Michigan Laws 475.2 – Legislative purpose and policy
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 475.2
- Commission: means the Michigan public service commission. See Michigan Laws 475.1
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- For hire: means for remuneration or reward of any kind, paid or promised, either directly or indirectly. See Michigan Laws 475.1
- Motor carrier: means a motor carrier of general commodities or a motor carrier of household goods. See Michigan Laws 475.1
- Motor vehicle: means an automobile, truck, trailer, semitrailer, truck tractor, road tractor, or a self-propelled or motor or mechanically driven vehicle, or a vehicle attached to, connected with, or drawn by a self-propelled or motor or mechanically driven vehicle, used upon a public highway of this state. See Michigan Laws 475.1
- public: means the part or portion of the general public that a motor carrier is ready, able, willing, and equipped to serve. See Michigan Laws 475.1
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
- Through any device or arrangement: means any and all methods, means, agreements, circumstances, operations, or subterfuges under which a person undertakes for hire to conduct, direct, control, or otherwise perform the transportation by motor vehicle of property upon the public highways of this state. See Michigan Laws 475.1
It is hereby declared to be the purpose and policy of the legislature in enacting this law to confer upon the commission the power and authority and to make it its duty to supervise and regulate the transportation of property by motor vehicle for hire upon and over the public highways of this state in all matters whether specifically mentioned herein or not, so as to do all of the following:
(a) Protect the safety and welfare of the traveling and shipping public in their use of the highways.
(b) Promote competitive and efficient transportation services.
(c) Meet the needs of motor carriers, shippers, receivers, and consumers.
(d) Allow a variety of quality, price, and service options to meet changing market demands and the diverse requirements of the shipping public.
(e) Allow the most productive use of equipment and energy resources.
(f) Provide the opportunity for efficient and well-managed motor carriers to earn adequate profits and attract capital.
(g) Promote intermodal transportation.
(h) Prevent unjust discrimination.
(i) Promote greater participation by minorities in the motor carrier system.
(j) Provide and maintain service to small communities and small shippers.
(k) Prevent evasion of this act through any device or arrangement.
(l) Promote entrepreneurship in the motor carrier industry by allowing greater contract carrier economic and entry flexibility.
(m) Promote the use of jointly considered and initiated rates, classifications, divisions, allowances, charges, or rules of motor carriers under commission approved agreements.