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Article 1. Purposes, Definitions and Exemptions
§24A-1-1. Purposes - It is hereby declared to be the purpose and policy...
§24A-1-2. Definitions - As used in this chapter: "Commission" means the Public Service...
§24A-1-3. Exemptions From Chapter - The provisions of this chapter, except where specifically otherwise provided,...
Article 1A. Commercial Vehicle Regulation
§24A-1A-1. Regulation of Commercial Vehicle Weights - (a) Effective July 1, 2003, the commission has jurisdiction over...
§24A-1A-2. Creation of Advisory Committee; Purpose; Members; Terms - (a) There is continued the Commercial Motor Vehicle Weight and...
Article 2. Common Carriers by Motor Vehicles
§24A-2-1. Subject to Public Utility and Common Carrier Laws - All common carriers by motor vehicle are hereby declared to...
§24A-2-2. Provisions of Chapter to Govern; Common Carrier Certificate and Contract Carrier Permit - No common carrier by motor vehicle shall operate any motor...
§24A-2-2a. Regulation of Business of Towing, Hauling or Carrying Wrecked or Disabled Vehicles - (a) On and after July 1, 1982, common carriers by...
§24A-2-2b. Rule-Making Authority; Establishing Rates for Recovering, Towing, Hauling, Carrying, or Storing Wrecked or Disabled Vehicles; Complaint Process; and Required Legislative Audit - NOTE: West Virginia Code 24A-2-2b was amended by two bills...
§24A-2-3. Regulatory Powers of Commission - The commission is vested with power and authority to supervise...
§24A-2-4. Rates, Fares and Charges - All rates, fares and charges made by any common carrier...
§24A-2-4a. Motor Carriers Transporting Solid Waste; Pass Through of Landfill Tip Fees as Rate Surcharge - Any common carrier transporting solid waste in this state pursuant...
§24A-2-4b. Motor Carriers Transporting Solid Waste; Origin of Waste Disclosure; Penalties - (a) The operator-driver of every solid waste motor carrier vehicle...
§24A-2-5. Certificate of Convenience and Necessity - (a) Required; application; hearing; granting. It shall be unlawful for...
§24A-2-6. For Hire Common Carriers of Passengers; Definitions; Driving Time; Rules - (a) When used in this section, the following words and...
Article 3. Contract Carriers by Motor Vehicles
§24A-3-1. Regulation Required - It is hereby declared that the business of contract carriers...
§24A-3-2. Provisions of Chapter to Govern - No contract carrier by motor vehicle or emergency substitute carrier...
§24A-3-3. Permit - (a) Required; application; hearing; granting. It shall be unlawful for...
§24A-3-4. Regulatory Powers of Commission - The commission is hereby vested with power and authority, and...
§24A-3-5. Undue Preference Prohibited - Every contract carrier by motor vehicle is hereby forbidden to...
§24A-3-6. Rules and Regulations; Minimum Rates, Fares and Charges - The commission is hereby vested with power and authority, and...
Article 4. Private Commercial Carriers of Property by Motor Vehicle
§24A-4-1. Vehicular and Operational Safety - Every private commercial carrier, as defined in section two (n),...
Article 5. Powers and Duties of Commission
§24A-5-1. Powers of Commission as to Rates, Schedules, etc. - The commission shall have power to originate, establish, promulgate, change,...
§24A-5-2. Procedure for Changing Rates, etc. - Except for motor carriers collecting and hauling solid waste who...
§24A-5-2a. Procedure for Changing Rates for Collection and Hauling of Solid Waste by Motor Carriers; Rural Rates - (a) Unless a motor carrier collecting and hauling solid waste...
§24A-5-2b. Authorizing Public Service Commission to Approve Alternative Pick-Up Due to Adverse Conditions - Every motor carrier of solid waste in residential service shall...
§24A-5-3. Through Rates; Joint Rates and Service - The commission shall have power and authority to require a...
§24A-5-4. Merger, Consolidation or Joint Ownership - (a) It shall be lawful, under the conditions specified below,...
§24A-5-5. Further Regulatory Powers of the Commission - (a) The commission shall prescribe rules of practice and procedure...
Article 6. Duties and Privileges of Motor Carriers Subject to Regulation of the Commission
§24A-6-1. Adequate Facilities; Safety Appliances; Discontinuance or Change; Interchange of Traffic; Joint Use of Terminal Facilities - Every motor carrier subject to this chapter shall establish and...
