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Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart B - Carriers of Passengers or Property › Chapter 23 - TARIFFS FOR COMMON CARRIERS › RATES RELATED TO VALUE OF SHIPMENTS › Section 23.104 - Changes where declared value and routes or destinations remain unchanged

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If authority has been granted under
						66 Pa.C.S. §
												2304
						(relating to liability of common carriers for damages to property in transit;
						bills of lading), to establish and maintain rules, regulations, rates or
						ratings dependent upon the value declared in writing by the shipper, or agreed
						upon in writing as the released value of household goods in use, changes in
						rates, ratings or carload minimum weights may be established thereafter and
						filed under authority of the original order without securing new released rate
						orders, if the rules or regulations, or the declared or agreed values on which
						same are dependent are not changed, and, if additional routes or points of
						origin or destination are not added.
The provisions of this §
													23.104 amended under the Public
						  Utility Code,
						  66 Pa.C.S. §
														501.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart B - Carriers of Passengers or Property › Chapter 23 - TARIFFS FOR COMMON CARRIERS › OTHER RULES PERTAINING TO CARRIER RATES › Section 23.111 - Payment of rates in advance

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Common carriers may demand payment of rates and fares in
						advance of service rendered.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart B - Carriers of Passengers or Property › Chapter 23 - TARIFFS FOR COMMON CARRIERS › OTHER RULES PERTAINING TO CARRIER RATES › Section 23.112 - Advance sale of commutation and term tickets

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(a) In order that all purchasers of monthly,
					 quarterly, or other forms of commutation and term tickets, not including 500
					 and 1,000 mile tickets, may obtain the full benefit of the period during which
					 such tickets are valid, and for the further convenience of passengers using
					 such forms of tickets to or from nonagency stations, they shall be sold, upon
					 application, at least one day in advance of the date the initial trip is to be
					 made.
(b) If the initial trip is to
					 be made on a Monday, tickets may be purchased on the preceding Saturday or
					 Sunday.
(c) In applying for a term
					 ticket, the purchaser shall declare the date upon which such initial trip is to
					 be made, which date should be prominently shown on the ticket, accompanied by a
					 statement indicating that the ticket will not be valid prior to the date of the
					 initial trip indicated.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart B - Carriers of Passengers or Property › Chapter 23 - TARIFFS FOR COMMON CARRIERS › OTHER RULES PERTAINING TO CARRIER RATES › Section 23.113 - Interest on overcharge claims

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(a)
					 In the settlement of an overcharge claim, that is, the refund of the amount
					 collected in excess of the legally published rate, and, in the Reparation
					 Docket, of the reasonable rate as therein determined, the claimant is entitled
					 to interest upon the amount refunded at the rate of 6.0% per annum from the
					 date of the improper collection.
(b) The Commission does not regard it
					 unlawful for a claimant to accept in satisfaction of his claim the ascertained
					 amount of an overcharge without interest, the Commission is of the opinion that
					 if such refund is made within 30 days after the improper collection of the
					 overcharge, it may be regarded, in accordance with well-established usage, as a
					 cash transaction, upon which interest does not accrue.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart B - Carriers of Passengers or Property › Chapter 23 - TARIFFS FOR COMMON CARRIERS › OTHER RULES PERTAINING TO CARRIER RATES › Section 23.114 - Suspension supplements

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(a) If the
					 Commission, under
					 66 Pa.C.S. §
												1308(b) (relating to
					 voluntary changes in rates), suspends any proposed rates, charges or
					 regulations contained in any tariff, the previous rates, charges or regulations
					 shall remain in effect during the period of suspension or until lawfully
					 cancelled, reissued or otherwise ordered by the Commission.
(b) If an order of suspension is received by
					 a carrier against whose tariffs the order of suspension is directed, it is the
					 duty of the carrier immediately to post in its offices and file with the
					 Commission a supplement, which shall bear no effective date, announcing that
					 the rates, charges or regulations are suspended by order of the Commission
					 until the date stated in the order of suspension. Reference shall also be made
					 in this supplement to the tariffs where the rates, charges or regulations
					 remaining in effect during the period of suspension will be found.
(c) If the order directs the suspension of a
					 part of a tariff which, except as to that part, is allowed to become effective,
					 the supplement announcing the suspension shall also contain the rates, charges
					 and regulations applicable during the period of suspension or shall make
					 specific reference by Commission number to the tariff or supplement where they
					 will be found.
(d) The regulations
					 limiting the number of supplements which may be issued do not apply with
					 respect to suspension supplements.
(e) If, upon final determination, the matter
					 suspended is found not unlawful and the Commission directs that the order of
					 suspension be vacated or the case be dismissed, the affected carrier shall
					 issue a supplement announcing the vacation of the order of suspension and
					 providing the proper publication of the rates, charges or regulations
					 authorized, and otherwise comply with the orders of the Commission.
(f) The provisions of
					 66 Pa.C.S. §
												1308(d) apply to every
					 public utility described in
					 66 Pa.C.S. §
												102
					 (relating to definitions), except common carriers of property.
The provisions of this §
													23.114 amended under the Public
						  Utility Code,
						  66 Pa.C.S. §
														501.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart B - Carriers of Passengers or Property › Chapter 23 - TARIFFS FOR COMMON CARRIERS › OTHER RULES PERTAINING TO CARRIER RATES › Section 23.115 - Transportation free or at reduced rates

