HB-5820, As Passed Senate, August 4, 2004                                   

SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 5820

                                                                             A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled                                             

"Michigan vehicle code,"                                                    

by amending section 626 (MCL 257.626).                                      

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1       Sec. 626.  (1)  (a) Any A person who drives  any a vehicle                

2   upon a highway or a frozen public lake, stream, or pond or other            

3   place open to the general public, including,  any but not                  

4   limited to, an area designated for the parking of motor vehicles,           

5   within this state,  in  wilful willful or wanton disregard for            

6   the safety of persons or property is guilty of reckless driving.            

7   (2)  (b) Every A person  convicted of reckless driving                     

8   shall be punished who violates subsection (1) is guilty of a               

9   misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment  in the county or                    

10  municipal jail  for  a period of  not more than  90 93 days or             

11  by  a fine of not more than  $100.00 $500.00, or  by  both.               

House Bill 5820 as amended August 4, 2004                                   

1       Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act takes effect <<November 1,

2   2004.>>