HB-4795, As Passed House, June 14, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HOUSE BILL No. 4795

 

May 17, 2007, Introduced by Reps. Corriveau, Coulouris, Condino, Alma Smith, Byrnes, Bieda, Robert Jones and Constan and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

     A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled

 

"Natural resources and environmental protection act,"

 

by amending sections 82101, 82127, 82128, 82129, 82136, 82139,

 

82140, 82142, 82143, 82144, 82146, and 82148 (MCL 324.82101,

 

324.82127, 324.82128, 324.82129, 324.82136, 324.82139, 324.82140,

 

324.82142, 324.82143, 324.82144, 324.82146, and 324.82148),

 

sections 82101 and 82148 as amended by 2005 PA 175, section 82127

 

as amended by 2001 PA 12, sections 82128 and 82129 as amended by

 

1999 PA 22, sections 82136, 82142, and 82146 as added by 1995 PA

 

58, and sections 82139, 82140, 82143, and 82144 as amended by 1996

 

PA 183.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 82101. (1) As used in this part:

 

     (a) "Alcoholic liquor" means that term as defined in section

 


1d of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.1d.

 

     (b) (a) "Conviction" means a final conviction, the payment of

 

a fine, a plea of guilty or nolo contendere if accepted by the

 

court, or a finding of guilt or probate court disposition on a

 

violation of this part, regardless of whether the penalty is

 

rebated or suspended.

 

     (c) (b) "Dealer" means any person engaged in the sale, lease,

 

or rental of snowmobiles as a regular business.

 

     (d) (c) "Former section 15a" means section 15a of former 1968

 

PA 74, as constituted prior to before May 1, 1994.

 

     (e) (d) "Highly restricted personal information" means an

 

individual's photograph or image, social security number, digitized

 

signature, and medical and disability information.

 

     (f) (e) "Highway or street" means the entire width between the

 

boundary lines of every way publicly maintained if any part thereof

 

is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel.

 

     (g) (f) "In-kind contributions" means services and goods as

 

approved by the department that are provided by a grant recipient

 

toward completion of a department-approved local snowmobile program

 

under section 82107.

 

     (h) (g) "Law of another state" means a law or ordinance

 

enacted by any of the following:

 

     (i) Another state.

 

     (ii) A local unit of government in another state.

 

     (iii) Canada or a province or territory of Canada.

 

     (iv) A local unit of government in a province or territory of

 

Canada.

 


     (h) "Long-term incapacitating injury" means an injury that

 

causes a person to be in a comatose, quadriplegic, hemiplegic, or

 

paraplegic state, which state is likely to continue for 1 year or

 

more.

 

     (i) "Operate" means to ride in or on and be in actual physical

 

control of the operation of a snowmobile.

 

     (j) "Operator" means any person who operates a snowmobile.

 

     (k) "Owner" means any of the following:

 

     (i) A person who holds the legal title to a snowmobile.

 

     (ii) A vendee or lessee of a snowmobile that is the subject of

 

an agreement for conditional sale or lease with the right of

 

purchase upon performance of the conditions stated in the agreement

 

and with an immediate right of possession vested in the conditional

 

vendee or lessee.

 

     (iii) A person renting a snowmobile or having the exclusive use

 

of a snowmobile for more than 30 days.

 

     (l) "Peace officer" means any of the following:

 

     (i) A sheriff.

 

     (ii) A sheriff's deputy.

 

     (iii) A deputy who is authorized by a sheriff to enforce this

 

part and who has satisfactorily completed at least 40 hours of law

 

enforcement training, including training specific to this part.

 

     (iv) A village or township marshal.

 

     (v) An officer of the police department of any municipality.

 

     (vi) An officer of the Michigan state police.

 

     (vii) The director and conservation officers employed by the

 

department.

 


     (viii) A law enforcement officer who is certified pursuant to

 

under the commission on law enforcement standards act, 1965 PA 203,

 

MCL 28.601 to 28.616, as long as that officer is policing within

 

his or her jurisdiction.

 

     (m) "Personal information" means information that identifies

 

an individual, including an individual's driver identification

 

number, name, address not including zip code, and telephone number,

 

but does not include information on snowmobile operation or

 

equipment-related violations or civil infractions, operator or

 

snowmobile registration status, accidents, or other behaviorally-

 

related information.

