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Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 304 - Motor Carriers › C - Filing of Tariffs of Rates, Charges and Classification Ratings by Motor Common Carriers › Part IV - Arrangement of Tariff Following Title Page › Section 16-304-C10 - Rules; publication and provisions

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) All rules
				  and regulations to be applied in connection with the use of the tariff shall be
				  shown unless they are published in a governing tariff or classification to
				  which proper reference is made.
(b)
				  In addition to explaining the conditions under which the tariff rates or
				  charges are applicable, such rules shall contain provisions for all accessorial
				  (other than actual transportation) services with a clear statement of fees or
				  charges to be assessed therefor, and if C.O.D. (collection on delivery) service
				  is offered there shall be set forth a definite time limit not to exceed ten
				  days within which C.O.D. funds will be remitted to the shipper or other party
				  designated in writing by the shipper to receive such funds.
(c) There shall be included a rule describing
				  the commodities and territory covered by the tariff, showing limitations or
				  restrictions named in the carrier's operating certificate as they may be
				  related to the contents of the tarrif. This rule may be omitted if the
				  description on the title page, in accordance with section
				  16-304-C7(c),
				  adequately indicates such provisions.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 304 - Motor Carriers › C - Filing of Tariffs of Rates, Charges and Classification Ratings by Motor Common Carriers › Part IV - Arrangement of Tariff Following Title Page › Section 16-304-C11 - Class rates

Current through July 10, 2024
In a tariff containing class rates, show a list of points
					 from and to or between which rates apply with an indication, if required, of
					 the rate basis or group to which each point is subject. Show in table form all
					 rates stated in cents or in dollars and cents per hundred pounds, per hour, per
					 mile, per vehicle, or any other unit of clearly definable limits as may be
					 authorized by the commission. If rates are stated in terms of per package or of
					 any other container, such containers shall be defined in detail. Minimum
					 charges in cents or dollars and cents per shipment shall be shown in connection
					 therewith or in a separate rule.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 304 - Motor Carriers › C - Filing of Tariffs of Rates, Charges and Classification Ratings by Motor Common Carriers › Part IV - Arrangement of Tariff Following Title Page › Section 16-304-C12 - Index of commodity rates

Current through July 10, 2024
In a tariff containing commodity rates, there shall be
					 shown in index of articles, alphabeticaly arranged, with reference to page or
					 item in which each is shown. Rates and minimum charges shall be clearly shown
					 as provided in section
					 16-304-C11.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 304 - Motor Carriers › C - Filing of Tariffs of Rates, Charges and Classification Ratings by Motor Common Carriers › Part IV - Arrangement of Tariff Following Title Page › Section 16-304-C13 - Commodity rates to supersede class rates

Current through July 10, 2024
The establishment of a commodity rate removes the
					 application of the class rate, on the same commodity between the same points,
					 unless otherwise provided in connection therewith.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 304 - Motor Carriers › C - Filing of Tariffs of Rates, Charges and Classification Ratings by Motor Common Carriers › Part V - General › Section 16-304-C14 - Symbols indicating changes

Current through July 10, 2024
All tariffs, supplements or revised pages shall indicate
					 changes from preceding issues by the placement of the proper symbol directly in
					 connection with each change, except that when a change of the same character is
					 made on an entire tariff, or supplement, or a page thereof, that fact and the
					 nature of such change may be indicated in distinctive type at the top of the
					 title page, or at the top of each page. The symbols to be used and the meaning
					 thereof shall be as follows:
(heart) or (R) to denote reduction
(diamond) or (A) to denote increases
(club) or (C) to denote changes, the result of which is
					 neither an increase nor a reduction.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 304 - Motor Carriers › C - Filing of Tariffs of Rates, Charges and Classification Ratings by Motor Common Carriers › Part V - General › Section 16-304-C15 - Posting and filing

Current through July 10, 2024
Each carrier shall post and file at each of its stations or
					 offices, at which an exclusive agent is employed, all of the tariffs, including
					 supplements, applying on its operations. All tariffs, including supplements,
					 shall be kept available for public inspection or examination at all reasonable
					 times.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 304 - Motor Carriers › C - Filing of Tariffs of Rates, Charges and Classification Ratings by Motor Common Carriers › Part V - General › Section 16-304-C16 - Limit of supplemental pages

Current through July 10, 2024
The number of pages of supplemental matter in effect at any
					 time shall not exceed one-half the number of pages in the tariff so
					 supplemented.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 304 - Motor Carriers › C - Filing of Tariffs of Rates, Charges and Classification Ratings by Motor Common Carriers › Part V - General › Section 16-304-C17 - Agent for issuing and filing

