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• Repealed - Truck Drivers (480.1 - 480.5) - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Motor Carrier Safety Act; Short Title - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 480.11
  This act shall be known as the "motor carrier safety act of 1963".
• Adoption of Federal Regulations; Exceptions; Definitions; Applicability of Act to Bus Operated by Transit Agency; Applicability of Subsection (1)(b) and Sections 5(8) and 6(1) - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 480.11a
  (1) This state adopts the following provisions of title 49 of the code of federal regulations on file with the office of the secretary...
• Repealed. 2005, Act 177, Imd. Eff. Oct. 20, 2005. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repealed. 1984, Act 23, Imd. Eff. Mar. 8, 1984. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repealed. 2005, Act 177, Imd. Eff. Oct. 20, 2005. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Person Qualified to Operate Commercial Motor Vehicle - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 480.12d
  (1) A person shall not operate a commercial motor vehicle unless he or she is qualified to operate that vehicle. A motor carrier shall...
• Person Applying to Operate Commercial Motor Vehicle; Providing List of Applicant's Former Employers and Related Information - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 480.12e
  A person who applies to operate a commercial motor vehicle as defined by section 7a of the Michigan vehicle code, Act No. 300 of...
• Motor Carrier; Review of Driving Records Required; Exception - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 480.12f
  Except as provided in this act, each motor carrier shall, at least once every 12 months, review a copy of the driver's record from...
• Repealed. 1995, Act 265, Imd. Eff. Jan. 8, 1996;--2005, Act 177, Imd. Eff. Oct. 20, 2005. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repealed. 2005, Act 177, Imd. Eff. Oct. 20, 2005. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Motor Carrier Safety Appeal Board; Creation; Membership; Duties; Person Not Physically Qualified to Drive; Waiver to Drive Commercial Motor Vehicle; Application; Requirements; Issuance of Waiver; Validity; Renewal; Notice; Suspension or Revocation; Denial of Application for Waiver; Appeal; Effect on Worker's Compensation Status - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 480.13
  (1) The motor carrier safety appeal board is created. The board shall consist of the director of the department of state police or his...
• Trailers or Trailer - Vehicle Combinations; Surge Brakes Equipment for Intrastate Operation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 480.13a
  Trailers with a gross vehicle weight or gross vehicle weight rating of 15,000 pounds or less or trailer-vehicle combinations with an actual gross vehicle...
• Exceptions to Act and Federal Provisions; Exemption From Medical Qualification; Grandfather Rights; Preexisting Conditions; Maintaining Copy of Grandfather Card - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 480.14
  (1) The provisions of this act and 49 CFR 391.21 relating to applications for employment, 49 CFR 391.23 relating to investigations and inquiries, and...
• Issuance of New Grandfather Cards; Prohibition - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 480.14a
  The department is not authorized to issue new grandfather cards under section 4 after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this
• Intrastate Transportation; Exceptions; Applicability to Farm Vehicle Driver, Public Utility Driver, Government - Owned Commercial Motor Vehicle, Certain Combination of Vehicles, and Buses; Motor Vehicle Engaged in Seasonal Construction - Related Activities; Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 480.15
  (1) In the case of intrastate transportation, the provisions of 49 CFR 391.21 relating to application for employment, 49 CFR 391.23 relating to investigations...
• Motor Carriers; Submission of Documents to Motor Carrier Officer; Inspection of Cargo - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 480.16
  (1) Motor carriers shall submit, upon demand, all their transportation safety related documents, such as all records and information pertaining to any accident, drivers'...
• Violation of Act or Rules; Penalty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 480.17
  (1) Except as provided in sections 7b, 7c, and 7d, any person, driver, or motor carrier as defined by 49 CFR 390.5 who violates...
• Rules; Rescission - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 480.17a
  The department of state police may promulgate rules necessary to the accomplishment of the purpose of this act. The administrative rules promulgated and filed...
• Penalties; "Serious Safety Defect" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 480.17b
  (1) A driver, person, or motor carrier as defined by 49 CFR 390.5 who operates or who requires or permits the driver to operate...
• Transporting Package Relating to Hazardous Material Required to Be Marked or Labeled; Violation; Penalty; Owner or User of Hazardous Materials Vehicle Inspection or Repair Facility; Violation as Misdemeanor - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 480.17c
  (1) A person who operates or who requires or permits a person to operate a commercial motor vehicle in violation of this act or...
• Definitions; Compliance Order; Shut Down Order; Noncompliance as Misdemeanor; Impoundment of Vehicle - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 480.17d
  (1) As used in this section: (a) "Immediate destination" means the next scheduled stop of a commercial motor vehicle already in motion where the...
• Venue - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 480.18
  When this act or a rule promulgated under this act has been violated, the offense may be prosecuted in any county, city, or jurisdiction...
• Notification of Incident; Definition - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 480.19
  (1) Immediately following any of the following occurrences involving the transportation of hazardous materials, the owner, driver, or lessee, or representative of the owner,...
• Vehicle Combination Transporting Combustible Liquid; Requirements; Information Required to Be on File; Retention and Transfer of Information; Applicability of Requirements in Subsections (2) and (3); Transport of Flammable Liquids, Gases, or Compressed Gases - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 480.20
  (1) A truck tractor pulling a semitrailer and a trailer, or pulling 2 semitrailers, shall not transport a combustible liquid unless the vehicle combination...
• Ordinances or Resolutions Inconsistent With Act; "Inconsistent" Defined; Fine for Operating Vehicle With Serious Safety Defect; Exception; Issuance of More Than 1 Citation; Requirements as Motor Carrier Enforcement Officer - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 480.21
  (1) A township, city, village, county, or another state agency shall not adopt or enforce an ordinance or resolution that is inconsistent with this...
• Transfer of Hazardous Material; Prohibitions; Exceptions; Overfilling Container; Violation; Penalty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 480.22
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a person, driver, owner, carrier, lessee, or lessor shall not transfer or allow to be transferred a...
• Transporting Hazardous Materials in Amount Requiring Placard on Publicly Maintained Route; Prohibition; Violation; Penalty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 480.23
  (1) A person, driver, owner, carrier, lessee, or lessor shall not transport or allow to be transported a vehicle carrying hazardous materials in an...
• Enforcement of State Civil Infraction - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 480.24
  (1) A state civil infraction shall be enforced in the manner provided for enforcement of state civil infractions in chapter 88 of the revised...
• Prevention of Water or Road Surface Substances Being Thrown From Rear Wheels - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 480.25
  A truck, truck tractor, trailer, semitrailer, or any combination of these, when used on a highway, shall be constructed, equipped, or operated to prevent...

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