Michigan Laws 408.666 – Security against owner’s or operator’s liability for injury required; insurance or bond; local unit of government as self-insurer
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 408.666
- Carnival or amusement ride: means a device that carries or conveys passengers along, around, or over a fixed or restricted route or course for the purpose of giving its passengers amusement, pleasure, thrills, or excitement. See Michigan Laws 408.652
- Director: means the director of the department or his or her designee. See Michigan Laws 408.652
- Operator: means a person who controls the operation of a carnival or amusement ride. See Michigan Laws 408.652
- Owner: means any person who owns or leases and controls or manages the operation of a carnival or amusement ride, and includes an individual, partnership, corporation, both profit and nonprofit, or the state and any of its political subdivisions and their departments or agencies. See Michigan Laws 408.652
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
A person shall not operate a carnival or amusement ride unless the owner obtained security against the owner’s or operator‘s liability for injury suffered by individuals riding the carnival or amusement ride by 1 of the following methods:
(a) By obtaining a policy of insurance in an amount not less than $300,000.00 insuring the owner or operator against liability for injury suffered by individuals riding the carnival or amusement ride.
(b) By obtaining a bond in an amount not less than $300,000.00 with the aggregate amount of the surety on the bond not exceeding the face amount of the bond.
(c) An owner having only 1 carnival or amusement ride that is designed primarily for use by children, may comply with subsections (a) and (b) by obtaining a policy of insurance or a bond in an amount not less than $50,000.00.
(d) In the case of a local unit of government, the director may authorize a local unit of government that is an owner of a carnival or amusement ride to be a self-insurer upon a reasonable showing by the local unit of government owner of its solvency and financial ability to pay liability claims for injury suffered by individuals riding the carnival or amusement ride, in an amount not less than $300,000.00. If the director determines it to be necessary, the director shall require the furnishing of a bond or other security in a reasonable amount.