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) A carrier
				  desiring to give authority to an agent to issue and file tariffs and
				  supplements thereto in its stead shall execute a document stating the
				  appointment of such agent for the purpose of issuing and filing tariffs and
				  supplements. This document shall be in a form approved by the commission, and
				  the original and one copy of such document shall be filed with the
				  commission.
(b) The appointment of
				  an agent may be revoked upon not less than sixty days' notice to the commission
				  by filing a notice of revocation with the commission, serving at the same time
				  a copy thereof on the agent in whose favor such appointment was
				  executed.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 304 - Motor Carriers › C - Filing of Tariffs of Rates, Charges and Classification Ratings by Motor Common Carriers › Part V - General › Section 16-304-C18 - Concurrence of carriers

Current through July 10, 2024
A carrier desiring to concur in tariffs issued and filed by
					 another carrier or its agent shall issue a concurrence in favor of such other
					 carrier in a form approved by the commission consecutively numbered "Conn.
					 PUC-MFXC1 No. __________," beginning with number one (No. 1), filing the
					 original and one copy with the commission.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 304 - Motor Carriers › D - Policies of Insurance to Be Furnished by Motor Carriers of Property for Hire › Section 16-304-D1 - Insurance required

Current through July 10, 2024
No motor carrier of property for hire subject to the
				  jurisdiction of the public utilities commission, shall operate any motor
				  vehicle over the highways of this state in intrastate commerce, interstate
				  commerce, or both, and any certificate or permit authorizing the carriage of
				  property for hire, issued to such motor carrier, shall be subject to suspension
				  or revocation, unless and until there has been filed with the public utilities
				  commission a certificate of insurance. such certificate of insurance, as
				  outlined in Form E of section
				  16-304-D4, shall
				  be evidence of an insurance policy conditioned to pay, within at least the
				  minimum amounts hereinafter prescribed, any final judgment recovered against
				  such motor carrier for bodily injuries to, or death of, any person (excluding
				  injury to or death of the insured's employees arising out of, or damage to
				  property of employment), or for the loss of, or damage to property of others
				  (excluding property of the insured and property transported by the insured,
				  designated as cargo), caused by accident and arising out of the ownership,
				  maintenance or use of all motor vehicles operated by the motor carrier of
				  property for hire within the state of Connecticut under any certificate or
				  permit authorizing the carriage of property for hire.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 304 - Motor Carriers › D - Policies of Insurance to Be Furnished by Motor Carriers of Property for Hire › Section 16-304-D2 - Insurance to be issued by authorized companies

Current through July 10, 2024
Where the motor carrier holds a certificate or permit issued
				  by the public utilities commission authorizing the transportation of property
				  for hire in intrastate commerce in this state, whether such carrier operates
				  exclusively in intrastate commerce or in both intrastate and interstate
				  commerce, policies of insurance, as amended by the endorsement provided by
				  these regulations, shall be written by insurance, bonding and surety companies
				  licensed to write insurance business in the state of
				  Connecticut.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 304 - Motor Carriers › D - Policies of Insurance to Be Furnished by Motor Carriers of Property for Hire › Section 16-304-D3 - Insurance of interstate carriers subject to federal regulation

Current through July 10, 2024
Where the motor carrier holds a permit issued by the public
				  utilities commission authorizing such person or persons to operate over the
				  highways of this state in the transportation of property for hire in interstate
				  commerce exclusively, policies of insurance as amended by the endorsement
				  provided by these regulations, shall be in compliance with section 174.8 of
				  Motor Carrier Regulations (Title 49, Transportation and Railroads, Part 174,
				  Surety Bonds and Policies of Insurance), adopted by the interstate commerce
				  commission, with such amendments thereto as have since been made or which may
				  be made hereafter by the interstate commerce commission, except that such
				  policies shall be in the amounts and limits set forth in section
				  16-304-D5
				  hereof, and shall be either written or confirmed by an insurance, bonding or
				  surety company authorized to write insurance, bonding or surety business in
				  Connecticut, or by a bonding or surety company holding a certificate of
				  authority from the secretary of the treasury of the United States as acceptable
				  surety on federal bonds.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 304 - Motor Carriers › D - Policies of Insurance to Be Furnished by Motor Carriers of Property for Hire › Section 16-304-D4 - Forms

