Title 474, STATE TRANSPORTATION

Sec. 7. (1) The department shall issue without a hearing an authority to a motor carrier authorizing that carrier to provide transportation services subject to the jurisdiction of the department under this act, if the department finds that the motor carrier is fit, willing, and a…

Sec. 9. (1) In determining the eligibility of an applicant for an authority to provide transportation service, the department shall consider all of the following: (a) Whether the applicant has paid the required fees under section 17. (b) Whether the character and condition of eac…

Sec. 10. (1) An applicant shall acquire the following liability insurance coverage for acts or omissions of the applicant as a motor carrier: (a) For buses with a seating capacity of between 9 and 15 passengers, including the driver, bodily injury and property damage liability in…

Sec. 15. Except as otherwise provided in this section, each bus on a motor carrier's roster must display the motor carrier's legal name or assumed name as listed on its application for authority or official request for name change as submitted to the department on both sides of t…

Sec. 16. (1) To maintain authorized status for a bus, a motor carrier shall ensure that the bus passes a valid inspection as provided in this section and that the condition of the bus is maintained between inspections. (2) Beginning on January 1, 2017, for an inspection of a bus …

Sec. 17. (1) An applicant for an original annual authority shall pay to the department a filing fee of $300.00 and a fee of $100.00 times the number of buses to be used by the applicant to provide transportation for hire under this act. The applicant shall submit its roster to th…

Sec. 23. (1) The department may grant an emergency certificate of authority to a motor carrier if there is an immediate and urgent need for the transportation of passengers to a point or between points within this state. An emergency certificate of authority granted by the depart…

Sec. 27. A motor carrier holding an authority for regular route service between points within this state shall notify the department in writing no less than 60 days before it plans to discontinue all or a portion of its service under its authority. Within 10 days after notifying …

Sec. 29. A motor carrier authorized to provide regular route service under this act shall not abandon or discontinue a service established under this act without notification to the department as described in section 27. If a motor carrier discontinues service for more than 10 da…

Sec. 32. (1) A police officer or a peace officer may seize and impound a vehicle that is operated by a motor carrier in violation of this act or a rule promulgated by this act or is in such a condition that the continued operation of the vehicle upon the highway would constitute …

Sec. 33. Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, a person subject to this act who operates a passenger service without obtaining an authority required under this act or without meeting the insurance requirements provided in this act shall be subject to a civil fine of no…

Sec. 34. A motor carrier, or an officer or agent of a motor carrier, that requires or permits a driver or operator to drive or operate a bus in violation of this act, or a rule promulgated under this act, is responsible for a state civil infraction and may be ordered to pay a civ…

Sec. 35. The department may alter, suspend, or revoke an authority issued under this act if the department determines in a contested case hearing held under chapter 4 of the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.271 to 24.287, that a motor carrier to which an…

Sec. 37. A person shall not violate or evade the provisions of this act through any device or arrangement.

Sec. 39. The department may promulgate rules to implement this act under the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328.