Each person, association, limited liability company or corporation owning or operating a motor bus is declared to be a common carrier and subject as such to the jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation and, while so operating, to such reasonable rules and regulations as said department may prescribe with respect to routes, fares, speed, schedules, continuity of service and the convenience and safety of passengers and the public.
(1959, P.A. 6, S. 1; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 79-610, S. 12; P.A. 97-304, S. 10, 31.)
History: P.A. 75-486 substituted “public utilities control authority” for “public utilities commission” and “authority” for “commission”, effective December 1, 1975; 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. 79-610 substituted department of transportation for the foregoing designation and “department” for “division”; in 1981 Sec. 16-312a transferred to Sec. 13b-86; P.A. 97-304 extended provisions to limited liability companies, effective July 1, 1997.
Annotation to former section 16-312a:
Cited. 24 CS 407.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Section 13b-80. (Formerly Sec. 16-309). - Certificate of public convenience and necessity.
Section 13b-81. (Formerly Sec. 16-309a). - Temporary authority.
Section 13b-82. (Formerly Sec. 16-309b). - Transportation of school children.
Section 13b-83. (Formerly Sec. 16-310). - Registration.
Section 13b-84. (Formerly Sec. 16-311). - Transportation permits.
Section 13b-85. (Formerly Sec. 16-312). - Penalty.
Section 13b-86. (Formerly Sec. 16-312a). - Common carrier subject to jurisdiction of department.
Section 13b-88. (Formerly Sec. 16-313). - Interstate motor buses.
Section 13b-89. (Formerly Sec. 16-314). - Permits for operation of interstate motor buses.
Section 13b-89a. - Interstate motor buses having upper and lower decks.
Section 13b-90. (Formerly Sec. 16-315). - Penalty.
Section 13b-94. - Reporting of motor vehicle accidents.
Section 13b-94a. - Motor vehicle in charter bus transportation.