April 29, 2010, Introduced by Senator GILBERT and referred to the Committee on Transportation.
A bill to amend 1990 PA 271, entitled
"Limousine transportation act,"
by amending section 7 (MCL 257.1907), as amended by 2000 PA 487;
and to repeal acts and parts of acts.
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.
(2) The department and the department of state shall have
exclusive authority to license limousines and limo carriers of
passengers and to license operators, drivers, and chauffeurs for
limousines and limo carriers of passengers. Counties, regional
authorities, cities, townships, and villages and any other local
units of government are prohibited from licensing limousines and
limo carriers of passengers and chauffeurs of limousines and limo
carriers of passengers.
(3) Counties, cities, villages, and townships shall not adopt
a local ordinance to license limousine drivers or limo carriers of
passengers within the limits of a county, city, village, or
township.
(4) (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.
Enacting section 1. Section 14 of the limousine transportation
act, 1990 PA 271, MCL 257.1914, is repealed.