Bill Text: MI SB0639 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Engrossed


Bill Title: Businesses; other; ignition interlock servicing center to be included within the definition of motor vehicle repair facility; revise motor vehicle service and repair act to provide. Amends sec. 2 of 1974 PA 300 (MCL 257.1302). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0637'13

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-12-02 - Recommendation Concurred In [SB0639 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2013-SB0639-Engrossed.html

SB-0639, As Passed Senate, November 6, 2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SENATE BILL No. 639

 

 

October 23, 2013, Introduced by Senator SCHUITMAKER and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1974 PA 300, entitled

 

"Motor vehicle service and repair act,"

 

by amending section 2 (MCL 257.1302), as amended by 1988 PA 254.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 2. As used in this act:

 

     (a) "Administrator" means the secretary of state or any person

 

designated by him or her to act in his or her place.

 

     (b) "Department" means the department of state.

 

     (c) "Master mechanic" means a motor vehicle mechanic or

 

specialty mechanic who is certified by the department pursuant to

 

under this act in all of the specific repair categories.

 

     (d) "Motor vehicle" means a vehicle which that is self-

 

propelled, a vehicle which that is propelled by electric power, a


 

motorcycle, or a trailer as those terms are defined in the Michigan

 

vehicle code, Act No. 300 of the Public Acts of 1949, as amended,

 

being sections 257.1 to 257.923 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. 1949

 

PA 300, MCL 257.1 to 257.923. For the purposes of this act, a motor

 

vehicle does not include the dwelling or sleeping portions of a

 

motor home, trailer, or any recreational vehicle having similar

 

facilities which that are not directly connected with the drive

 

mechanism of the vehicle or other areas of repair which that would

 

require certification of motor vehicle mechanics as specified in

 

this act or rules promulgated pursuant to under this act.

 

     (e) "Motor vehicle mechanic" means a technician, individual,

 

or other person who, for compensation, repairs motor vehicles,

 

including the reconditioning, replacement, adjustment, or

 

alteration of the operating condition, of any component or

 

subassembly of a motor vehicle.

 

     (f) "Mechanic trainee" means a person who desires to become a

 

motor vehicle mechanic, a specialty mechanic, or a master mechanic

 

and receives a permit from the administrator pursuant to this act.

 

     (g) "Motor vehicle repair facility" means a place of business

 

which that engages in the business of performing or employing

 

persons who perform maintenance, diagnosis, vehicle body work, or

 

repair service on a motor vehicle for compensation, including a

 

BAIID service center but excluding all of the following:

 

     (i) A person who engages only in the business of repairing the

 

motor vehicles of a single commercial or industrial establishment

 

or governmental agency.

 

     (ii) A person repairing his or her own or a family member's


 

car.

 

     (iii) A business that does not diagnose the operation of a motor

 

vehicle, does not remove parts from a motor vehicle to be

 

remachined, and does not install finished machined or remachined

 

parts on a motor vehicle, not including a motor vehicle repair

 

facility that engages in the business of performing or employing

 

persons who perform vehicle body work.

 

     (h) "Specialty mechanic" means a motor vehicle mechanic who is

 

certified by the department for a specific repair category or

 

categories pursuant to under this act.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless Senate Bill No. 637                                    

 

          of the 97th Legislature is enacted into law.

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