Ch. 448

LAWS OF MARYLAND

CHAPTER 448

(House Bill 934)

AN ACT concerning.

Public Service Commission - Jurisdiction -
Allegany County Public Transportation

FOR the purpose of specifying that a permit authorizing operation
as a common carrier is not required from the Public Service
Commission for certain public transportation in Allegany
County; and generally relating to Public Service Commission
authority over public transit in Allegany County.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 78 - Public Service Commission Law

Section 32

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1988 Replacement Volume)

SECTION . 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 78 - Public Service Commission Law

32.

(a-1) Except as provided under the provisions of subsection
(b) of this section, a permit shall be required of the following:

(1)  Any passenger motor vehicle used in any
transportation of passengers for hire; and

(2)  Any motor vehicle for hire used in the intrastate
transportation of property or freight on regular schedules and
between fixed termini, as these terms are defined in Title 11 of
the Transportation Article, including property or freight carried
by corporations, groups, and associations engaged in the
transportation of their stockholders, shareholders or members, or
their property or freight, whether on the cooperative plan or
otherwise. The permit may prescribe the route and schedule of
operation.

(a-2) A permit (certificate) shall be required for any
motor carrier when engaged in the carriage of flammables in bulk,
within the scope of the definitions set forth in this article.
Permits of carriers of flammables shall be of two (2) classes:
(1) Common carrier certificates (permits), and (2) contract
carrier certificates (permits).

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