 

     (n) "Probate court or family division disposition" means the

 

entry of a probate court order of disposition or family division

 

order of disposition for a child found to be within the provisions

 

of chapter XIIA of the probate code of 1939, 1939 PA 288, MCL

 

712A.1 to 712A.32.

 

     (o) "Prosecuting attorney", except as the context requires

 

otherwise, means the attorney general, the prosecuting attorney of

 

a county, or the attorney representing a local unit of government.

 

     (p) "Recreational snowmobile trail improvement subaccount" ,

 

subject to subsection (2), means the recreational snowmobile trail

 

improvement subaccount of the snowmobile account created in section

 

82110.

 

     (q) "Right-of-way" means that portion of a highway or street

 

less the roadway and any shoulder.

 

     (r) "Roadway" means that portion of a highway or street

 

improved, designated, or ordinarily used for vehicular travel. If a

 


highway or street includes 2 or more separate roadways, the term

 

roadway refers to any such roadway separately, but not to all such

 

roadways collectively.

 

     (s) "Shoulder" means that portion of a highway or street on

 

either side of the roadway that is normally snowplowed for the

 

safety and convenience of vehicular traffic.

 

     (t) "Snowmobile" means any motor-driven vehicle designed for

 

travel primarily on snow or ice of a type that utilizes sled-type

 

runners or skis, an endless belt tread, or any combination of these

 

or other similar means of contact with the surface upon which it is

 

operated, but is not a vehicle that must be registered under the

 

Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.1 to 257.923.

 

     (u) "Snowmobile account" , subject to subsection (2), means

 

the snowmobile account of the Michigan conservation and recreation

 

legacy fund provided for in section 2025.

 

     (v) "Snowmobile registration fee subaccount" , subject to

 

subsection (2), means the snowmobile registration fee subaccount of

 

the snowmobile account created in section 82111.

 

     (w) "Zone 1" means all of the Upper Peninsula.

 

     (x) "Zone 2" means all of that part of the Lower Peninsula

 

north of a line beginning at and drawn from a point on the

 

Michigan-Wisconsin boundary line due west of the westerly terminus

 

of River road in Muskegon county; thence due east to the westerly

 

terminus of River road; thence north and east along the center line

 

of the River road to its intersection with highway M-120; thence

 

northeasterly and easterly along the center line of highway M-120

 

to the junction of highway M-20; thence easterly along the center

 


line of M-20 to its junction with US-10 at the Midland-Bay county

 

line; thence easterly along the center line of the "business route"

 

of highway US-10 to the intersection of Garfield road in Bay

 

county; thence north along the center line of Garfield road to the

 

intersection of the Pinconning road; thence east along the center

 

line of Pinconning road to the intersection of the Seven Mile road;

 

thence north along the center of the Seven Mile road to the Bay-

 

Arenac county line; thence north along the center line of the

 

Lincoln School road (county road 25) in Arenac county to the

 

intersection of highway M-61; thence east along the center line of

 

highway M-61 to the junction of highway US-23; thence northerly and

 

easterly along the center line of highway US-23 to the center line

 

of the Au Gres river; thence southerly along the center line of the

 

river to its junction with Saginaw Bay of Lake Huron; thence north

 

78° east to the international boundary line between the United

 

States and the Dominion of Canada.

 

     (y) "Zone 3" means all of that part of the Lower Peninsula

 

south of the line described in subdivision (x).

 

     (2) Subsection (1)(p), (u), and (v) does not apply unless

 

House Joint Resolution Z of the 92nd Legislature becomes a part of

 

the state constitution of 1963 as provided in section 1 of article

 

XII of the state constitution of 1963.

 

     Sec. 82127. (1) A person shall not operate a snowmobile in

 

this state if either any of the following applies apply:

 

     (a) The person is under the influence of intoxicating

 

alcoholic liquor or a controlled substance, or both.

 

     (b) The person has a blood alcohol content of 0.10 0.08 grams

 


or more per 100 milliliters of blood, per 210 liters of breath, or

 

per 67 milliliters of urine.