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(a) The granting, without unfair
					 discrimination, by common carriers of free passes to their officers and
					 employes, to be used for the transportation of dependent members of the
					 families of such officers and employes, is not regarded by the Commission as
					 unlawful.
(b) Free transportation,
					 without unfair discrimination, by common carriers, in behalf of this
					 Commonwealth, or on behalf of any municipality thereof, of policemen in the
					 performance of their public duties, and similarly, free transportation without
					 unfair discrimination, by common carriers, on behalf of any such municipality,
					 of firemen in the performance of their public duties, is not regarded by the
					 Commission as unlawful.
(c) All
					 carriers of passengers for hire, except aircraft, authorized to operate within
					 this Commonwealth, shall transport without charge dogs trained for the purpose
					 of guiding blind persons, when accompanying such persons paying regular fare,
					 provided that such guide dogs shall be properly leashed and muzzled and shall
					 not occupy a seat in the conveyance.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart B - Carriers of Passengers or Property › Chapter 23 - TARIFFS FOR COMMON CARRIERS › OTHER RULES PERTAINING TO CARRIER RATES › Section 23.117 - Rates charged for passenger transportation when price changes occur after reservations or purchases of service

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(a)
Charter service, applicable
					 tariffs.
When a passenger carrier accepts a reservation for a charter
					 trip, it shall record the date the reservation is accepted and quote the
					 customer a price for the trip based on the tariff in effect on that date. The
					 tariff in effect when the reservation is accepted shall apply to the trip,
					 unless notice has been provided by the carrier under subsection (b) of this
					 section.
(b)
Charter
					 service, price increase.
If a new tariff setting a higher rate becomes
					 effective more than 60 days prior to the date the charter trip is to depart,
					 the carrier shall notify the customer in writing not less than 40 days prior to
					 the departure date of the price under the new tariff and the customer's right
					 to cancel the reservation and receive a refund of any deposit, subject to any
					 tariff forfeiture provision established pursuant to subsection (c). The new
					 tariff shall apply to the trip only if this notice is provided. If a new tariff
					 setting a higher rate become effective within 60 days before the charter trip
					 departs, the carrier shall not apply the new tariff.
(c)
Charter service, deposits.
The carrier's tariff may, as a condition of accepting a reservation
					 to charter a vehicle, require a deposit of not more than 20% of the quoted
					 charter price. The tariff may also provide for forfeiture of deposits within
					 the following limitations:
(1) forfeiture of
					 not more than 50% of the deposit if the charter is cancelled by the customer
					 more than 15 but less than 30 days prior to the date the transportation was to
					 depart, and
(2) forfeiture of not
					 more than the total amount of the deposit if the cancellation occurs within 15
					 days prior to the date the transportation was to depart.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart B - Carriers of Passengers or Property › Chapter 23 - TARIFFS FOR COMMON CARRIERS › GRANTING OF POWER OF ATTORNEY AND ISSUING OF CONCURRENCE IN TARIFFS OF COMMON CARRIERS › Section 23.121 - Filing of tariffs of joint rate

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(a) Tariffs of joint rates need only be filed
					 with the Commission by one of the participant common carriers or its agents.
					 The remaining participant common carriers shall file evidence of concurrence
					 therein or acceptance thereof in accordance with the rules and forms provided
					 in this title.
(b) The forms
					 prescribed shall be on paper 8 by 10 1/2 inches in size, and may be either
					 printed or typewritten. The original of the form shall be filed with the
					 Commission and a copy furnished to the carrier or agent in whose favor the
					 instrument is issued.
(c) One of
					 the following serial designations shall be used for power of attorney:
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The provisions of this §
													23.121 amended under the Public
						  Utility Code,
						  66 Pa.C.S. §
														§
														501,
						  504,
						  523,
						  1301,
						  1501 and
						  1504.
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
													23.124 (relating to form for
						  giving authority).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart B - Carriers of Passengers or Property › Chapter 23 - TARIFFS FOR COMMON CARRIERS › GRANTING OF POWER OF ATTORNEY AND ISSUING OF CONCURRENCE IN TARIFFS OF COMMON CARRIERS › Section 23.122 - Posting of tariffs

