HB-6542, As Passed Senate, December 19, 2008
HOUSE SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE SUBSTITUTE FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 6542
A bill to amend 1867 PA 35, entitled
"An act to provide for the formation of street railway companies,
defining their powers and duties and authorizing the construction,
use, maintenance and ownership of street railways for the
transportation of passengers, and for accumulating, storing,
manufacturing, conducting, using, selling, furnishing and supplying
electricity and electric power, by such companies,"
by amending the title and sections 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17,
19, and 27 (MCL 472.1, 472.3, 472.5, 472.7, 472.9, 472.11, 472.13,
472.15, 472.17, 472.19, and 472.27) and by adding section 21; and
to repeal acts and parts of acts.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
TITLE
An act to provide for the formation of nonprofit street
railway companies, defining their powers and duties and authorizing
the construction, use, maintenance and ownership of street railways
for the transportation of passengers, and for accumulating,
storing, manufacturing, conducting, using, selling, furnishing and
supplying electricity and electric power, by such companies; to
prescribe powers and duties of certain state and local agencies and
officials; to provide remedies and penalties; to provide for the
establishment of a transit development finance zone; and to
authorize the use of tax increment financing.
Sec. 1. That street railway companies may be
organized under
the
provisions of this act. This
act shall be known and may be
cited as the "nonprofit street railway act".
Sec.
3. Such articles of association shall be signed by the
persons
associating in the first instance, and acknowledged before
some
officer authorized by the laws of this state to take
acknowledgment
of deeds, and shall state—
First.
The name by which the corporation shall be known in the
law.
Second.
Definitely and distinctly the purpose for which the
corporation
is formed.
Third.
The amount of their capital stock, and the number of
the
shares thereof.
Fourth.
The names of the stockholders, their respective
residences,
and the number of shares held by each.
Fifth.
The city or village in which the office for the
transaction
of their business shall be located, and where their
business
is to be carried on.
Sixth.
The term of the existence of the corporation, which
shall
not exceed 30 years.
Seventh.
The number of the directors of the corporation, and
the
names of those who shall be directors for the first year. The
legislature finds and declares that there exists in this state a
need to encourage the development of transportation facilities and
the provision of public transportation services by authorizing the
acquiring, owning, constructing, furnishing, equipping, completing,
operating, improving, and maintaining of nonprofit street railway
companies and systems and that public assistance in acquiring,
owning, constructing, furnishing, equipping, completing, operating,
improving, and maintaining nonprofit street railway companies and
systems in this state is declared to be a public purpose. It is the
intent of the legislature that a street railway system constructed
by a nonprofit corporation under this act be designed to adapt to
or connect with other public transit systems. It is the intent of
the legislature that resources expended to construct a street
railway system under this act qualify as state and local match
funds for transit systems eligible for federal funding.
Sec.
5. The amount of the capital stock in every such
corporation
shall be fixed and limited by the stockholders in their
articles
of association, and shall in no case be less than 10,000
dollars,
and shall be divided into shares of 100 dollars each; but
the
capital stock and the number of shares thereof may be increased
at
any lawful meeting of the stockholders; and whenever any such
increase
shall be made, a certificate showing the amount of such
increase,
signed by the president and secretary of the company, and
sealed
with its corporate seal, shall be filed in the office of the
secretary
of state. Any such company by its articles of
association,
or by amendment thereto, approved at any lawful
meeting
of the stockholders by vote of 3/4 in interest of its
capital
stock, shall have power to create and issue certificates
for
2 kinds of stock, namely: General or common stock and preferred
stock
of 1 or more classes; which preferred stock shall at no time
exceed
80 per centum of the actual capital paid in, and shall be
subject
to redemption at not less than par at a certain time to be
fixed
by the by-laws of said corporation, and to be expressed in
the
certificates therefor. And the holder of such preferred stock
shall
be entitled to a fixed dividend, payable quarterly, half
yearly,
or yearly, which said dividend shall be cumulative, payable
at
the time expressed in said certificate, not to exceed 8 per cent
per
annum, before any dividends shall be set apart or paid on the
