MI HB4782

Requires water carriers transporting freight, passengers, or express wholly within Michigan to file schedules of rates, fares, and charges with the Department of State Police within 30 days of the act taking effect

Mandates the Department of State Police to decide on all filed rates within 30 days and grants authority to suspend any rate, fare, or tariff for up to 30 days pending a hearing

Establishes a hearing process where the department must set a hearing date within 10 days of suspension and hold the hearing within 20 days, after which it sets the legal rate

Exempts ferry companies operating under municipal agreements from the act's fare and operation requirements

Allows ferry companies operating under municipal agreements to set their own rates, fares, and tariffs regardless of conflicting municipal ordinances, unless explicitly prohibited by the agreement