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2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXII - Corporations › Chapter 159a - Common Carriers of Passengers by Motor Vehicle › Section 10 - Supervision and Regulation by Department; Annual Return

Section 10. Any person engaged in the operation of motor vehicles under a license and certificate as provided in this chapter is hereby declared to be a common carrier. The department shall have general supervision and regulation of, and jurisdiction and control over such common carriers to the same extent as it has over railway companies, except as to the issue of securities by persons whose securities are not subject to the jurisdiction of the department. The department may, from time to time, prescribe forms of accounts, records and memoranda for such common carriers and their accounts shall be kept in accordance with the forms prescribed.
Each such person not required to file a return by any provision of law other than this section shall annually, on or before such date as the department fixes, make to the department, in a form prescribed by it, a return for the year ending on December thirty-first next preceding. The form shall correspond as nearly as may be to those established by the interstate commerce commission for this type of common carrier and shall provide for the proper certification of the accuracy thereof. Each such person shall at all times, upon request, furnish any information required by the department or its duly authorized employees relative to the condition, management and operation of such person as a common carrier, and shall comply with all lawful orders of the department. Every such common carrier neglecting to make such annual return within the time prescribed as aforesaid, or to amend said return within fifteen days of the date of any notice to do so, or neglecting to furnish any information lawfully required as aforesaid, shall forfeit five dollars for each day during which such neglect continues; and if such person unreasonably refuses or neglects to make said return or amendment he shall forfeit not more than five hundred dollars. Failure to comply with this section shall be a cause for revocation or suspension of a certificate under section seven.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXII - Corporations › Chapter 159a - Common Carriers of Passengers by Motor Vehicle › Section 11 - Violation of Provisions of Chapter; Revocation of Registration of Vehicle or Driver's License

Section 11. If the department after notice and hearing finds that any motor vehicle subject to this chapter has been operated in violation of any provision thereof, it may notify the registrar of motor vehicles of its findings, and the registrar may thereupon revoke the registration of such motor vehicle or the license of the driver thereof, or both, as may be recommended by the department.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXII - Corporations › Chapter 159a - Common Carriers of Passengers by Motor Vehicle › Section 11b - Agreements to Contribute to Costs of Public Transportation Authorized

Section 11B. Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter one hundred and sixty-one A to the contrary, any city or town may, for the purpose of providing public transportation facilities or avoiding a reduction or discontinuance of such transportation facilities or for the purpose of the securing of grants from appropriate federal agencies, enter into agreements to contribute to the costs of such services with any person lawfully authorized to operate any motor bus on any public way therein for the carrying of passengers for hire. The contribution to the costs of services shall include the purchase, sale or leasing of transportation equipment by said city or town.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXII - Corporations › Chapter 159a - Common Carriers of Passengers by Motor Vehicle › Section 12 - Local Rules and Regulations; Changes by Department

Section 12. The licensing authority in any city or town may, in respect of matters not treated of in the provisions of law governing the operation of motor vehicles under this chapter or rules established by the department, adopt rules and regulations governing such operation. After the adoption of any such rules and regulations, any person operating such a motor vehicle as authorized by this chapter, or a railway or railroad company operating a railway or railroad in such city or town, or any twenty residents thereof, may petition the department for the alteration, amendment or revocation of any such rule or regulation.
The department, upon such petition, after notice to the licensing authority and a hearing, may alter, amend or revoke such rule or regulation and establish in place thereof rules and regulations thereafter to be observed in such city or town. Thereafter the department, upon its own initiative or upon petition of the mayor of such city or the selectmen of such town, or of any person so operating any such motor vehicle in such city or town, or of a railway or railroad company operating a railway or railroad in such city or town, or of any twenty residents thereof, after notice to the licensing authority of such city or town, may alter, amend or revoke any rule or regulation established by the department, and may adopt rules and regulations in substitution thereof. Rules and regulations prescribed by the department under this section shall not be subject to amendment or repeal by a city or town or by the licensing authority thereof.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXII - Corporations › Chapter 159a - Common Carriers of Passengers by Motor Vehicle › Section 15 - Violations; Penalties; Jurisdiction; Complaints