common
stock. Said corporation shall be controlled by a board of
directors
elected by the preferred and common stockholders,
excepting
when otherwise provided in the articles of association or
amendments
thereto: Provided always, If at any time upon a fair
valuation
of the assets of the corporation the common stock shall
be
impaired in an amount equal to 20 per cent thereof, or any
annual
dividend or accrued dividends for 1 year due on the
preferred
stock shall remain unpaid for 60 days, then holders of
the
preferred stock shall have an equal right with the common
stock,
share and share alike, to participate in the election of
directors
and control of said corporation. If for any reason said
corporation
shall cease business or become insolvent, then after
the
payment of all liabilities and debts, the remainder of the
assets
of such corporation shall be applied first to the payment in
full
of all preferred stock and then unpaid dividends due thereon,
and
the balance divided pro rata, share and share alike, among the
holders
of the common stock. Every corporation organized or
existing
under the provisions of this act may, by its articles of
association,
or by an amendment thereto approved at any lawful
meeting
of stockholders by a vote of 3/4 in interest of its capital
stock,
provide for an issue of common stock of non-par value, in
accordance
with subdivision 2 (being sections 6 to 9 both
inclusive)
of part 2, chapter 2 of Act No. 84 of the Public Acts of
1921.
Nothing in this section shall be construed as relieving or
excepting
any such corporation or any person or persons from
complying
with the provisions of Act No. 144 of the Public Acts of
1909,
as amended by Act No. 177 of the Public Acts of 1911, Act No.
259
of the Public Acts of 1915, and Act No. 381 of the Public Acts
of
1919.
(1) This act shall be construed liberally to effectuate the
legislative intent and the purpose of the act as complete and
independent authorization for the performance of each and every act
and thing authorized in this act and all powers granted in this act
shall be broadly interpreted to effectuate the intent and purposes
of this act and not as a limitation of powers.
(2) The powers conferred in this act upon a street railway
shall be in addition to any other powers the street railway
possesses under law.
(3) Unless permitted by the state constitution of 1963 or this
act or agreed to by a street railway, any restrictions, standards,
conditions, or prerequisites of a city, village, or township
otherwise applicable only to a street railway and enacted after the
effective date of the amendatory act that added section 21 do not
apply to a street railway. This subsection is intended to prohibit
special local legislation or ordinances applicable exclusively or
primarily to a street railway and not to exempt a street railway
from laws generally applicable to other persons or entities.
Sec.
7. In case it shall happen that an election for directors
shall
not be held as provided the said corporation shall not be,
for
that reason, dissolved, but such election shall be held on some
future
day, to be fixed by the directors holding over, upon giving
the
notice thereof, as in this act provided, and all acts of the
directors
shall be binding upon such corporation. 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.
Sec.
9. The directors shall choose, by ballot, a president who
shall
be 1 of the directors, and they shall also choose a secretary
and
treasurer, who shall hold their offices during such time as the
by-laws
of the company shall prescribe, and until others are chosen
in
their stead; and the directors shall supply any vacancy in the
office
of president, secretary or treasurer, whenever the same
shall
occur.
(1) After the effective date of the amendatory act that added
this subsection, 1 or more persons may organize a street railway
under this act for the purpose of acquiring, owning, constructing,
furnishing, equipping, completing, operating, improving, and
maintaining a street railway system by signing in ink and filing
articles of incorporation for the street railway. The articles
shall include all of the following:
(a) The name of the street railway, which shall include the
words "rail", "railway", "street railway", "light rail", or "metro
rail".
(b) The purpose for which the corporation is organized, which
shall be limited to acquiring, owning, constructing, furnishing,
equipping, completing, operating, improving, and maintaining a
street railway system.
(c) The city, village, or township in which the street railway
system will principally operate.
(2) Articles of incorporation shall be filed with the bureau
of commercial services of the department of energy, labor, and
economic growth as provided under the nonprofit corporation act,
1982 PA 162, MCL 450.2101 to 450.3192.
(3) The nonprofit corporation act, 1982 PA 162, MCL 450.2101
to 450.3192, shall apply to a street railway organized under this
section unless otherwise provided in or inconsistent with this act.
