HB-5273, As Passed House, May 4, 2004

SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 5273

                                                                             A bill to amend 1963 PA 181, entitled                                             

"Motor carrier safety act of 1963,"                                         

by amending section 7c (MCL 480.17c), as amended by 2002 PA 118.            

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1       Sec. 7c.  (1) A driver or operator or an owner or user of a                 

2   bus, truck, truck tractor, or trailer, or certain other motor               

3   vehicles, or an officer or agent of an individual, partnership,             

4   corporation, or association, or their lessees or receiver                   

5   appointed by a court that is the owner or user of a vehicle, who            

6   requires or permits the driver or operator to operate or drive a            

7   bus, truck, truck tractor, or trailer, or certain other motor               

8   vehicles, that violates this act or a rule promulgated under this           

9   act if the vehicle is transporting a package required to be                 

10  marked or labeled under 49  C.F.R. CFR parts 100 to 180,  upon             

11  conviction, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment           

House Bill No. 5273 (H-1) as amended May 4, 2004

1   for not more than 1 year or is responsible for a [state] civil             

2   infraction and may be ordered to pay a fine of not more than                

3   $500.00  , or both,  for each violation.                                    

4       (2) A  person or entity identified in subsection (1) motor                 

5   carrier shall not transport, or require, permit, or allow to be             

6   transported, hazardous material for which a placard is required             

7   under 49  C.F.R. CFR parts 100 to 199, in a vehicle identified             

8   in subsection (1) if the person that is transporting the                    

9   hazardous material does not have a hazardous material endorsement           

10  on his or her operator's or chauffeur's license.  A  person or              

11  entity motor carrier that violates this section is guilty of a             

12  misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 1 year             

13  or a fine of not more than $500.00, or both, for each violation.            

14  (3) A person or entity identified in subsection (1) or (2)                  

15  who knowingly or willfully violates this act or a rule                      

16  promulgated under this act is, upon conviction, guilty of a                 

17  misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 1 year             

18  or a fine of not more than $500.00, or both, for each violation.            

19      (4) A person or entity identified in subsection (1) or (2)                  

20  who causes injury or death during a violation of this act, while            

21  a vehicle identified in subsection (1) that is transporting a               

22  package required to be marked or labeled under 49 CFR parts 100             

23  to 180 is used, is, upon conviction, guilty of a misdemeanor                

24  punishable by imprisonment for not more than 1 year or a fine of            

25  not more than $500.00, or both, for each violation.

26  (5)  (3)  An officer, employee, owner, or agent of an                       

27  individual, partnership, corporation, or association, or their              

1   lessees or receiver appointed by a court that is the owner or               

2   user of any hazardous materials vehicle inspection or repair                

3   facility that violates a section of this act, or a rule                     

4   promulgated under this act, related to the transportation of                

5   hazardous materials, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable as               

6   prescribed in this section.