319 (MCL 257.319), as amended by 2016 PA 32.
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 319. (1) The secretary of state shall immediately suspend a person’s license as provided in this section on receiving a record of the person’s conviction for a crime described in this section, whether the conviction is under a law of this state, a local ordinance substantially corresponding to a law of this state, a law of another state substantially corresponding to a law of this state, or, beginning October 31, 2010, a law of the United States substantially corresponding to a law of this state.
(2) The secretary of state shall suspend the person’s license for 1 year for any of the following crimes:
(a) Fraudulently altering or forging documents pertaining to motor vehicles in violation of section 257.
(b) A violation of section 413 of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.413.
(c) A violation of section 1 of former 1931 PA 214, MCL 752.191, or former section 626c.
(d) A felony in which a motor vehicle was used. As used in this section, “felony in which a motor vehicle was used” means a felony during the commission of which the person convicted operated a motor vehicle and while operating the vehicle presented real or potential harm to persons or property and 1 or more of the following circumstances existed:
(i) The vehicle was used as an instrument of the felony.
(ii) The vehicle was used to transport a victim of the felony.
(iii) The vehicle was used to flee the scene of the felony.
(iv) The vehicle was necessary for the commission of the felony.
(e) A violation of section 602a(2) or (3) of this act or section 479a(2) or (3) of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.479a.
(f) Beginning October 31, 2010, a violation of section 601d.
(3) The secretary of state shall suspend the person’s license for 90 days for any of the following crimes:
(a) Failing to stop and disclose identity at the scene of an accident resulting in injury in violation of section 617a.
(b) A violation of section 601b(2), section 601c(1), section 653a(3), section 626 before October 31, 2010, or, beginning October 31, 2010, section 626(2).
(c) Malicious destruction resulting from the operation of a vehicle under section 382(1)(b), (c), or (d) of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.382.
(d) A violation of section 703(2) of the Michigan liquor control code of 1998, 1998 PA 58, MCL 436.1703.
(4) The secretary of state shall suspend the person’s license for 30 days for malicious destruction resulting from the operation of a vehicle under section 382(1)(a) of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.382.
(5) For perjury or making a false certification to the secretary of state under any law requiring the registration of a motor vehicle or regulating the operation of a vehicle on a highway, or for conduct prohibited under section 324(1) or a local ordinance substantially corresponding to section 324(1), the secretary of state shall suspend the person’s license as follows:
(a) If the person has no prior conviction for an offense described in this subsection within 7 years, for 90 days.
(b) If the person has 1 or more prior convictions for an offense described in this subsection within 7 years, for 1 year.
(6) For a violation of section 414 of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.414, the secretary of state shall suspend the person’s license as follows:
(a) If the person has no prior conviction for that offense within 7 years, for 90 days.
(b) If the person has 1 or more prior convictions for that offense within 7 years, for 1 year.
(7) For a violation of section 624a or 624b of this act or section 703(1) of the Michigan liquor control code of 1998, 1998 PA 58, MCL 436.1703, the secretary of state shall suspend the person’s license as follows:
(a) Subject to subsection (24), if the person has 1 prior conviction for an offense described in section 624a or 624b of this act or section 33b(1) of former 1933 (Ex Sess) PA 8, for 90 days. The secretary of state may issue the person a restricted license after the first 30 days of suspension.
(b) Subject to subsection (24), if the person has 2 or more prior convictions for an offense described in this subsection or section 33b(1) of former 1933 (Ex Sess) PA 8, for 1 year. The secretary of state may issue the person a restricted license after the first 60 days of suspension.
(8) The secretary of state shall suspend the person’s license for a violation of section 625 or 625m as follows:
(a) For 180 days for a violation of section 625(1) or (8) before October 31, 2010 or, beginning October 31, 2010, section 625(1)(a) or (b) or (8) if the person has no prior convictions within 7 years. The secretary of state may issue the person a restricted license during a specified portion of the suspension, except that the secretary of state shall not issue a restricted license during the first 30 days of suspension.
