Act No. 49
Public Acts of 2004
Approved by the Governor
April 1, 2004
Filed with the Secretary of State
April 1, 2004
EFFECTIVE DATE: April 1, 2004
STATE OF MICHIGAN
92ND LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2004
Introduced by Reps. Voorhees, Brandenburg, Kooiman, Meyer, Vander Veen, Pappageorge, Byrum and Gleason
ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 4707
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 owners and operators of vehicles and service of process on residents and nonresidents; 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 section 675d (MCL 257.675d), as amended by 2000 PA 268.
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 675d. (1) A law enforcement agency or a local unit of government may implement and administer a program toauthorize and utilize persons other than police officers as volunteers to issue citations as described in sections 742 and 743 for the violations described in section 674(1)(s), 674(1)(t), or 674(1)(aa) or a local ordinance substantially corresponding to section 674(1)(s), 674(1)(t), or 674(1)(aa). Before authorizing and utilizing persons other than police officers to issue citations, the law enforcement agency or local unit of government shall implement a program to train the persons to properly issue citations as provided in this section. A person who successfully completes a program of training implemented pursuant to this section may issue citations as provided in this section as authorized by the law enforcement agency or local unit of government. A law enforcement agency of a local unit of government shall not implement or administer a program under this section without the specific authorization of the governing body of that local unit of government.
(2) As used in this section:
(a) "Law enforcement agency" means a police agency of a city, village, or township; a sheriff's department; the department of state police; or any other governmental law enforcement agency in this state.
(b) "Local unit of government" means a state university or college, county, city, village, or township.
This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Secretary of the Senate
Approved
Governor