2024 House Bill 6177

Transportation: other; electric vehicle charging port; allow the construction and maintenance of charging ports at rest areas or travel information centers.

A bill to amend 1941 PA 205, entitled “An act to provide for the construction, establishment, opening, use, discontinuing, vacating, closing, altering, improvement, and maintenance of limited access highways and facilities ancillary to those highways; to permit the acquiring of property and property rights and the closing or other treatment of intersecting roads for these purposes; to provide for the borrowing of money and for the issuing of bonds or notes payable from special funds for the acquisition, construction or improvement of such highways; and to provide for the receipt and expenditure of funds generated from the facilities,” by amending section 2 (MCL 252.52), as amended by 2002 PA 150.

AI Analysis – Experimental

The bill amends existing highway legislation to include provisions for vending machines and electric vehicle charging ports, with specific technical and safety requirements, while ensuring revenue is directed to the state trunk line fund and coordinating with relevant agencies for site selection.

Introduced in the House

Nov. 26, 2024

Introduced by Rep. Phil Skaggs (D-80)

Referred to the Committee on Energy, Communications, and Technology