Source: http://fsmlaw.org/chuuk/code/title31/T31_Ch08.htm
Timestamp: 2019-04-24 00:02:52+00:00

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§ 1351. Regulations of, and inspections by, Department of Public Safety.
§ 1353. Condition of Commercial Vehicles.
§ 1354. Commercial vehicle; Operator's license.
§ 1355. Same: display: license, rates, driver identification.
§ 1356. Distinctive markings and tags on commercial vehicles.
§ 1358. Passengers on vehicles.
§ 1359. Safety rules and regulations by the Director.
§ 1361. Effective Date of this Chapter.
The Department of Public Safety may prescribe and enforce safety regulations for the operation of commercial vehicles and require a periodic inspection of the equipment of every commercial vehicle from the standpoint of enforcement of safety regulations. Such equipment shall be at all times subject to inspection by properly authorized representatives of the Department of Public Safety.
Source: CSL 3-95-18, § 1 (801).
All charges made by any commercial carrier for any service rendered or to be rendered in the public transportation of passengers or property, or in connection therewith, shall be just, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory, and every unjust, unreasonable or discriminatory charge for such service, or any part thereof, is prohibited and unlawful.
Source: CSL 3-95-18, § 1 (802).
Every commercial vehicle shall be maintained in a safe and sanitary condition at all times and shall be at all times subject to inspection.
Source: CSL 3-95-18, § 1 (803).
(a) (1) No person shall operate a commercial vehicle upon a roadway for rent, compensation, hire or otherwise without having in his immediate possession a valid operator's license issued under Subsection 305 (a)(6) 1105(1)(f).
(b) (2) No person under the age of 21 shall operate any commercial vehicle on the public road of the State of Chuuk.
Source: CSL 3-95-18, § 1(804), modified.
§ 1355. Same; display; license, rate, driver identification.
(4) (d) A schedule of legal commercial vehicle rate.
(b) (2) The Director shall, before the grating of a commercial vehicle operator's license, assign a license number to each applicant granted a license, starting with the figure "1" and continuing sequentially by order of each license granted. Such commercial vehicle operator's license shall remain in full force and effect as the identification number for the commercial vehicle driver throughout the license term. The numbering shall begin anew at the beginning of each and every licensing year following.
Source: CSL 3-95-18, § 1 (805), modified.
There shall be attached to each commercial vehicle such distinctive markings or tags as shall be prescribed by the Director.
Source: CSL 3-95-18, § 1 (806).
Every individual, partnership, company, or other business association operating a commercial vehicle used primarily for the transport of passengers shall prominently display, facing out from the inside of the front windshield, the word "Taxi".
Source: CSL 3-95-18, § 1 (807).
Passengers shall not be permitted to ride on the running boards, bumpers, fenders, or on any other outside part of passenger-carrying commercial vehicles; provided that the bed of any truck or pickup shall not be considered an outside part. The Director shall promulgate necessary rules and regulations to govern the maximum number of passengers allowable on each type of passenger-carrying commercial vehicle. The said rules and regulations shall be promulgated and take effect not later than sixty (60) days following the effective date of this Act Title.
Source: CSL 3-95-18, § 1 (808), modified.
The Director shall promulgate such other safety rules and regulations as he may deem necessary to govern and control the operation of commercial vehicles upon the roadways and the maintenance and inspection thereof.
Source: CSL 3-95-18, § 1 (809).
(c) (3) procures, aids or abets any corporation or person in his failure to obey, observe or comply with any such order, decision, rule, direction, demand or regulation promulgated pursuant to any part or provision of this Chapter.
Source: CSL 3-95-18, § 1 (810), modified.
This Chapter shall take effect 120 days after the effective date of this Act; provided that the Director may receive applications for and issue commercial driver's license prior thereto.
Source: CSL 3-95-18, § 1 (811).

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