Section 477.2 - Permit; application; determination; issuance.
THE MOTOR CARRIER ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 254 of 1933
477.2 Permit; application; determination; issuance.
Sec. 2.
(1) The commission, upon the filing of an application for a permit to operate as a motor contract carrier, shall ascertain and determine, under those reasonable rules as it promulgates, all of the following:
(a) Whether the character of business to be done by the applicant strictly conforms with the definition of a motor contract carrier.
(b) That the character and condition of the vehicles proposed to be operated by the applicant is such that they may be operated safely upon the public highways.
(c) The effect that denying the permit would have on the shippers of the applicant for the permit.
(2) Unless the commission determines that the character of business to be done does not strictly conform with the definition of a motor contract carrier; the transportation to be provided under the permit is or will be inconsistent with the transportation policy set forth in section 2 of article I; that the applicant is unfit; or that the vehicles of the applicant may not be operated safely upon the public highways, the application shall be granted, in whole or in part, and a permit issued upon lawful terms and conditions as the commission imposes, and subject to the rules promulgated by the commission, for the whole or for only the partial exercise of the privilege sought.
History: 1933, Act 254, Eff. Oct. 17, 1933 ;-- CL 1948, 477.2 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 399, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1982 ;-- Am. 1993, Act 352, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1994