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A grant of authority to issue tariffs, under power of
						attorney or concurrence, does not relieve the carrier conferring the authority
						from posting tariffs in compliance with the provisions of this
						subchapter.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart B - Carriers of Passengers or Property › Chapter 23 - TARIFFS FOR COMMON CARRIERS › GRANTING OF POWER OF ATTORNEY AND ISSUING OF CONCURRENCE IN TARIFFS OF COMMON CARRIERS › Section 23.123 - Revocation of concurrence

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A concurrence may be revoked by filing with the
						Commission notice of the revocation, in duplicate, and serving a copy thereof
						upon the carrier to which such concurrence was given, at least 60 days in
						advance of the effective date shown on the notice of
						revocation.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart B - Carriers of Passengers or Property › Chapter 23 - TARIFFS FOR COMMON CARRIERS › GRANTING OF POWER OF ATTORNEY AND ISSUING OF CONCURRENCE IN TARIFFS OF COMMON CARRIERS › Section 23.124 - Form for giving authority

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(a) The
					 form in subsection (c) shall be used to give authority to the following:
(1) An attorney and agent to file tariffs and
					 supplements.
(2) An agent to
					 receive concurrences for it.
(3)
					 Another agent to give and receive concurrences.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart B - Carriers of Passengers or Property › Chapter 23 - TARIFFS FOR COMMON CARRIERS › GRANTING OF POWER OF ATTORNEY AND ISSUING OF CONCURRENCE IN TARIFFS OF COMMON CARRIERS › Section 23.125 - Form for concurring in rate or fare tariffs

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The following form shall be used in concurring in rate or
						fare tariffs published by common carriers, or their appointed agents:
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
(Name of carrier in full)
Date ____ ,19 ___
Pa. H 2 No. (for household goods tariffs).
Pa. P 2 No. (for passenger tariffs)
To: PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION P. O. Box 3265
HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 17105-3265
THIS IS TO CERTIFY that (name of carrier) assents to and
						concurs in the publication and filing of any (household goods or passenger)
						rate (or fare) tariff or supplements thereto which the (name of carrier) or its
						agent may make and file, and in which this company is shown as a participating
						carrier and hereby makes itself a party to and bound thereby insofar as such
						schedule or supplements thereto contain rates (or fares) as described
						below:
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
until this authority is revoked by formal and official
						notice of revocation placed in the hands of Pennsylvania Public Utility
						Commission and of the carrier to which this concurrence is given.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
(Name of carrier)
By
						_______________________________________________________________________________________________
(Name of officer)
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
(Title of officer)
The provisions of this §
													23.125 amended under the Public
						  Utility Code,
						  66 Pa.C.S. §
														501.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart B - Carriers of Passengers or Property › Chapter 23 - TARIFFS FOR COMMON CARRIERS › GRANTING OF POWER OF ATTORNEY AND ISSUING OF CONCURRENCE IN TARIFFS OF COMMON CARRIERS › Section 23.131-23.135 - Reserved

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Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart B - Carriers of Passengers or Property › Chapter 23 - TARIFFS FOR COMMON CARRIERS › CONTRACT CARRIERS › Section 23.141 - Schedules of charges for contract carrier services

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Each contract carrier shall file with the Commission a
						schedule of its charges for contract carrier service rendered under each of its
						contracts pertaining to such service. Such schedule shall be filed within 30
						days after the carrier has been notified that the Commission has approved the
						contract. The permit, or amendment to an existing permit, applicable to such
						contract will not be issued until such schedule is filed, and failure so to
						file within 30 days shall terminate the approval of the Commission and the
						right of the carrier to receive a new permit or amendment to an existing
						permit.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart B - Carriers of Passengers or Property › Chapter 23 - TARIFFS FOR COMMON CARRIERS › CONTRACT CARRIERS › Section 23.142 - Unit of time in carrier contracts

