For purposes of this chapter, the definitions contained in 49 C.F.R. 390.5 shall apply, except for the definitions of "employer" and "exempt intracity zone," which shall not apply, and except for the following definitions, which shall be modified as follows:
(a) "Act" means Act 181 of the Public Acts of 1963, as amended.
(b) "Appeal Board" means the Motor Carrier Safety Appeal Board established in Section 1b of the Act.
(c) "Bus" means any motor vehicle designed for carrying sixteen or more passengers, including the driver. The word "bus" does not include a school bus, a bus defined and certificated under the Motor Bus Transportation Act, Act 432 of the Public Acts of 1982, being M.C.L.A. 474.101 to 474.141, or a bus operated by a public transit agency operating under any of the following:
(1) A county, city, township or village as provided by law, or other authority incorporated under Act 55 of the Public Acts of 1963, being M.C.L.A. 124.351 to 124.359.
(2) An authority incorporated under the Metropolitan Transportation Authorities Act of 1967, Act 204 of the Public Acts of 1967, being M.C.L.A. 124.401 to 124.426, or an authority that operates a transportation service pursuant to an interlocal agreement under the Urban Cooperation Act of 1967, Act 7 of the Public Acts of the Extra Session of 1967, being M.C.L.A. 124.101 to 124.512.
(3) A contract entered into pursuant to Act 8 of the Public Acts of the Extra Session of 1967, being M.C.L.A. 124.531 to 124.536, or Act 35 of the Public Acts of 1951, being M.C.L.A. 124.1 to 124.13.
(4) An authority incorporated under the Public Transportation Authority Act, Act 196 of the Public Acts of 1986, being M.C.L.A. 124.451 to 124.479, or a nonprofit corporation organized under the Nonprofit Corporation Act, Act 162 of the Public Acts of 1982, being M.C.L.A. 450.2101 to 450.3192, that provides transportation services.
(5) An authority financing public improvements to transportation systems under the Revenue Bond Act of 1933, Act 94 of the Public Acts of 1933, being M.C.L.A. 141.101 to 141.140.
(d) "Commercial motor vehicle" means any self-propelled or towed vehicle designed or used on public highways to transport passengers or property, except for a bus exempted in subsection (c) hereof, if the vehicle:
(1) Has either a gross vehicle weight rating or an actual gross weight or a gross combination weight rating or actual gross combination weight of 10,001 or more pounds; and/or
(2) Is designed for carrying sixteen or more passengers, including the driver; and/or
(3) Is used in the transportation of hazardous materials in a quantity that requires the vehicle to be marked or placarded pursuant to 49 C.F.R. Parts 100 to 180.
(e) "Gross combination weight" or "GCW" means the combined weight of a combination of vehicles and any load on those vehicles.
(f) "Gross weight," "gross vehicle weight" or "GVW" means the combined weight of a motor vehicle and any load on that vehicle.
(g) "Motor carrier" means a carrier of passengers or property in a commercial motor vehicle. The term "motor carrier" includes a motor carrier's agents, officers and representatives, as well as employees responsible for the hiring, supervising, training, assigning or dispatching of drivers and employees concerned with the installation, inspection and maintenance of motor vehicle equipment and accessories.
(Res. 93-512. Passed 7-26-93.)