HOUSE BILL No. 4866


     September 28, 1999, Introduced by Rep. Jelinek and referred to the Committee on
Transportation.


        A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled

   "Michigan vehicle code,"

   by amending section 684 (MCL 257.684).

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         Sec. 684.  (1)  (a) Every  EXCEPT AS PROVIDED
             IN SECTION 694

 2    WITH RESPECT TO PARKED VEHICLES, A vehicle upon a highway within

 3    this state  at any time from a half hour after sunset to a
             half

 4     hour before sunrise and at any other time when there is not
                       suf-

 5     ficient light to render clearly discernible persons and
                       vehicles

 6     on the highway at a distance of 500 feet ahead 
                       shall display

 7    lighted lamps and illuminating devices as  hereinafter

 8     respectively  required IN THIS ACT for different
                       classes of vehi-

 9    cles  , subject to exceptions with respect to parked
             vehicles as

10     hereinafter stated.  AT ALL OF THE FOLLOWING TIMES:




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 1         (A) FROM 1/2 HOUR AFTER SUNSET TO 1/2 HOUR BEFORE SUNRISE.

 2         (B) WHEN THERE IS NOT SUFFICIENT LIGHT TO RENDER CLEARLY

 3    DISCERNIBLE PERSONS AND VEHICLES ON THE HIGHWAY AT A DISTANCE OF

 4    500 FEET AHEAD.

 5         (C) WHEN WEATHER CONDITIONS REQUIRE THE OPERATION OF THE

 6    WINDSHIELD WIPERS.

 7         (2) When lighted lamps and illuminated devices are required

 8    by law,  no  A vehicle shall NOT be operated upon
             any highway of

 9    this state with only the parking lights illuminated on the front

10    of the vehicle.

11         (3)  (b) Whenever  IF A requirement is
              hereinafter

12     declared  PROVIDED IN THIS ACT as to the distance
                       from which cer-

13    tain lamps and devices shall render objects visible or within

14    which such lamps or devices shall be visible,  said
             provisions

15     shall apply  THE REQUIREMENT APPLIES during the
                       times stated in

16     paragraph (a) of this section  SUBSECTION (1) upon
             a straight,

17    level, unlighted highway under normal atmospheric conditions

18    unless a different time or condition is expressly stated.

19         (4)  (c) Whenever  IF A requirement is
              hereinafter

20     declared  PROVIDED IN THIS ACT as to the mounted
                       height of lamps

21    or devices,  it shall mean  THE REQUIREMENT SHALL
             BE CALCULATED

22    BY MEASURING from the center of  such  THE lamp or
             device to the

23    level ground upon which the vehicle stands when  such
              THE vehi-

24    cle is without a load.

25         (5) ENFORCEMENT OF THIS SECTION BY STATE OR LOCAL LAW

26    ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES SHALL BE ACCOMPLISHED ONLY AS A SECONDARY





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 1    ACTION WHEN A DRIVER OF A MOTOR VEHICLE HAS BEEN DETAINED FOR A

 2    SUSPECTED VIOLATION OF ANOTHER SECTION OF THIS ACT.

 3         (6) THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL NOTIFY THE PUBLIC OF THE

 4    REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION BY MEANS THE SECRETARY OF STATE CON-

 5    SIDERS APPROPRIATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, TELEVISION AND

 6    NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING.












































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