Section 15. Whoever violates any provision of this chapter for which no other penalty is provided, or any order, rule or regulation adopted or established thereunder, or any lawful requirement, condition, limitation or restriction contained in any certificate, permit or license, shall be punished for a first offence by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, and for any subsequent offence by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars; and the supreme judicial court and the superior court shall have jurisdiction in equity to restrain any such violation upon petition of the department, any licensing authority, ten citizens of any city or town affected by such violation, or any interested party.
Any licensing authority, ten citizens of any city or town affected by violation of any part of this section, or any interested party affected by such violation, may file with the department a complaint of any such violation, and the department shall investigate such complaint and may hold a hearing on the question of revocation of the certificate, permit or license of any person operating a motor vehicle under any provision of this chapter complained against, and thereafter modify, suspend or revoke such certificate, permit or license, and the department may institute in any court of the commonwealth, county or district wherein the carrier has a place of business such action, suit or complaint as may be necessary to enforce compliance with any provision of this chapter or any rule, regulation or order of the department thereunder, or any lawful requirement, condition, limitation or restriction contained in any certificate, permit or license.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXII - Corporations › Chapter 159a - Common Carriers of Passengers by Motor Vehicle › Section 16 - Evasion of Payment of Fare; Penalty

Section 16. Whoever fraudulently evades or attempts to evade the payment of a fare lawfully established by a common carrier duly licensed under the provisions of this chapter, either by giving a false answer to the collector of the fare, or by travelling beyond the point to which he has paid the same, or by leaving the motor vehicle without having paid the fare lawfully established for the distance travelled, or otherwise, shall forfeit not less than five nor more than twenty dollars. Whoever does not upon demand first pay such fare shall not be entitled to be transported for any distance, and may be ejected from such a motor vehicle.
The court shall treat a violation of this section as a civil infraction. A person complained of for such civil infraction shall be adjudicated responsible upon such finding by the court and shall neither be sentenced to a term of incarceration nor be entitled to appointed counsel pursuant to chapter 211D. An adjudication of responsibility under this section may include an order of restitution. An adjudication of responsibility under this section shall not be used in the calculation of second and subsequent offenses under any chapter, nor as the basis for the revocation of parole or of a probation surrender.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXII - Corporations › Chapter 159a - Common Carriers of Passengers by Motor Vehicle › Section 31 - Wrongful Interference With Operation of School Bus or Vehicle Carrying Passengers for Hire; Penalties

Section 31. Whoever willfully, with intent to endanger the safety of any person on board or any person who he believes will board the same, or with a reckless disregard for the safety of human life, damages, disables, destroys, tampers with, or places or causes to be placed any explosive or other destructive substance in, upon, or in proximity to, any motor vehicle which is being used for the carriage of passengers for hire or for the transporting of school children; or whoever, with intent to endanger the safety of any person on board or any person who he believes will board the same, or with a reckless disregard for the safety of human life, willfully disables or incapacitates any driver or person employed in connection with the operation of such motor vehicle, shall be punished by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than twenty years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXII - Corporations › Chapter 159a - Common Carriers of Passengers by Motor Vehicle › Section 32 - School Department Vehicles; Use for Transporting Community Groups

Section 32. Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter, the school department of a town may make vehicles under its control available to transport a community group, including, but not limited to, senior citizens, little league teams, and a town recreation group, and may charge such group for such transportation an amount sufficient to cover the cost thereof.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXII - Corporations › Chapter 159a1/2 - Transportation Network Companies › Section 1 - Definitions

