Michigan Laws 479.16 – Violation of act or failure to obey order, decision, or rule of commission; misdemeanor; penalty; prosecution
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 479.16
- Commission: means the Michigan public service commission. See Michigan Laws 475.1
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- 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
- Person: means an individual, partnership, association, or corporation, and their lessees, trustees, or receivers appointed by a court. See Michigan Laws 475.1
Each person to whom this act applies, who violates or who procures, aids, or abets, in the violation of this act, or who fails to obey an order, decision, or rule of the commission, or who procures or aids or abets a person in his or her failure to obey an order, decision, or rule, for which a penalty is not otherwise provided in this act, is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not exceeding $500.00, or imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or both. When this act, or an order or decision of the commission has been violated, the offense may be prosecuted in any county, city, or jurisdiction in or through which any motor vehicle implicated was present at the time of the violation.