Sec.
11. The directors may require the subscribers, to the
capital
stock of the company to pay the amount by them respectively
subscribed,
in such manner, and in such installments as they may
deem
proper. If any stockholder shall neglect to pay any
installment
as required by a resolution of the board of directors,
the
said board, shall be authorized to sue for the same, or declare
his
stock and all previous payments thereon forfeited for the use
of
the company; but they shall not declare it so forfeited until
they
shall have caused a notice, in writing, to be served on him
personally,
or by depositing the same in the postoffice properly
directed
to him at the postoffice nearest his usual place of
residence,
stating that he is required to make such payment at the
time
and place specified in said notice, and that if he fails to
make
the same, his stock and all previous payments thereon will be
forfeited
for the use of the company, which notice shall be served
as
aforesaid, at least 60 days previous to the day on which such
payment
is required to be made.
(1) A nonprofit corporation may become a street railway under
this act and acquire, own, construct, furnish, equip, complete,
operate, improve, and maintain a street railway system in a city if
on and after the effective date of the amendatory act that added
this subsection the articles of incorporation for the nonprofit
corporation are amended to include all of the following provisions:
(a) A provision authorizing the name of the corporation, to
include the words "rail", "railway", or "street railway", "light
rail", or "metro rail".
(b) A provision detailing the purposes for which the
corporation is organized, which shall be limited to purposes
related to acquiring, owning, constructing, furnishing, equipping,
completing, operating, improving, and maintaining a street railway
system.
(c) A provision indicating the city in which the street
railway system will principally operate.
(2) Amendments to the articles of incorporation of a nonprofit
corporation under this section shall be adopted and filed with the
bureau of commercial services of the department of energy, labor,
and economic growth as provided under the nonprofit corporation
act, 1982 PA 162, MCL 450.2101 to 450.3192.
(3) The nonprofit corporation act, 1982 PA 162, MCL 450.2101
to 450.3192, shall apply to a street railway organized under this
section unless otherwise provided in or inconsistent with this act.
Sec.
13. (1) Any A
street railway corporation organized under
the
provisions of this act, may ,
with the consent of the corporate
authorities
of any city or village, given in and by an ordinance or
ordinances
duly enacted for that purpose, and under such rules,
regulations
and conditions as in and by such ordinance or
ordinances
shall be prescribed, acquire,
own, construct, use,
furnish,
equip, complete, operate, improve, and maintain
and own a
street
railway for the transportation of passengers system in
and
upon
the lines of such streets and ways, in said city or village,
as
shall be designated and granted from time to time for that
purpose,
in the ordinance or ordinances granting such consent; but
no
such highways of a road
authority with the approval of the road
authority, on terms and conditions imposed by the road authority.
The approval shall be embodied in an operating license agreement 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, a city, village, or township road
authority located in the city, village, or township in which the
street railway system operates or seeks to operate. The operating
license agreement shall include the terms and conditions for
operation of the street railway system. Before approving an
agreement, a road authority shall hold a public hearing on the
proposed operating license agreement. The hearing shall be held in
the city, village, or township in which the street railway seeks to
operate a street railway system and shall be held in compliance
with the open meetings act, 1976 PA 267, MCL 15.261 to 15.275.
