(A) Except as provided in division (D) below involving litter from a leased vehicle or leased vessel, in a proceeding for a violation of this subchapter 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 waters defined in § 96.02.
(C) For the purpose of this subchapter, VEHICLE means every motor vehicle registered under Public Act 300 of 1949, as amended, being M.C.L.A. §§ 257.1 to 257.923, and VESSEL means a vessel registered under Public Act 153 of 1974, as amended, being M.C.L.A. §§ 324.80124 et seq.
(D) In a proceeding for a violation of this subchapter 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.
(Prior Code, § XI-2.22)