HB-5961, As Passed House, June 29, 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

HOUSE BILL NO. 5961

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled

 

"Michigan vehicle code,"

 

by amending section 685 (MCL 257.685), as amended by 2006 PA 14.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 685. (1)  Every  Except as otherwise provided in

 

subsection (2), a motor vehicle  other than a motorcycle or moped,

 

shall be equipped with at least 2 head lamps with at least 1 head

 

lamp on each side of the front of the motor vehicle,  which head

 

lamps shall comply  in compliance with  the requirements and

 

limitations set forth in  this chapter. An implement of husbandry

 

manufactured on or after January 1, 2007 shall comply with section

 

684a.

 

     (2)  Every  A motorcycle  and  or moped shall be equipped with

 

at least 1 and not more than 2 head lamps  which shall  that comply

 

with  the requirements and limitations of  this chapter.

 

     (3) A motorcycle or moped head lamp may be wired or equipped

 

to allow either its upper beam or its lower beam, but not both, to

 

modulate from a higher intensity to a lower intensity. A head lamp

 

modulator installed on a motorcycle or moped with 2 head lamps

 

shall be wired in a manner to prevent the head lamps from

 

modulating at different rates or not in synchronization with each

 

other. A head lamp modulator installed on a motorcycle or moped

 

shall meet the standards prescribed in 49 CFR 571.108.

 

     (4)  (3)  Every head lamp  ,  upon  every  a motor vehicle  ,

 

including every motorcycle and moped,  shall be located at a height

 

measured from the center of the head lamp of not more than 54

 

inches nor less than 24 inches above the level surface upon which

 

the vehicle stands.

 

     (5)  (4)  When a motor vehicle equipped with head lamps as

 

required in this section is also equipped with auxiliary lamps or a

 

spot lamp or any other lamp on the front of the motor vehicle

 

projecting a beam of an intensity greater than 300 candlepower, not

 

more than a total of 4 of those lamps on the front of a vehicle

 

shall be lighted at a time when upon a highway.

 

     (6)  (5)  A motor vehicle licensed as an historic vehicle is

 

exempt from the requirements of this section if the vehicle as

 

originally equipped failed to meet these requirements. An historic

 

vehicle shall not be operated in violation of section 684.