 

     (c) The person has in his or her body any amount of a

 

controlled substance listed in schedule 1 under section 7212 of the

 

public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.7212, or a rule

 

promulgated under that section, or of a controlled substance

 

described in section 7214(a)(iv) of the public health code, 1978 PA

 

368, MCL 333.7214.

 

     (2) The owner of a snowmobile or a person in charge or in

 

control of a snowmobile shall not authorize or knowingly permit the

 

snowmobile to be driven or operated by a person who if any of the

 

following apply:

 

     (a) The person is under the influence of intoxicating

 

alcoholic liquor or a controlled substance, or both. , or who

 

     (b) The person has a blood an alcohol content of 0.10 0.08

 

grams or more per 100 milliliters of blood, per 210 liters of

 

breath, or per 67 milliliters of urine.

 

     (c) The person's ability to operate a snowmobile is visibly

 

impaired due to the consumption of an alcoholic liquor, a

 

controlled substance, or a combination of an alcoholic liquor and a

 

controlled substance.

 

     (3) A person shall not operate a snowmobile when, due to the

 

consumption of an intoxicating alcoholic liquor or a controlled

 

substance, or both, the person's ability to operate the snowmobile

 

is visibly impaired. If a person is charged with violating

 

subsection (1), a finding of guilty under this subsection may be

 

rendered.

 


     (4) A person who operates a snowmobile under the influence of

 

intoxicating liquor or a controlled substance, or both, or with a

 

blood alcohol content of 0.10 grams or more per 100 milliliters of

 

blood, per 210 liters of breath, or per 67 milliliters of urine, in

 

violation of subsection (1) or (3) and by the operation of that

 

snowmobile causes the death of another person is guilty of a felony

 

punishable by imprisonment for not more than 15 years , or a fine

 

of not less than $2,500.00 or more than $10,000.00, or both.

 

     (5) A person who operates a snowmobile under the influence of

 

intoxicating liquor or a controlled substance, or both, or with a

 

blood alcohol content of 0.10 grams or more per 100 milliliters of

 

blood, per 210 liters of breath, or per 67 milliliters of urine, in

 

violation of subsection (1) or (3) and by the operation of that

 

snowmobile causes a serious impairment of a body function of

 

another person is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for

 

not more than 5 years , or a fine of not less than $1,000.00 or

 

more than $5,000.00, or both. As used in this subsection, "serious

 

impairment of a body function" includes, but is not limited to, 1

 

or more of the following: means that term as defined in section 58c

 

of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.58c.

 

     (a) Loss of a limb or use of a limb.

 

     (b) Loss of a hand, foot, finger, or thumb or use of a hand,

 

foot, finger, or thumb.

 

     (c) Loss of an eye or ear or use of an eye or ear.

 

     (d) Loss or substantial impairment of a bodily function.

 

     (e) Serious visible disfigurement.

 

     (f) A comatose state that lasts for more than 3 days.

 


     (g) Measurable brain damage or mental impairment.

 

     (h) A skull fracture or other serious bone fracture.

 

     (i) Subdural hemorrhage or subdural hematoma.

 

     Sec. 82128. (1) If a person is convicted of violating section

 

82127(1), the following apply:

 

     (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivisions (b) and (c),

 

the person is guilty of a misdemeanor and may be punished by 1 or

 

more of the following:

 

     (i) Community service for not more than 45 days.

 

     (ii) Imprisonment for not more than 93 days.

 

     (iii) A fine of not less than $100.00 or more than $500.00.

 

     (b) If the violation occurs within 7 years of a prior

 

conviction, the person shall be sentenced to both a fine of not

 

less than $200.00 or more than $1,000.00 and either of the

 

following:

 

     (i) Community service for not less than 10 days or more than 90

 

days, and may be imprisoned for not more than 1 year.

 

     (ii) Imprisonment for not less than 48 consecutive hours or

 

more than 1 year, and may be sentenced to community service for not

 

more than 90 days.

 

     (c) If the violation occurs within 10 years of after 2 or more

 

prior convictions regardless of the number of years that have

 

elapsed since any prior conviction, the person is guilty of a

 

felony and shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not less than 1

 

year or more than 5 years, or a fine of not less than $500.00 or

 

more than $5,000.00, or both.