Current through July 10, 2024
Certificates of insurance shall be filed on Form E, entitled,
				  "Uniform Motor Carrier Bodily Injury and Property Damage Liability Certificate
				  of Insurance," prescribed by the public utilities commission and the National
				  Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners. This certificate shall cover
				  all vehicles operated by the carrier within the state of Connecticut and shall
				  be signed by a person designated to the public utilities commision, by the
				  insuring, bonding or surety company offering the insurance, as the agent
				  authorized to sign such certificates of insurance, and shall certify to public
				  utilities commission that such policy or policies of insurance in at least the
				  minimum amounts hereinafter prescribed have been issued to the motor carrier of
				  property for hire, and that such policy or policies apply with respect to the
				  ownership, maintenance or use.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 304 - Motor Carriers › D - Policies of Insurance to Be Furnished by Motor Carriers of Property for Hire › Section 16-304-D5 - Minimum coverage

Current through July 10, 2024
The minimum amounts referred to in sections
				  16-304-D1 and
				  16-304-D4 are
				  prescribed as follows:
(a) For
				intrastate carriers:
$200,000 -
against claims for bodily injuries to or death of one
							 person in any one accident
$600,000 -
for bodily injuries to or death of more than one
							 person in any one accident
$100,000 -
against claims for loss or damage in any one accident
							 to the property of others (excluding property of the insured and property
							 transported by the insured designated as cargo).
(b)
				For interstate carriers:
(1) The liability
				amounts for freight vehicles with gross vehicle weight ratings of 10,000 pounds
				or more are those prescribed under Interstate Commerce Commission Bureau of
				Motor Carrier Safety Docket No. MC-94, codified as 49 CFR 387, and set forth as
				follows:
Kind of Equipment
Commodity transported
Single Limit requirement
July 1, 1983
Freight vehicles of 10,000 pounds or more
							 GVW.
(1) Property (non-hazardous). . . .
$750,000
(2) Hazardous substances as defined in
							 49 CFR
							 171.8 and designated by the letter E in the
							 first column of the Hazardous Materials Table found at
							 49 CFR
							 172.101 transported in cargo tanks, portable
							 tanks, or hopper-type vehicles with capacities in excess of 3,500 water
							 gallons; or in bulk classes A and B explosives, poison gas (Poison A),
							 liquefied compressed gas, compressed gas, or large quantity radioactive
							 materials as defined in 49 CFR 173.389.
$5,000,000
(3) Oil listed in
							 49 CFR
							 172.101; hazardous waste, hazardous materials
							 and hazardous substances defined in
							 49 CFR
							 171.8 and listed in
							 49 CFR
							 172.101, but not mentioned in (2)
							 above.
$1,000,000
(2)
				The liability amounts for freight vehicles with gross vehicle weight ratings of
				less than 10,000 pounds as follows:
Kind of equipment
Limit for bodily injuries to or death of one
							 person
Limit for bodily injuries to or death of all
							 persons injured or killed in any one accident (subject to a maximum of $100,000
							 for bodily injuries to or death of one person)
Limit for loss or damage in any one accident to
							 property of others (excluding cargo)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
Freight vehicles under 10,000 pounds
							 GVW
$100,000
$300,000
$50,000
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 304 - Motor Carriers › D - Policies of Insurance to Be Furnished by Motor Carriers of Property for Hire › Section 16-304-D6 - Self-insurance

Current through July 10, 2024
A motor carrier of property for hire may comply with these
				  regulations by qualifying as a self-insurer in lieu of the insurance prescribed
				  herein, if such carrier furnishes a true and accurate statement of its
				  financial condition and such other evidence as will establish to the
				  satisfaction of the public utilities commission the ability of such carrier to
				  satisfy its obligations for liability for bodily injury or death and liability
				  for property damage in the minimum amounts prescribed in section
				  16-304-D5
				  without affecting the stability or permanency of the business of such motor
				  carrier. Other securities or agreements may be offered in lieu of the insurance
				  prescribed herein if the carrier can demonstrate to the public utilities
				  commission that the security or agreement offered will discharge the liability
				  of such carrier for bodily injury or death and property damage within at least
				  the minimum amounts prescribed in section
				  16-304-D5.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 304 - Motor Carriers › D - Policies of Insurance to Be Furnished by Motor Carriers of Property for Hire › Section 16-304-D7 - Suspension or revocation of acceptance or approval of insurance

Current through July 10, 2024
The public utilities commission's acceptance of any
				  certificate of insurance or its approval of qualifications as a self-insurer,
				  or its approval of other securities or agreements will be suspended or revoked
				  if the public utilities commission finds at any time that such insurance or
				  security no longer complies with these regulations, or does not adequately
				  protect residents of this state and travelers upon its highways and the general
				  public, with respect to the operation of motor vehicles over the highways of
				  this state by any motor carrier of property for hire subject to the
				  jurisdiction of the public utilities commission.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 304 - Motor Carriers › E - Determination of Adjoining Territory › Section 16-304-E1 - Limits of adjoining territory