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In any contract or renewal contract submitted in support
						of an application for contract carrier permit or amendment to such a permit
						where the rate for service is based on time, the unit of time shall be one
						hour. Any schedule submitted in which the schedule of actual rates is based on
						any unit of time other than one hour will not be accepted.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart B - Carriers of Passengers or Property › Chapter 23 - TARIFFS FOR COMMON CARRIERS › CONTRACT CARRIERS › Section 23.143 - Separate schedules

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A separate schedule shall be filed for each contract. The
						construction and filing of such schedules shall comply with the provisions of
						this subchapter as to form and content, except that the designation in the
						upper right corner of the title page shall be "Contract Pa. P.U.C. No.
____________
;" the numbering to be consecutive beginning with number
						one (No. 1) as the initial filing.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart B - Carriers of Passengers or Property › Chapter 23 - TARIFFS FOR COMMON CARRIERS › CONTRACT CARRIERS › Section 23.144 - Minimum effective date for decreases

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No change effecting a decrease in charges shall bear an
						effective date less than 60 days after the date it is received by the
						Commission, unless special permission therefor has been previously obtained
						from the Commission. Such authority will be granted only upon a showing by the
						carrier that such reduction in charges is vital to the business of the carrier
						and that permission therefor will not be injurious to the public
						interest.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart B - Carriers of Passengers or Property › Chapter 23 - TARIFFS FOR COMMON CARRIERS › CONTRACT CARRIERS › Section 23.145 - Minimum filing date for other than decreases

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Schedules or supplements to schedules which do not
						propose decreases in charges formerly filed with the Commission may become
						effective not earlier than the date following that on which they are received
						by the Commission.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart B - Carriers of Passengers or Property › Chapter 23 - TARIFFS FOR COMMON CARRIERS › CONTRACT CARRIERS › Section 23.146 - Amended contracts accompanying proposed revisions

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In cases where the contracts approved by the Commission
						set forth specific rates for the service to be furnished thereunder, proposed
						revisions in charges shall be accompanied by an amended
						contract.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart B - Carriers of Passengers or Property › Chapter 23 - TARIFFS FOR COMMON CARRIERS › CONTRACT CARRIERS › Section 23.147 - Schedules published and filed in carrier's name

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Schedules shall be published and filed in the name of the
						individual carrier performing the transportation service. They shall not be
						filed in the name of an agent, and a contract carrier shall not participate by
						concurrence in rates named in any schedule filed by another contract carrier
						nor in any tariff filed by a common carrier.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart B - Carriers of Passengers or Property › Chapter 23 - TARIFFS FOR COMMON CARRIERS › CONTRACT CARRIERS › Section 23.148 - Filing of schedules with the Commission

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(a) Each contract carrier shall file with the
					 Commission one copy of each schedule or supplement accompanied by a letter of
					 transmittal listing the publications enclosed and addressed to the Bureau of
					 Transportation and Safety, Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, Harrisburg,
					 Pennsylvania 17105-3265.
(b)
					 Postage or other charges shall be prepaid.
The provisions of this §
													23.148 amended under the Public
						  Utility Code,
						  66 Pa.C.S. §
														501.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart B - Carriers of Passengers or Property › Chapter 27 - AIR TRANSPORTATION › Section 27.1 - Definitions

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The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
					 have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise:
Aircraft
-A vehicle which travels through
					 the air including but not limited to airplanes, autogiros, helicopters and
					 lighter-than-aircraft, except free balloons.
Airport
-A landing area approved and
					 licensed by the Bureau of Aviation, Department of Transportation, as suitable
					 and adopted for the landing and taking off of aircraft, and those airports
					 maintained by the Government of the United States or the Commonwealth.
Base of operations
-An airport or landing
					 area within this Commonwealth at which a charter carrier regularly holds itself
					 out to render charter service.
Certificate
-A certificate of public
					 convenience as issued by the Commission.
Commission
-Pennsylvania Public Utility
					 Commission.
Common carrier
-Any and all persons or
					 corporations holding out, offering or undertaking, directly or indirectly,
					 service for compensation to the public for the transportation of passengers or
					 property, or both, or a class of passengers or property, between points within
					 this Commonwealth by aircraft, and including forwarders, but not contract
					 carriers, or brokers, or a
bona fide
cooperative association
					 transporting property exclusively for the members of the association on a
					 nonprofit basis.
Corporation
-Bodies corporate, joint stock
					 companies or associations, domestic or foreign, their lessees, assignees,
					 trustees, receivers or other successors in interest, having any of the powers
					 or privileges of corporations not possessed by individuals or partnerships, but
					 not including municipal corporations, except as otherwise expressly provided in
					 the act, nor
bona fide
cooperative associations which furnish
					 service on a nonprofit basis only to their stockholders or members.
Landing area
-A locality, either water or
					 land, licensed by Bureau of Aviation, Department of Transportation, as being
					 adapted for the landing or taking off of aircraft and those landing areas
					 maintained by the Government of the United States or the Commonwealth.
Person
-Individuals, partnerships or
					 associations, other than corporations, and including their lessees, assignees,
					 trustees, receivers, executors, administrators or other successors in
					 interest.
Pilot
-A person authorized by the United
					 States Government to operate aircraft used in common carrier
					 service.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart B - Carriers of Passengers or Property › Chapter 27 - AIR TRANSPORTATION › Section 27.2 - Application of rules