 

     (2) A term of imprisonment imposed under subsection (1)(b)(ii)

 


shall not be suspended.

 

     (3) A person sentenced to perform service to the community

 

under this section shall not receive compensation and shall

 

reimburse the state or appropriate local unit of government for the

 

cost of supervision incurred by the state or local unit of

 

government as a result of the person's activities in that service

 

if ordered by the court.

 

     (4) In addition to the sanctions prescribed under subsection

 

(1) and section 82127(4) and (5), the court may, pursuant to the

 

code of criminal procedure, 1927 PA 175, MCL 760.1 to 777.69, order

 

the person to pay the costs of the prosecution. The court shall

 

also impose sanctions under section 82142.

 

     (5) A person who is convicted of violating section 82127(2) is

 

guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment for not more

 

than 93 days, or a fine of not less than $100.00 or more than

 

$500.00, or both.

 

     (6) As used in this section, "prior conviction" means a

 

conviction for a violation of section 82127(1), (4), or (5), former

 

section 15a(1), (4), or (5) of 1968 PA 74, or former section 15a, a

 

local ordinance substantially corresponding to section 82127(1) or

 

former section 15a, or a law of another state substantially

 

corresponding to section 82127(1), (4), or (5) or former section

 

15a.

 

     Sec. 82129. (1) If a person is convicted of violating section

 

82127(3), the following apply:

 

     (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivisions (b) and (c),

 

the person is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by 1 or more of

 


the following:

 

     (i) Community service for not more than 45 days.

 

     (ii) Imprisonment for not more than 93 days.

 

     (iii) A fine of not more than $300.00.

 

     (b) If the violation occurs within 7 years of 1 prior

 

conviction, the person shall be sentenced to both a fine of not

 

less than $200.00 or more than $1,000.00, and either of the

 

following:

 

     (i) Community service for not less than 10 days or more than 90

 

days, and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than 1

 

year.

 

     (ii) Imprisonment for not more than 1 year, and may be

 

sentenced to community service for not more than 90 days.

 

     (c) If the violation occurs within 10 years of after 2 or more

 

prior convictions regardless of the number of years that have

 

elapsed since any prior conviction, the person shall be sentenced

 

to both a fine of not less than $200.00 or more than $1,000.00, and

 

either of the following:

 

     (i) Community service for a period of not less than 10 days or

 

more than 90 days, and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not

 

more than 1 year.

 

     (ii) Imprisonment for not more than 1 year, and may be

 

sentenced to community service for not more than 90 days.

 

     (2) In addition to the sanctions prescribed in subsection (1),

 

the court may, pursuant to the code of criminal procedure, 1927 PA

 

175, MCL 760.1 to 777.69, order the person to pay the costs of the

 

prosecution. The court shall also impose sanctions under section

 


82142.

 

     (3) A person sentenced to perform service to the community

 

under this section shall not receive compensation and shall

 

reimburse the state or appropriate local unit of government for the

 

cost of supervision incurred by the state or local unit of

 

government as a result of the person's activities in that service

 

as ordered by the court.

 

     (4) As used in this section, "prior conviction" means a

 

conviction for a violation of section 82127(1), (3), (4), or (5),

 

section 15a(1), (3), (4), or (5) of 1968 PA 74, or former section

 

15a, a local ordinance substantially corresponding to section

 

82127(1) or (3) or former section 15a, or a law of another state

 

substantially corresponding to section 82127(1), (3), (4), or (5)

 

or former section 15a.

 

     Sec. 82136. (1) A peace officer, without a warrant, may arrest

 

a person if the peace officer has reasonable cause to believe that

 

the person was, at the time of an accident, the operator of a

 

snowmobile involved in the accident in this state while in

 

violation of section 82127(1), (3), (4), or (5) or a local

 

ordinance substantially corresponding to section 82127(1) or (3).

 

     (2) A peace officer who has reasonable cause to believe that a

 

person was operating a snowmobile and that, by the consumption of

 

intoxicating alcoholic liquor, the person may have affected his or

 

her ability to operate a snowmobile may require the person to

 

submit to a preliminary chemical breath analysis. The following

 

apply with respect to a preliminary chemical breath analysis:

 

     (a) A peace officer may arrest a person based in whole or in

 


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part upon the results of a preliminary chemical breath analysis.