§24A-6-2. Rate Schedules and Reports - Every motor carrier subject to the provisions of this chapter...
§24A-6-3. Procedure as to Certificates of Convenience and Necessity and Permits Issued Prior to Chapter - Certificates of convenience and necessity and permits issued to motor...
§24A-6-4. Uniform Vehicle Identification Card - The commission shall prescribe a uniform vehicle identification card which...
§24A-6-6. Special Annual Assessment Against Motor Carriers for Expenses of Administering Chapter; Public Service Commission Motor Carrier Fund - In addition to the license fees, registration fees, or any...
§24A-6-7. Indemnity Agreement in Motor Carrier Transportation Contracts Void - (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a...
Article 6A. Registration of Interstate Commerce Commission Authority and Identification of Vehicles to Be Operated Thereunder
§24A-6A-1. Filing of Interstate Commerce Commission Authority Required; Exception - No motor carrier shall operate within the borders of this...
§24A-6A-2. Prior Registration - A motor carrier need not register under the provisions of...
§24A-6A-3. When Registration of Vehicles Required - No motor carrier subject to the provisions of section one...
§24A-6A-4. Application For, Issuance and Use of Identification Stamps and Cab Cards; Expiration of Registration and Identification - (a) On or before December 31, of each calendar year,...
§24A-6A-5. Form and Execution of Application for Identification Stamp; Fee; Option of Commission to Issue Stamp, Card or Combination Thereof - The application for the issuance of such identification stamp or...
§24A-6A-6. Form of Identification Stamp - Any identification stamp issued under the provisions of this article...
§24A-6A-7. Form of Cab Card - The cab card shall be in the form prescribed by...
§24A-6A-8. Use of Cab Cards in Connection With Vehicles Not Used in Driveaway Operations - In the case of a vehicle not used in a...
§24A-6A-9. Use of Cab Cards in Driveaway Operations - In the case of a driveaway operation, the cab card...
§24A-6A-10. Inspection of Cab Cards - A cab card shall, upon demand, be presented by the...
§24A-6A-11. Destruction or Nullification of Cab Cards - (a) Each motor carrier shall destroy a cab card immediately...
§24A-6A-12. Alteration, Loss, Mutilation, etc., of Cab Cards - (a) Any erasure, improper alteration or unauthorized use of a...
§24A-6A-13. Collection of State Taxes and Fees Not Affected - Nothing in this article shall be construed to affect the...
§24A-6A-14. Participation in the Single State Registration System - (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article to the...
§24A-6A-15. Unified Carrier Registration System - (a) The Public Service Commission is designated as the appropriate...
Article 6B. Registration and Identification of Vehicles Operated by Persons Engaged in Hazardous Materials Transportation
§24A-6B-1. Participation in the Hazardous Materials Transportation Registration System - (a) The commission shall have power and authority to promulgate...
Article 7. Complaints, Damages and Violations
§24A-7-1. Complaints Against Motor Carriers; Statement of Charges; Satisfaction or Investigation of Complaint - Any person, firm, association of persons, corporation, municipality, or county,...
§24A-7-2. Falsifying Records, etc. - Any person, officer, agent or employee of any motor carrier...
§24A-7-3. Continuing Offenses - Every day during which any person shall fail to observe...
§24A-7-4. Penalty for Violation of Chapter; Concurrent Jurisdiction of Justices - Every officer, agent, employee, or stockholder of any motor carrier,...
§24A-7-5. Second Offenses - When any person is convicted for a violation of any...
§24A-7-6. Duty of Prosecuting Attorneys and Law-Enforcement Officers to Enforce Chapter; Regulatory Authority of Commission; Qualifications of Commission Employees Designated as Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Officers - It shall be the duty of the West Virginia State...
§24A-7-7. Authority of Motor Carrier Inspectors to Enforce All Traffic Rules as to Commercial Vehicles; Use of Radar as Evidence - (a) The employees of the commission designated as commercial vehicle...
Article 8. Review of Commission's Action by Supreme Court of Appeals; Inconsistent Laws Repealed
§24A-8-1. Appeal From Commission's Action - Any party feeling aggrieved by the entry of a final...
§24A-8-2. Inconsistent Laws Repealed - All parts of chapter seventeen of the Code of West...