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This chapter applies to common carriers and is subject to
					 amendment, change or modification that the Commission may deem advisable, and
					 to exceptions in individual cases that the Commission may deem
					 proper.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart B - Carriers of Passengers or Property › Chapter 27 - AIR TRANSPORTATION › Section 27.3 - Classification of common carriers

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(a)
Scheduled service.
Certificates authorizing scheduled service
				  within this Commonwealth shall, unless otherwise specifically provided in the
				  certificates, authorize a common carrier to operate on schedule between
				  specified airports or landing areas within the limits of this
				  Commonwealth.
(b)
Charter
				  service.
Certificates authorizing charter service within this
				  Commonwealth shall, unless otherwise specifically provided in the certificates,
				  authorize a common carrier to transport persons or property on call or demand
				  from or to an airport or landing area in this Commonwealth to or from another
				  airport or landing area in this Commonwealth. The certificate shall specify a
				  base of operations or bases of operations which may not be changed except with
				  prior approval of the Commission. At least 80% of the flights of a charter
				  service carrier shall originate or terminate at its base or bases of operations
				  in any year.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart B - Carriers of Passengers or Property › Chapter 27 - AIR TRANSPORTATION › Section 27.5 - Certificates, limitations and compliance

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Certificates of public convenience approving applications
					 will be issued subject to the limitations and conditions that the Commission
					 may deem proper. Whenever the Commission approves an application, a compliance
					 order will issue notifying the applicant that it shall file with the Commission
					 within 30 days of receipt of the notice, a certificate of insurance or other
					 security, as required by §
										27.8(Reserved),
					 together with a tariff setting forth the proposed rates and charges as required
					 by §
										27.12 (relating to time and rate
					 schedules). This compliance order does not grant the applicant the right to
					 operate and a certificate of public convenience, permitting the applicant to
					 operate, will not issue until insurance tariff and other filing requirements
					 have been complied with. If a common carrier shall fail to meet the
					 requirements of the compliance order within the 30-day period in this section,
					 the Commission may rescind approval and dismiss the
					 application.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart B - Carriers of Passengers or Property › Chapter 27 - AIR TRANSPORTATION › Section 27.7 - Modification of certificates and suspension of rules

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Application may be made to the Commission at any time by a
					 holder of a certificate for amendment or modification of the certificate, or
					 for the suspension of a provision of this chapter, or of another regulation
					 affecting the holder, either generally or in a specific case. The application
					 shall be made by formal petition under Chapter 5 (relating to formal
					 proceedings) and the Commission will, after due notice, if it considers the
					 action desirable, schedule the petition for hearing. Applications for amendment
					 or modification of a certificate of public convenience shall be accompanied by
					 the filing fee of $10.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart B - Carriers of Passengers or Property › Chapter 27 - AIR TRANSPORTATION › Section 27.9 - Beginning or abandonment of service

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(a)
Beginning of service.
No
				  common carrier may commence a public service unless there is in force a
				  certificate of public convenience issued by the Commission authorizing the
				  common carrier to engage in the service; provided, however, in unusual
				  circumstances on a showing by the common carrier of good cause, the Commission
				  may authorize the commencement of the service by appropriate order.
(b)
Abandonment or discontinuance of
				  service.
No common carrier may abandon a route or part thereof or
				  discontinue a service required by the carrier's certificate of public
				  convenience, without first making application to the Commission and obtaining
				  from the Commission a certificate of public convenience or order authorizing
				  such abandonment or discontinuance of service. The application shall be
				  accompanied by a filing fee of $10. Subsequent to the filing of an application
				  seeking approval of the abandonment and discontinuance of service at an airport
				  on a scheduled route, the applicant shall post notice thereof in a conspicuous
				  location at the airport and at other airports involved in the scheduled route
				  service. The application may be considered by the Commission without hearing
				  after 30 days, following the posting of the notice of the proposed change,
				  provided no protest is filed with the Commission within such 30-day period.
				  Each protest shall set forth the reasons which, in the judgment of the
				  protestant, show that the Commission should not approve the application. A copy
				  of the protest shall be served on the applicant at the time the protest is
				  filed with the Commission.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart B - Carriers of Passengers or Property › Chapter 27 - AIR TRANSPORTATION › Section 27.10 - Accounts, records and reports