 

     (b) The results of a preliminary chemical breath analysis are

 

admissible in a criminal prosecution for a crime enumerated in

 

section 82143(1) or in an administrative hearing solely to assist

 

the court or hearing officer in determining a challenge to the

 

validity of an arrest. This subdivision does not limit the

 

introduction of other competent evidence offered to establish the

 

validity of an arrest.

 

     (c) A person who submits to a preliminary chemical breath

 

analysis remains subject to the requirements of sections 82143 to

 

82146 for the purposes of chemical tests described in those

 

sections.

 

     (d) A person who refuses to submit to a preliminary chemical

 

breath analysis upon a lawful request by a peace officer is [guilty

 

of a misdemeanor. responsible for a state civil infraction and may be

ordered to pay a civil fine of not more than $500.00.]

     Sec. 82139. (1) The provisions of sections 82137 and 82138

 

relating to chemical testing do not limit the introduction of any

 

other competent evidence bearing upon the question of whether a

 

person was impaired by, or under the influence of, intoxicating

 

alcoholic liquor or a controlled substance, or both, or whether the

 

person had a blood alcohol content of 0.10 0.08 grams or more per

 

100 milliliters of blood, per 210 liters of breath, or per 67

 

milliliters of urine [or had in his or her body any amount of a

controlled substance listed in schedule 1 under section 7212 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.7212, or a rule promulgated under that section, or of a controlled substance described in section 7214(a)(iv) of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.7214].

     (2) If a chemical test described in sections 82137 and 82138

 

is administered, the results of the test shall be made available to

 

the person charged or the person's attorney upon written request to

 

the prosecution, with a copy of the request filed with the court.

 


The prosecution shall furnish the results at least 2 days before

 

the day of the trial. The results of the test shall be offered as

 

evidence by the prosecution in that trial. Failure to fully comply

 

with the request bars the admission of the results into evidence by

 

the prosecution.

 

     Sec. 82140. (1) Except in a prosecution relating solely to a

 

violation of section 82127(1)(b), the amount of alcohol in the

 

driver's blood at the time alleged as shown by chemical analysis of

 

the person's blood, urine, or breath gives rise to the following

 

presumptions:

 

     (a) If at the time the defendant had a blood alcohol content

 

of 0.07 grams or less per 100 milliliters of blood, per 210 liters

 

of breath, or per 67 milliliters of urine, it shall be presumed

 

that the defendant's ability to operate a snowmobile was not

 

impaired due to the consumption of intoxicating liquor and that the

 

defendant was not under the influence of intoxicating liquor.

 

     (b) If at the time the defendant had a blood alcohol content

 

of more than 0.07 grams but less than 0.10 grams per 100

 

milliliters of blood, per 210 liters of breath, or per 67

 

milliliters of urine, it shall be presumed that the defendant's

 

ability to operate a snowmobile was impaired within the provisions

 

of section 82127(3) due to the consumption of intoxicating liquor.

 

     (c) If at the time the defendant had a blood alcohol content

 

of 0.10 grams or more per 100 milliliters of blood, per 210 liters

 

of breath, or per 67 milliliters of urine, it shall be presumed

 

that the defendant was under the influence of intoxicating liquor.

 

     (2) A person's refusal to submit to a chemical test as

 


provided in sections 82137 and 82138 is admissible in a criminal

 

prosecution for a crime described in section 82143(1) only for the

 

purpose of showing that a test was offered to the defendant, but

 

not as evidence in determining innocence or guilt of the defendant.

 

The jury shall be instructed accordingly.

 

     Sec. 82142. (1) Immediately upon acceptance by the court of a

 

plea of guilty or nolo contendere or upon entry of a verdict of

 

guilty for a violation of section 82127(1), (3), (4), or (5) or a

 

local ordinance substantially corresponding to section 82127(1) or

 

(3), whether or not the person is eligible to be sentenced as a

 

multiple offender, the court shall consider all prior convictions

 

established under section 82130, except those convictions that,

 

upon motion by the defendant, are determined by the court to be

 

constitutionally invalid, and shall impose the following sanctions:

 

     (a) For a conviction under section 82127(4) or (5), the court

 

shall order, without an expiration date, that the person not

 

operate a snowmobile.