Notice of the public hearing shall be provided not less than 20
days before the date of the hearing. One or more road authorities
may conduct a joint public hearing under this section. At a public
hearing, a street railway and a road authority may present
information regarding the proposed operating licensing agreement as
the street railway or the road authority deems appropriate. When
operating in and upon the streets and highways of a road authority,
a street railway is subject to rules, regulations, or ordinances
imposed
by the road authority. A street railway
company shall not
construct any street railway system in and upon the streets and
highways
of any city or village a road authority until the company
shall
have accepted street railway accepts
in writing the any terms
and
conditions upon which they are permitted to use said streets;
and
any such company may extend, construct, use and maintain their
road
in and along streets or highways of any township adjacent to
said
city or village, upon such terms and conditions as may be
agreed
upon by the company and the township board of the township,
which
agreement, and the acceptance by the company of the terms
thereof,
shall be recorded by the township clerk in the records of
his
township. Any company organized under the provisions of this
act
may construct, use, maintain and own a street railway for the
transportation
of passengers in and along the streets and highways
of
any township upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed
upon
by the company and the township board of the township, which
agreement,
and the acceptance by the company of the terms thereof,
shall
be recorded by the township clerk in the records of the
township;
and any such company imposed
by the road authority, the
operating license agreement is approved under this section, and the
agreement is filed with each road authority with jurisdiction over
public streets and highways upon which the street railway will
operate. A road authority has the power in its discretion to
approve or disapprove an operating license agreement. A decision of
a road authority regarding an operating license agreement shall be
final and binding upon a street railway and other interested
persons. The street railway shall pay the road authority for all of
the road authority's costs incurred in constructing the street
railway system, mitigating the impact of the street railway system
on road users, the environment, and the surrounding neighborhoods,
and modifying the streets or highways impacted by construction of
the street railway system.
(2)
A street railway may acquire, own, construct, use,
furnish,
equip, complete, operate, improve, maintain
and own a
street
railway system upon public
or private rights of way, and all
such
companies shall, obtain
easements when necessary for a street
railway
to enter upon acquire and
use private property for
acquiring, owning, constructing, furnishing, equipping, completing,
operating,
improving, and maintaining a street railway system. in
such
construction and operation, have the same power and right of
eminent
domain as is now possessed by railroad companies. All
proceedings
at law or in equity necessary to give this section
effect
shall be the same as proceedings for the condemnation of
property
for companies organized under the general railroad law and
all
statutes relative to the exercise of the right of eminent
domain
for railroad purposes are hereby made applicable to
proceedings
under this act: Provided, That any such company may
construct,
use, maintain and own a street railway as is herein
provided
along any highway heretofore laid out or constructed or
hereafter
to be laid out or constructed by the board of county road
commissioners
or any highway adopted as a county road by the board
of
county road commissioners and under their control, upon such
terms
and conditions as may be agreed upon by the company and the
said
board of county road commissioners, with the approval of a
majority
of the board of supervisors, which agreement, and the
acceptance
by the company of the terms thereof, shall be recorded
by
the county clerk in the records of said board. Excepting,
however,
that whenever the right of way for such railways is
acquired
by the exercise of the power and right of eminent domain,
the
person, association or corporation acquiring the same under and
by
virtue of such power and right, shall not thereby acquire any
right,
title or interest in and to any ores or minerals either upon
or
beneath the surface of such part of the right of way, but the
same
shall remain the property of the owners of the land or ores
and
minerals at the time the right of way is so acquired. And said
owners
may, without let or hindrance, mine, take and carry away all
such
ores and minerals, and in doing so the said owners shall not
be
required to protect the surface of such right of way from being
damaged
or endangered by the removal of such ores and minerals. Any
corporation
organized under this act shall have the following
additional
powers, that is to say: To generate, and transmit for
itself
and furnish and sell electricity and electric power, and
storing
it, and dispensing and dividing it subject to the
regulations
of cities, villages and townships where sold among
those
who wish to purchase or lease it: Provided, That any
corporation
organized under this act which shall engage in the
business
of generating, transmitting, selling or distributing
electricity
shall be subject to the relevant provisions of all laws
of
this state relative to the regulation of the business of
generating,
transmitting, selling or distributing electricity for
any
of the purposes mentioned in this act.
(3) After a road authority consents to the acquiring, owning,
constructing, furnishing, equipping, completing, operating,
improving, and maintaining of a street railway system on the
streets or highways of the road authority or grants a right or
privilege to the street railway by entering into an operating
license agreement with the street railway, the road authority may
not revoke the consent or deprive the street railway of the rights
and privileges conferred without affording the street railway
procedural due process of law if and to the extent provided in the
operating license agreement for the street railway.