Section 1. As used in this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
''Background check clearance certificate'', verification issued by the division to a transportation network company and driver applicant, electronically or otherwise, that a driver applicant successfully completed the background check required under section 3 and is suitable to provide transportation network services.
''Cruising'', the driving of a vehicle on the streets, alleys or public places of motorized travel in search of or soliciting hails from a person in the street.
''Department'', the department of public utilities.
''Digital network'', any online-enabled application, software, website or system offered or utilized by a transportation network company that enables pre-arranged rides with transportation network drivers.
''Division'', the division established in section 23 of chapter 25.
''Pre-arranged ride'', a period of time that begins when a transportation network driver accepts a requested ride through a digital network, continues while the driver transports the transportation network company rider and ends when the rider safely departs from the vehicle.
''Transportation network company'', a corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship or other entity that uses a digital network to connect riders to drivers to pre-arrange and provide transportation.
''Transportation network company permit'' or ''permit'', a document that may be issued by the division to a qualifying transportation network company pursuant to this chapter.
''Transportation network driver'' or ''driver'', a driver certified by a transportation network company.
''Transportation network driver certificate'' or ''driver certificate'', an authorization to provide transportation network services issued by the transportation network company to a transportation network driver.
''Transportation network rider'' or ''rider'', a passenger in a pre-arranged ride provided by a transportation network driver, provided that the passenger personally arranged the ride or an arrangement was made on the rider's behalf.
''Transportation network services'' or ''services'', the offering or providing of pre-arranged rides for compensation or on a promotional basis to riders or prospective riders through the transportation network company's digital network, covering the period beginning when a transportation network driver is logged onto the transportation network company's digital network and is available to receive a pre-arranged ride or while in the course of providing a pre-arranged ride.
''Transportation network vehicle'' or ''vehicle'', a vehicle that is used by a transportation network driver to provide transportation network services.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXII - Corporations › Chapter 159a1/2 - Transportation Network Companies › Section 6 - Violations of Chapter by Transportation Network Company; Penalties; Judicial Review

Section 6. (a) If the division determines, after notice and a hearing, that a transportation network company is in violation of this chapter or any rule or regulation promulgated under this chapter, the division shall issue a monetary penalty, suspend or revoke a transportation network company permit or take other action that the division deems necessary. In determining the amount of the monetary penalty, the division shall consider, without limitation, the size of the transportation network company based on a transportation network company's intrastate operating revenues for the previous calendar year, the gravity of the violation including noncompliance with the payment of commercial rate tolls as required in clause (v) of subsection (c) of section 3, the degree to which the transportation network company exercised good faith in attempting to achieve compliance or to remedy non-compliance and previous violations by the transportation network company cited by the division.
The division shall issue rules and regulations to establish a process for administrative appeal of any penalty, suspension or revocation imposed in accordance with this section.
(b) Any party aggrieved by a final order or decision of the division pursuant to this section may institute proceedings for judicial review in the superior court within 30 days after receipt of such order or decision. Any proceedings in the superior court shall, insofar as applicable, be governed by the provisions of section 14 of chapter 30A, and may be instituted in the superior court for the county (i) where the parties or any of them reside or have their principal place of business within the commonwealth; (ii) where the division has its principal place of business; or (iii) of Suffolk. The commencement of such proceedings shall not, unless specifically ordered by the court, operate as a stay of the division's order or decision.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXII - Corporations › Chapter 159a1/2 - Transportation Network Companies › Section 7 - Violations of Chapter by Driver Providing Transportation Network Services; Penalties

Section 7. (a) A driver providing transportation network services who is not in compliance with subsection (b) of section 2 or sections 4 or 5 shall be deemed to have committed a civil motor vehicle infraction, as defined in section 1 of chapter 90C. State or local law enforcement officials may issue a citation for any such violation in the manner provided for in said chapter 90C. If the driver is cited under this subsection, every transportation network company that allows the driver to provide transportation network services shall be subject to a fine of $500.
(b) A driver providing transportation network services who knowingly or willfully allows another individual to use that driver's certificate or identity to provide transportation network services or a driver who is using a transportation network driver certificate belonging to another individual or is misrepresenting a driver's identity to riders or potential riders by means of a digital network shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500 for a first offense, by a fine of not more than $750 for a second offense and by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment in the house of correction for not more than 6 months for a third or subsequent offense.
(c) A driver who violates section 3 or any other person who, by soliciting, accepting, arranging or providing transportation network services in any other manner, including through street hails, cruising or street solicitations, shall be deemed to have committed a civil motor vehicle infraction, as defined in section 1 of chapter 90C. State or local law enforcement officials may issue a citation for any such violation in the manner provided for in said chapter 90C to the transportation network driver and may assess a fine of $500.
(d) A driver who fails to produce proof of a transportation network driver certificate and a background check clearance certificate upon request by law enforcement shall be punished by a fine of not more than $100 for a first offense, by a fine of not more than $500 for a second offense and not more than $1,000 for a third or subsequent offense.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXII - Corporations › Chapter 159a1/2 - Transportation Network Companies › Section 9 - Right of Transportation Network Company to Suspend, Revoke or Terminate a Driver From Digital Network

