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AL Code § 37-3-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Carriers.|Section 37-3-11 - Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity - Issuance Generally.

Section 37-3-11Certificate of public convenience and necessity - Issuance generally. (a) Subject to the provisions of Section 37-3-14 and to the provisions of subsection (b), a certificate shall be issued to any qualified applicant therefor, authorizing the whole or any part of the operations covered by the application, if it is found, after public hearing of the application, that the applicant is fit, willing, and able to properly perform the service proposed and to conform with the provisions of this chapter and requirements, rules, and regulations of the commission thereunder, and that the proposed service, to the extent to be authorized by the certificate is or will be required by the present or future public convenience and necessity; otherwise, the application shall be denied. No certificate shall be issued to any common carrier of passengers by motor vehicle for operations over other than a regular route or routes and between fixed termini, except as the carriers may be authorized to engage in special or charter operations. (b) Before granting a certificate to a common carrier by motor vehicle, the commission shall, among other things, consider all of the following: (1) Whether existing transportation service of all kinds is adequate to meet the reasonable public needs. (2) The financial ability of the applicant to furnish adequate, continuous, and uninterrupted service the year around. (3) The advantages to the public of the proposed service. (c) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), a certificate shall be issued to any qualified household goods carrier upon application and without the necessity of a hearing, if it is found that the applicant is fit, willing, and able to properly perform the service proposed and to conform with this chapter and the requirements, rules, and regulations of the commission. (Acts 1939, No. 669, p. 1064, §9; Code 1958, T. 48, §301(9); Act 2001-370, p. 474, §1.)
AL Code § 37-3-12.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Carriers.|Section 37-3-12.1 - Grant of Intrastate Charter Rights to Certain Common Carriers Authorized.

Section 37-3-12.1Grant of intrastate charter rights to certain common carriers authorized. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 37-3-11 or any other provision of general law, local law, or any rule or regulation of a state agency to the contrary, the Public Service Commission is hereby authorized to grant intrastate charter rights to any common carrier of passengers by motor vehicle regardless if such common carrier holds and operates regular route authority. (Acts 1984, No. 84-184, p. 278.)
AL Code § 37-3-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Carriers.|Section 37-3-14 - Contract Carrier Permits - Dual Operations.

Section 37-3-14Contract carrier permits - Dual operations. No person shall at the same time hold under this chapter a certificate as a common carrier and a permit as a contract carrier authorizing operation for the transportation of property by motor vehicle over the same route or within the same territory, unless for good cause shown the commission shall find that such certificate and permit may be held consistently with the public interest. (Acts 1939, No. 669, p. 1064, §12; Code 1958, T. 48, §301(12).)
AL Code § 37-3-16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Carriers.|Section 37-3-16 - Effective Date of Certificates, Permits or Licenses; Suspension, Change or Revocation.

Section 37-3-16Effective date of certificates, permits or licenses; suspension, change or revocation. Certificates, permits and licenses shall be effective from the date specified therein and shall remain in effect until terminated as herein provided. Any such certificate, permit or license may, upon application of the holder thereof, in the discretion of the commission be amended or revoked, in whole or in part, or may, upon complaint or on the commission's own initiative, after notice and hearing, be suspended, changed or revoked, in whole or in part, for willful failure to comply with any provision of this chapter or with any lawful order, rule or regulation of the commission promulgated thereunder, or with any term, condition or limitation of such certificate, permit or license; provided, that no such certificate, permit or license shall be revoked (except upon application of the holder) unless the holder thereof willfully fails to comply within a reasonable time, not less than 30 days, to be fixed by the commission, with a lawful order of the commission, made as provided in this chapter, commanding obedience to the provisions of this chapter or to the rules or regulations of the commission thereunder, or to the term, condition or limitation of such certificate, permit or license, found by the commission to have been violated by such holder. (Acts 1939, No. 669, p. 1064, §14; Code 1958, T. 48, §301(14).)
AL Code § 37-3-17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Carriers.|Section 37-3-17 - Transfer of Certificates or Permits.

Section 37-3-17Transfer of certificates or permits. Subject to the provisions of Section 37-3-14, any certificate or permit may be transferred or leased pursuant to such rules and regulations as the commission may prescribe; provided, that no such certificate or permit shall be transferred, or lease of any such certificate or permit approved, except after a finding by the commission that the proposed transferee or lessee is in all respects qualified under the provisions of this chapter to conduct the service or operation contemplated by such certificate or permit and that the proposed transfer or the approval of said lease is consistent with the public interest. (Acts 1939, No. 669, p. 1064, §15; Code 1958, T. 48, §301(15).)
AL Code § 37-3-18 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Carriers.|Section 37-3-18 - Bond or Other Security.

