October 31, 2017, Introduced by Senator PAVLOV and referred to the Committee on Transportation.
A bill to amend 1982 PA 432, entitled
"Motor bus transportation act,"
by amending section 4 (MCL 474.104), as amended by 2016 PA 349.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 4. (1) This act does not apply to a motor carrier that is
any of the following:
(a) A county, city, township, or village as provided by law,
or other authority incorporated under 1963 PA 55, MCL 124.351 to
124.359.
(b) An authority incorporated under the metropolitan
transportation authorities act of 1967, 1967 PA 204, MCL 124.401 to
124.426,
or that operates a transportation service pursuant to
under an interlocal agreement under the urban cooperation act of
1967, 1967 (Ex Sess) PA 7, MCL 124.501 to 124.512.
(c) Operating under a contract entered into under 1967 (Ex
Sess) PA 8, MCL 124.531 to 124.536, or 1951 PA 35, MCL 124.1 to
124.13.
(d) An authority incorporated under the public transportation
authority act, 1986 PA 196, MCL 124.451 to 124.479.
(e) A regional transit authority created under the regional
transit authority act, 2012 PA 387, MCL 124.541 to 124.558.
(f) A nonprofit corporation organized under the nonprofit
corporation act, 1982 PA 162, MCL 450.2101 to 450.3192, and as
defined by sections 501(c)(3), (4), (19), or (23) of the internal
revenue code of 1986, that provides 1 or both of the following
transportation services:
(i) Services that are restricted only to registered members of
the nonprofit corporation.
(ii) Services that are funded under 1951 PA 51, MCL 247.651 to
247.675, through programs administered by the department.
(g) An authority financing public improvements to
transportation systems under the revenue bond act of 1933, 1933 PA
94, MCL 141.101 to 141.140.
(h) A motor carrier that operates motor vehicles only for the
purpose of transporting passengers to and from funerals.
(i) A motor carrier that operates a motor vehicle that is
owned or leased by or on behalf of an employer to transport its
employees to and from their place of employment.
(j) A public or private school or a unit of government that
owns or operates a school bus, or a privately owned school bus that
is under contract with a school district, an independent school
district, or a private or charter school, when that bus is used
solely for the transportation of pupils to or from school, school-
related events, or other uses as provided under the pupil
transportation act, 1990 PA 187, MCL 257.1801 to 257.1877.
(k) A vehicle operated by a canoe or other watercraft,
bicycle, or horse livery that is used only to transport clients
between their primary business location and the launch or
disembarkment location.
(l) An interstate motor carrier of passengers operating under
a United States Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration (USDOT-FMCSA) certificate of authority that
is providing a multistate regular route service that passes through
this state, unless required by the department as a condition of
financial assistance.
(2) A motor carrier that is exempt under subsection (1) shall
operate under the requirements of this act when operating outside
of the exemptions described in subsection (1).
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.