Bill Text: MI SB1322 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Chaptered
Bill Title: Transportation; other; amendment of motor bus transportation act to reflect transfer of duties regarding self-insurers from the secretary of state to the insurance commissioner; provide for. Amends sec. 9 of 1982 PA 432 (MCL 474.109).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-12-31 - Assigned Pa 0570'12 With Immediate Effect 2012 Addenda [SB1322 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2011-SB1322-Chaptered.html
Act No. 570
Public Acts of 2012
Approved by the Governor
January 2, 2013
Filed with the Secretary of State
January 2, 2013
EFFECTIVE DATE: January 2, 2013
STATE OF MICHIGAN
96TH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2012
Introduced by Senator Hune
ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 1322
AN ACT to amend 1982 PA 432, entitled “An act to regulate persons who transport passengers by motor bus; to prescribe powers and duties for the state transportation department; to impose certain fees; and to impose penalties,” by amending section 9 (MCL 474.109), as amended by 1996 PA 432.
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 9. (1) In determining the fitness, willingness, and ability of an applicant for a certificate of authority to provide transportation service, the department shall consider all of the following before issuing the original certificate of authority:
(a) The applicant’s safety record.
(b) The character and condition of each motor bus and whether it may be operated safely upon the public highways based on an inspection conducted by the department under section 16.
(c) The applicant’s financial ability to provide continuous insurance coverage as required by subsection (2) or (3) and to have adequate financial resources in order to pay for damage claims against the applicant.
(2) An applicant shall acquire the following liability insurance coverage for acts or omissions of the applicant as a motor carrier of passengers:
(a) Bodily injury and property damage liability insurance with a minimum combined single limit of $5,000,000.00 for all persons injured or for property damage.
(b) Personal protection insurance and property protection insurance as required by chapter 31 of the insurance code of 1956, 1956 PA 218, MCL 500.3101 to 500.3119. A motor common carrier of passengers shall maintain the insurance described in this subsection as a condition of maintaining a certificate of authority issued under this act.
(3) The insurance requirements of subsection (2) are waived if the applicant qualifies for and obtains a certificate of self-insurance from the commissioner of the office of financial and insurance regulation under section 3101d of the insurance code of 1956, 1956 PA 218, MCL 500.3101d.
(4) An applicant that does not satisfy subsection (1) and either subsection (2) or subsection (3) shall not be issued a certificate of authority to provide transportation service under this act.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect January 1, 2013.
This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Secretary of the Senate
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Approved
Governor