Section 37-3-18Bond or other security. (a) No certificate or permit shall be issued to a motor carrier or remain in force, and no motor carrier subject to the provisions of this chapter shall engage in any operation on any highway of this state, unless such carrier complies with such reasonable rules and regulations as the commission shall prescribe governing the filing and approval of surety bonds, policies of insurance, qualifications as a self-insurer or other securities or agreements, in such reasonable amounts as the commission may require, conditioned to pay, within the amount of such surety bonds, policies of insurance, qualifications as a self-insurer or other securities or agreements, any final judgment recovered against such motor carrier for bodily injuries to or the death of any person resulting from the negligent operation, maintenance or use of motor vehicles under certificate or permit or for loss or damage to property of others. The commission shall, under such rules and regulations as it shall prescribe, require any such common carrier of property other than common carriers of passengers to file a surety bond, policies of insurance, qualifications as a self-insurer or other securities or agreements in the sum to be determined by the commission, to be conditioned upon such carrier making compensation to shippers or consignees for all property belonging to shippers or consignees and coming into the possession of such carrier in connection with its transportation service, such bond to be not less than $1,000.00. Any carrier which may be required by law to compensate a shipper or consignee for any loss, damage or default for which a connecting motor carrier is legally responsible shall be subrogated to the rights of such shipper or consignee under such bond, policies of insurance or other securities or agreements to the extent of the sum so paid. (b) In addition to all other bonds, all common carriers by motor vehicle, other than carriers of passengers, engaged in or who transport any freight or express collect on delivery under this chapter must file with the commission for the protection of the consignor and/or consignee a bond known as a collect on delivery bond in the sum of $1,000.00, such bond to be made by a surety company qualified to do business in this state. (Acts 1939, No. 669, p. 1064, §16; Code 1958, T. 48, §301(16); Acts 1945, No. 374, p. 595.)
AL Code § 37-3-22 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Carriers.|Section 37-3-22 - Accounts, Records and Reports.

Section 37-3-22Accounts, records and reports. (a) The commission is hereby authorized to require annual, periodical or special reports from all motor carriers, to prescribe the manner and form in which such reports shall be made and to require from such carrier specific answers to all questions upon which the commission may deem information to be necessary. Such reports shall be under oath whenever the commission so requires. The commission may also require any motor vehicle carrier to file with it a true copy of each or any contract, agreement or arrangement between such carrier and any other carrier or person in relation to any traffic affected by the provisions of this chapter, to which he or it may be a party. (b) The commission may, in its discretion, prescribe the forms of any and all accounts, records and memoranda to be kept by motor carriers and the length of time such accounts, records and memoranda shall be preserved, including the accounts, records and memoranda of the movement of traffic, as well as of the receipts and expenditures of money. The commission or its duly authorized agents shall at all times have access to all lands, buildings or equipment of motor carriers used in connection with intrastate operations and also all accounts, records and memoranda, including all documents, papers and correspondence now or hereafter existing and kept, or required to be kept, by motor carriers. The agents of the commission shall have authority under its order to inspect and examine any and all such lands, buildings, equipment, accounts, records and memoranda, including all documents, papers and correspondence now or hereafter existing and kept or required to be kept by such carriers; this provision shall apply to receivers of carriers and to operating trustees and, to the extent deemed necessary by the commission, to persons having control, directly or indirectly, over or affiliated with any motor carriers. (c) As used in this section, the term "motor carrier" includes brokers. (Acts 1939, No. 669, p. 1064, §20; Code 1958, T. 48, §301(20).)
AL Code § 37-3-23 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Carriers.|Section 37-3-23 - Bills of Lading.

