(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 37-3-14 and to the provisions of subsection (b), a certificate shall be issued to any qualified applicant therefor, authorizing the whole or any part of the operations covered by the application, if it is found, after public hearing of the application, that the applicant is fit, willing, and able to properly perform the service proposed and to conform with the provisions of this chapter and requirements, rules, and regulations of the commission thereunder, and that the proposed service, to the extent to be authorized by the certificate is or will be required by the present or future public convenience and necessity; otherwise, the application shall be denied. No certificate shall be issued to any common carrier of passengers by motor vehicle for operations over other than a regular route or routes and between fixed termini, except as the carriers may be authorized to engage in special or charter operations.
(b) Before granting a certificate to a common carrier by motor vehicle, the commission shall, among other things, consider all of the following:
(1) Whether existing transportation service of all kinds is adequate to meet the reasonable public needs.
(2) The financial ability of the applicant to furnish adequate, continuous, and uninterrupted service the year around.
(3) The advantages to the public of the proposed service.
(c) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), a certificate shall be issued to any qualified household goods carrier upon application and without the necessity of a hearing, if it is found that the applicant is fit, willing, and able to properly perform the service proposed and to conform with this chapter and the requirements, rules, and regulations of the commission.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.
Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Carriers.
Section 37-3-3 - Applicability of Chapter to Interstate Commerce.
Section 37-3-6 - Proprietary or Property Rights in Use of Highways Not Conferred by Chapter.
Section 37-3-7 - Powers and Duties of Commission Generally.
Section 37-3-8 - Commission Members Not to Have Pecuniary Interest, etc., in Carriers or Brokers.
Section 37-3-9 - Disposition of Matters Requiring Hearing.
Section 37-3-11 - Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity - Issuance Generally.
Section 37-3-12.1 - Grant of Intrastate Charter Rights to Certain Common Carriers Authorized.
Section 37-3-13 - Contract Carrier Permits - Generally.
Section 37-3-14 - Contract Carrier Permits - Dual Operations.
Section 37-3-15 - Licensing and Regulation of Brokers.
Section 37-3-17 - Transfer of Certificates or Permits.
Section 37-3-18 - Bond or Other Security.
Section 37-3-20 - Tariffs of Common Carriers.
Section 37-3-22 - Accounts, Records and Reports.
Section 37-3-23 - Bills of Lading.
Section 37-3-23.1 - Unenforceability of Certain Motor Vehicle Transportation Contract Provisions.
Section 37-3-24 - Effective Date of Commission Orders.
Section 37-3-25 - Penalties for Violations.
Section 37-3-26 - Collection of Rates and Charges.
Section 37-3-30 - Additional Compensation of Commission Members.
Section 37-3-31 - Appropriation.
Section 37-3-32.1 - Administration of Unified Carrier Registration Act of 2005.
Section 37-3-33 - Municipal Privilege License Fees or Taxes.