Section 375-B:4 Common Carrier Certificate and Contract Carrier Permit Required. - New Hampshire Statutes

No person shall engage in the business of operating as a common or contract carrier by motor vehicle of property, as defined in RSA 375-B:2, IV, V, VI, and VII, unless he holds a certificate or permit issued by the department authorizing such operations; provided, however, that if he, or his predecessor in interest, was engaged in bona fide operation as a common or contract carrier by motor vehicle of property, as provided by the definitions in RSA 375-B:2, IV, V, VI, and VII, on December 1, 1966, over the route or routes or within the territory for which application is made and has so operated since that time, or, if engaged in furnishing seasonal service only, was in bona fide operation on said date, during the season ordinarily covered by its operation, except in either instance as to interruptions of service over which applicant or his predecessor in interest had no control, the department shall issue such certificate or permit without requiring further proof that the public convenience and necessity or the public interest will be served by such operation, and without further proceedings, if application for such certificate or permit is made to the department as provided for by RSA 375-B:8 on or before December 1, 1967. Otherwise, the application for such certificate or permit shall be decided in accordance with the procedure provided by in RSA 375-B:5 or 375-B:7, and such certificate or permit shall be issued or denied accordingly. Pending action on any such application, the continuance of such operation shall be lawful.

Source. 1967, 348:1. 1985, 402:6, I(e)(7).