Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 515 - RULES OF GEORGIA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 515-16 - TRANSPORTATION › Subject 515-16-7 - PASSENGER CARRIERS › Rule 515-16-7-.05 - Baggage

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) Motor carriers
				will not be compelled to carry baggage of passengers, except hand baggage, the
				character, amount, size and value of which the motor carrier may limit by its
				rules or regulations, subject to the approval of the Commission.
(2) Each passenger motor carrier shall
				provide duplicate checks for baggage, when requested, to and from all points on
				all routes covered by its certificate. Baggage checks shall be issued for
				baggage, when requested, upon presentation of valid transportation only when
				the owner of the baggage is also the owner of the transportation and is a bona
				fide passenger over the same line to the destination of the baggage. In the
				event that the passenger fails to take advantage of this checking service, and
				the baggage is retained in the physical possession of the owner, the company
				may proceed on the theory that the passenger has assumed full responsibility
				for his own baggage, and the company shall not be responsible to the passenger
				for loss or damage to said baggage. When, however, the passenger is required to
				surrender physical possession of his hand baggage upon entering the vehicle for
				storage in a separate compartment from that occupied by the passenger on the
				vehicle, the motor carrier shall provide duplicate identification tags for such
				hand baggage, and the motor carrier shall at all times furnish the drivers of
				its vehicles with an adequate supply of duplicate identification
				tags.
(3) Excess baggage shall not
				be transported with charges collect on delivery, but the charges must be paid
				in advance.
(4) At all agency
				destinations when arriving baggage is not immediately claimed by the passenger
				owner, the driver shall deliver same to the station agent and if delivered to
				owner on same date of arrival, no storage charge shall be made.
(5) Baggage containing money, jewelry,
				negotiable paper, liquids, glassware, perishable or fragile articles, must not
				be checked or received for transportation without a declared valuation and
				where such declared value exceeds the value provided for in paragraph (g)
				carriers may assess additional charges according to tariffs filed with and
				approved by the Commission. If baggage is checked or delivered for
				transportation by a passenger without making manifest of such contents and the
				value thereof, the carrier shall not be liable therefore in excess of the
				amount provided for in paragraph (g) and may reject entirely when baggage
				contains any of the articles enumerated in paragraph (h), or is in the opinion
				of the operator or driver, too heavy, bulky, fragile, or not in proper
				condition.
(6) Subject to the
				limitations and conditions set forth herein three pieces of hand baggage, not
				to exceed a total weight of one hundred pounds nor exceeding two hundred fifty
				dollars ($250.00) in value, shall be carried free of charge for each adult
				passenger. Children traveling on less than adult fare shall be limited on the
				above basis in the proportion that the child's fare bears to the adult fare. No
				allowance shall be permitted on tickets purchased for the sole purpose of
				avoiding the payment of excess baggage.
(7) Motor carriers of passengers, their
				drivers or their agents, shall not knowingly permit, and no person shall offer
				for transportation, any dangerous substance or material to be loaded in or upon
				any passenger carrying vehicle or to be stored as baggage in or upon the
				premises of any passenger bus station, which shall include the following but is
				not limited to the following:
(a) Loaded
				firearms;
(b) Illegal narcotics,
				dangerous drugs, or controlled substances;
(c) Materials of an offensive or disagreeable
				odor; or
(d) Any hazardous material
				or article prohibited to be transported aboard a passenger carrying vehicle
				provided for under 49 C.F.R.
				§
											177.870.