 

     (b) For a conviction under section 82127(1) or a local

 

ordinance substantially corresponding to section 82127(1):

 

     (i) If the court finds that the person has no prior convictions

 

within 7 years for a violation of section 82127(1), (3), (4), or

 

(5), former section 15a(1), (3), (4), or (5) of Act No. 74 of the

 

Public Acts of 1968 1968 PA 74, or former section 15a or another

 

snowmobile substance abuse offense or that the person has 1 prior

 

conviction within 7 years for a violation of section 82127(3),

 

former section 15a(3) of Act No. 74 of the Public Acts of 1968 1968

 

PA 74, a local ordinance substantially corresponding to section

 


82127(3), or a law of another state substantially corresponding to

 

section 82127(3), the court shall order that the person not operate

 

a snowmobile for not less than 6 months or more than 2 years and

 

shall require that the person take and successfully complete the

 

snowmobile safety education and training program before operating a

 

snowmobile.

 

     (ii) If the court finds that the person has 1 or more prior

 

convictions within 7 years for a violation of section 82127(1),

 

(4), or (5), former section 15a(1), (4), or (5) of Act No. 74 of

 

the Public Acts of 1968 1968 PA 74, or former section 15a, a local

 

ordinance substantially corresponding to section 82127(1) or former

 

section 15a, or a law of another state substantially corresponding

 

to section 82127(1), (4), or (5) or former section 15a, or that the

 

person has 2 or more prior convictions within 10 any period of

 

years for a violation of section 82127(1), (3), (4), or (5), former

 

section 15a(1), (3), (4), or (5) of Act No. 74 of the Public Acts

 

of 1968 1968 PA 74, or former section 15a, or another snowmobile

 

substance abuse offense, the court shall order, without an

 

expiration date, that the person not operate a snowmobile.

 

     (c) For a conviction under section 82127(3) or a local

 

ordinance substantially corresponding to section 82127(3):

 

     (i) If the court finds that the convicted person has no prior

 

conviction within 7 years for a violation of section 82127(1), (3),

 

(4), or (5), former section 15a(1), (3), (4), or (5) of Act No. 74

 

of the Public Acts of 1968 1968 PA 74, former section 15a, or

 

another snowmobile substance abuse offense, the court shall order

 

that the person not operate a snowmobile for not less than 90 days

 


or more than 1 year.

 

     (ii) If the court finds that the person has 1 prior conviction

 

within 7 years for a violation of section 82127(1), (3), (4), or

 

(5), former section 15a(1), (3), (4), or (5) of Act No. 74 of the

 

Public Acts of 1968 1968 PA 74, former section 15a, or another

 

snowmobile substance abuse offense, the court shall order that the

 

person not operate a snowmobile for not less than 6 months or more

 

than 2 years.

 

     (iii) If the court finds that the person has 2 or more prior

 

convictions within 10 any period of years for a violation of

 

section 82127(1), (3), (4), or (5), former section 15a(1), (3),

 

(4), or (5) of Act No. 74 of the Public Acts of 1968 1968 PA 74,

 

former section 15a, or another snowmobile substance abuse offense,

 

the court shall order, without an expiration date, the person not

 

to operate a snowmobile.

 

     (2) As used in this section, "another snowmobile substance

 

abuse offense" means a local ordinance substantially corresponding

 

to section 82127(1) or (3) or a law of another state substantially

 

corresponding to section 82127(1), (3), (4), or (5).

 

     Sec. 82143. (1) A person who operates a snowmobile is

 

considered to have given consent to chemical tests of his or her

 

blood, breath, or urine for the purpose of determining the amount

 

of alcohol or presence of a controlled substance, or both, in his

 

or her blood in all of the following circumstances:

 

     (a) The person is arrested for a violation of section

 

82127(1), (3), (4), or (5) or a local ordinance substantially

 

corresponding to section 82127(1) or (3).

