Section 474.104 - Applicability.
MOTOR BUS TRANSPORTATION ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 432 of 1982
474.104 Applicability.
Sec. 4.
(1) This act shall not apply to a motor carrier of passengers that is any of the following:
(a) A county, city, township, or village as provided by law, or other authority incorporated under Act No. 55 of the Public Acts of 1963, as amended, being sections 124.351 to 124.359 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. Each authority and governmental agency incorporated under Act No. 55 of the Public Acts of 1963 shall have the exclusive jurisdiction to determine its own contemplated routes, hours of service, estimated transit vehicle miles, costs of public transportation services, and projected capital improvements or projects within its service area.
(b) An authority incorporated under the metropolitan transportation authorities act of 1967, Act No. 204 of the Public Acts of 1967, as amended, being sections 124.401 to 124.426 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, or that operates a transportation service pursuant to an interlocal agreement under the urban cooperation act of 1967, Act No. 7 of the Public Acts of the Extra Session of 1967, as amended, being sections 124.501 to 124.512 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
(c) Operating under a contract entered into pursuant to Act No. 8 of the Public Acts of the Extra Session of 1967, being sections 124.531 to 124.536 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, or Act No. 35 of the Public Acts of 1951, being sections 124.1 to 124.13 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
(d) An authority incorporated under the public transportation authority act, Act No. 196 of the Public Acts of 1986, being sections 124.451 to 124.479 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, or a nonprofit corporation organized under the nonprofit corporation act, Act No. 162 of the Public Acts of 1982, being sections 450.2101 to 450.3192 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, that provides transportation services.
(e) An authority financing public improvements to transportation systems under the revenue bond act of 1933, Act No. 94 of the Public Acts of 1933, being sections 141.101 to 141.140 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
(2) A motor carrier of passengers exempt under subsection (1) shall operate under the requirements of this act when operating outside of the political subdivisions permitted by the authorizing statute or the contract required by the authorizing statute.
History: 1982, Act 432, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 1982 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 233, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1989