HOUSE BILL No. 6292

 

September 29, 2004, Introduced by Rep. Rivet and referred to the Committee on Transportation.

        

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled                                             

                                                                                

    "Michigan vehicle code,"                                                    

                                                                                

    by amending section 2 (MCL 257.2), as amended by 2004 PA 19.                

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1       Sec. 2.  "Authorized emergency vehicle" means any 1 of the                  

                                                                                

2   following:                                                                  

                                                                                

3       (a)  Vehicles of the  A fire department vehicle, a police                   

                                                                                

4   vehicles  vehicle, a road commission vehicle,  ambulances  an              

                                                                                

5   ambulance, or a privately owned motor  vehicles  vehicle of a               

                                                                                

6   volunteer or paid fire  fighters  fighter if authorized by the              

                                                                                

7   chief of an organized fire department, or a privately owned motor           

                                                                                

8   vehicles  vehicle of a volunteer or paid  members  member of a             

                                                                                

9   life support agency licensed by the department of  consumer and             

                                                                                

10  industry services  community health if authorized by the life               

                                                                                

11  support agency.                                                             

                                                                                


                                                                                

1       (b) For purposes of section 698(5)(c) during an emergency, a                

                                                                                

2   vehicle owned and operated by a federally recognized nonprofit              

                                                                                

3   charitable organization that is used exclusively for assistance             

                                                                                

4   during that emergency.                                                      

                                                                                

5       (c) For purposes of section 653a, a road service vehicle                    

                                                                                

6   giving a visual signal by means of a flashing, rotating, or                 

                                                                                

7   oscillating red or amber light.  As used in this subdivision,               

                                                                                

8   "road service vehicle" means a vehicle that is clearly marked and           

                                                                                

9   readily recognizable as a vehicle used to assist disabled                   

                                                                                

10  vehicles.