 


     (b) The person is arrested for negligent homicide,

 

manslaughter, or murder resulting from the operation of a

 

snowmobile, and the peace officer had reasonable grounds to believe

 

that the person was operating the snowmobile while impaired by, or

 

under the influence of, intoxicating liquor or a controlled

 

substance, or both, or while having a blood alcohol content of 0.10

 

grams or more per 100 milliliters of blood, per 210 liters of

 

breath, or per 67 milliliters of urine in violation of section

 

82127.

 

     (2) A person who is afflicted with hemophilia, diabetes, or a

 

condition requiring the use of an anticoagulant under the direction

 

of a physician shall not be considered to have given consent to the

 

withdrawal of blood.

 

     (3) A chemical test described in subsection (1) shall be

 

administered as provided in sections 82137 and 82138.

 

     Sec. 82144. (1) If a person refuses the request of a peace

 

officer to submit to a chemical test offered pursuant to section

 

82137 or 82138, a test shall not be given without a court order,

 

but the officer may seek to obtain the court order.

 

     (2) If a person refuses a chemical test offered pursuant to

 

section 82137 or 82138, or submits to the chemical test and the

 

test reveals a blood alcohol content of 0.10 0.08 grams or more per

 

100 milliliters of blood, per 210 liters of breath, or per 67

 

milliliters of urine, the peace officer who requested the person to

 

submit to the test shall immediately forward a written report to

 

the secretary of state. The report shall state that the officer had

 

reasonable grounds to believe that the person had committed a crime

 


described in section 82143(1), and either that the person has

 

refused to submit to the test upon the request of the peace officer

 

and has been advised of the consequences of the refusal or that the

 

test revealed a blood alcohol content of 0.10 0.08 grams or more

 

per 100 milliliters of blood, per 210 liters of breath, or per 67

 

milliliters of urine. The form of the report shall be prescribed

 

and furnished by the secretary of state.

 

     Sec. 82146. (1) If a person who refuses to submit to a

 

chemical test pursuant to under section 82144 does not request a

 

hearing within 14 days of the date of notice pursuant to section

 

82145, the secretary of state shall issue an order that the person

 

not operate a snowmobile for 6 months 1 year or, for a second or

 

subsequent refusal within 7 years, for 1 year 2 years.

 

     (2) If a hearing is requested, the secretary of state shall

 

hold the hearing in the same manner and under the same conditions

 

as provided in section 322 of the Michigan vehicle code, Act No.

 

300 of the Public Acts of 1949, being section 257.322 of the

 

Michigan Compiled Laws 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.322. A person shall not

 

order a hearing officer to make a particular finding on any issue

 

enumerated under subdivisions (a) to (d). Not less than 5 days'

 

notice of the hearing shall be mailed to the person requesting the

 

hearing, to the peace officer who filed the report under section

 

82144, and, if the prosecuting attorney requests receipt of the

 

notice, to the prosecuting attorney of the county where the arrest

 

was made. The hearing officer may administer oaths, issue subpoenas

 

for the attendance of necessary witnesses, and grant a reasonable

 

request for an adjournment. Not more than 1 adjournment shall be

 


granted to a party, and the length of an adjournment shall not

 

exceed 14 days. A hearing under this subsection shall be scheduled

 

to be held within 45 days after the date of arrest and, except for

 

delay attributable to the unavailability of the defendant, a

 

witness, or material evidence or to an interlocutory appeal or

 

exceptional circumstances, but not for delay attributable to docket

 

congestion, shall be finally adjudicated within 77 days after the

 

date of arrest. The hearing shall cover only the following issues:

 

     (a) Whether the peace officer had reasonable grounds to

 

believe that the person had committed a crime described in section

 

82143(1).

 

     (b) Whether the person was placed under arrest for a crime

 

described in section 82143(1).

 

     (c) If the person refused to submit to the test upon the

 

request of the officer, whether the refusal was reasonable.

 

     (d) Whether the person was advised of his or her rights under

 

section 82137.

 

     (3) The hearing officer shall make a record of proceedings

 

held pursuant to under subsection (2). The record shall be prepared

 

and transcribed in accordance with section 86 of the administrative

 

procedures act of 1969, Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969,

 

being section 24.286 of the Michigan Compiled Laws 1969 PA 306, MCL

 

24.286. Upon notification of the filing of a petition for judicial

 

review pursuant to under section 82150 and not less than 10 days

 

before the matter is set for review, the hearing officer shall

 

transmit to the court in which the petition is filed the original

 

or a certified copy of the official record of the proceedings. The

 


parties to the proceedings for judicial review may stipulate that

 

the record be shortened. A party unreasonably refusing to stipulate

 

to a shortened record may be taxed by the court in which the

 

petition is filed for the additional costs. The court may permit

 

subsequent corrections to the record.