Section 9. Nothing in this chapter shall require a transportation network company to issue a driver certificate to a driver applicant who meets the requirements of this chapter or prevent the transportation network company from suspending, revoking or otherwise terminating a driver from its digital network.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXII - Corporations › Chapter 159a1/2 - Transportation Network Companies › Section 10 - Taxation or Additional Requirements on Transportation Network Companies by Entities Other Than Massachusetts Port Authority Prohibited; Pick-Up Fees

Section 10. Except where expressly set forth in this chapter, no municipality or other local or state entity, except the Massachusetts Port Authority, may: (i) impose a tax on or require any additional license for a transportation network company, a transportation network driver or a vehicle used by a transportation network driver where the tax or licenses relate to facilitating or providing pre-arranged rides; (ii) require any additional license for a transportation network company or transportation network driver; or (iii) subject a transportation network company to the municipality's or other local or state entity's rates or other requirements, including but not limited to entry or operational requirements; provided, however, that a municipality or other local or state entity may regulate traffic flow and traffic patterns to ensure public safety and convenience.
Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, any airport commission established pursuant to sections 39G or 51E of chapter 90 that receives scheduled commercial passenger aircraft services may establish a reasonable pick-up fee for the transportation network company's use of the airport's facilities and may designate locations for staging, pickup and other similar operations at the airport. For the purposes of this paragraph, airport commissions that may establish a reasonable pick-up fee shall include but not be limited to the airport commissions for Cape Cod Gateway Airport (HYA), Martha's Vineyard Airport (MVY), New Bedford Regional Airport (EWB), Nantucket Memorial Airport (ACK) and Provincetown Municipal Airport (PVC).
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXII - Corporations › Chapter 159b - Carriers of Property by Motor Vehicle › Section 1 - Policy

Section 1. It is hereby declared to be the policy of the commonwealth to regulate transportation of property by motor carriers upon its ways in such manner as to recognize and preserve the inherent advantages of such transportation, and to foster sound economic conditions in such transportation and among carriers engaged therein in the public interest; and in connection therewith to: (1) Promote adequate, economical and efficient service by motor carriers, and reasonable charges therefor, without unjust discriminations undue preferences or advantages or unfair or destructive competitive practices, (2) improve the relations between, and co-ordinate transportation by and regulation of, motor carriers and other carriers, (3) develop and preserve a highway transportation system properly adapted to the needs of the commerce of the commonwealth, and (4) promote safety upon its ways in the interests of its citizens.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXII - Corporations › Chapter 159b - Carriers of Property by Motor Vehicle › Section 6a - Excessive Rates; Refunds; Rebates; Payments to Owner-Operators of Equipment Leased to Prime Contractors

Section 6A. No common carrier by motor vehicle shall charge, demand, collect or receive a different compensation for transportation or for any service in connection therewith between the points enumerated in such tariffs than the rates and charges specified in the tariffs in effect at the time; and no such carrier shall refund or remit in any manner or by any device, directly or indirectly, or through any agent or broker or otherwise, any portion of the rates or charges so specified, or extend to any person any privilege or facility for transportation except such as are specified in its tariffs.
No shipper, consignee or any other person, in connection with any transportation operation subject to this chapter, shall knowingly induce or persuade or enter into any contract or agreement with any common carrier by motor vehicle to make a rebate or refund of any lawful transportation charges, or to give up or repay any part of any payment to which he is lawfully entitled, or to render a bill for an amount different from those proper under the rates and charges established under the provisions of this chapter and contained in the published tariffs legally on file with the department.
Nothing in this section shall apply to the transportation of property by motor vehicle when there is a physical transfer of such property from one common carrier to another such common carrier when the rate charged the public for transportation of such property is already published and filed with the department; provided, however, that any person who is an owner-operator of equipment which he rents or leases to a prime contractor, may, solely for the purposes of qualifying for benefits under health and welfare funds and pension funds and for no other purpose be considered an employee of said prime contractor and shall be paid separately for his personal services and separately for the hire of his equipment; provided, further that the total of such payments does not exceed or differ from the compensation for transportation or for any service in connection therewith between the points enumerated in such tariffs; and provided further, that no owner-operator who holds a certificate as a common carrier shall be considered an employee or agent of a contractor for any purpose except that specifically set forth herein nor shall any contractor be held liable in any action of tort arising from the operation of a motor vehicle owned or operated by any such common carrier furnishing transportation services for him.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXII - Corporations › Chapter 159b - Carriers of Property by Motor Vehicle › Section 6b - Towing Away and Storage of Motor Vehicles; Maximum Charges; Liens; Annual Statements