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(a)
Annual reports
. A common carrier shall file annual reports,
				  signed and notarized, and annual statements, under oath or affirmation, of
				  gross intrastate operating revenues for assessment purposes, on the forms
				  furnished and in the manner prescribed, and shall also file other reports as
				  the Commission may order and direct. The annual report for charter carriers
				  shall include a summary showing the percentage of flights which either
				  originated or terminated at the bases of operations of the carrier during the
				  year for which the report is filed.
(b)
Accident reports
.
				  Accident reports shall be as follows:
(1)
Fatal accidents
. In the event of an accident resulting in the
				  death of a person, an immediate report of the accident shall be made by
				  telephone or telegraph to the Bureau of Safety and Compliance, Pennsylvania
				  Public Utility Commission, Post Office Box 3265, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
				  17120. A detailed written report shall be forwarded to the Secretary of the
				  Commission as soon as practicable in the same manner and form as provided in
				  this section. A copy of the report submitted to Bureau of Aviation, Department
				  of Transportation, will be acceptable.
(2)
Other reportable
				  accidents
. Immediately following the occurrence of a reportable
				  accident as defined in this paragraph, involving aircraft, or patrons or
				  employes of the carrier, a detailed report shall be mailed to Secretary,
				  Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, Post Office Box 3265, Harrisburg,
				  Pennsylvania 17120. The Commission may prescribe the form in which a report is
				  to be submitted. A reportable accident is one occurring in this Commonwealth
				  and involving:
(i) The death of a
				  person.
(ii) Personal injuries
				  which require medical attention.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart B - Carriers of Passengers or Property › Chapter 27 - AIR TRANSPORTATION › Section 27.11 - Leased equipment

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Common carriers operating leased aircraft shall comply with
					 safety rules and other regulations of the Commission and with the provisions of
					 the laws of the Commonwealth. The leased aircraft shall be operated under the
					 complete supervision and control of the lessee and only in the authorized
					 service of the lessee and shall be covered by the insurance policies of the
					 lessee.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart B - Carriers of Passengers or Property › Chapter 27 - AIR TRANSPORTATION › Section 27.12 - Time and rate schedules

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(a)
Filing tariffs.
A common carrier shall comply with a general
				  or special order of the Commission and with regulations that the Commission may
				  formulate governing the filing, publishing and posting of tariffs.
(b)
Posting tariffs.
At
				  least one complete copy of each tariff covering scheduled service shall be
				  available for public inspection at each place where tickets are sold. At least
				  one complete copy of each tariff covering charter service shall be available at
				  the fixed base or bases of the operator and in each aircraft operated in the
				  service.
(c)
Posting and
				  filing schedules.
The common carriers operating as scheduled service
				  shall file with the Bureau of Transportation of the Commission two copies of
				  the time schedules, showing airports and times of arrivals and departures, at
				  least 7 days in advance of their effective date. Information regarding the
				  changes in the schedules of the carriers shall be made available by carrier
				  personnel, upon request, at Commonwealth terminals at least 7 days in advance
				  of the effective date.
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
												27.5 (relating to certificates,
						limitations and complaints).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart B - Carriers of Passengers or Property › Chapter 27 - AIR TRANSPORTATION › Section 27.13 - Continuity of service

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(a)
Beginning service.
A common carrier shall within 90 days from
				  the date of receipt of a certificate, begin operating and furnishing service.
				  If it has not begun operations and furnished the authorized service within 90
				  days, the rights granted by the certificate shall terminate, unless, upon
				  specific permission granted by the Commission, the time for commencement of
				  service is extended.
(b)
Interruptions of service.
Interruption of service continued
				  for more than 48 hours shall be reported to the Commission with a statement of
				  the cause of interruption and its probable duration. Suspension of service for
				  a period of 5 consecutive days without notice to and application for approval
				  by the Commission will be deemed sufficient cause for revocation or
				  cancellation of the rights of the carrier, excepting where the suspension is
				  caused by conditions or events which are beyond the control of the carrier,
				  including but not limited to weather conditions, strike or labor difficulties,
				  riot, insurrection, war, governmental action, construction work on airports or
				  landing areas, disaster or act of God, provided, however that no order of
				  revocation may be issued until the carrier has been given opportunity for a
				  public hearing on a rule to show cause why the rights should not be revoked and
				  canceled.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart B - Carriers of Passengers or Property › Chapter 27 - AIR TRANSPORTATION › Section 27.14 - Aircraft, airports or landing areas and pilots