 

     (4) After a hearing, if the person who requested the hearing

 

does not prevail, the secretary of state shall order that the

 

person not operate a snowmobile for 6 months 1 year or, for a

 

second or subsequent refusal within 7 years, for 1 year 2 years.

 

The person may file a petition in the circuit court of the county

 

in which the arrest was made to review the order as provided in

 

section 82150. If after the hearing the person who requested the

 

hearing prevails, the peace officer who filed the report under

 

section 82144 may, with the consent of the prosecuting attorney,

 

file a petition in the circuit court of the county in which the

 

arrest was made to review the determination of the hearing officer

 

as provided in section 82150.

 

     Sec. 82148. (1) Upon receipt of the appropriate records of

 

conviction, the secretary of state shall issue an order with no

 

expiration date that the person not operate a snowmobile to a

 

person having any of the following convictions, 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) Two convictions of a felony involving the use of a

 

snowmobile within 7 years.

 

     (b) Any combination of 2 convictions within 7 years for a

 


violation of section 82127(1), section 15a(1) of former 1968 PA 74,

 

or section 15a of former 1968 PA 74, as added by 1980 PA 402.

 

     (c) One conviction under section 82127(4) or (5) or section

 

15a(4) or (5) of former 1968 PA 74.

 

     (d) Any combination of 3 convictions within 10 any term of

 

years for a violation of section 82127(1) or (3), section 15a(1) or

 

(3) of former 1968 PA 74, or section 15a of former 1968 PA 74, as

 

added by 1980 PA 402.

 

     (2) The department shall seek to enter agreements with the

 

appropriate agencies of other states, Canada, and provinces and

 

territories of Canada for the sharing of records of convictions

 

described in subsection (1).

 

     (3) The secretary of state shall issue an order with no

 

expiration date that a person not operate a snowmobile

 

notwithstanding a court order issued under section 82142, or a

 

local ordinance substantially corresponding to section 82142. The

 

secretary of state shall not terminate an indefinite order issued

 

under this part until both of the following occur:

 

     (a) The later of the following:

 

     (i) The expiration of not less than 1 year after the order was

 

issued.

 

     (ii) The expiration of not less than 5 years after the date of

 

a subsequent issuance of an indefinite order occurring within 7

 

years after the date of a prior order.

 

     (b) The person meets the requirements of the department of

 

state.

 

     (4) Multiple convictions or probate court dispositions

 


resulting from the same incident shall be treated as a single

 

violation for purposes of issuance of an order under this section.

 

     (5) A person who is aggrieved by the issuance of an order by

 

the secretary of state under this section may request a hearing

 

with the secretary of state. The hearing shall be requested within

 

14 days after issuance of an order under this section by the

 

secretary of state. If a hearing is requested, the secretary of

 

state shall hold the hearing in the same manner and under the same

 

conditions as provided in section 322 of the Michigan vehicle code,

 

1949 PA 300, MCL 257.322.

 

     (6) The hearing officer shall make a record of proceedings

 

held pursuant to subsection (5). The record shall be prepared and

 

transcribed in accordance with section 86 of the administrative

 

procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.286. Upon notification

 

of the filing of a petition for judicial review pursuant to section

 

82150 and not less than 10 days before the matter is set for

 

review, the hearing officer shall transmit to the court in which

 

the petition is filed the original or a certified copy of the

 

official record of the proceedings. The parties to the proceedings

 

for judicial review may stipulate that the record be shortened. A

 

party unreasonably refusing to stipulate to a shortened record may

 

be taxed by the court in which the petition is filed for the

 

additional costs. The court may permit subsequent corrections to

 

the record.

 

     (7) Judicial review of an administrative sanction under this

 

section is governed by the law in effect at the time the offense

 

was committed or attempted.

 


     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect January

 

1, 2008.