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Mich. Comp. Laws § 480.11 Motor carrier safety act; short title.
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Sec. 1. This act shall be known as the “motor carrier safety act of 1963”.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 480.11a Adoption of federal regulations; exceptions; definitions; applicability of act to bus operated by transit agency; applicability of subsection (1)(b) and sections 5(8) and 6(1); definitions.
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Sec. 1a. (1) This state adopts the following provisions of title 49 of the code of federal regulations on file with the office of the secretary of state, except where modified by this act: (a) Hazardous materials regulations under 49 CFR parts 105 through 180 except for the trans…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 480.12d Person qualified to operate commercial motor vehicle.
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Sec. 2d. (1) A person shall not operate a commercial motor vehicle unless he or she is qualified to operate that vehicle. A motor carrier shall not require or permit a person to operate a commercial motor vehicle unless that person is qualified to operate that vehicle. (2) In the…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 480.12e Person applying to operate commercial motor vehicle; providing list of applicant's former employers and related information.
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Sec. 2e. A person who applies to operate a commercial motor vehicle as defined by section 7a of the Michigan vehicle code, Act No. 300 of the Public Acts of 1949, being section 257.7a of the Michigan Compiled Laws, shall submit a list of the names and addresses of the applicant's…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 480.12f Motor carrier; review of driving records required; exception.
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Sec. 2f. Except as provided in this act, each motor carrier shall, at least once every 12 months, review a copy of the driver's record from each state in which the driver held a license during the preceding year to determine whether that driver meets minimum requirements for safe…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 480.13 Motor carrier safety appeal board; creation; membership; duties; person not physically qualified to drive; waiver to drive commercial motor vehicle; application; requirements; issuance of waiver; validity; renewal; notice; suspension or revocation; denial of application for waiver; appeal; effect on worker's compensation status.
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Sec. 3. (1) The motor carrier safety appeal board is created. The board shall consist of the director of the department of state police or his or her designee, the secretary of state or his or her designee, the director of the state transportation department or his or her designe…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 480.13a Trailers or trailer-vehicle combinations; surge brakes equipment for intrastate operation.
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Sec. 3a. Trailers with a gross vehicle weight or gross vehicle weight rating of 15,000 pounds or less or trailer-vehicle combinations with an actual gross vehicle weight or a gross vehicle weight rating of 26,000 pounds or less may be equipped with surge brakes for intrastate ope…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 480.15 Intrastate transportation; applicability to farm vehicle driver, implement of husbandry, public utility driver, government-owned commercial motor vehicle or vehicle used in execution of emergency governmental function, certain combination of vehicles, and buses; motor vehicle engaged in seasonal construction-related activities; definitions.
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Sec. 5. (1) In the case of intrastate transportation, the provisions of 49 CFR 391.21 relating to application for employment, 49 CFR 391.23 relating to investigations and inquiries, 49 CFR 391.31 relating to road tests, 49 CFR part 395 relating to hours of service, 49 CFR 383.71 …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 480.16 Motor carriers; submission of documents to motor carrier officer; inspection of cargo.
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Sec. 6. (1) Motor carriers shall submit, upon demand, all their transportation safety related documents, such as all records and information pertaining to any accident, drivers' records of duty status, bills of lading, shipping records, driver time and payroll records, driver qua…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 480.17 Violation of act or rules; penalty.
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Sec. 7. (1) Except as provided in sections 7b, 7c, and 7d, any person, driver, or motor carrier as defined by 49 CFR 390.5 who violates this act or a rule promulgated under this act, or permits or requires any person to violate this act or a rule promulgated under this act, is re…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 480.17a Rules; rescission.
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Sec. 7a. The department of state police may promulgate rules necessary to the accomplishment of the purpose of this act. The administrative rules promulgated and filed with the secretary of state on June 22, 1984 and any subsequent revisions to those rules were rescinded effectiv…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 480.17b Penalties; "serious safety defect" defined.
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Sec. 7b. (1) A driver, person, or motor carrier as defined by 49 CFR 390.5 who operates or who requires or permits the driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle with a serious safety defect in violation of this act or a rule promulgated under this act is responsible for a stat…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 480.17c Transporting package relating to hazardous material required to be marked or labeled; violation; penalty; owner or user of hazardous materials vehicle inspection or repair facility; violation as misdemeanor.
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Sec. 7c. (1) A person who operates or who requires or permits a person to operate a commercial motor vehicle in violation of this act or a rule promulgated under this act related to the transportation of hazardous materials if the vehicle is transporting a package required to be …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 480.17d Definitions; compliance order; shut down order; noncompliance as misdemeanor; impoundment of vehicle.
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Sec. 7d. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Immediate destination" means the next scheduled stop of a commercial motor vehicle already in motion where the cargo on board can be safely secured. (b) "Motor carrier division" means the motor carrier division of the department of state…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 480.18 Venue.
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Sec. 8. When this act or a rule promulgated under this act has been violated, the offense may be prosecuted in any county, city, or jurisdiction in or through which the motor vehicle, driver, or operator implicated was situated or passed when the offense was committed.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 480.19 Notification of incident; definition.
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Sec. 9. (1) Immediately following any of the following occurrences involving the transportation of hazardous materials, the owner, driver, or lessee, or representative of the owner, driver, or lessee, shall notify the motor carrier division of the department of state police and t…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 480.20 Vehicle combination transporting combustible liquid; requirements; information required to be on file; retention and transfer of information; applicability of requirements in subsections (2) and (3); transport of flammable liquids, gases, or compressed gases.
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Sec. 10. (1) A truck tractor pulling a semitrailer and a trailer, or pulling 2 semitrailers, shall not transport a combustible liquid unless the vehicle combination meets the following requirements: (a) Is equipped with a device that restricts the horizontal and vertical rotation…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 480.21 Ordinances or resolutions inconsistent with act; "inconsistent" defined; fine for operating vehicle with serious safety defect; exception; issuance of more than 1 citation; requirements as motor carrier enforcement officer.
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Sec. 11. (1) A township, city, village, county, or another state agency shall not adopt or enforce an ordinance or resolution that is inconsistent with this act or any rule promulgated pursuant to this act. As used in this section, "inconsistent" means a rule or ordinance that is…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 480.22 Transfer of hazardous material; prohibitions; exceptions; overfilling container; violation; penalty.
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Sec. 12. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a person, driver, owner, carrier, lessee, or lessor shall not transfer or allow to be transferred a hazardous material from a cargo tank, portable tank, or any other container to any cargo tank, portable tank, fuel tank, or any o…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 480.23 Transporting hazardous materials in amount requiring placard on publicly maintained route; prohibition; violation; penalty.
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Sec. 13. (1) A person, driver, owner, carrier, lessee, or lessor shall not transport or allow to be transported a vehicle carrying hazardous materials in an amount required to be placarded under title 49 of the code of federal regulations on a publicly maintained route as identif…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 480.24 Enforcement of state civil infraction.
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Sec. 14. A state civil infraction shall be enforced in the manner provided for enforcement of state civil infractions in chapter 88 of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.8801 to 600.8835.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 480.25 Prevention of water or road surface substances being thrown from rear wheels.
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Sec. 15. A truck, truck tractor, trailer, semitrailer, or any combination of these, when used on a highway, shall be constructed, equipped, or operated to prevent water or other road surface substances from being thrown from the rear wheels of the vehicle or combination at tangen…