(4) A street railway may do 1 or more of the following:
(a) Acquire by gift, devise, transfer, exchange, purchase,
lease, or otherwise on terms and conditions and in a manner the
street railway considers proper property or rights or interests in
property relating to the operation of the street railway or street
railway system.
(b) Take, transport, or carry and convey persons and property
on a street railway system and receive just and fair compensation
from users of the street railway system for that purpose.
(c) Erect and maintain all necessary and convenient buildings,
structures, stations, depots, fixtures, and machinery for the
accommodation and use of persons and property transported by the
street railway.
(d) Regulate the time and manner in which persons and property
may be transported by the street railway and fares or other
compensation may be paid for that purpose. A street railway may
charge just and fair compensation for the use of its street railway
system.
(e) Borrow money and issue bonds and notes for any
indebtedness incurred and may mortgage their street railway
property and rights to secure the payment of bonds, notes, money
borrowed, and any and all debts and liabilities which the street
railway may incur. A street railway shall not use tax increments to
repay bonds and notes.
(f) Transfer a street railway system to a public entity
operating a public transportation system if the transfer is
authorized by a law enacted after the effective date of the
amendatory act that added section 21.
Sec.
15. Any street railway company may also purchase or
acquire,
either at public or private sale, whether judicial or
otherwise;
or may hire any street railway in any city, village or
township
owned by any other corporation or company, together with
all
the real and personal estate belonging thereto, and the rights,
privileges
and franchises thereof, and may use, maintain, and
complete
such road, and may use and enjoy the rights, privileges
and
franchises of such company in the same manner and upon the same
terms
as the company whose road and franchise, so acquired, might
have
done; or may lease, sell and convey its railway, together with
the
rights, privileges and franchises thereof to any other street
railway
company subject to such terms and limitations as may be
expressed
in this act. Every street railway company may also
purchase,
hold, own or take upon lease such real estate, barns,
stables,
buildings, fixtures and property as may be necessary for
the
use and business of their road; and the whole or any part
thereof,
together with their railway fixtures, property and
appurtenances,
rights, privileges and franchises may sell, lease,
dispose
of, pledge or mortgage whenever the corporation shall deem
it
expedient so to do: Provided, however, That no company shall,
under
the provisions hereof, lease, purchase, or acquire a
competing
road. Any street railway may also, as an incident to its
business
and for the better service for the public, acquire, own,
lease
or hire motor vehicles and may, upon compliance with all
laws,
state and municipal, authorizing the operation and regulating
the
use of motor vehicles on the highway, operate the same on and
over
the public highways of this state for the transportation of
such
persons and property as it may lawfully transport on its
railway:
Provided, No such motor vehicle equipment shall be used to
do
a local business in any municipality in this state without the
permission
of the municipality in which such local business is
wholly
carried on. Any street railway may also acquire and own the
capital
stock of any corporation owning or operating motor vehicles
for
the purpose and in the manner hereinbefore stated: Provided
further,
Nothing herein contained shall be understood as obviating
the
necessity for obtaining any franchise now required by law and a
certificate
of public convenience and necessity from the Michigan
public
utilities commission as provided in Act No. 209 of the
Public
Acts of 1923 and any amendments thereto.
(1) Subject to applicable law and applicable regulations of
this state, a city, a township, or a village, a street railway may
generate, store, transmit, distribute, dispense, furnish, or use
electricity and electric power for use or consumption by the street
railway and the street railway system.
(2) If a street railway requests a public utility to modify or
relocate facilities of the public utility that lie within a public
street or highway right of way, or if, in response to the
construction, expansion, or modification of a street railway system
a public utility determines that the public utility should modify
or relocate the public utility's facilities, consistent with law,
regulation, or good utility practice and unless the street railway
and the public utility agree otherwise, the street railway shall
pay all costs of the relocation and modification of the facilities
to the public utility.
Sec.
17. (1) In constructing their railways every such company
a
street railway system, a street railway shall
conform to the
grades
established , or which may be established, by the common
council
or other corporate authorities of the city, village or
township,
for the by a road authority
for a public street or
highway
traversed by said railways, nor
shall the company at any
time
the street railway.