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Aircraft, airports or landing areas utilized and pilots
					 employed in providing common carrier service authorized by a certificate issued
					 by the Commission shall be limited to those authorized by certificate, license,
					 or permit issued by Federal Aviation Administration or Bureau of Aviation,
					 Department of Transportation, as the case may be, and the service shall be
					 operated in compliance with the regulations of Federal Aviation Administration
					 or Bureau of Aviation, Department of Transportation, respectively, to the
					 extent applicable.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart B - Carriers of Passengers or Property › Chapter 27 - AIR TRANSPORTATION › Section 27.15 - Safety of operations

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(a) The
				  safety of passengers shall be a matter of primary consideration. Evidence of
				  recklessness, unsafe operation or unsafe equipment will constitute sufficient
				  cause for revocation of a certificate, provided, however, that no order of
				  revocation may be issued until the carrier has been given opportunity for a
				  public hearing on a rule to show cause why the rights should not be revoked and
				  canceled.
(b) No common carrier
				  knowingly may permit the transportation of high explosives, acids,
				  inflammables, loaded guns or other articles which will endanger life or limb in
				  an aircraft used for the transportation of passengers, except in strict
				  accordance with safety regulations promulgated by authorized State and Federal
				  agencies. This section does not apply to firearms carried by police officers or
				  by members of the armed forces while on duty or en route to or from
				  duty.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart B - Carriers of Passengers or Property › Chapter 27 - AIR TRANSPORTATION › Section 27.16 - Compliance

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Common carriers are required to comply with applicable
					 provisions of the act not specifically referred to in this chapter. Failure of
					 a carrier to comply with this chapter, the terms and conditions of the
					 certificates of public convenience, and Federal or State law, governing
					 operation of aircraft, will be sufficient cause for the Commission to suspend
					 the right and privilege of the carrier, and to proceed according to law to
					 revoke and rescind the rights and privileges.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart B - Carriers of Passengers or Property › Chapter 29 - MOTOR CARRIERS OF PASSENGERS › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 29.1 - Definitions

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The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
						have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
						otherwise:
Common carrier
-A common carrier by motor
						vehicle, as defined in
						66 Pa.C.S. §
												102
						(relating to definitions), transporting passengers.
Contract carrier
-A contract carrier by
						motor vehicle, as defined in
						66 Pa.C.S. §
												2501
						(relating to declaration of policy and definitions), transporting
						passengers.
Exclusive service
-Transportation on a
						given trip when the first or principal person, party or group hiring the
						vehicle has the exclusive right to determine where, when or if another
						passenger shall be carried on that trip.
Nonexclusive service
-Transportation on a
						given trip where passengers other than the first or principal person, party or
						group hiring the vehicle may be carried as permitted by the applicable tariff
						provisions of the carrier and the rules and regulations governing the class of
						service under which the vehicle is operating.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart B - Carriers of Passengers or Property › Chapter 29 - MOTOR CARRIERS OF PASSENGERS › Subchapter B - COMMON CARRIERS › PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › Section 29.11 - Applicability

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This subchapter applies to common carriers and is
						  subject to amendment, change, modification or exception as the Commission may
						  deem advisable, just and proper.
The provisions of this §
														29.11 amended under the Public
							 Utility Code,
							 66 Pa.C.S. §
															§
															501,
							 1102,
							 1103,
							 1501,
							 1502,
							 1504,
							 1506,
							 1508 and Chapters 23 and
							 25.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart B - Carriers of Passengers or Property › Chapter 29 - MOTOR CARRIERS OF PASSENGERS › Subchapter B - COMMON CARRIERS › PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › Section 29.12 - Compliance

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Common carriers shall comply with applicable provisions
						  of
						  66 Pa.C.S. §
													§
													101-3515 (relating to Public Utility Code)
						  not specifically referred to in this chapter. Failure of a carrier to comply
						  with this chapter, the terms and conditions of the certificates of public
						  convenience and a Commonwealth or municipal law, ordinance, franchise or
						  regulation governing the operation of motor vehicles, is sufficient cause for
						  the Commission to suspend the right and privilege of the carrier, and to
						  proceed according to statute to revoke and rescind the carrier's rights and
						  privileges.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart B - Carriers of Passengers or Property › Chapter 29 - MOTOR CARRIERS OF PASSENGERS › Subchapter B - COMMON CARRIERS › PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › Section 29.13 - Scheme of classification

