REPORT TITLE:
Motor Carriers


DESCRIPTION:
Specifies factors that the public utilities commission must
consider in whether to grant a certificate of public convenience
and necessity.  Makes unauthorized activity ground for denying
subsequent applications.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           2306
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO MOTOR CARRIERS.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  Section 271-12, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended to read as follows:
 
 3      "§271-12  Applications for certificates of public
 
 4 convenience and necessity.(a)  Except as otherwise provided in
 
 5 this section and in section 271-16, no person shall engage in the
 
 6 business of a common carrier by motor vehicle on any public
 
 7 highway in this State, unless there is in force with respect to
 
 8 [such] that carrier a certificate of public convenience and
 
 9 necessity issued by the public utilities commission authorizing
 
10 [such] that operation.
 
11      (b)  Applications for certificates shall be made in writing
 
12 to the commission, be verified under oath, and shall be in such
 
13 form and contain such information, and be accompanied by proof of
 
14 service upon interested parties as the commission [shall], by
 
15 [regulation,] rule, shall require.
 
16      (c)  Subject to section 271-15, a certificate shall be
 
17 issued to any qualified applicant therefor, authorizing the whole
 
18 or any part of the operations covered by the application if it is
 
19 found that the applicant is fit, willing, and able properly to
 

 
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 1 perform the service proposed and to conform to this chapter and
 
 2 the requirements[,] and rules[, and regulations] of the
 
 3 commission thereunder, and that the proposed service, to the
 
 4 extent to be authorized by the certificate, is or will be
 
 5 required by the present or future public convenience and
 
 6 necessity; otherwise the application shall be denied.
 
 7      (d)  Any certificate issued under this section covering the
 
 8 transportation of property shall be issued as an irregular route
 
 9 certificate and shall specify the island or islands or portion or
 
10 portions thereof within which service may be rendered.  Any
 
11 certificate covering the transportation of passengers shall
 
12 specify the service to be rendered and the routes over which, the
 
13 fixed termini, if any, between which, and the intermediate and
 
14 off-route points, if any, at which the motor carrier is
 
15 authorized to operate, and the certificate may include authority
 
16 to transport in the same vehicle with the passengers, baggage of
 
17 passengers, express, and also to transport baggage of passengers
 
18 in a separate vehicle.  There shall, at the time of issuance, and
 
19 from time to time thereafter, be attached to the exercise of the
 
20 privileges granted by the certificate such reasonable terms,
 
21 conditions, and limitations as the public convenience and
 
22 necessity may from time to time require, including [terms,]:
 
23      (1)  Terms, conditions, and limitations as to the extensions
 

 
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 1           of the service territory or route or routes of the
 
 2           carriers[,]; and [such]
 
 3      (2)  Such terms and conditions as are necessary to carry
 
 4           out, with respect to the operations of the carrier, the
 
 5           requirements established by the commission under
 
 6           sections 271-9(a)(1) and 271-9(a)(4)[,];
 
 7 provided that the terms, conditions, or limitations shall not
 
 8 restrict the right of the carrier to add to [his or its] the
 
 9 carrier's equipment and facilities in the service territory or
 
10 over the routes or between the termini as the development of
 
11 business and the demands of the public shall require.
 
12      (e)  Any common carrier by motor vehicle transporting
 
13 passengers under any [such] certificate of public convenience and
 
14 necessity may occasionally deviate from the route over which and
 
15 the fixed termini between which it is authorized to operate under
 
16 the certificate under such rules [and regulations] as the
 
17 commission may prescribe.
 
18      (f)  In any proceeding to determine whether the proposed
 
19 service is or will be required by the present or future public
 
20 convenience and necessity, in order to obtain the approval of the
 
21 commission for a grant of a certificate of public convenience and
 
22 necessity, an applicant shall adduce substantial evidence
 
23 submitted on the record to support findings of fact by the
 

 
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 1 commission that:
 
 2      (1)  The proposed operation will be of beneficial value to
 
 3           the community;
 
 4      (2)  The proposed operation, including service, routes and
 
 5           vehicle types, is a necessity;
 
 6      (3)  Existing certificated operations do not and cannot
 
 7           adequately meet the requirements of the proposed
 
 8           service;
 
 9      (4)  The proposed service is not directly competitive or
 
10           unduly prejudicial to existing certificated carriers;
 
11           and
 
12      (5)  There is a lack of adequate existing facilities to
 
13           presently service the public, or there are insufficient
 
14           facilities to meet anticipated future demands for
 
15           service.
 
16 Otherwise the application shall be denied.
 
17      (g)  If any person engages in motor carrier activity, either
 
18 on a trial or test basis or otherwise, with or without
 
19 compensation, but without prior written authority granted by the
 
20 commission to do so, the activity shall constitute prima facie
 
21 evidence of motor carrier activity undertaken to evade the
 
22 regulatory purposes of this chapter, and shall constitute grounds
 
23 for the commission to deny, for a period of two years, any
 

 
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 1 application for a certificate or permit made by the person
 
 2 engaging in the activity."
 
 3      SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
 4 New statutory material is underscored.
 
 5      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
 6 
 
 7                           INTRODUCED BY:  _______________________