SECTIONS 3901-3950 - California Statutes

PUBLIC UTILITIES CODE

SECTION 3901-3950

3901. This chapter may be cited as the Interstate and Foreign Motor
Carriers of Household Goods and Passengers Act.

3902. (a) No household goods carrier, as defined in Section 5109,
shall engage in any interstate or foreign transportation of property
for compensation by motor vehicle, and no motor carrier shall engage
in any interstate or foreign transportation of passengers for
compensation by motor vehicle, on any public highway in this state
without first having registered the operation with the commission or
the carrier's base registration state, if other than California, as
determined in accordance with final regulations issued by the
Interstate Commerce Commission pursuant to the Intermodal Surface
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (49 U.S.C. Sec. 11506). To
register with the commission, carriers specified in this section
shall comply with the following:
(1) When the operation requires authority from the Interstate
Commerce Commission under the Interstate Commerce Act, or authority
from another federal regulatory agency, a copy of that authority
shall be filed with the initial application for registration. A copy
of any additions or amendments to the authority shall be filed with
the commission.
(2) If the operation does not require authority from the
Interstate Commerce Commission under the Interstate Commerce Act, or
authority from another federal regulatory agency, an affidavit of
that exempt status shall be filed with the application for
registration.
(3) The commission shall grant registration upon the filing of the
application pursuant to applicable law and the payment of any
applicable fees, subject to the carrier's compliance with this
chapter.

3903. Household goods carriers, as defined in Section 5109, engaged
in interstate or foreign transportation or property for compensation
by motor vehicle, and motor carriers engaged in interstate or
foreign transportation of passengers for compensation by motor
vehicle, upon any public highway in this state who had registered
their authority from the Interstate Commerce Commission with the
commission pursuant to former Section 3810 are not required to file
another initial application as prescribed in paragraph (1) of
subdivision (a) of Section 3902.

3950. It is a violation of law for any person or corporation to
operate, or cause to be operated, on the highways of this state, any
motor vehicle in the transportation of property or passengers for
compensation in interstate commerce without having first complied
with the requirements of this chapter. That violation may be
prosecuted and punished as provided in Section 16560 of the Vehicle
Code.