Section 472.7 - Definitions. - Michigan Statutes

NONPROFIT STREET RAILWAY ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 35 of 1867

472.7 Definitions.

Sec. 7.

As used in this act:

(a) "Department" means the department of transportation, the principal department of state government created under section 350 of the executive organization act of 1965, 1965 PA 380, MCL 16.450.

(b) "Nonprofit corporation" means that term as defined under section 108 of the nonprofit corporation act, 1982 PA 162, MCL 450.2108.

(c) "Public street or highway" means any state trunk line highway, county road, or city or village street maintained by a road authority.

(d) "Railroad" means that term as defined under section 109 of the railroad code of 1993, 1993 PA 354, MCL 462.109.

(e) "Operating license agreement" means an agreement entered into under section 13 by and among a street railway and each road authority with jurisdiction over public streets and highways upon which the street railway operates or seeks to operate a street railway system, including, but not limited to, each city, village, or township road authority in the city, village, or township in which the street railway operates or seeks to operate a street railway system.

(f) "Road authority" means each governmental agency with jurisdiction over public streets and highways. Road authority includes the department, any other state agency, and intergovernmental, county, city, and village governmental agencies responsible for the construction, repair, and maintenance of streets and highways. When a street railway operates or seeks to operate a street railway system over public streets and highways over which more than 1 road authority possesses jurisdiction, road authority includes each road authority with jurisdiction over public streets and highways upon which the street railway operates or seeks to operate a street railway system.

(g) "Street railway" means a nonprofit corporation organized under this act for the purpose of operating a street railway system other than a railroad train for transporting persons or property.

(h) "Street railway system" means the facilities, equipment, and personnel required to provide and maintain a public transportation system operated on rails at grade or above or below ground within a city, village, or township utilizing streetcars, trolleys, light rail vehicles, or trams for the transportation of persons or property. Street railway system also includes necessary power feeds, signals, and stops or stations within a public right-of-way. Street railway system excludes facilities and improvements not required to maintain a public transportation system.

History: 1867, Act 35, Imd. Eff. Mar. 5, 1867 ;-- CL 1871, 2508 ;-- How. 3542 ;-- CL 1897, 6440 ;-- CL 1915, 8538 ;-- CL 1929, 11298 ;-- CL 1948, 472.7 ;-- Am. 2008, Act 481, Imd. Eff. Jan. 12, 2009