Mich. Comp. Laws § 42.21c
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Regulation of recreational trailway; posting of ordinance; violation as municipal civil infraction; penalty.
Official statutory text
Sec. 21c.
An ordinance regulating a recreational trailway is not effective unless it is posted and maintained near each gate or principal entrance to the trailway.
The operation of a vehicle on a recreational trailway at a time, in a place, or in a manner prohibited by an ordinance is a municipal civil infraction, whether or not so designated by the ordinance. A civil fine ordered for a municipal civil infraction described in this subsection shall not exceed the maximum amount of a fine provided by the ordinance or $500.00, whichever is less. An act or omission described in this subsection is not a municipal civil infraction if that act or omission constitutes a violation or crime that section 21 prohibits an ordinance from designating as a municipal civil infraction.
History: Add. 1994, Act 82, Eff. Oct. 1, 1994
An ordinance regulating a recreational trailway is not effective unless it is posted and maintained near each gate or principal entrance to the trailway.
The operation of a vehicle on a recreational trailway at a time, in a place, or in a manner prohibited by an ordinance is a municipal civil infraction, whether or not so designated by the ordinance. A civil fine ordered for a municipal civil infraction described in this subsection shall not exceed the maximum amount of a fine provided by the ordinance or $500.00, whichever is less. An act or omission described in this subsection is not a municipal civil infraction if that act or omission constitutes a violation or crime that section 21 prohibits an ordinance from designating as a municipal civil infraction.
History: Add. 1994, Act 82, Eff. Oct. 1, 1994
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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