Sec. 13b-402. (Formerly Sec. 16-296). Motor contract carrier rates.
Sec. 13b-402. (Formerly Sec. 16-296). Motor contract carrier rates. (a) The
Commissioner of Transportation, of his own motion, may, and, on petition of any interested party, after hearing, shall, prescribe regulations, minimum rates and charges covering the operation of motor contract carriers in competition with household goods
carriers over the highways within this state and, upon petition of any interested party,
after hearing, shall prescribe minimum rates and charges for motor contract carriers
operating upon said highways.
(b) Such minimum rates and charges of motor contract carriers so prescribed by the
Commissioner of Transportation shall give no advantage or preference to any such
carrier in competition with any household goods carrier by motor vehicle subject to
this chapter which the commissioner finds to be undue or inconsistent with the public
interest.
(c) Each motor contract carrier shall file with the Commissioner of Transportation
under such regulations as he may prescribe, the minimum rates charged by such contract
carrier in the performance of its transportation service including such changes in minimum rates as such motor contract carrier may make from time to time.
(1949 Rev., S. 5690; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 143, 348; P.A. 88-249, S. 2, 9;
P.A. 95-126, S. 15, 25.)
History: P.A. 75-486 replaced public utilities commission with public utilities control authority; P.A. 77-614 replaced
public utilities control authority with division of public utility control within the department of business regulation, effective
January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division an independent department and deleted reference to abolished department of
business regulation; P.A. 88-249 transferred powers and duties from public utility control department to transportation
department, amending section as required by section 2 of the act (codified as Sec. 13b-387a), effective July 1, 1989.
(Revisor's note: Statute published in both Title 16 and Title 13b in the Connecticut General Statutes, Revision of 1958,
revised to 1989; Sec. 16-296 transferred to Sec. 13b-402, effective July 1, 1989); P.A. 95-126 amended Subsec. (a) to
substitute "household goods carriers" for reference to "motor common carriers" and Subsec. (b) to substitute "household
goods carrier" for reference to "common carrier", effective July 1, 1995.
See note to section 13b-393.
Annotations to former section 16-296:
Cited. 148 C. 682. To justify fixing of identical rates for common and contract carriers, it must appear they are actually
in competition and that competition is such as to reduce income of common carriers so that they are unable to maintain
adequate and efficient service for public at large. 149 C. 483. A primary aim of contract carrier regulation is protection of
common carrier by eliminating destructive competition but contract carriers, because of special nature of operations, may
properly be accorded some rate advantage so long as it does not lend to destructive competition inconsistent with public
interest. Id., 486.