HB-5961, As Passed Senate, December 5, 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.