(A) Except as provided in subsection (D) involving litter from a leased vehicle or leased vessel, in a proceeding for violation of this act involving litter from a motor vehicle or vessel, proof that the particular vehicle or vessel described in the citation, complaint, or warrant was used in the violation, together with proof that the defendant named in the citation, complaint, or warrant was the registered owner of the vehicle or vessel at the time of the violation, constitutes in evidence a presumption that the registered owner of the vehicle or vessel was the driver of the vehicle or vessel at the time of the violation.
(B) The driver of a vehicle or vessel is presumed to be responsible for litter which is thrown, dropped, dumped, deposited, placed, or left from the vehicle or vessel on public or private property or water.
(C) For the purpose of this ordinance, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
VEHICLE. Every motor vehicle registered under Public Act 300 of 1949, being M.C.L.A. §§ 257.1 - 257.923, as amended.
VESSEL. A vessel as that term is defined in Act No. 451 of Public Acts of 1994, as amended, being M.C.L.A. § 324.80104(q), as amended.
(D) In a proceeding for violation of this ordinance involving litter from a leased motor vehicle or leased vessel, proof that the particular vehicle or vessel described in the citation, complaint, or warrant was used in the violation, together with proof that the defendant named in the citation, complaint, or warrant was the lessee of the vehicle or vessel at the time of the violation, constitutes in evidence a presumption that the lessee of the vehicle or vessel was the driver of the vehicle or vessel at the time of the violation.