§ 39-12-27. Security for protection of the public. No certificate or permit shall be issued to a motor carrier or remain in force, unless the carrier shall have furnished the administrator with evidence of insured financial responsibility. Each motor carrier shall satisfy the requirements by furnishing the administrator with proof of the carrier’s ability to […]
§ 39-12-27.1. Advertisements by transporters of household goods. (a) Every motor carrier engaged in the transportation of household goods between points within the state including a carrier providing a service incidental to or part of the intrastate transportation shall include and shall require each of its agents to include in every advertisement as defined in […]
§ 39-12-28. Bill of lading requirements — Liability for damages. Any common carrier subject to the provisions of this chapter, receiving property for transportation between points within this state, shall issue a receipt or bill of lading therefor, and shall be liable to the lawful holder thereof for any loss, damage, or injury to the […]
§ 39-12-29. Agent for service of process, notices, or orders on interstate carriers. Every motor carrier of property operating in interstate commerce over the highways of this state, in the transportation of property for compensation, shall file with the administrator a designation in writing of the name and post office address of a person in […]
§ 39-12-3. Exemption from regulations. There shall be exempted from the provisions of this chapter: (1) Motor vehicles while engaged exclusively in the delivery of United States mail; (2) Motor vehicles owned and operated by the government of the United States; (3) Motor vehicles owned and operated by a cooperative group and used exclusively for […]
§ 39-12-30. Accounts, records, and reports. The administrator is hereby authorized to require annual, periodical, or special reports from all motor carriers, subject to the provisions of this chapter; to prescribe the manner and form in which the reports shall be made; and to require from the carriers specific and full, true, and correct answers […]
§ 39-12-31. Employment of personnel. The administrator is hereby authorized to employ such clerical force and inspectors as shall be necessary to enforce and carry into effect the provisions of this chapter within his or her appropriation. History of Section.P.L. 1935, ch. 2268, art. 9, § 2; P.L. 1936 (s. s.), ch. 2462, § 1; […]
§ 39-12-32. Enforcement powers of inspectors. Examiners, field investigators, hearing officers, regulatory inspectors, and other employees of the division designated by the administrator with respect to the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter, shall have and exercise, throughout this state, all powers of police officers, including the power to arrest, without warrant, any person […]
§ 39-12-33. Enforcement by police departments. The administrator is hereby authorized to avail himself or herself of such state, city, and town police departments as are or may hereafter be existing by law, to enforce the provisions of this chapter and the rules, regulations, and orders of the administrator made under this chapter; and the […]
§ 39-12-34. Self-incrimination — Immunity from prosecution. No person shall be excused from testifying or from producing any books, accounts, records, memoranda, correspondence, or other documents in any investigation or inquiry by or upon any hearing before the administrator, when ordered to do so by the administrator, upon the ground that the testimony or evidence, […]
§ 39-12-35. Orders, rules, and regulations — Suspension or revocation of certificate or permits. Every person, subject to the provisions of this chapter, shall be subject to such reasonable orders, rules, and regulations as shall, after a public hearing, be adopted and promulgated by the administrator. For willful or continued failure to comply with orders, […]
§ 39-12-36. Unlawful operations — Penalty. (a) Any person, subject to the provisions of this chapter, who shall knowingly or willfully cause to be done any act prohibited by this chapter, or who shall be guilty of any violation of this chapter for which no penalty is otherwise provided, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; […]
§ 39-12-37. Rebate, concession, discrimination, or fraudulent evasion of regulation. Any person, whether carrier, shipper, consignee, or any officer, employee, agent, or representative thereof who: (1) Shall knowingly offer, grant, or give or solicit, accept, or receive any rebate, concession, or discrimination in violation of any provisions of this chapter; or (2) Who by means […]
§ 39-12-38. Unauthorized divulging of information by administrator’s personnel. Any examiner, investigator, hearing officer, accountant, regulatory inspector, or field investigator, who shall knowingly and willfully divulge any facts or information that may come to his or her knowledge during the course of any examination or inspection made under authority of § 39-12-5, except as he […]
§ 39-12-38.1. Records and abstract of cases. A full record shall be kept by every court in this state of every case in which a person is charged with violation of any provision of this chapter, and an abstract of the record shall be sent by the court to the administrator within ten (10) days […]
§ 39-12-39. Annual appropriations. The general assembly shall annually appropriate such sums as it may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter, and in so doing shall take into consideration the fees collected under this chapter. History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 99, art. 9, § 1; P.L. 1946, ch. 1805, § 1; […]
§ 39-12-4. General powers and duties of the administrator. (a) It shall be the duty of the administrator: (1) To regulate common carriers by motor vehicle as provided in this chapter, and, to that end, the administrator may establish reasonable requirements with respect to continuous and adequate service, uniform system of accounts, records and reports, […]
§ 39-12-40 — 39-12-42. [Repealed.]
§ 39-12-43. Severability. If any provision of this chapter, or of any rule, regulation, or order made thereunder, or the application thereof to any persons or circumstances is held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of this chapter, rule, regulation, or order, and the application of the provision to other persons or […]
§ 39-12-44. [Obsolete.]