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The following standard classification of types of
						  service furnished by common carriers of passengers is adopted, and the
						  following is hereby recognized as a standard class of common carrier service.
						  The rights and conditions pertaining to a standard class of service are
						  specified in Subchapter D (relating to supplemental regulations). A
						  certificated service which does not completely correspond to a standard class
						  may be governed, when practicable, by the regulations for the standard class to
						  which it most nearly corresponds:
(1)
Scheduled route service.
Common carrier service for
						passengers, rendered on either an exclusive or a nonexclusive basis, wherein
						the vehicles delivering the service operate according to schedules along
						designated routes.
(2)
Call
						or demand service.
Local common carrier service for passengers,
						rendered on either an exclusive or a nonexclusive basis, when the service is
						characterized by the fact that passengers normally hire the vehicle and its
						driver either by telephone call or by hail, or both.
(3)
Group and party service.
Common carrier service for passengers, rendered on an exclusive basis as
						charter service for groups or rendered on a nonexclusive basis for tour or
						sightseeing service and special excursion service. There are 2 classes of group
						and party service, group and party carriers of 11 to 15 passengers, including
						the driver, and group and party carriers of more than 15 passengers, including
						the driver.
(4)
Limousine
						service.
Local, nonscheduled common carrier service for passengers
						rendered in luxury-type vehicles on an exclusive basis which is arranged for in
						advance.
(5)
Airport
						transfer service.
Common carrier service for passengers rendered on a
						nonexclusive basis which originates or terminates at an airport.
(6)
Other services: paratransit,
						experimental.
Common carrier service for passengers which differs from
						service as described in any one of the five classes in paragraphs (1)-(5) and
						is provided in a manner described in the certificate of public convenience of
						the carrier and is subject to restrictions and regulations are stated in the
						certificate of the carrier or in this chapter.
The provisions of this §
														29.13 amended under the Public
							 Utility Code,
							 66 Pa.C.S. §
															§
															501,
							 1102,
							 1103 and
							 1501.
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
														29.401 (relating to
							 applicability); and 52 Pa. Code §
														29.501 (relating to
							 applicability).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart B - Carriers of Passengers or Property › Chapter 29 - MOTOR CARRIERS OF PASSENGERS › Subchapter B - COMMON CARRIERS › TRANSFER OF RIGHTS › Section 29.31 - Sale or transfer of certificates

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The approval of the Commission is required for the sale
						  or transfer of a certificate, except as otherwise provided in this chapter. The
						  approval may be granted with or without hearing and after reasonable notice as
						  the Commission may direct.
The provisions of this §
														29.31 amended under the Public
							 Utility Code,
							 66 Pa.C.S. §
															§
															501,
							 1102,
							 1103,
							 1501,
							 1502,
							 1504,
							 1506,
							 1508 and Chapters 23 and
							 25.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart B - Carriers of Passengers or Property › Chapter 29 - MOTOR CARRIERS OF PASSENGERS › Subchapter B - COMMON CARRIERS › TRANSFER OF RIGHTS › Section 29.32 - Death or incapacitation of a certificateholder

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Upon the death of a holder of a certificate, or upon an
						  individual certificateholder being legally declared incapacitated, the rights
						  conferred by the certificate shall continue with the legal representative of
						  the deceased or incapacitated holder for 1 year. After the expiration of the 1
						  year period, appropriate proceedings shall be initiated to terminate the
						  certificate, unless application has been made to transfer the rights to the
						  heirs, guardian, trustees, legatees or others, in which case the rights shall
						  continue with the legal representative until the application is granted or
						  refused. If application is made by the legal representative at least 30 days
						  prior to the end of a period of 1 year, the Commission may, at its discretion
						  and for cause shown, permit the transfer of the rights to the executors,
						  administrators, guardians, trustees or other legal representatives of the
						  deceased or incapacitated holder for a period to be fixed by the Commission.
						  Pertinent orders or decrees of the court having jurisdiction over the estate of
						  the decedent or incapacitated person may be deemed cause for the granting of
						  the petitions by the Commission.
The provisions of this §
														29.32 amended under the Public
							 Utility Code,
							 66 Pa.C.S. §
															§
															501,
							 1102,
							 1103,
							 1501,
							 1502,
							 1504,
							 1506,
							 1508 and Chapters 23 and
							 25.
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
														29.35 (relating to
							 limitations).