An act to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled “An act to provide for the registration, titling, sale, transfer, and regulation of certain vehicles operated upon the public highways of this state or any other place open to the general public or generally accessible to motor vehicles and distressed vehicles; to provide for the licensing of dealers; to provide for the examination, licensing, and control of operators and chauffeurs; to provide for the giving of proof of financial responsibility and security by owners and operators of vehicles; to provide for the imposition, levy, and collection of specific taxes on vehicles, and the levy and collection of sales and use taxes, license fees, and permit fees; to provide for the regulation and use of streets and highways; to create certain funds; to provide penalties and sanctions for a violation of this act; to provide for civil liability of manufacturers, the manufacturers of certain devices, the manufacturers of automated technology, upfitters, owners, and operators of vehicles and service of process on residents and nonresidents; to regulate the introduction and use of certain evidence; to regulate and certify the manufacturers of certain devices; to provide for approval and certification of installers and servicers of certain devices; to provide for the levy of certain assessments; to provide for the enforcement of this act; to provide for the creation of and to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state and local agencies; to impose liability upon the state or local agencies; to provide appropriations for certain purposes; to repeal all other acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act or contrary to this act; and to repeal certain parts of this act on a specific date,” by amending sections 83 and 304 (MCL 257.83 and 257.304), section 83 as added by 2020 PA 383 and section 304 as amended by 2020 PA 376.
Senate Bill 134 would amend the Revised Judicature Act to expand the current DWI/Sobriety Court Interlock Program1 into the Specialty Court Interlock Program. The expanded program would include other specialty courts in addition to DWI/sobriety courts, which would allow eligible participants in other certified specialty courts to have a vehicle they own or operate equipped with an ignition interlock device and to obtain a restricted driver license pertaining to that vehicle. (An ignition interlock device measures a driver’s alcohol concentration before the vehicle can be started.) The bill would replace several references to DWI/sobriety court with specialty court in provisions addressing the ignition interlock program. Senate Bill 135 would amend the Michigan Vehicle Code to apply the current definition of specialty court program to both that term and the term specialty court and define specialty court interlock program to mean the ignition interlock program proposed by SB 134.
Co-sponsored by Sens.
Referred to the Committee on Civil Rights, Judiciary, and Public Safety
Reported without amendment
Referred to the Committee of the Whole
Reported without amendment
Passed in the Senate 38 to 0 (details)
Referred to the Committee on Transportation, Mobility and Infrastructure
Referred to the Committee on Criminal Justice
Reported without amendment
Passed in the House 82 to 25 (details)
Motion to give immediate effect
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The motion prevailed by voice vote
Motion to give immediate effect
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The motion prevailed by voice vote
