257.676d Contract between local unit of government and wrecker, recovery, or towing service; incentives prohibited.
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257.676d Contract between local unit of government and wrecker, recovery, or towing service; incentives prohibited.
Sec. 676d.
(1)A local unit of government shall not require as a term of a contract with a wrecker, recovery, or towing service that the wrecker, recovery, or towing service pay a fee to that local unit of government for responding to the scene of an impound, accident, disabled vehicle, or abandoned vehicle and providing wrecker, recovery, or towing services. A local unit of government shall not accept a payment, commission, or portion of wrecker, recovery, or towing service fees from a wrecker, recovery, or towing service in exchange for securing business for that wrecker, recovery, or towing service.
(2)A wrecker, recovery, or towing service shall not offer to a local unit of government a payment, fee, or commission to induce the local unit of government to enter into a contract with or secure business for the wrecker, recovery, or towing service.
(3)This section only applies to a contract between a local unit of government and a wrecker, recovery, or towing service that is entered into or renewed after January 7, 2015.
History: Add. 2014, Act 303 , Eff. Jan. 7, 2015 ;-- Am. 2020, Act 141 , Eff. Oct. 6, 2020