Current through July 10, 2024
Pursuant to the provisions of section 16-282 of the general
				  statutes, the commission hereby determines the limits of the adjoining
				  territory within which motor vehicles, while engaged in the transportation of
				  property wholly therein, are excluded from the provisions of chapter 285,
				  except as noted in said section 16-282, to be as follows:
(a) Ansonia and Derby and Shelton
(b) Branford and North Branford
(c) Bridgeport and Fairfield and Stratford
				and Trumbull
(d) Brooklyn and
				Killingly
(e) Danbury and
				Bethel
(f) East Haddam and
				Haddam
(g) Hartford and East
				Hartford and West Hartford
(h)
				Lebanon and Franklin
(i) Middletown
				and Cromwell and Portland
(j) New
				Britain and Berlin and Newington
(k) New Haven and East Haven and Hamden and
				West Haven
(l) New London and
				Groton and Waterford
(Including transportation of property between New London,
				  Groton and Waterford and the freight station known as Mystic and situated on
				  the east side of the Mystic River, in the town of Stonington)
(m) Tolland and Willington
(n) Torrington and Harwinton
(o) Windsor Locks and East Windsor
The area included in each lettered subsection enumerated
				  above constitutes a separate exempt area.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 304 - Motor Carriers › F - Motor Carriers of Property for Hire › Section 16-304-F1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
As used in sections 16-304-F1 to
				  16-304-F29
				  inclusive, "commission" means the department of public utility control;
				  "carrier" means a carrier of property for hire by a motor vehicle pursuant to a
				  commission certificate or permit; "certificate" or "permit" means a certificate
				  or permit issued by the commission authorizing the transportation of property
				  for hire by motor vehicle; "intrastate carrier" means a carrier engaged in
				  intrastate commerce within Connecticut pursuant to commission authority;
				  "headquarters" means an office where records of the carrier's business are
				  handled and are kept and an employee is in attendance to dispatch motor
				  vehicles used in the transportation of property for hire where telephone
				  service is maintained in the name of the carrier; "identification stamp" means
				  a stamp issued by the commission to an authorized carrier of property for hire,
				  for each motor vehicle used by the carrier pursuant to commission
				  authority.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 304 - Motor Carriers › F - Motor Carriers of Property for Hire › Section 16-304-F2 - Transfer of authority

Current through July 10, 2024
Transfer of a certificate or permit may not be accomplished
				  until:
(1) Application for such
				transfer has been made to the commission on the commission-prescribed form;
(2) the transferor of intrastate
				authority has demonstrated that he is performing a reasonable service under his
				certificate or permit as is required by the commission's regulations;
(3) the commissioner has issued its
				approval of the terms and conditions of the proposed transfer of an intrastate
				authority, and has determined that the transferee can reasonably meet the
				statutory standards prescribed for an applicant for commission authority;
(4) the commission has reissued the
				certificate or permit in the name of the transferee.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 304 - Motor Carriers › F - Motor Carriers of Property for Hire › Section 16-304-F4 - Change of headquarters

Current through July 10, 2024
Each intrastate common carrier holding authority to transport
				  property for hire, on call received at a headquarters specified in its
				  certificate, shall not change the location of such headquarters to a point
				  outside the named city or town without prior commission approval. Such carrier
				  shall not maintain a headquarters at a point outside the city or town specified
				  in its certificate.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 304 - Motor Carriers › F - Motor Carriers of Property for Hire › Section 16-304-F4a - Call stations

Current through July 10, 2024
Notwithstanding the provisions of any certificate to the
				  contrary, on and after the effective date of this regulation, an intrastate
				  common carrier holding authority to transport property for hire shall not be
				  restricted to receiving calls only at a headquarters designated in its
				  certificate but may establish and maintain one or more call stations; provided,
				  however, that each such carrier shall maintain all records covered by section
				  16-304-F8
				  of these regulations at its headquarters.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 304 - Motor Carriers › F - Motor Carriers of Property for Hire › Section 16-304-F5 - Filing of trade name

Current through July 10, 2024
All intrastate carrier shall not do business under a
				  fictitious trade name until he has filed with the commission a certified copy
				  of the certificate required by section
				  35-1
				  of the general statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 304 - Motor Carriers › F - Motor Carriers of Property for Hire › Section 16-304-F7 - Identification of vehicles

Current through July 10, 2024
All motor vehicles operated by carriers pursuant to
				  commission authority shall be identified by prominent and legible lettering at
				  least one and one-half inches in height, stating the name of such carrier and
				  the city or town and state in which its principal office is located. Such
				  identification shall be displayed on both sides of each such
				  vehicle.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 304 - Motor Carriers › F - Motor Carriers of Property for Hire › Section 16-304-F8 - Availability of records