(2) A street railway shall not alter or change the grade or
line of any public street or highway, without the consent of the
common
council or other corporate authorities of the city, village
or
township, first had and obtained. road
authority with public
jurisdiction over the public street or highway.
(3) A street railway shall lay and maintain the track of a
street railway system in a manner and with the type of track to
keep the track and the pavement of the public street or highway
adjacent to the track in a state of condition and repair as
prescribed by the road authority with jurisdiction over the public
street or highway.
Sec.
19. The common council or other corporate authorities of
the
city or village, in which any street railway shall be located,
may
from time to time, by ordinance or otherwise, establish and
prescribe
such rules and regulations in regard to said railway, as
may
be required for the grading, paving and repairing the street,
and
the construction of sewers, drains, reservoirs and crossings,
and
the laying of gas and water-pipes, upon, in and along the
streets
traversed by such road, and to prevent obstructions
thereon.
A road authority may
establish and prescribe rules and
regulations applicable to a street railway operating in or upon a
public street or highway under the jurisdiction of a road authority
relating to 1 or more of the following subjects:
(a) Grading, paving, obstruction, or repairing of a street or
highway.
(b) Construction, maintenance, or obstruction of public
service facilities and infrastructure, including water, light,
heat, power, sewage disposal, and transportation.
(c) Construction, maintenance, or obstruction of traffic
control and parking control facilities and infrastructure.
Sec. 21. (1) If a person refuses to pay a fare owed to a
street railway or refuses to obey regulations established by the
street railway for the convenience and safety of passengers, the
street railway may remove the person from the streetcar, tram, or
trolley at a usual stopping place.
(2) A person who causes or attempts to cause the derailment of
a streetcar, tram, or trolley of a street railway by the placing of
an impediment upon the track of a street railway, whether the
streetcar, tram, or trolley is dislodged from the track or not, or
who by any other means whatsoever willfully endangers or attempts
to endanger the life of any person engaged in the work of the
street railway, or any person traveling on the streetcar, tram, or
trolley of the street railway, is guilty of a felony punishable by
imprisonment for life or any number of years. Proof that the person
intended to injure or endanger the life of any particular person is
not required to prove a violation of this section.
(3) A person who throws a stone, brick, or other missile at a
streetcar, tram, or trolley of a street railway is guilty of a
misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $100.00 or more
than $500.00 or imprisonment for not less than 10 days or more than
90 days, or both.
Sec.
27. Every company incorporated under this act, for the
purposes
of constructing a railway, shall cease to be a body
corporate,
if within 1 year from the time of filing their articles
of
association with the secretary of state, they shall not have
commenced
the construction of their railway, and expended therein
at
least 10 per cent of their capital stock.
(1) Within 30 days of the effective date of the amendatory act
that added section 21, the secretary of state or any other agency
having records of a street railway formed under this act prior to
the effective date of the amendatory act that added section 21
shall certify and transfer the records to the bureau of commercial
services of the department of energy, labor, and economic growth.
(2) Any entity formed on or after the effective date of the
amendatory act that added section 21 for the purpose of acquiring,
owning, constructing, furnishing, equipping, completing, operating,
improving, and maintaining a street railway or street railway
system shall be organized under this act.
(3) A street railway is not subject to the railroad code of
1993, 1993 PA 354, MCL 462.101 to 462.451.
Enacting section 1. Sections 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18,
20, 22, 24, 25, 28, 29, 30, 31, 31a, 32, 34, 35, and 36 of 1867 PA
35, MCL 472.2, 472.4, 472.6, 472.8, 472.10, 472.12, 472.14, 472.16,
472.18, 472.20, 472.22, 472.24, 472.25, 472.28, 472.29, 472.30,
472.31, 472.31a, 472.32, 472.34, 472.35, and 472.36, are repealed.
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless all of the following bills of the 94th Legislature are
enacted into law:
(a) Senate Bill No. 1588.
(b) Senate Bill No. 1589.
(c) Senate Bill No. 1590.
(d) Senate Bill No. 1592.