California Public Utilities Code ARTICLE 2 - Authorization to Operate as a Charter-Party Carrier of Passengers

• Section 5371.
  No charter-party carrier of passengers excepting transit districts, transit authorities or cities owning and operating local transit systems themselves or through wholly owned nonprofit corporations...
• Section 5371.1.
  (a) No charter-party carrier of passengers issued a class A certificate subject to this section shall be restricted as to point of origin or destination in...
• Section 5371.2.
  (a) All holders of certificates issued under this section shall operate from a service area to be determined by the commission. In no case shall this...
• Section 5371.3.
  A class C certificate holder is one who provides transportation services incidental to commercial balloon operations, commercial river rafting, or skiing. This section does not...
• Section 5371.4.
  (a) The governing body of any city, county, or city and county may not impose a fee on charter-party carriers operating limousines. However, the governing body...
• Section 5371.5.
  (a) Upon receipt of a complaint containing sufficient information to warrant conducting an investigation, the commission shall investigate any business that advertises limousine-for-hire or passenger charter...
• Section 5371.6.
  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that advertising and use of telephone service is essential for charter-party carriers of passengers to obtain business and to conduct...
• Section 5372.
  Applications for permits and certificates shall be in writing, verified under oath, and shall be in such form, contain such information, and be accompanied by...
• Section 5373.1.
  (a) Each application for a charter-party carrier of passengers certificate or permit shall be accompanied by a filing fee as follows:(1) Class A certificates (new): one thousand...
• Section 5373.5.
  The commission shall not issue or authorize the transfer of any certificate or permit under this chapter to any person or corporation against whom a...
• Section 5374.
  (a) (1) Before a permit or certificate is issued or renewed, the commission shall require the applicant to establish reasonable fitness and financial responsibility to initiate and...
• Section 5374.5.
  (a) At the time of each bus terminal inspection conducted by the Department of the California Highway Patrol pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 34501 of...
• Section 5374.6.
  Every charter-party carrier earning over three hundred fifty thousand dollars ($350,000) in annual gross operating revenue shall, under oath, file annually a report indicating the...
• Section 5375.
  The commission may, with or without hearing, issue or refuse to issue a permit or certificate. If the commission finds that public convenience and necessity...
• Section 5376.
  A permit or certificate, or renewal thereof, is effective for three years, unless suspended or revoked by the commission.(Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 324, Sec.
• Section 5377.
  No permit issued pursuant to this article, or rights to conduct any of the services therein authorized, shall be sold, leased, or assigned, or otherwise...
• Section 5377.1.
  No certificate issued pursuant to, or rights to conduct any of the services authorized by, this article shall be sold, leased, or assigned, or otherwise...
• Section 5378.
  (a) The commission may cancel, revoke, or suspend any operating permit or certificate issued pursuant to this chapter upon any of the following grounds:(1) The violation of...
• Section 5378.1.
  (a) Beginning July 1, 1990, and continuing thereafter, every charter-party carrier shall file with the commission one of the following:(1) A certificate of workers’ compensation coverage for...
• Section 5378.5.
  (a) Upon receipt of a written recommendation from the Department of the California Highway Patrol that the certificate or permit of a charter-party carrier be suspended...
• Section 5378.6.
  (a) The commission shall deny a new or renewal application for a charter-party carrier certificate or permit upon receipt of a written recommendation from the Department...
• Section 5378.7.
  (a) Upon receipt of a stop order issued by the Director of Industrial Relations pursuant to Section 3710.1 of the Labor Code, the commission shall investigate...
• Section 5379.
  After the cancellation or revocation of a permit or certificate, or during the period of its suspension, or after the expiration of its permit or...
• Section 5379.5.
  The commission may, on a complaint alleging that any corporation or person is operating as a charter-party carrier of passengers without a valid certificate or...

Last modified: October 22, 2018