Michigan Laws 474.115 – Display of motor carrier’s legal or assumed name; requirements
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 474.115
- Authority: means an authority issued under this act. See Michigan Laws 474.103
- Bus: means a motor vehicle with a seating capacity of 9 or more passengers, including the driver, that is used in the transportation of passengers and their baggage for hire upon any public highway of this state. See Michigan Laws 474.103
- Department: means the state transportation department. See Michigan Laws 474.103
- Motor carrier: means a person who, either directly or through any device or arrangement, holds himself or herself out to the public as willing to transport passengers for hire by bus over the public highways of this state. See Michigan Laws 474.103
- Roster: means a list of buses to be operated for hire by a motor carrier that is authorized or seeking authorization under this act and that indicates all of the following information:
(i) The vehicle identification number, make, model, fleet number, and year of each vehicle. See Michigan Laws 474.103
Except as otherwise provided in this section, each bus on a motor carrier‘s roster shall display the motor carrier’s legal name or assumed name as listed on its application for authority or official request for name change as submitted to the department and primary telephone number on both sides of the bus in a color that is in sharp contrast to the background color and in a size that is visible from a distance of at least 50 feet. The display required under this section shall meet the vehicle identification requirements of 49 C.F.R. § part parts 390 to 399. A school bus is not required to display a primary telephone number.