Sec. 5.
(1) This act shall be construed liberally to effectuate the legislative intent and the purpose of the act as complete and independent authorization for the performance of each and every act and thing authorized in this act and all powers granted in this act shall be broadly interpreted to effectuate the intent and purposes of this act and not as a limitation of powers.
(2) The powers conferred in this act upon a street railway shall be in addition to any other powers the street railway possesses under law.
(3) Unless permitted by the state constitution of 1963 or this act or agreed to by a street railway, any restrictions, standards, conditions, or prerequisites of a city, village, or township otherwise applicable only to a street railway and enacted after the effective date of the amendatory act that added section 21 do not apply to a street railway. This subsection is intended to prohibit special local legislation or ordinances applicable exclusively or primarily to a street railway and not to exempt a street railway from laws generally applicable to other persons or entities.
History: 1867, Act 35, Imd. Eff. Mar. 5, 1867 ;-- CL 1871, 2506 ;-- How. 3540 ;-- CL 1897, 6438 ;-- CL 1915, 8536 ;-- Am. 1917, Act 313, Imd. Eff. May 10, 1917 ;-- Am. 1923, Act 214, Eff. Aug. 30, 1923 ;-- CL 1929, 11296 ;-- CL 1948, 472.5 ;-- Am. 2008, Act 481, Imd. Eff. Jan. 12, 2009
Last modified: October 10, 2016