February 4, 2015, Introduced by Senator SMITH and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform.
A bill to amend 1990 PA 271, entitled
"Limousine transportation act,"
by amending section 7 (MCL 257.1907), 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 9 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 9 passengers including the driver.