Vehicles; equipment; grant program for child car seat safety;
   establish.

   VEHICLES:  Equipment; SAFETY:; CHILDREN:  Other; STATE AGENCIES
   (EXISTING):  Community health; HEALTH:  Other





















        A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled

   "Michigan vehicle code,"

   (MCL 257.1 to 257.923) by amending the title, as amended by 1991

   PA 98, and by adding section 710g.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1                                  TITLE

 2         An act to provide for the registration, titling, sale,

 3    transfer, and regulation of certain vehicles operated upon the

 4    public highways of this state or any other place open to the gen-

 5    eral public or generally accessible to motor vehicles and dis-

 6    tressed vehicles; to provide for the licensing of dealers; to

 7    provide for the examination, licensing, and control of operators

 8    and chauffeurs; to provide for the giving of proof of financial

 9    responsibility and security by owners and operators of vehicles;

10    to provide for the imposition, levy, and collection of specific


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 1    taxes on vehicles, and the levy and collection of sales and use

 2    taxes, license fees, and permit fees; to provide for the regula-

 3    tion and use of streets and highways; to create certain funds AND

 4    GRANT PROGRAMS; TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPROPRIATION OF MONEY FOR

 5    CERTAIN GRANT PROGRAMS; to provide penalties and sanctions for a

 6    violation of this act; to provide for civil liability of owners

 7    and operators of vehicles and service of process on residents and

 8    nonresidents; to provide for the levy of certain assessments; to

 9    provide for the enforcement of this act; to provide for the cre-

10    ation of and to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state

11    and local agencies; to repeal all other acts or parts of acts

12    inconsistent with this act or contrary to this act; and to repeal

13    certain parts of this act on a specific date.

14         SEC. 710G.  (1) THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH SHALL

15    ESTABLISH A CHILD CAR SEAT SAFETY GRANT PROGRAM FOR THE PURPOSE

16    OF PROVIDING GRANTS FOR TRAINING, PROMOTION, AND EDUCATION CON-

17    CERNING THE CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM USE REQUIREMENTS UNDER SEC-

18    TIONS 710D AND 710E.  THE CHILD CAR SEAT SAFETY GRANT PROGRAM

19    SHALL PROVIDE GRANTS TO PERSONS THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY

20    HEALTH CONSIDERS ELIGIBLE.

21         (2) THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH SHALL PROMULGATE

22    RULES TO IMPLEMENT THIS SECTION, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,

23    ELIGIBILITY STANDARDS FOR THE AWARD OF A GRANT UNDER THIS

24    SECTION.  THESE RULES SHALL BE PROMULGATED UNDER THE ADMINISTRA-

25    TIVE PROCEDURES ACT OF 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 TO 24.328.







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 1         (3) THE LEGISLATURE SHALL APPROPRIATE $300,000.00 FROM THE

 2    GENERAL FUND OF THE STATE TO FUND THE CHILD CAR SEAT SAFETY GRANT

 3    PROGRAM.


















































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