Current through July 10, 2024
All books, records, vouchers, memoranda and other papers
				  relating to the business of an intrastate carrier shall be made available in
				  Connecticut as required for examination by the commission or its authorized
				  representatives.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 304 - Motor Carriers › F - Motor Carriers of Property for Hire › Section 16-304-F9 - Accounting records

Current through July 10, 2024
All intrastate carriers that are not required to maintain
				  their records in conformity with the commission's uniform system of accounts
				  shall maintain their records in sufficient detail to readily furnish reasonable
				  reports of their financial condition and the result of their operations to the
				  commission.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 304 - Motor Carriers › F - Motor Carriers of Property for Hire › Section 16-304-F18 - Bills of lading to be issued

Current through July 10, 2024
For each shipment accepted for transportation, every
				  intrastate common carrier shall issue a bill of lading which shall state: The
				  date of shipment; point of origin; point of destination; name and address of
				  consignor; name and address of consignee; description of articles or
				  commodities, number in each shipment and weight of each; route of movement;
				  points of transfer from one carrier to another and name of each carrier
				  participating in the movement; the rate or rates applicable to the service
				  rendered; charges accrued, and advance charges if any; a statement of the
				  nature and amount of any other charges, naming points at which such charges
				  accrued; total charges. A copy of each such bill shall be preserved at least
				  two years and shall be available for inspection by the
				  commission.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 304 - Motor Carriers › F - Motor Carriers of Property for Hire › Section 16-304-F19 - Record of shipments by contract carriers

Current through July 10, 2024
For each shipment handled, every intrastate contract carrier
				  shall keep on file a record which shall state: Date of shipment; point of
				  origin; point of delivery; name and address of consignor; name and address of
				  consignee; description of articles or commodities; number in each shipment and
				  weight of each; the rate or rates applicable to the service rendered; the
				  charges accrued and total charges. Such record shall be preserved at least two
				  years and shall be available for inspection by the
				  commission.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 304 - Motor Carriers › F - Motor Carriers of Property for Hire › Section 16-304-F20 - Waybills to be carried

Current through July 10, 2024
Each carrier shall cause to accompany each shipment a waybill
				  or delivery receipt showing the originating point, destination, nature and
				  weight of the articles or commodities, including total weight of
				  load.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 304 - Motor Carriers › F - Motor Carriers of Property for Hire › Section 16-304-F21 - Contract carriers-contracts to be filed

Current through July 10, 2024
Each contract carrier shall maintain a current file with the
				  commission of all effective contracts under which he renders transportation
				  service pursuant to commission authority, such contract to be on file prior to
				  the rendering of such service.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 304 - Motor Carriers › F - Motor Carriers of Property for Hire › Section 16-304-F22 - Identification stamp

Current through July 10, 2024
An identification stamp issued by this commission shall be
				  placed in the square bearing the name of this state on the back of the uniform
				  cab card of the vehicle being operated. This uniform cab card shall be carried
				  in the same vehicle and upon demand shall be presented by the driver to an
				  authorized official for inspection. Identification stamps shall expire on
				  February first of each year.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 304 - Motor Carriers › F - Motor Carriers of Property for Hire › Section 16-304-F23 - Application for identification stamps

Current through July 10, 2024
A carrier may obtain identification stamps by:
(1) Furnishing the information required on
				the application form prescribed by the commission and paying the statutory
				charge therefor; and by
(2) having
				on file with the commission satisfactory evidence of insurance coverage as
				prescribed by the commission's rules and regulations. In addition to the
				requirements of subdivisions (1) and (2), each intrastate carrier shall have on
				file with the commission its current schedule of rates and charges as
				prescribed by statute and by the commission's regulations.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 304 - Motor Carriers › F - Motor Carriers of Property for Hire › Section 16-304-F24 - List of vehicles operated

Current through July 10, 2024
The motor carrier shall provide the commission with a list of
				  the vehicles it is operating for hire on Conneticut highways, including those
				  used in truckaway, towaway and driveaway service, on the application for
				  identification stamps:
(1) when the
				stamps are applied for, or
(2)
				within fifteen days of the date the vehicles are placed in
				service.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 304 - Motor Carriers › F - Motor Carriers of Property for Hire › Section 16-304-F26 - Substitution of vehicles

