HB-4857, As Passed House, June 28, 2005
June 2, 2005, Introduced by Reps. LaJoy, Moore, Wenke, Nitz, Casperson, Gosselin, David Law, Pavlov, Anderson and Pearce and referred to the Committee on Transportation.
A bill to amend 1982 PA 432, entitled
"Motor bus transportation act,"
by amending section 31 (MCL 474.131), as amended by 2001 PA 129.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
31. This state hereby adopts the following provisions
of title 49 of the code of federal regulations on file with the
office of the secretary of state except where modified by this act,
to provide for the safe transportation of persons, with the intent
of following the policies and procedures of the United States
department of transportation as they relate to title 49 of the code
of federal regulations and the North American standard inspection
uniform driver/vehicle inspection out of service criteria and
inspection procedures: Motor carrier safety regulations, being 49
C.F.R.
CFR part 356, part 365, part 374, part 382, part 387, parts
390 through 393, and parts 395 through 397, including appendices B
and G, except for the following:
(a) Where the terms "United States department of
transportation", "federal highway administration", "federal highway
administrator", "director", "bureau of motor carrier safety",
"office of motor carrier safety", and "federal motor carrier safety
administration" appear, they shall be construed to refer to the
state transportation department.
(b) Where "interstate" appears, it means intrastate or
interstate, or both, as applicable, except as otherwise
specifically provided in this act.
(c) Where "special agent of the federal highway
administration", "special agent of the office of motor carrier
safety", "special agent of the federal motor carrier safety
administration", or "administration personnel" appears, it shall be
construed to mean a peace officer or an enforcement member or a
commercial vehicle safety inspector of the state transportation
department.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless all of the following bills of the 93rd Legislature are
enacted into law:
(a) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4852(request no.
02888'05).
(b) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4858(request no.
02889'05).