October 23, 2013, Introduced by Senator SCHUITMAKER and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
A bill to amend 1974 PA 300, entitled
"Motor vehicle service and repair act,"
by amending section 2 (MCL 257.1302), as amended by 1988 PA 254.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 2. As used in this act:
(a) "Administrator" means the secretary of state or any person
designated by him or her to act in his or her place.
(b) "Department" means the department of state.
(c) "Master mechanic" means a motor vehicle mechanic or
specialty
mechanic who is certified by the department pursuant to
under this act in all of the specific repair categories.
(d)
"Motor vehicle" means a vehicle which that is
self-
propelled,
a vehicle which that is propelled by electric power, a
motorcycle, or a trailer as those terms are defined in the Michigan
vehicle
code, Act No. 300 of the Public Acts of 1949, as amended,
being
sections 257.1 to 257.923 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. 1949
PA 300, MCL 257.1 to 257.923. For the purposes of this act, a motor
vehicle does not include the dwelling or sleeping portions of a
motor home, trailer, or any recreational vehicle having similar
facilities
which that are not directly connected with the drive
mechanism
of the vehicle or other areas of repair which that would
require certification of motor vehicle mechanics as specified in
this
act or rules promulgated pursuant to under this act.
(e) "Motor vehicle mechanic" means a technician, individual,
or other person who, for compensation, repairs motor vehicles,
including the reconditioning, replacement, adjustment, or
alteration of the operating condition, of any component or
subassembly of a motor vehicle.
(f) "Mechanic trainee" means a person who desires to become a
motor vehicle mechanic, a specialty mechanic, or a master mechanic
and receives a permit from the administrator pursuant to this act.
(g) "Motor vehicle repair facility" means a place of business
which
that engages in the business of performing or employing
persons who perform maintenance, diagnosis, vehicle body work, or
repair service on a motor vehicle for compensation, including a
BAIID service center but excluding all of the following:
(i) A person who engages only in the business of repairing the
motor vehicles of a single commercial or industrial establishment
or governmental agency.
(ii) A person repairing his or her own or a family member's
car.
(iii) A business that does not diagnose the operation of a motor
vehicle, does not remove parts from a motor vehicle to be
remachined, and does not install finished machined or remachined
parts on a motor vehicle, not including a motor vehicle repair
facility that engages in the business of performing or employing
persons who perform vehicle body work.
(h) "Specialty mechanic" means a motor vehicle mechanic who is
certified by the department for a specific repair category or
categories
pursuant to under this act.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless Senate Bill No. 637
of the 97th Legislature is enacted into law.