Current through July 10, 2024
When a motor carrier substitutes or transfers a vehicle, he
				  shall affix the cab card prepared for the substitute vehicle to the front of
				  the cab card prepared for the discontinued vehicle by permanently attaching the
				  upper left hand corners of both cards together in such a manner as to permit
				  inspection of the contents of both cards and thereupon each identification
				  stamp or number appearing on the back of the card prepared for the discontinued
				  vehicle shall be deemed to apply to the operation of the substitute
				  vehicle.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 304 - Motor Carriers › F - Motor Carriers of Property for Hire › Section 16-304-F28 - Temporary identification stamp

Current through July 10, 2024
A carrier may obtain an emergency authority for a motor
				  vehicle for a period of ten days, by (1) providing the commission with a
				  description of the vehicle by year, make, type of body, identification number
				  and name of registered vehicle owner, if other than the motor carrier, and
				  paying the statutory charge therefor; and by (2) having on file with the
				  commission satisfactory evidence of insurance coverage as prescribed by the
				  commission's rules and regulations.
The temporary identification stamp, which is usually issued
				  in the form of a telegram, shall be carried in the vehicle while operated
				  pursuant to commission authority.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 304 - Motor Carriers › F - Motor Carriers of Property for Hire › Section 16-304-F29 - Interstate carrier, failure to apply for identification stamps

Current through July 10, 2024
If a motor carrier, authorized by this authority to transport
				  property for hire in interstate commerce, does not apply for and obtain current
				  identification stamps for Connecticut operation for three consecutive years its
				  interstate authority will be revoked and cancelled, upon 30 days notice to the
				  carrier.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 325 - Livery Service › Part I - Definitions › Section 16-325-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
As used in sections 16-325-1 to
				  16-325-25,
				  inclusive, "commission" means the public utilities commission of the state of
				  Connecticut;
"permit holder" means a holder of a permit issued by the
				  commission authorizing the operation of livery service;
"headquarters" means an office where
(1) records of the permit holder's business
				are handled and kept, and
(2) the
				permit holder or his employee is in attendance to dispatch motor vehicles used
				in livery service, and
(3)
				telephone service is maintained in the name of the permit holder;
"bus" means a motor vehicle used in livery service having a
				  capacity of ten or more adults but shall not include a school bus or a sedan
				  type bus,
"school bus" means school bus as defined by section
				  14-275
				  of the general statutes and used in livery service; and
"general livery service authority" means authority for all
				  types of livery transportation service.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 325 - Livery Service › Part II - Operations › Section 16-325-2 - Transfer of permit

Current through July 10, 2024
No livery permit may be transferred until
(1) application for such transfer has been
				made to the commission on the prescribed form;
(2) the permit holder has demonstrated that
				he is performing service with reasonable frequency and continuity;
(3) the transferee if an individual, or all
				corporate officers, if a corporation, have demonstrated fitness and propriety
				to perform livery service; and
(4)
				the commission has approved the transfer and has reissued the permit in the
				name of the transferee.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 325 - Livery Service › Part II - Operations › Section 16-325-5 - Information supplied and records available to authority

Current through July 10, 2024
Permit holders shall maintain their accounts in sufficient
				  detail to readily furnish to the authority, upon request, reports of their
				  financial condition and the results of their operations. All books, records,
				  vouchers, memoranda and other papers relating to the business of the permit
				  holder shall be maintained and available for examination by the authority for a
				  minimum for two years.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 325 - Livery Service › Part II - Operations › Section 16-325-6 - Requirements re drivers

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Each permit
				holder shall ascertain that each driver in his employment holds a public
				service operator's license and is fully instructed regarding Connecticut motor
				vehicle and livery laws and pertinent regulations.
(b) Each permit holder shall ascertain that
				each driver of vehicles used in school service is fully instructed regarding
				regulations governing school busses.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 325 - Livery Service › Part II - Operations › Section 16-325-7 - Rates

Current through July 10, 2024
Each permit holder shall maintain on file with the commission
				  an exact schedule of all rates and charges for livery service. All livery
				  service shall be rendered only under such rates and charges as are on file with
				  the commission. All rates shall be calculated from the carrier's headquarters.
				  Said schedule of rates and charges shall not be altered without prior
				  commission approval. In localities regularly served by taxicabs, permit holders
				  shall charge a minimum rate of one dollar per trip, and shall not charge a rate
				  less than the prevailing taxicab fare for comparable service. Rates charged for
				  busses and school busses shall not be less than the following minimum rates per
				  mile:
Adult
Rate Per Mile
Seating Capacity
With Load
Without Load
20
$0.25
$0.125
32
0.40
0.20
40
0.50
0.25
Proportionate minimum rates shall be charged for busses and
				  school busses having different seating capacities from the
				  foregoing.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 325 - Livery Service › Part II - Operations › Section 16-325-8 - Limitation on number of vehicles operated

