(a) No person shall operate any motor vehicle in the transportation of household goods for hire as a household goods carrier without first having obtained from the Commissioner of Transportation, after hearing, a certificate of public convenience and necessity to so operate.
(b) (1) Any person, other than a household goods carrier who has obtained such certificate, who holds himself or herself out as a household goods carrier with intent to obtain a benefit or to injure or defraud another, shall be guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
(2) The state shall remit to a municipality fifty per cent of the fine amount received for a violation of subdivision (1) of this subsection with respect to each summons issued by such municipality. Each clerk of the Superior Court or the Chief Court Administrator, or any other official of the Superior Court designated by the Chief Court Administrator, shall, on or before the thirtieth day of January, April, July and October in each year, certify to the Comptroller the amount due for the previous quarter under this subsection to each municipality served by the office of the clerk or official.
(1949 Rev., S. 5676; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 133, 348; P.A. 88-249, S. 2, 9; P.A. 95-126, S. 6, 25; P.A. 02-70, S. 86; P.A. 17-140, S. 10.)
History: P.A. 75-486 replaced public utilities commission with public utilities control authority; P.A. 77-614 replaced public utilities control authority with division of public utility control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division an independent department and deleted reference to abolished department of business regulation; P.A. 88-249 transferred powers and duties from public utility control department to transportation department, amending section as required by section 2 of the act (codified as Sec. 13b-387a), effective July 1, 1989. (Revisor's note: Statute published in both Title 16 and Title 13b in the Connecticut General Statutes, Revision of 1958, revised to 1989; Sec. 16-283 transferred to Sec. 13b-389, effective July 1, 1989); P.A. 95-126 substituted “household goods” for reference to “property” and “household goods carrier” for “motor common carrier”, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 02-70 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re imposition of penalty on any person, other than a household goods carrier, who holds himself or herself out as a household goods carrier with intent to obtain benefit or injure or defraud another; P.A. 17-140 amended Subsec. (b) to designate existing provision re class B misdemeanor as Subdiv. (1) and add Subdiv. (2) re remittance by state to municipality of 50 per cent of fine amount.
Annotations to former section 16-283:
Cited. 122 C. 298; 145 C. 617. When an individual or a corporation carries on an activity which can be lawfully carried on only under a franchise granted by public authority, it is liable for bodily harm caused to others by the negligence of a contractor employed to do work in carrying on the activity. 148 C. 398. Cited. Id., 681. Proof required to obtain certificate of public convenience and necessity is greater and stronger than proof required under Sec. 16-294 to show proposed operation “is not inconsistent with the public interest”. Id., 682. Cited. 219 C. 168.
Annotation to present section:
Cited. 219 C. 168.