Section 37-3-23Bills of lading. Every common carrier by motor vehicle subject to the provisions of this chapter receiving property for transportation originating and terminating in this state shall issue to the shipper a receipt or bill of lading therefor and shall be liable as a common carrier under the laws of this state to the lawful holder thereof for any loss, damage or injury to such property caused by it; and no contract, stipulation, receipt, rule or regulation contained in said receipt or bill of lading, or otherwise, shall exempt such common carrier from the liability hereby imposed; but nothing in this section shall deprive any holder of such receipt or bill of lading of any remedy or right of action which he has under existing law. Every bill of lading so issued to the shipper shall state the class or classes of freight or express shipped and the rate to the point of destination and the aggregate charge made for the transportation. The commission shall prescribe the forms and contents of bills of lading receipts, expense bills and other records to be used by such common carriers subject to the provisions of this chapter and to make all proper rules and regulations with respect thereto which may be necessary or proper to secure the safe receipt, handling, transportation and delivery of property by such common carriers upon just and reasonable terms, and such records shall be subject to inspection by the commission. (Acts 1939, No. 669, p. 1064, §21; Code 1958, T. 48, §301(21).)
AL Code § 37-3-24 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Carriers.|Section 37-3-24 - Effective Date of Commission Orders.

Section 37-3-24Effective date of commission orders. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, all orders of the commission shall take effect within such reasonable time as the commission may prescribe and shall continue in force until its further order or for a specified period of time, as shall be prescribed in the order, unless the same shall be suspended or modified or set aside by the commission or be suspended or set aside by a court of competent jurisdiction. (b) As used in this chapter, the term "motor carriers" includes brokers. (Acts 1939, No. 669, p. 1064, §22; Code 1958, T. 48, §301(22).)
AL Code § 37-3-26 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Carriers.|Section 37-3-26 - Collection of Rates and Charges.

Section 37-3-26Collection of rates and charges. No common carrier by motor vehicle shall deliver or relinquish possession at destination of any freight transported by it in intrastate commerce until all tariff rates and charges thereon have been paid, except under such rules and regulations as the commission may from time to time prescribe to govern the settlement of all such rates and charges, including rules and regulations for weekly or monthly settlement, and to prevent unjust discrimination or undue preference or prejudice; provided, that the provisions of this section shall not be construed to prohibit any such carrier from extending credit in connection with rates and charges on freight transported for the United States for any department, bureau, or agency thereof, or for any state or political subdivision thereof. Where any common carrier by motor vehicle is instructed by a shipper or consignor to deliver property transported by such carrier to a consignee other than the shipper or consignor, such consignee shall not be legally liable for transportation charges in respect to the transportation of such property (beyond those billed against him at the time of delivery for which he is otherwise liable) which may be found to be due after the property has been delivered to him if the consignee is an agent only and has no beneficial title in the property and, prior to delivery of the property, has notified the delivering carrier in writing of the fact of such agency and absence of beneficial title and, in the case of shipment reconsigned or diverted to a point other than that specified in the original bill of lading, has also notified the delivering carrier in writing of the name and address of the beneficial owner of the property. In such cases the shipper or consignor or, in cases of a shipment so reconsigned or diverted, the beneficial owner shall be liable for such additional charges, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section. On shipments reconsigned or diverted by an agent who has furnished the carrier with a notice of agency and the proper name and address of the beneficial owner and where such shipments are refused or abandoned at ultimate destination, said beneficial owner shall be liable for all legally applicable charges in connection therewith. (Acts 1939, No. 669, p. 1064, §24; Code 1958, T. 48, §301(24).)
AL Code § 37-3-27 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Carriers.|Section 37-3-27 - Employment of Personnel to Aid Commission in Administration and Enforcement of Chapter.

Section 37-3-27Employment of personnel to aid commission in administration and enforcement of chapter. The commission is authorized to employ such assistants and employees as are necessary to aid the commission in the proper administration and enforcement of this chapter, subject to the provisions of the merit system. (Acts 1939, No. 669, p. 1064, §25; Code 1958, T. 48, §301(25).)
AL Code § 37-3-28 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Carriers.|Section 37-3-28 - Examiners.

Section 37-3-28Examiners. The commission is empowered to designate by its order such of its employees to act as examiners under this chapter as may be found to be necessary or desirable. Each of the commissioners and any employee designated as examiner by the commission, for the purposes mentioned in this chapter and in all hearings before the commission, may administer oaths, certify to official acts, issue subpoenas, compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books and papers. (Acts 1939, No. 669, p. 1064, §26; Code 1958, T. 48, §301(26).)
AL Code § 37-3-29 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Carriers.|Section 37-3-29 - Appeals.