Current through July 10, 2024
A permit holder who desires to operate a greater number of
				  vehicles in livery service than authorized may make application to the
				  Division, in which application the permit holder shall state the number of
				  additional vehicles desired, and the reasons and causes applicable to public
				  convenience and necessity for the additional service sought.
A copy of said application shall be provided by the applicant
				  to the Commissioner of Transportation, the mayor of each city, the warden of
				  each borough or town or the first selectman, and any common carrier within the
				  territory specified. Upon filing said application with the division, the permit
				  holder must, within ten (10) days, publish in a newspaper or newspapers having
				  circulation in the territory specified, a notice of the application.
In the absence of any written opposition, after a period of
				  thirty (30) days of the filing of said application, the Division may grant an
				  uncontested application at a regularly scheduled public hearing on all
				  uncontested applications then pending, which hearing will be held at the
				  offices of the Division at 10:00 a.m., on the second Wednesday of every other
				  month, said hearing to commence upon acceptance of these regulations by the
				  Secretary of the State, in accordance with section
				  4-172
				  of the Connecticut General Statutes. In any case wherein the Division receives
				  written opposition to the application, the Division shall schedule a special
				  public hearing to be held on that contested application and shall make public
				  notice of the pendency of said contested application as required by
				  law.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 325 - Livery Service › Part II - Operations › Section 16-325-9 - Vehicles to be approved by commission

Current through July 10, 2024
No motor vehicle shall be placed into livery service for the
				  first time until the commission has approved the use of such vehicle in livery
				  service. Motor vehicles which have been removed from livery service for a
				  period of six months or more shall be approved by the commission prior to reuse
				  in livery service.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 325 - Livery Service › Part II - Operations › Section 16-325-10 - Use of school bus in adult service

Current through July 10, 2024
School busses shall not be used in adult livery service
				  unless patrons seeking livery service are informed in advance that
(1) school busses will be furnished
				and
(2) school busses afford
				restricted accommodations with respect to seating and other facilities in
				contrast to conventional busses and such patrons indicate that they are
				agreeable to accept school busses.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 325 - Livery Service › Part III - Inspection and Equipment › Section 16-325-11 - General construction and equipment requirements

Current through July 10, 2024
Construction and equipment, including but not limited to
				  brakes, tires, lights, electrical systems, and all other equipment of vehicles
				  used in livery service, shall conform with the general statutes and
				  requirements and regulations of the department of motor
				  vehicles.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 325 - Livery Service › Part III - Inspection and Equipment › Section 16-325-12 - Doors. Emergency opening device

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Each entrance
				and service door of a bus shall have a minimum horizontal clearance of
				twenty-four inches and minimum vertical clearance of seventy-two
				inches.
(b) Every new bus placed
				into livery service following August 24, 1965, equipped with an air or vacuum
				operated entrance door, except a bus having two operable service doors on the
				same side, shall have an easily accessible emergency opening device located
				adjacent to the entrance door. This device shall be identified and instruction
				for its use shall be posted on or adjacent to the door.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 325 - Livery Service › Part III - Inspection and Equipment › Section 16-325-13 - Longitudinal aisle

Current through July 10, 2024
All equipment purchased on or after January 1, 1977, must
				  have minimum headroom of seventy-four inches and a minimum aisle width of
				  fourteen inches. Vehicles presently registered in livery service with twelve
				  inch aisles and seventy-two inch head room may remain in service until retired
				  or replaced.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 325 - Livery Service › Part III - Inspection and Equipment › Section 16-325-14 - Seats

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Each bus seat shall provide a minimum
				seating space of sixteen inches per adult passenger, except school buses and/or
				school bus type vehicles, which shall have all seats facing forward and each
				bus seat shall provide a minimum seating space of fifteen inches per
				passenger,
(b) Bus cross seats
				shall provide a minimum clearance at the knee level of twenty-four inches in
				front of the back cushion.
(c) No
				bus seat shall be located so that a passenger occupying such seat would be
				forward of the driver.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 325 - Livery Service › Part III - Inspection and Equipment › Section 16-325-15 - Heaters

Current through July 10, 2024
Each vehicle shall have facilities such as hot water heaters,
				  or other types of heaters approved by the National Board of Fire Underwriters
				  Laboratories, to adequately heat and ventilate the entire passenger carrying
				  space used. Heating systems shall be designed to prevent fumes from entering
				  the bus body and all fuel line connections shall be located outside of the
				  passenger compartment.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 325 - Livery Service › Part III - Inspection and Equipment › Section 16-325-17 - Display of name of permit holder and identifying number

