A. The commission shall issue a warrant that allows a person to provide warranted service as a charter service, towing service or motor carrier of property if the commission finds that the applicant is in compliance with the financial responsibility and safety requirements of the Motor Carrier Act and the rules of the commission.
B. A towing service carrier performing nonconsensual tows is subject to tariff rates and terms of service. A towing service carrier performing nonconsensual tows shall not use the same motor vehicles, equipment and facilities used by another warranted towing service carrier performing nonconsensual tows.
C. A warrant shall not be transferred or leased to another person.
D. The commission may without notice or a public hearing cancel a warrant if the owner fails to operate under the warrant for twelve consecutive months or fails to provide proof of financial responsibility as required by the commission for four consecutive months.
History: Laws 2003, ch. 359, § 12; 2013, ch. 73, § 11; 2013, ch. 77, § 11; 2017, ch. 109, § 2.
ANNOTATIONSThe 2017 amendment, effective July 1, 2017, removed "commuter services" from the list of entities that are required to obtain a warrant from the public regulation commission authorizing the entity to offer and provide a warranted service as a motor carrier; in Subsection A, after "service as a", deleted "commuter service".
The 2013 amendment, effective July 1, 2013, clarified and simplified procedures for granting warrants; deleted former Subsection A, which required a commuter service, charter service, towing service or carrier of property to obtain a warrant; in Subsection A, after "provide", deleted "compensated intrastate transportation" and added "warranted service"; deleted former Subsection C, which provided for protests to applications for warrants; added Subsection B; and in Subsection D, after "twelve consecutive months", added the remainder of the sentence.