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Chapters 475 - 479 - MOTOR CARRIER ACT
Act 254 of 1933 ‑ THE MOTOR CARRIER ACT (475.1 - 479.49)
     254‑1933‑I ‑ ARTICLE I GENERAL DEFINITIONS AND PURPOSE (475.1...475.5)
          Section 475.1 ‑ Definitions.
          Section 475.1a ‑ Motor carrier act; short title.
          Section 475.2 ‑ Legislative purpose and policy.
          Section 475.3 ‑ Temporary authority to render transportation service; conditions; validity; permit; duration; applicable law.
          Section 475.4 ‑ Matters under articles II or V to which section applicable; commission or employee delegated authority to make initial decision; extension of time period.
          Section 475.5 ‑ Matters under article III to which section applicable; commission or employee delegated authority to make initial decision; extension of time period.
     254‑1933‑II ‑ ARTICLE II COMMON MOTOR CARRIERS (476.1...476.14)
          Section 476.1 ‑ Operation of motor vehicle by motor common carrier of property; certificate of authority.
          Section 476.2 ‑ Certificate of authority; application; determination; issuance.
          Section 476.3 ‑ Application for certificate of authority; contents; fees; proof of insurance.
          Section 476.4 ‑ Publishing notice of filing of application in biweekly information bulletin; hearing; notice; modified procedure.
          Section 476.5 ‑ Issuance of certificate of authority; findings; protesting application to provide transportation; requirements; petition to intervene; rights of motor carrier filing protest or of intervenor; classes of certificates; burden of proof.
          Section 476.6 ‑ Schedules of rates, fares, and charges; predatory rate; determination; joint rate; charges, privileges, and rules; printing and filing; public inspection; facilities; inapplicability of section to local moves of household goods.
          Section 476.7 ‑ Rates, fares, and charges to be just and reasonable; meeting competitive rates; future costs; refunding or remitting portion of required rates, fares, and charges prohibited; carrier as motor common carrier and motor contract carrier; inapplicability of section to local moves of household goods.
          Section 476.7a ‑ Investigation, suspension, revision, or revocation of proposed rate, fare, or charge by commission; requirements; protest prohibited.
          Section 476.7b ‑ Motor carrier establishing through route with another carrier; rules; reasonable facilities and compensation.
          Section 476.7c ‑ Transportation of household goods; rate; binding estimates; approximate costs; estimated charges entered on bill of lading; delivery of shipment upon payment.
          Section 476.8 ‑ Prohibited conduct; penalty.
          Section 476.9 ‑ Liability of motor common carrier; recovery.
          Section 476.10 ‑ Powers and duties of commission.
          Section 476.11 ‑ Interchanging equipment and furnishing through service authorized; general rules or special orders.
          Section 476.12 ‑ Interstate commerce.
          Section 476.13 ‑ Abandonment or discontinuance of service; order; revocation of certificate.
          Section 476.14 ‑ Emergency or unusual temporary demands for transportation; fees.
     254‑1933‑III ‑ ARTICLE III CONTRACT MOTOR CARRIERS (477.1...477.12)
          Section 477.1 ‑ Operation of motor vehicles by motor contract carrier of property; permit.
          Section 477.2 ‑ Permit; application; determination; issuance.
          Section 477.3 ‑ Repealed. 1982, Act 399, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1982.
          Section 477.4 ‑ Application for permit; contents; fees.
          Section 477.5 ‑ Publishing notice of filing of application in biweekly information bulletin; hearing; notice; modified procedure.
          Section 477.5a ‑ Protesting application to provide transportation; requirements; petition to intervene; powers of motor carrier filing protest or intervenor.
          Section 477.6 ‑ Duties of commission; rates, practices, and rules; establishment and filing; minimum rate or practice or rule; availability of contract to commission; disclosure; determination of predatory filings; filing statement of charges with commission.
          Section 477.7 ‑ Repealed. 1982, Act 399, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1982.
          Section 477.8 ‑ Prohibited conduct; penalty.
          Section 477.9 ‑ Liability of motor contract carrier; recovery.
          Section 477.10 ‑ Interstate commerce.
          Section 477.11 ‑ Cessation of operations or abandonment of rights under permit; notice.
          Section 477.12 ‑ Emergency or unusual temporary demands for transportation; fees.
     254‑1933‑IV ‑ ARTICLE IV FEES (478.1...478.8)
          Section 478.1 ‑ Application for certificate of authority or permit or renewal; fee; disposition.
          Section 478.1a ‑ Protest to application; fee.
          Section 478.2 ‑ Annual fee for administration of act; replacement identification fee; temporary permit; fee; operation of motor vehicle while fees unpaid prohibited; motor carriers not required to pay fees within certain area.
