Terms Used In Michigan Laws 476.1

• Certificate of authority: means a certificate issued under this act to a motor carrier authorizing a transportation service. See Michigan Laws 475.1
• Commission: means the Michigan public service commission. 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 carrier of general commodities: means a person that is an authorized for-hire motor carrier, either directly or through any device or arrangement, of property other than household goods upon or over a public highway. 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
• Public highway: means a public highway, road, street, avenue, alley, or thoroughfare of any kind, or a bridge, tunnel, or subway used by the public. 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