Section 257.1302a - Additional definitions. - Michigan Statutes

MOTOR VEHICLE SERVICE AND REPAIR ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 300 of 1974

257.1302a Additional definitions.

Sec. 2a.

As used in this act:

(a) “Distressed vehicle” means that term as defined in section 12a of the Michigan vehicle code, Act No. 300 of the Public Acts of 1949, being section 257.12a of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

(b) “Facility” means a motor vehicle repair facility.

(c) “Late model vehicle” means that term as defined in section 24b of Act No. 300 of the Public Acts of 1949, being section 257.24b of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

(d) “Major component part” means 1 of the following parts of a motor vehicle:

(i) The engine.

(ii) The transmission.

(iii) The right or left front fender.

(iv) The hood.

(v) A door allowing entrance to or egress from the passenger compartment of the vehicle.

(vi) The front or rear bumper.

(vii) The right or left rear quarter panel.

(viii) The deck lid, tailgate, or hatchback.

(ix) The trunk floor pan.

(x) The cargo box of a pickup.

(xi) The frame, or if the vehicle has a unitized body, the supporting structure or structures that serve as the frame.

(xii) The cab of a truck.

(xiii) The body of a passenger vehicle.

(e) “Salvageable part” means a major component part of a late model vehicle or a vehicle manufactured in the current model year, if the part can be reused.

(f) “Vehicle body work” means the business or activity of repairing physical damage to a motor vehicle by repairing, mending, straightening, or replacing a major component part, except for the engine or transmission.

History: Add. 1988, Act 254, Eff. Oct. 1, 1989