(A) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, in a proceeding for a 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 a vehicle or vessel at the time of 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 is presumed to be responsible for litter that is thrown, dropped, dumped, deposited, placed or left from the vehicle or vessel on public or private property, or waters defined in this code. For purposes of this section, VEHICLE means every motor vehicle registered under Public Act 300 of 1949, as amended, being M.C.L.A. §§ 257.1 through 257.923; and a vessel registered under Public Act 303 of 1967, as amended, being M.C.L.A. §§ 281.1001 and 288.1199.
(C) In a proceeding for a violation of this section 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 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.
(Ord. 6.08, passed 10-11-88) Penalty, see § 10.99