Section 6B. The department shall establish the maximum charges that may be made by persons subject to the provisions of this chapter for the towing away of motor vehicles, when such towing is ordered by the police or other public authority. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, a city or town by vote of its council or selectmen may establish the maximum rate that may be charged for the towing away of motor vehicles within its jurisdiction, but the maximum rate charged by a city or town shall not exceed the maximum rate established by the department. The department shall issue a decision on a written request for adjustment of the maximum charges not more than 12 months after its receipt of that request.
The maximum storage charge for non-commercial passenger motor vehicles with a maximum capacity of nine persons, shall be $35 per twenty-four hour period thereof, when said vehicles have been involuntarily towed or transported pursuant to order of police or other public authority, or pursuant to accident on a public way, pursuant to section thirty-nine A of chapter two hundred and fifty-five, or when said vehicles have been stolen or misappropriated and their removal from public ways has been ordered by police or other public authority, or in any other situation where motor vehicles have been involuntarily towed or transported by order of police or other public authority and maximum storage charges are not specifically regulated by law.
The maximum rate established herein, shall apply only to lighted, outside storage facilities enclosed by a secure fence or other secure barrier at least six feet in height. Other outdoor storage facilities shall be entitled to a maximum storage rate of only one-half that established above.
The motor vehicle storage facility shall have a lien for its proper transportation and storage charges due them for the towing, transportation and storage of motor vehicles, pursuant to this section. Said lien may be enforced under the sale provisions of section thirty-nine A of chapter two hundred and fifty-five. Nothing contained in this section shall in any way affect the liability of said motor vehicle storage facilities, nor to limit the maximum recovery of a carrier for his lawful removal and transportation charges as established by the department and storage charges as established by this section to the value of any vehicle involuntarily removed, transported and stored.
Every person engaged in the towing away of motor vehicles, under this section, shall annually, on or before March the thirty-first, transmit to the department a financial statement on a form prescribed by the department, reflecting the net profits for the preceding year from such towing operation. A person who fails to make such return, within the time herein provided, shall forfeit twenty-five dollars for each day after March thirty-first that said return is not so filed.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXII - Corporations › Chapter 159b - Carriers of Property by Motor Vehicle › Section 6d - Purchase by Carriers; Commodities for Immediate Resale

Section 6D. Common or contract carriers shall not purchase from shippers for the purpose of immediate resale after transportation any commodity which is listed in the authority granted such carrier unless the transportation charge included in or deducted from such resale produces revenues identical to the rates published in its tariff on file with the department.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXII - Corporations › Chapter 159b - Carriers of Property by Motor Vehicle › Section 8 - Certificate of Common Carrier and Permit of Contract Carrier Held by One Carrier

Section 8. No carrier shall be permitted to hold both a common carrier certificate and a contract carrier permit until after having shown to the satisfaction of the department at a public hearing that operation under such certificate and permit is consistent with the public interest and with the policy declared in section one.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXII - Corporations › Chapter 159b - Carriers of Property by Motor Vehicle › Section 9 - Plates; Driver's Certificate

Section 9. A single distinguishing plate shall be prescribed and furnished by the department annually for each of the vehicles necessary for the conduct of the business of the holder of the certificate or permit, upon his application to the department, and said plates shall be prominently displayed on the front of each such vehicle whenever operated. Each such plate shall be accompanied by a certificate issued by the department, which shall be in the possession of the driver at all times while operating and shall set forth the make, manufacturer's serial number, if any, and motor number, if any, of the vehicle with respect to which said plate shall be used. As used in this section and in section ten, the word ''vehicle'' shall include a tractor, with or without a semi-trailer unit. No such plate shall be transferred from one vehicle to another, except upon authority and with the consent of the department and upon payment of a transfer fee, except as provided in section ten B. The annual charge for each plate shall be ten dollars. The amount of the aforementioned transfer fee and the annual charge for each plate shall be determined by the commissioner of administration annually under the provision of section three B of chapter seven.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXII - Corporations › Chapter 159b - Carriers of Property by Motor Vehicle › Section 10 - Interstate Carriers; Registration; Fees