(b) For 90 days for a violation of section 625(3) if the person has no prior convictions within 7 years. However, if the person is convicted of a violation of section 625(3), for operating a vehicle when, due to the consumption of a controlled substance or a combination of alcoholic liquor and a controlled substance, the person’s ability to operate the vehicle was visibly impaired, the secretary of state shall suspend the person’s license under this subdivision for 180 days. The secretary of state may issue the person a restricted license during all or a specified portion of the suspension.
(c) For 30 days for a violation of section 625(6) if the person has no prior convictions within 7 years. The secretary of state may issue the person a restricted license during all or a specified portion of the suspension.
(d) For 90 days for a violation of section 625(6) if the person has 1 or more prior convictions for that offense within 7 years.
(e) For 180 days for a violation of section 625(7) if the person has no prior convictions within 7 years. The secretary of state may issue the person a restricted license after the first 90 days of suspension.
(f) For 90 days for a violation of section 625m if the person has no prior convictions within 7 years. The secretary of state may issue the person a restricted license during all or a specified portion of the suspension.
(g) Beginning October 31, 2010, for 1 year for a violation of section 625(1)(c) if the person has no prior convictions within 7 years or not more than 2 convictions within 10 years. The secretary of state may issue the person a restricted license, except that the secretary of state shall not issue a restricted license during the first 45 days of suspension.
(h) Beginning October 31, 2010, the department shall order a person convicted of violating section 625(1)(c) not to operate a motor vehicle under a restricted license issued under subdivision (g) unless the vehicle is equipped with an ignition interlock device approved, certified, and installed as required under sections 625k and 625l. The ignition interlock device may be removed after the interlock device provider provides the department with verification that the person has operated the vehicle with no instances of reaching or exceeding a blood alcohol level of 0.025 grams per 210 liters of breath. This subdivision does not prohibit the removal of the ignition interlock device for any of the following:
(i) A start-up test failure that occurs within the first 2 months after installation of the device. As used in this subdivision, “start-up test failure” means that the ignition interlock device has prevented the motor vehicle from being started. Multiple unsuccessful attempts at 1 time to start the vehicle are treated as 1 start-up test failure only under this subparagraph.
(ii) A start-up test failure occurring more than 2 months after installation of the device, if not more than 15 minutes after detecting the start-up test failure the person delivers a breath sample that the ignition interlock device analyzes as having an alcohol level of less than 0.025 grams per 210 liters of breath.
(iii) A retest prompted by the device, if not more than 5 minutes after detecting the retest failure the person delivers a breath sample that the ignition interlock device analyzes as having an alcohol level of less than 0.025 grams per 210 liters of breath.
(i) Beginning October 31, 2010, if an individual violates the conditions of the restricted license issued under subdivision (g) or operates or attempts to operate a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol level of 0.025 grams per 210 liters of breath, the secretary of state shall impose an additional like period of suspension and restriction as prescribed under subdivision (g). This subdivision does not require an additional like period of suspension and restriction for any of the following:
(i) A start-up test failure within the first 2 months after installation of the ignition interlock device. As used in this subdivision, “start-up test failure” means that the ignition interlock device has prevented the motor vehicle from being started. Multiple unsuccessful attempts at 1 time to start the vehicle are treated as 1 start-up test failure only under this subparagraph.
(ii) A start-up test failure occurring more than 2 months after installation of the device, if not more than 15 minutes after detecting the start-up test failure the person delivers a breath sample that the ignition interlock device analyzes as having an alcohol level of less than 0.025 grams per 210 liters of breath.
(iii) Any retest prompted by the device, if not more than 5 minutes after detecting the retest failure the person delivers a breath sample that the ignition interlock device analyzes as having an alcohol level of less than 0.025 grams per 210 liters of breath.
(9) For a violation of section 367c of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.367c, the secretary of state shall suspend the person’s license as follows:
(a) If the person has no prior conviction for an offense described in this subsection within 7 years, for 6 months.
(b) If the person has 1 or more convictions for an offense described in this subsection within 7 years, for 1 year.
(10) For a violation of section 315(4), the secretary of state may suspend the person’s license for 6 months.
