§ 170. Application of article. This article shall apply to common and contract carriers of property by motor vehicle except common carriers providing transportation of household goods as defined in paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision fifteen of section two of this chapter.
§ 171. Exemptions. The provisions of this article shall not apply to the following types of transportation of property by motor vehicle: 1. The transportation of property by or for the federal, state or municipal governments. 2. The occasional, casual or reciprocal transportation of property for compensation by any person not engaged in the transportation […]
§ 172. Certificate and permit requirement. 1. No person or persons shall engage in intrastate transportation as a common carrier of property by motor vehicle on any highway in this state or hold themselves out by advertising or any other means to provide such transportation unless there is in force with respect to such person […]
§ 173. Issuance of temporary authority. 1. A temporary certificate or permit to operate as a common or contract carrier of property may be issued by the commissioner to a qualified applicant with or without a hearing for the purpose of providing a service for which there is an immediate or urgent need from or […]
§ 174. Issuance of permanent certificate. 1. A permanent certificate to operate as a common carrier of property may be issued by the commissioner to a qualified applicant with or without hearing, but upon notice to all interested parties, authorizing such applicant to provide transportation as a common carrier of property. Applications for a permanent […]
§ 175. Issuance of permanent permit. 1. A permanent permit to operate as a contract carrier of property may be issued by the commissioner to an applicant with or without hearing, but upon notice to all interested parties authorizing such applicant to provide transportation as a contract carrier of property. The application for a permanent […]
§ 176. Holding certificates and permits. No person may at the same time hold a certificate as a common carrier and a permit as a contract carrier authorizing operation for the transportation of property by motor vehicle within the same territory, unless for good cause shown, the commissioner shall find that holding such certificate and […]
§ 177. Amendment, revocation and transfer of certificates and permits. 1. Certificates and permits shall be effective from the date specified therein, and shall remain in effect until terminated as herein provided. Any such certificate or permit may, upon application of the holder and in the discretion of the commissioner, be amended or revoked, in […]
§ 178. Rates and charges; common carriers. 1. It shall be the duty of every common carrier of property to establish, observe and enforce just and reasonable rates, charges and classifications, and just and reasonable regulations and practices relating thereto. 2. Common carriers of property by motor vehicle may establish through routes and joint rates, […]
§ 179. Tariff requirements; common carriers. 1. No common carrier of property by motor vehicle shall engage in such transportation unless the rates and charges of said carrier have been prescribed, or filed in accordance with the provisions of this article. 2. Whenever an applicable tariff has not already been prescribed by the commissioner every […]
§ 180. Rates and charges; contract carriers. 1. No contract carrier of property by motor vehicle shall engage in such transportation unless a copy of the contract and copies of any amendments to that contract are filed with the commissioner in accordance with any rules and regulations that the commissioner may prescribe. 2. No contract […]
§ 181. Liability for damage to property in transit. Every common carrier of property by motor vehicle shall, upon demand, issue either a receipt or a bill of lading for all property delivered to it for transportation. No contract, stipulation or clause in any receipt or bill of lading shall exempt any common carrier of […]