Section 10. Each interstate carrier by motor vehicle transporting over the ways within the commonwealth for compensation shall register and identify with the department pursuant to the federal Unified Carrier Registration Act of 2005. Each registration shall be accompanied by a fee, the amount of which shall be determined by the board of directors of the federal Unified Carrier Registration Plan.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXII - Corporations › Chapter 159b - Carriers of Property by Motor Vehicle › Section 10a - Replacement of Distinguishing Plate or Identification Device; Fees

Section 10A. When a distinguishing plate issued by the department is lost or mutilated or the number thereon becomes illegible, the carrier to whom such plate was issued shall make application for a plate replacement. The department may issue additional plates to replace such plates issued under section nine or ten as have been lost or mutilated or as are illegible, upon payment of a fee for each such additional plate. The amount of any fees referred to herein shall be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven. The department may issue a duplicate certificate, permit or license in place of one issued under this chapter which has been lost or destroyed as well as certified copies of certificates, permits, licenses, or plate certificates upon payment of a fee as determined pursuant to the aforementioned chapter seven.
If a vehicle identification device other than a distinguishing plate is lost, destroyed, mutilated or becomes illegible a new device may be issued therefor upon application by the motor carrier and upon payment of the same fee prescribed for the original issuance thereof.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXII - Corporations › Chapter 159b - Carriers of Property by Motor Vehicle › Section 10b - Vehicles Temporarily Leased; Distinguishing Plates; Transfer of Plates; Rules and Regulations; Fees

Section 10B. The department may issue distinguishing plates to motor carriers and interstate licensees to be used only on motor vehicles temporarily leased by such carriers. Any plates so issued may be transferred from one such vehicle to another such vehicle leased by a carrier to whom such plate was originally issued. The department shall keep a record of plates issued to each carrier for use on leased vehicles. The motor carrier or interstate licensee shall keep a record of the use of such plates, setting forth the names and addresses of the lessors and the drivers, engine and serial numbers of the vehicles used, duration of the lease, the identifying numbers of the plates and the date each such plate was placed on any leased vehicle and the date such plate was removed therefrom. A copy of the lease shall be carried on each vehicle under temporary lease engaged in interstate operations within the commonwealth. The department may make such rules and regulations relative to the issuance and use of such plates as it deems necessary and proper, and for just cause may revoke, recall, or prohibit the use of any plate issued under this section. Failure to keep full and complete records under this section shall be cause for such revocation. An annual charge, for each plate issued under this section shall be determined by the commissioner of administration under the provisions of section three B of chapter seven and shall apply to all such applications notwithstanding the provisions of section ten.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXII - Corporations › Chapter 159b - Carriers of Property by Motor Vehicle › Section 11a - Conditional Transfers

Section 11A. In the event temporary approval for transfer under the Interstate Commerce Act has been granted by the Interstate Commerce Commission and upon application and payment of the fees required by section eleven, the department may, after hearing and upon a finding that such action is otherwise consistent with this chapter, conditionally transfer to the person so authorized thereunder for a period of six months or less, or for any further period authorized by the Interstate Commerce Commission or the department, any interstate license issued under section ten and which is covered by such temporary approval, and any other certificates or permits held by the proposed transferor. After a final order has been issued by the Interstate Commerce Commission authorizing a permanent transfer and upon application and payment of the fees required by section eleven, the department may permanently transfer such certificate, permit or license in proceedings held in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXII - Corporations › Chapter 159b - Carriers of Property by Motor Vehicle › Section 12 - Amendment, Suspension or Revocation; Hearing

