Bill Text: MI SB0748 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Transportation; limousines; compliance with city vehicle for hire ordinance; revise population requirement, modify definition of limousine, and increase fine for a limo carrier of passengers that allows a driver or operator of a limousine to drive or operate a limousine in violation of limousine transportation act. Amends secs. 7 & 31 of 1990 PA 271 (MCL 257.1907 & 257.1931).
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-12-04 - Referred To Second Reading [SB0748 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2013-SB0748-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL No. 748
January 30, 2014, Introduced by Senators SMITH and KOWALL and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform.
A bill to amend 1990 PA 271, entitled
"Limousine transportation act,"
by amending sections 7 and 31 (MCL 257.1907 and 257.1931), section
7 as amended by 2000 PA 487.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 7. (1) A limo carrier of passengers shall not operate a
limousine for the transportation of persons for hire on a public
highway in this state except in accordance with this act. A limo
carrier of passengers that operates class B limousines for the
purpose of picking up passengers within a city with a population of
750,000
500,000 or more shall also comply with the vehicle for hire
ordinance of that city with respect to those limousines. However, a
limo carrier of passengers may remain in the city during a given
trip for the sole purpose of picking up the same passengers that
the limo carrier of passengers originally brought into the city on
that trip. A limo carrier of passengers shall not operate upon a
public highway without first having obtained from the department a
certificate of authority. A certificate of authority may be
obtained for operation of either class A limousines or class B
limousines or both.
(2)
The amendatory act that added this subsection takes effect
30
days after a city with a population of 750,000 or more makes
available
bonds for class B limousines. The total number of class B
limousine
bonds shall be determined by the city. However, for the
first
90 days the number of bonds to be made available for class B
limousines
shall not be less than 100 or more than 200.
(2) (3)
As used in this section:
(a) "Class A limousine" means a limousine with a seating
capacity
of not less than 7 10 passengers but not more than 15
passengers including the driver.
(b) "Class B limousine" means a limousine with a seating
capacity
of less than 7 10 passengers including the driver.
Sec. 31. A limo carrier of passengers, or an officer or agent
of
a limo carrier of passengers, who that requires or permits a
driver or operator to drive or operate a limousine in violation of
this
act , or a
rule promulgated under this act , is
guilty of a
misdemeanor , punishable by a fine of not more than $500.00 $750.00
or by imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or both.
