Act No. 487

Public Acts of 2000

Approved by the Governor

January 10, 2001

Filed with the Secretary of State

January 11, 2001

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 11, 2001

STATE OF MICHIGAN

90TH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2000

Introduced by Rep. Rick Johnson

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5812

AN ACT to amend 1990 PA 271, entitled ''An act to regulate persons who transport passengers by limousine; to prescribe powers and duties for the state transportation department and certain local units of government; to impose certain fees; and to prescribe remedies and penalties,'' by amending section 7 (MCL 257.1907).

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 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.

(3) As used in this section:

(a) "Class A limousine" means a limousine with a seating capacity of not less than 7 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 passengers including the driver.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Clerk of the House of Representatives.

Secretary of the Senate.

Approved

Governor.