Section 12. Any certificate, permit or license may, upon application of the holder thereof and after notice and hearing as provided by paragraph (b) of section three, be amended. Any permit, certificate or license, upon written application of the holder thereof to the department, may, without such notice and hearing, be suspended or revoked in whole or in part.
After a hearing, at least ten days' notice whereof shall be mailed to the holder of the certificate, permit or license in question at the address shown on the department records, the department may revoke, or suspend for such period of time as it may deem fit, any such certificate, permit or license, in whole or in part, for any violation of any provision of this chapter or of the orders, rules and regulations of the department made, adopted or established under authority thereof, or of any lawful requirement, condition, limitation or restriction contained in such certificate, permit or license. Any such certificate, permit or license shall remain in effect unless and until revoked by the department as herein provided, but subject to suspension as aforesaid.
No such certificate, permit or license shall be transferred, without the consent of the department, pending any complaint or hearing upon or in which the question of its revocation or suspension depends or is involved, and the effect of such revocation or suspension shall not be avoided by any such transfer, or by a transfer thereafter or by any other device or subterfuge.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXII - Corporations › Chapter 159b - Carriers of Property by Motor Vehicle › Section 12a - Director of Transportation Division; Powers

Section 12A. The director of the transportation division may destroy applications filed under this chapter for distinguishing plates, except those of the current calendar year and the year next preceding. He may destroy or dispose of any returned or obsolete distinguishing plates which, in his opinion, are no longer of any value to the commonwealth. He may also destroy or otherwise dispose of certificates, permits or licenses which have been cancelled, revoked or reclassified under the provisions of the General Laws and which have not been effective for five years from the date of such cancellation, revocation or reclassification. He may likewise dispose of or destroy applications for certificates, permits or licenses which have been denied or dismissed after the expiration of five years from the date of such denial or dismissal.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXII - Corporations › Chapter 159b - Carriers of Property by Motor Vehicle › Section 13 - Exempt Vehicles

Section 13. Motor vehicles owned by the commonwealth or any of its political subdivisions and motor vehicles engaged in the transportation of non-hazardous waste materials shall be subject to section eighteen, but shall be exempt from all other provisions of this chapter. Motor vehicles while engaged exclusively in the delivery of the United States mail or any other work directly under the United States shall be exempt from all provisions of this chapter except section eighteen, but shall be subject to said section so far as may be permissible under the constitution and laws of the United States.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXII - Corporations › Chapter 159b - Carriers of Property by Motor Vehicle › Section 14 - Investigators and Examiners; Powers

Section 14. Investigators and examiners appointed under section twelve F of chapter twenty-five, with respect to the enforcement of the laws relating to commercial motor vehicles, including laws and regulations relating to safety on public ways, shall have and exercise throughout the commonwealth all the powers of constables, except the service of civil processes, and of police officers, and they may serve all processes issued by the courts or the department or the director of the transportation division. Any officer authorized to make arrests may arrest without warrant and keep in custody for not more than twenty-four hours, unless Sunday intervenes, any person operating a commercial motor vehicle on any public way who does not have in his possession a license to operate motor vehicles granted to him by the registrar of motor vehicles of this commonwealth, and who violates any statute, by-law, ordinance or regulation relating to the operation or control of commercial motor vehicles and the weights and dimensions thereof and at or before the expiration of said period of time, such person shall be brought before a magistrate or court and proceeded against according to law. An investigator or examiner appointed under chapter twenty-five may arrest without warrant, keep in custody for a like period of time, bring before a magistrate and proceed against in like manner, any person operating a commercial motor vehicle while under the influence of liquors, irrespective of his possession of such license.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXII - Corporations › Chapter 159b - Carriers of Property by Motor Vehicle › Section 14a - Examination of Cargo and of Papers Relating to Cargo

Section 14A. Every motor carrier, including private carriers and interstate licensees, their agents and employees, when requested by a duly authorized state police officer who is in uniform or displays the proper insignia of his office, shall stop and submit to said duly authorized state police officer all transportation documents, including bills of lading, way bills and other papers relating to his cargo which are in his possession and shall submit the cargo and other contents, if any, of his motor vehicle to such reasonable examination as may be necessary to inform the duly authorized state police officer of the nature and the weight thereof. No detail examination of the cargo shall be made that requires the removal of the cargo from the vehicle except at a place where the motor vehicle stops for the purpose of loading or delivery, and such motor vehicle may be required to detour to the nearest available scale within a distance of not more than five miles for the purpose of determining the weight thereof. Any such carrier who, personally or by his agent, or any such driver who violates any provision of this section, shall be punished by a fine of not less than two hundred and fifty nor more than five hundred dollars for the first offense and not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars for subsequent offenses.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXII - Corporations › Chapter 159b - Carriers of Property by Motor Vehicle › Section 14b - Violations of Investigation Provisions

