Michigan Compiled Laws
300-1949-VI-TRAFFIC-SIGNS-SIGNALS-AND-MARKINGS - Traffic Signs, Signals, and Markings (257.608...257.616a)
Section 257.610 - Traffic Control Devices; Placement and Maintenance by Local Authorities and County Road Commissions; Compliance With Manual; Failure to Comply With Statutory Provisions; Sale, Purchase, or Manufacture of Devices.

Sec. 610.
(1) Local authorities and county road commissions in their respective jurisdictions shall place and maintain the traffic control devices upon highways under their jurisdiction that they consider necessary to indicate and to carry out the provisions of this chapter or local traffic ordinances or to regulate, warn, or guide traffic. All traffic control devices shall conform to the Michigan manual on uniform traffic control devices.
(2) The state transportation department shall withhold from any incorporated village, city, or county that fails to comply with sections 606, 608, 609, 612, and 613, the share of fuel and vehicle tax revenue that would otherwise be due the incorporated village, city, or county under section 10 of 1951 PA 51, MCL 247.660. Notice of failure to comply, and 1 year's time to comply after notice, shall first be given.
(3) A person, firm, or corporation shall not sell or offer for sale to local authorities and local authorities shall not purchase or manufacture any traffic control device that does not conform to the Michigan manual on uniform traffic control devices, except with the permission of the director of the state transportation department.
History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949 ;-- Am. 1955, Act 245, Eff. Oct. 14, 1955 ;-- Am. 1972, Act 72, Imd. Eff. Mar. 9, 1972 ;-- Am. 2016, Act 448, Eff. Jan. 5, 2018

Structure Michigan Compiled Laws

Michigan Compiled Laws

Chapter 257 - Motor Vehicles

Act 300 of 1949 - Michigan Vehicle Code (257.1 - 257.923)

300-1949-VI - Chapter VI Obedience to and Effect of Traffic Laws (257.601...257.750)

300-1949-VI-TRAFFIC-SIGNS-SIGNALS-AND-MARKINGS - Traffic Signs, Signals, and Markings (257.608...257.616a)

Section 257.608 - Uniform System of Traffic Control Devices; Manual.

Section 257.609 - Traffic Control Devices; Placement and Maintenance; Restrictions; County Road Commission, Permission, Costs.

Section 257.610 - Traffic Control Devices; Placement and Maintenance by Local Authorities and County Road Commissions; Compliance With Manual; Failure to Comply With Statutory Provisions; Sale, Purchase, or Manufacture of Devices.

Section 257.611 - Traffic Control Devices; Obedience Required; Exception; Avoiding Obedience by Driving on Public or Private Property; Violation as Civil Infraction.

Section 257.611a - Direction of Traffic in Work Zone; Conditions; Failure to Comply; Violation as Civil Infraction.

Section 257.612 - Traffic Control Signals; Location; Red Arrow and Yellow Arrow Indications; Colors; Traffic Control Signal at Place Other Than Intersection; Stopping at Sign, Marking, or Signal; Violation of Subsection (1) or (2) as Civil Infraction...

Section 257.613 - Applicability of Regular Traffic Control Signals to Pedestrians; Special Pedestrian Control Signals; Violation as Civil Infraction.

Section 257.613a - School Crossings; Establishment; Basis; Determination; Notice; Erection of School Crossing Signs.

Section 257.613b - School Crossing Guard; Stationing; Time Period; Color and Design of Outer Vest; Stopping Vehicular Traffic With Hand Held Stop Sign; Authority.

Section 257.613c - School Crossing Guard; Responsibility of Local Law Enforcement Agency; Instruction Required; Approval and Conduct of Courses.

Section 257.613d - Failure to Stop for School Crossing Guard Holding Stop Sign in Upright Position; Misdemeanor; Presumption.

Section 257.614 - Flashing Red or Yellow Signals; Violation as Civil Infraction.

Section 257.615 - Signs or Lights Resembling Traffic-Control Devices or Emergency Vehicles; Commercial Advertising on Traffic Signs; Prohibition; Public Nuisance; Removal; Placement of Street Decorations and Banners.

Section 257.616 - Repealed. 2016, Act 111, Eff. Aug. 8, 2016.

Section 257.616a - Portable Signal Preemptive Device; Prohibitions; Penalties; Exceptions; Definitions.