California Code of Regulations › Title 13 - Motor Vehicles › Division 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Article 3.5 - Motor Carriers Permit Program › Section 220.00 - Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
As used in this article, the following definitions shall
					 apply:
(a) "Administrative costs"
				  shall be defined as attorney fees and support staff costs incurred in
				  determining legal entitlement to all or a portion of the cash deposit(s) or
				  savings account(s) held in assignment(s) pursuant to Vehicle Code section
				  34631(c).
(b) An "applicant" shall be defined as a
				  motor carrier applying as an original applicant for or a current holder of a
				  motor carrier permit.
(c) An
				  "assignor" shall be defined as a motor carrier who is granted a certificate of
				  self-insurance.
(d) The "Deputy
				  Director" shall be defined as the deputy director of the Department of Motor
				  Vehicles for the State of California, who administers the Motor Carrier Permit
				  Program.
(e) The "Director" shall
				  be defined as the Director of Motor Vehicles for the State of California and
				  any other department employee designated to act on behalf of the
				  Director.
(f) A "fictitious name"
				  as used in Vehicle Code section
				  34621(b)(1)
				  shall be defined as a DBA (Doing Business As) and/or a trade name.
(g) "Licensed to write insurance in this
				  state" as stated in Vehicle Code section
				  34631 shall
				  be defined as an "admitted insurer" as stated in Insurance Code section
				  700.
(h) A "motor carrier" shall be defined as a
				  business entity who operates vehicles in California and participates or
				  qualifies to participate in the Motor Carrier Permit program.
(i) A "permit term" shall be defined as
				  twelve (12) months starting on the first day of the month that the original
				  application was received and ending on the last day of the following 12th
				  month. The permit term shall establish the annual renewal date.
(j) For the purpose of this article, the
				  terms "Motor Carrier of Property Permit" and "Motor Carrier Permit" shall be
				  used interchangeably.
1. New
					 article 3.5 (sections
					 220.00-221.12) and section filed
					 4-10-98 as an emergency; operative 4-10-98 (Register 98, No. 15). A Certificate
					 of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 8-10-98 or emergency language will
					 be repealed by operation of law on the following day. For prior history, see
					 Register 85, No. 15.
2. Repealed by operation of Government Code
					 section
					 11346.1(g)
					 (Register 98, No. 34).
3. New article 3.5 (sections
					 220.00-221.12) and section filed
					 8-17-98 as an emergency; operative 8-17-98 (Register 98, No. 34). A Certificate
					 of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 12-15-98 or emergency language will
					 be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
4. Certificate
					 of Compliance as to 8-17-98 order, including relettering of subsections,
					 transmitted to OAL 10-16-98 and filed 12-2-98 (Register 98, No.
					 49).
5. Amendment of article heading and section filed 12-23-2003;
					 operative 1-22-2004 (Register 2003, No. 52).
6. Governor Newsom
					 issued Executive Order N-54-20 (2019 CA EO 54-20), dated April 22, 2020, which
					 suspended the provisions requiring current Motor Carrier Property Permits, due
					 to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						1651 and
						34604,
						Vehicle Code. Reference: Sections
						34621 and
						34631,Vehicle
						Code; and Section
						700,
						Insurance Code.