Section 14B. Any person who, while operating or in charge of a commercial motor vehicle, refuses, when requested by an investigator or examiner of the commercial motor vehicle division, to give his name and address and the name and address of the owner of such commercial motor vehicle, or who gives a false name or address, or who refuses or neglects to stop when signalled by said investigator or examiner who is in uniform or displays his badge conspicuously on the outside of his outer coat or garment, or fails or refuses on demand of such investigator or examiner to produce his license to operate such vehicle, or his certificate of registration, or to permit such investigator or examiner to take the license or certificate in hand for the purpose of examination, or refuses on demand of such investigator or examiner to sign his name in the presence of such investigator or examiner, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXII - Corporations › Chapter 159b - Carriers of Property by Motor Vehicle › Section 15 - Temporary Certificates and Permits

Section 15. The department may, upon application therefor, when consistent with the public interest and the policy of this chapter, as set forth in section one, issue such temporary certificates to common carriers by motor vehicles and such temporary permits to contract carriers by motor vehicle as it deems necessary to meet special and individual circumstances wherein adequate service by motor carriers is not readily available. Motor carriers operating under such temporary certificates and permits shall conform to all requirements of this chapter with respect to the filing of rates, copies of written contracts, minimum schedules and other provisions relating to the justice and reasonableness of rates, rules, regulations and charges, and the department, in issuing such temporary certificates and permits, shall consider the effect thereof upon competing carriers as is required by sections three, four, six and seven in acting thereunder.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXII - Corporations › Chapter 159b - Carriers of Property by Motor Vehicle › Section 15a - Agricultural Carrier's Permit

Section 15A. No person shall engage in the business of an agricultural carrier by motor vehicle unless there is in effect with respect to such carrier an agricultural carrier's permit issued by the department. Each application for such a permit shall be in writing in such form and contain such information as the department may require and be verified by oath or written declaration that it is made under the penalties of perjury. Upon the filing of such an application the department shall hold a hearing, with or without the notice required by paragraph (b) of section three, and if it finds that the applicant is fit, willing and able to provide the services proposed and otherwise to conform to this chapter and the lawful requirements, orders, rules and regulations of the department thereunder, may issue an agricultural carrier's permit to the applicant, upon the filing of a schedule of rates and charges acceptable to the department; otherwise, such application shall be denied. The department shall specify in the permit the operations covered thereby at the time of issuance and from time to time thereafter shall attach to it such terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the status of the holder as an agricultural carrier, as the public interest may require. A suitable distinguishing plate shall be prescribed and furnished by the department annually for each of the vehicles necessary for the conduct of the business of the holder of the permit. Section nine shall apply to such plates except that the annual charge for each such plate shall be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXII - Corporations › Chapter 159b - Carriers of Property by Motor Vehicle › Section 16a - Books and Records; Inspection or Production

Section 16A. The department, in the enforcement of this chapter, may inspect or cause to be produced the books and records of persons engaged in the business of leasing trucks and motor vehicles, or either, for the transportation of property for hire, and may compel such persons to furnish such information as the department may find necessary relative to the identity of the lessee, or the use to which any such truck or motor vehicle is to be put, or both. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to diminish the powers conferred on the director of the commercial motor vehicle division of the department by section twelve G of chapter twenty-five.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXII - Corporations › Chapter 159b - Carriers of Property by Motor Vehicle › Section 16b - Transporting Household Goods; Advertisements

Section 16B. Every motor carrier engaged in the transportation of household goods between points within the commonwealth including a carrier providing a service incidental to or part of such intrastate transportation, shall include, and shall require each of its agents to include, in every advertisement as defined therein, the name or trade name of the motor carrier under whose operating authority the advertised service will originate and the certificate number assigned to such operating authority by the department.
Such certificate number shall be in the following form in every advertisement: ''MDPU NO.''
As used in this section, ''advertisement'' shall mean any written or printed communication to the public, in connection with an offer or sale of any intrastate transportation service, but not including the name, address and telephone number of such carrier.