An act to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled “An act to revise and consolidate the statutes relating to the organization and jurisdiction of the courts of this state; the powers and duties of the courts, and of the judges and other officers of the courts; the forms and attributes of civil claims and actions; the time within which civil actions and proceedings may be brought in the courts; pleading, evidence, practice, and procedure in civil and criminal actions and proceedings in the courts; to provide for the powers and duties of certain state governmental officers and entities; to provide remedies and penalties for the violation of certain provisions of this act; to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with or contravening any of the provisions of this act; and to repeal acts and parts of acts,” by amending sections 8379 and 8396 (MCL 600.8379 and 600.8396), section 8379 as amended by 2000 PA 93 and section 8396 as added by 1994 PA 12.
House Bills 4928, 4929, and 4930 would amend different acts to do the following: • Authorize a school district (instead of, as currently, a school) to install or operate a stop-arm camera system on a school bus or enter into a contract with a vendor to do so. (HB 4930) • Additionally allow a school district to enter into an agreement with a law enforcement agency to report a vehicle passing, or failing to stop behind, a school bus that is stopped and has its red lights flashing and to provide evidence to the agency from the stop-arm camera system. (HB 4930) • Remove a provision that now requires a stop-arm camera system to be able to capture images of a distance of at least 200 feet in front of the school bus. (HB 4928) • Require the registered owner of a vehicle that commits a camera-based violation to be fined between $250 and $500 (The bill would also raise the minimum fine to $250 for non-camera-based violations, but would keep the maximum fine at $500). (HB 4928) • Establish the proceedings for establishing and resolving a camera-based violation. (HB 4928) • Require the civil fine described above to be distributed to the school district that operates the school bus. (HBs 4928 and 4930)
Introduced
by
Referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform
Discharged from committee
Passed in the House 79 to 28 (details)
Motion to give immediate effect
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The motion prevailed by voice vote
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Reported without amendment
Referred to the Committee of the Whole
Reported without amendment
Passed in the Senate 23 to 15 (details)
