4921.37 Certification system.
4921.37 Certification system.
Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or Chapters 4901. to 4909. and 4923. of the Revised Code to the contrary:
(A) Not later than six months after the effective date of this section, the public utilities commission, in accordance with sections 4921.35 to 4921.40 of the Revised Code, shall establish by order a certification system for motor transportation companies engaged, for hire, in the business of transporting household goods over a public highway in this state.
(B) Beginning on the effective date of the order of the commission as initially issued under division (A) of this section, no motor transportation company shall engage, for hire, in the business of transporting household goods over a public highway in this state without first holding a valid certificate issued by the public utilities commission pursuant to sections 4921.35 to 4921.40 of the Revised Code.
(C) No motor transportation company engaged, for hire, in the business of transporting household goods over a public highway in this state shall fail to comply with this section or the order of the commission issued under this section.
Effective Date: 09-30-1998