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The exact name of the permit holder shall
				be displayed in horizontal form on each side of the exterior of every bus in
				clearly visible and legible letters, at least four inches high.
(b) An identifying number shall be
				conspicuously lettered on the exterior front, rear and sides, and on the
				interior front above the windshield of every bus in clearly visible and legible
				letters at least four inches high.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 325 - Livery Service › Part III - Inspection and Equipment › Section 16-325-18 - Display of seating capacity

Current through July 10, 2024
The seating capacity shall be displayed on each bus at the
				  rear of the entrance door, near the bottom of the window, in visible letters
				  and numbers not less than one and one-half inches high.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 325 - Livery Service › Part III - Inspection and Equipment › Section 16-325-19 - Emergency equipment

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Each bus,
				except a sedan type bus, shall contain suitable hand tools in a visible and
				accessible location for emergency purposes.
(b) Each bus, including a sedan type bus,
				shall contain a first aid kit, flares, flaring candles or torches, and a fire
				extinguisher of a type and size approved by the department of motor vehicles.
				Such equipment shall be in a visible and accessible location and maintained in
				serviceable condition.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 325 - Livery Service › Part III - Inspection and Equipment › Section 16-325-21 - Mirrors

Current through July 10, 2024
Each bus shall have a mirror which shows the operator the bus
				  interior. Each bus equipped with a side exit door shall have a suitable mirror
				  or mirrors which show the driver each side service door and
				  step-well.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 325 - Livery Service › Part III - Inspection and Equipment › Section 16-325-23 - Emergency exits. Doors

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) In addition to
				the door or doors used for normal entrance and exit, emergency exits on buses,
				except sedan type buses, shall be provided for by either an emergency door or
				by push-out windows as prescribed in the authority's regulations for motor
				buses.
(b) The emergency door of
				each bus shall be connected with a distinctive audible signal and red indicator
				light, mounted over door so as to be visible to the driver, which operates when
				the emergency door is partially unlatched or when the operating bar or handle
				is moved. This signal shall not be connected with any other circuit and only
				the door switch shall be in the circuit.
(c) Sedan type buses shall have a minimum of
				four doors.
(d) Sedan type buses
				shall have a door on each side of each seat, with a distinctive signal
				connected to each door which will alert the operator whenever any door is
				unlatched or open. A protective covering, extending from six inches below to
				twelve above the top of the back of the seat, shall be provided over the hinged
				portion of each door jamb.
(e)
				Station wagons and suburban type vehicles shall have doors on each side of each
				seat, or shall have at least two doors, one of which will be on each side of
				the vehicle, with an unobstructed aisle leading from the door on the right-hand
				side of the vehicles to each passenger seat.
(f) School buses having an emergency door in
				the rear, shall offer clear access to such door from the last two rows of
				seats. The emergency door shall be so marked on the inside in letters at least
				2 inches high to indicate location of door and direction of movement of handle
				or other device to open the door. Such buses shall have at least two push-out
				type windows on each side of the bus and shall be properly marked in letters at
				least 1½" high: EMERGENCY EXIT, PUSH-OUT AT BOTTOM.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 325 - Livery Service › Part III - Inspection and Equipment › Section 16-325-25 - Noncomplying vehicles excluded from service

Current through July 10, 2024
Vehicles that do not comply with the provisions of sections
				  16-325-1
				  to
				  16-325-24,
				  inclusive, and with accepted standards of safety and passenger convenience,
				  shall not be used in livery service.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 325 - Livery Service › Part III - Inspection and Equipment › Section 16-325-26 - Repeal of prior dockets

Current through July 10, 2024
Public Utilities Commission Docket No. 5983, Docket No. 6300
				  and Docket No. 6700, and all amendments thereto, pertaining to livery service,
				  are repealed.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 331a - Community Access Support › Section 16-331a-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
As used in section
				16-331a-2
				to
				16-331a-10,
				inclusive:
(1) "Community Access
			 Provider" means the entity responsible for providing community access
			 operations within a franchise area.
(2) "Consumer Price Index (CPI)" shall mean
			 the United States Department of Labor Consumer Price Index, Urban, Northeast
			 Region, published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
(3) "End-user Premises" means a residential
			 dwelling unit the owner or tenant of which purchases programming services from
			 one or more multichannel video programming distributors within a franchise area
			 as defined in section
			 16-331a-1(4).
(4) "Multichannel video programming
			 distributor (MVPD) within a franchise area" means a multichannel programming
			 distributor as defined in
			 47
			 CFR 76.1300, as from time to time amended,
			 that uses public streets and highways, utility poles or underground conduit to
			 distribute video programming.
(5)
			 "Subscriber" means a person who purchases programming services from one or more
			 MVPDs within a franchise area, as defined in section
			 16-331a-1(4).