Section 37-3-29Appeals. From any final action or order of the commission in the exercise of the jurisdiction, power or authority, conferred upon the commission by this chapter, an appeal shall lie to the circuit court of the county of the carrier's residence or in which he has his principal place of business or to the Circuit Court of Montgomery County, Alabama, and thence to the Supreme Court of Alabama. Appeals to a circuit court must be taken within 30 days after the date of such final action or order, and such appeals and the supersedeas and stay of action or order appealed from in other respects shall be governed by the provisions of the law respecting appeals in other cases from the final orders and actions of the commission. Appeals to the supreme court from judgments of the circuit court shall be governed by the Alabama Rules of Appellate Procedure. (Acts 1939, No. 669, p. 1064, §27; Code 1958, T. 48, §301(27).)
AL Code § 37-3-30 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Carriers.|Section 37-3-30 - Additional Compensation of Commission Members.

Section 37-3-30Additional compensation of commission members. For the extra, new and additional duties imposed upon the commission and the members thereof by this chapter and for the performance of duties which are and will be hereafter required of said commission and the members thereof under this chapter, each member of the commission, in addition to the compensation otherwise provided by law to be paid to him for his service as a member of the commission, shall receive $1,500.00 annually, to be paid monthly as the salaries of other officers are paid, out of the moneys of the State Treasury provided by law for payment of salaries and other expenses of the commission. (Acts 1939, No. 669, p. 1064, §28; Code 1958, T. 48, §301(28).)
AL Code § 37-3-31 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Carriers.|Section 37-3-31 - Appropriation.

Section 37-3-31Appropriation. There is appropriated out of the moneys of the treasury, to the credit of the motor carrier fund, the sum of $50,000.00 annually, to meet the expense incurred by the Alabama Public Service Commission under the provisions of this chapter. The expenses incurred by the Alabama Public Service Commission under the provisions of this chapter, when certified by the commission or its president and approved by the Governor, shall be paid on warrant drawn as prescribed by law with respect to warrants. (Acts 1939, No. 669, p. 1064, §29; Code 1958, T. 48, §301(29).)
AL Code § 37-3-32 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Carriers.|Section 37-3-32 - Fees.

Section 37-3-32Fees. In addition to all of the taxes and fees prescribed by law, motor carriers shall pay to the commission under the provisions of this chapter the following: (1) Every application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity or permit under this chapter shall be accompanied by an application fee in the amount of $100.00. (2) Every application for an amendment of a certificate of public convenience and necessity or permit shall be accompanied by an application fee of $100.00. (3) Every application for transfer of a certificate of public convenience and necessity or permit shall be accompanied by a fee of $25.00. (4) Every application for approval of a lease of a certificate of public convenience and necessity for a period of more than six months shall be accompanied by a fee of $10.00. (5)a. For every motor vehicle to be used by a motor carrier on the highways of the State of Alabama there shall be paid a registration fee in the amount of $6.00, and the commission is given authority to adopt reasonable rules and regulations for the issuance of an appropriate or distinguishing number for each such motor vehicle upon which the registration fee prescribed by this chapter shall have been paid and such registration or distinguishing number shall remain with the motor vehicle for which it was issued and shall be nontransferable. b. The registration fee for tour buses, as defined in Section 40-19-1(10), shall be paid pursuant to Section 40-17-150(e). c. It shall be unlawful for a motor vehicle to be operated on the highways of this state without having conspicuously displayed on its sides a registration or distinguishing number prescribed and issued for the vehicle by the commission under this chapter. d. Of such registration fee, $1.00 shall be paid into the State Treasury in the motor carrier fund as provided in this section. The remaining portion of this fee shall be paid over to the treasurer and shall be held in the commission's operating fund, and shall be paid out by the treasurer in payment of expenses incurred by the commission in the regulation of motor carriers upon warrants drawn as provided by law upon the treasurer and approved as required by law. The commission may negotiate and enter into written reciprocity agreements with other states regarding the payment of these fees. All tax penalties, fees, and allowances collected under this chapter, except those registration fees in excess of $1.00 collected under subsection (5) above shall be paid into the State Treasury within 30 days after their receipt and shall be kept separate and apart from all other funds by the state treasury in a fund to be known as the "motor carrier fund". (Acts 1939, No. 669, p. 1064, §30; Code 1958, T. 48, §301(30); Acts 1969, No. 477, p. 933; Acts 1985, No. 85-653, p. 1022; Acts 1991, No. 91-730, p. 1422, §1; Acts 1992, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 92-710, §1.)