Terms Used In Michigan Laws 257.676d

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  (1) A local unit of government shall not require as a term of a contract with a wrecker, recovery, or towing service that the wrecker, recovery, or towing service pay a fee to that local unit of government for responding to the scene of an impound, accident, disabled vehicle, or abandoned vehicle and providing wrecker, recovery, or towing services. A local unit of government shall not accept a payment, commission, or portion of wrecker, recovery, or towing service fees from a wrecker, recovery, or towing service in exchange for securing business for that wrecker, recovery, or towing service.
  (2) A wrecker, recovery, or towing service shall not offer to a local unit of government a payment, fee, or commission to induce the local unit of government to enter into a contract with or secure business for the wrecker, recovery, or towing service.
  (3) This section only applies to a contract between a local unit of government and a wrecker, recovery, or towing service that is entered into or renewed after January 7, 2015.