          Section 478.2a, 478.3 ‑ Repealed. 1966, Act 162, Eff. Jan. 1, 1967.
          Section 478.4‑478.5 ‑ Repealed. 1963, Act 182, Eff. Sept. 6, 1963;—1966, Act 162, Eff. Jan. 1, 1967.
          Section 478.5a ‑ Repealed. 1966, Act 162, Eff. Jan. 1, 1967.
          Section 478.6 ‑ Disposition of money received; appropriation; manner.
          Section 478.7 ‑ Conduct of operations by UCR motor carrier, broker, freight forwarder, leasing company, or other person subject to federal unified carrier registration act of 2005; meeting obligations of unified carrier registration plan and agreement required; deposit in truck safety fund.
          Section 478.8 ‑ Effective date of increased annual fee and new registration procedure.
     254‑1933‑V ‑ ARTICLE V POLICY OF STATE, EXEMPTIONS, LIMITATIONS, GENERAL REGULATIONS AND PROCEDURE; PENALTIES; MISCELLANEOUS (479.1...479.21)
          Section 479.1 ‑ Repealed. 1982, Act 399, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1982.
          Section 479.2 ‑ Exemptions; "corporate family" defined; applicability of exemptions.
          Section 479.3 ‑ Control by cities and villages; local business.
          Section 479.4 ‑ Highway commissioners; duty to furnish information.
          Section 479.5 ‑ Certificates and permits; construction, transfer.
          Section 479.6 ‑ Commission; forms, rules, and bulletin.
          Section 479.6a ‑ Applicability of section; change in rate, fare, charge, classification, rule, or practice; notice; effective date; investigation; petition for suspension; order; hearing.
          Section 479.6b ‑ Applicability of section; joint consideration and initiation of rates, fares, classifications, divisions, allowances, charges, or rules; agreement; approval; maintenance of accounts, records, files, and memoranda of organization; inspection; information and reports; verified statement of motor carrier; meeting; notice and minutes; disapproval of certain agreements; order to cease and desist from violation of agreement.
          Section 479.7 ‑ Transportation of household goods; issuance of receipt or bill of lading; liability; filing of claim; disallowance.
          Section 479.8 ‑ Furnishing identification for vehicle; removal of identification.
          Section 479.9 ‑ Insurance, bonds.
          Section 479.10 ‑ Certificates and permits; termination; application for renewal; effect of delinquency in payment of earned fees; failure of applicant to comply with laws and rules; notice; correction; provisions of act voiding certificate or permit for cause self-executing; issuance of certificate or permit; adding and withdrawing equipment.
          Section 479.10a ‑ Lease, contract, or arrangement under which holder augments equipment; section inapplicable to interchange of equipment; subsection (1) inapplicable to movers of household goods.
          Section 479.11 ‑ Records, books, accounts, and files of motor carrier; examination, production, and preservation; witnesses; divulging of information; public files and reports; inspection; violation as misdemeanor.
          Section 479.12 ‑ Impounding of motor vehicles, release.
          Section 479.13 ‑ Enforcement of act, rules and regulations; assistance.
          Section 479.14 ‑ Complaints and investigations; notice; commission determination and order; making schedules conform to order; investigation, inquiry, or hearing; findings of fact and conclusions of law.
          Section 479.14a ‑ Commencement of operations by motor carrier.
          Section 479.15 ‑ Powers of commissioners; disobedience of or wilful failure to comply with order or subpoena; refusal of witness to testify; witness fees and mileage; depositions; record of proceedings.
          Section 479.16 ‑ Violation of act or failure to obey order, decision, or rule of commission; misdemeanor; penalty; prosecution.
          Section 479.17 ‑ Repealed. 1982, Act 399, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1982.
          Section 479.18 ‑ Finding, order, or certificate; revocation, suspension, alteration, amendment, or modification; hearing; notice; assessment for violation; rehearings; service, effect, and review of orders; docket of causes and proceedings; copies; disposition of assessments; applicability and uniformity of chapter; conflicting laws; payment and allocation of local civil fines; more than 1 citation; equipment violation; training requirements as motor carrier enforcement officer; definitions.
          Section 479.19 ‑ Injunctive relief.
          Section 479.20 ‑ Review of order or decree.
          Section 479.21 ‑ Motor carrier transportation contract; certain provisions, clauses, covenants, or agreements void and unenforceable; certain agreements exempt; definitions.
     254‑1933‑VI ‑ ARTICLE VI (479.41...479.49)
          Section 479.41 ‑ Duties of commission; rules.
          Section 479.42 ‑ Review by department of state police; determination of compliance; report.
          Section 479.43 ‑ Rule or order; development and implementation by public service commission; imposition of unsatisfactory rating.
          Section 479.44‑479.49 ‑ Repealed. 1982, Act 399, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1982.