(11) For a violation or attempted violation of section 411a(2) of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.411a, involving a school, the secretary of state shall suspend the license of a person 14 years of age or over but less than 21 years of age until 3 years after the date of the conviction or juvenile disposition for the violation. The secretary of state may issue the person a restricted license after the first 365 days of suspension.
(12) For a second or subsequent violation of section 701(1) of the Michigan liquor control code of 1998, 1998 PA 58, MCL 436.1701, by an individual who is not a retail licensee or a retail licensee’s clerk, agent, or employee, the secretary of state shall suspend the person’s license for 180 days. The secretary of state may issue a person a restricted license during all or a specified portion of the suspension.
(13) Except as provided in subsection (15), a suspension under this section shall be imposed notwithstanding a court order unless the court order complies with section 323.
(14) If the secretary of state receives records of more than 1 conviction of a person resulting from the same incident, a suspension shall be imposed only for the violation to which the longest period of suspension applies under this section.
(15) The secretary of state may waive a restriction, suspension, or revocation of a person’s license imposed under this act if the person submits proof that a court in another state revoked, suspended, or restricted his or her license for a period equal to or greater than the period of a restriction, suspension, or revocation prescribed under this act for the violation and that the revocation, suspension, or restriction was served for the violation, or may grant a restricted license.
(16) The secretary of state shall not issue a restricted license to a person whose license is suspended under this section unless a restricted license is authorized under this section and the person is otherwise eligible for a license.
(17) The secretary of state shall not issue a restricted license to a person under subsection (8) that would permit the person to operate a commercial motor vehicle.
(18) Except as provided in subsection (17), a restricted license issued under this section shall permit the person to whom it is issued to take any driving skills test required by the secretary of state and to operate a vehicle under 1 or more of the following circumstances:
(a) In the course of the person’s employment or occupation.
(b) To and from any combination of the following:
(i) The person’s residence.
(ii) The person’s work location.
(iii) An alcohol or drug education or treatment program as ordered by the court.
(iv) The court probation department.
(v) A court-ordered community service program.
(vi) An educational institution at which the person is enrolled as a student.
(vii) A place of regularly occurring medical treatment for a serious condition for the person or a member of the person’s household or immediate family.
(viii) An ignition interlock service provider as required.
(19) While driving with a restricted license, the person shall carry proof of his or her destination and the hours of any employment, class, or other reason for traveling and shall display that proof upon a peace officer’s request.
(20) Subject to subsection (22), as used in subsection (8), “prior conviction” means a conviction for any of the following, whether under a law of this state, a local ordinance substantially corresponding to a law of this state, or a law of another state substantially corresponding to a law of this state:
(a) Except as provided in subsection (21), a violation or attempted violation of any of the following:
(i) Section 625, except a violation of section 625(2), or a violation of any prior enactment of section 625 in which the defendant operated a vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating or alcoholic liquor or a controlled substance, or a combination of intoxicating or alcoholic liquor and a controlled substance, or while visibly impaired, or with an unlawful bodily alcohol content.
(ii) Section 625m.
(iii) Former section 625b.
(b) Negligent homicide, manslaughter, or murder resulting from the operation of a vehicle or an attempt to commit any of those crimes.
(c) Beginning October 31, 2010, a violation of section 601d or section 626(3) or (4).
(21) Except for purposes of the suspensions described in subsection (8)(c) and (d), only 1 violation or attempted violation of section 625(6), a local ordinance substantially corresponding to section 625(6), or a law of another state substantially corresponding to section 625(6) may be used as a prior conviction.
(22) If 2 or more convictions described in subsection (20) are convictions for violations arising out of the same transaction, only 1 conviction shall be used to determine whether the person has a prior conviction.
(23) Any period of suspension or restriction required under this section is not subject to appeal to the secretary of state.
(24) For purposes of subsection (7), “prior conviction” means either a misdemeanor conviction or a civil infraction determination for a violation of section 703(1) of the liquor control code of 1998, 1998 PA 58, MCL 436.1703.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect January 1, 2018.
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect unless Senate Bill No. 332 of the 98th Legislature is enacted into law.
This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Secretary of the Senate
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Approved
Governor
