Section 476.3 - Application for certificate of authority; contents; fees; proof of insurance.
THE MOTOR CARRIER ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 254 of 1933
476.3 Application for certificate of authority; contents; fees; proof of insurance.
Sec. 3.
An application for a certificate of authority shall be in writing, verified by affidavit, stating the experience of the applicant as a motor carrier, if any, the ownership and condition of the equipment and physical property of the applicant proposed to be used, that the vehicles of the applicant have passed an inspection within the immediately preceding 12 months pursuant to the requirements of the motor carrier safety act, Act No. 181 of the Public Acts of 1963, being sections 480.11 to 480.21 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, and 49 C.F.R. part 396, the support by shippers or receivers for the proposed service, the relation of the proposed service to the required public purpose to be served, and shall contain other information as the commission requires. The commission may request supplemental information from an applicant regarding accident records and citations issued to the applicant or drivers of the applicant within the immediately preceding 12 months when that information is considered necessary to make findings regarding the fitness of the applicant. Each application shall be accompanied by the required fees, proof of insurance before operations are commenced, and all other things required by law and the rules of the commission.
History: 1933, Act 254, Eff. Oct. 17, 1933 ;-- CL 1948, 476.3 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 399, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1982 ;-- Am. 1993, Act 352, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1994