Hawaii Revised Statutes 271. Motor Carrier Law
- 271-1 Declaration of Policy.
The legislature of this State recognizes and declares that the transportation of persons and of property, for commercial purposes, over the public highways of...
- 271-2 Administration; Governing Provisions of Other Acts.
This chapter shall be administered by the public utilities commission of the State and the provisions of this chapter and of chapter 269, not...
- 271-3 Application of Chapter, Interstate, or Foreign Commerce.
Neither this chapter nor any provision hereof shall apply to commerce with foreign nations or to interstate commerce, except insofar as the application is...
- 271-4 Definitions.
As used in this chapter: (1) "Chapter" means the Motor Carrier Law. (2) "Commission" means the public utilities commission. (3) "Person" or "persons" means...
- 271-5 Exemptions, Generally.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, its contents shall not apply to: (1) Persons transporting their own property where the transportation is in...
- 271-6 Repealed.
L Sp 1977 1st, c 20, ยง3.
- 271-7 Exemptions, Vehicles Used by Farmers.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter all motor vehicles used by farmers exclusively for their farm operations and all motor vehicles used by...
- 271-8 Certificate or Permit Required.
Except as provided in section 271-5, no person shall engage in the transportation of persons or property, for compensation or hire, by motor vehicle,...
- 271-8.5 Advertising.
(a) It shall be a misdemeanor for any person, including a person who is exempt under section 271-5, to advertise as a motor carrier...
- 271-9 General Duties and Powers of the Commission.
(a) The general duties and powers of the public utilities commission shall be: (1) To regulate common carriers by motor vehicle, and to that...
- 271-9.5 Electronic Copies of Documents.
(a) No later than July 1, 2011, the public utilities commission shall accept from any person who submits a document to the commission the...
- 271-10 Reports and Decisions of Commission.
(a) Whenever the public utilities commission inquires into the operations, operating rights, rates, or directs inquiry and investigation into motor carrier activities regulated under...
- 271-11 Copies of Schedules, Tariffs, Contracts, Etc., Kept As Public Records; Evidence.
The copies of schedules and classifications and tariffs of rates, fares, and charges, and all contracts, agreements and arrangements between motor carriers filed with...
- 271-12 Applications for Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section and in section 271-16, no person shall engage in the business of a common carrier by...
- 271-13 Permits for Contract Carriers by Motor Vehicle.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section and in section 271-16, no person shall engage in the business of a contract carrier by...
- 271-14 No Proprietary Right in Highway.
No certificate or permit issued under this chapter confers any proprietary or property right in the use of the public highways. [L 1961, c...
- 271-15 Dual Operation.
Unless, for good cause shown, the public utilities commission finds or has found that both a certificate and a permit may be so held...
- 271-16 Temporary Authority.
To enable the provision of service for which there is an immediate and urgent need to a point or points or within a territory...
- 271-17 Security for Protection of Public.
No certificate or permit shall be issued to a motor carrier or remain in force unless such carrier complies with such reasonable rules and...
- 271-18 Transfer of Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity, Contract Carrier Permits, and Carrier Property.
(a) For the purpose of the administration and application of subsections (a) and (b), the terms "carrier" includes any motor carrier subject to this...
- 271-19 Suspension, Change, and Revocation of Certificates and Permits.
(a) Certificates and permits shall be effective from the date specified therein, and shall remain in effect until suspended or terminated as herein provided....
- 271-20 Rates, Fares and Charges of Common Carriers by Motor Vehicle.
(a) It shall be the duty of every common carrier of passengers by motor carrier to provide safe and adequate service, equipment, and facilities...
- 271-21 Tariffs of Common Carriers by Motor Vehicle.
(a) Every common carrier by motor vehicle shall file with the public utilities commission, and print, and keep open to public inspection, tariffs showing...
- 271-22 Schedules of Contract Carriers by Motor Vehicle.
(a) It shall be the duty of every contract carrier by motor vehicle to file and observe reasonable minimum rates and charges for any...
- 271-23 Bills of Lading, Shipping Documents.
The public utilities commission may prescribe for motor carriers the form and content of all bills of lading, freight bills, receipts, or other shipping...
- 271-24 Recovery of Overcharges or Undercharges.
(a) All actions by common carriers by motor vehicle for the recovery of their charges, or any part thereof, shall be begun within three...
- 271-25 Accounts, Records, and Reports.
(a) The public utilities commission may require annual, periodical, or special reports from all motor carriers, prescribe the manner and form in which the...
- 271-26 Records to Be Maintained in State.
Each motor carrier maintaining an office or place of business within this State shall keep therein all books, accounts, papers, and records required by...
- 271-26.5 Change of Address; Responsibility; Service of Orders.
A motor carrier shall have, maintain and operate from a definite place of business in the State and shall display therein the certificate or...
- 271-27 Unlawful Operation.
(a) Any person intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly violating any provision of this chapter, or any rule, requirement, or order thereunder, or any term or...
- 271-28 Collection of Rates and Charges.
No common carrier by motor vehicle shall deliver or relinquish possession at destination of any freight transported by it until all tariff rates and...
- 271-28.5 Motor Carrier Lien.
(a) In addition to the lien provided by section 490:7-307, a carrier has a lien on freight in its possession for the total amount...
- 271-29 Identification of Carriers.
The public utilities commission is authorized, under such rules and regulations as it shall prescribe, to require the display of suitable identification number or...
- 271-30 Allowance to Shippers for Transportation Services.
If the shipper of property transported under this chapter, directly or indirectly, renders any service connected with the transportation, or furnishes any instrumentality used...
- 271-31 Hearings.
(a) All hearings, investigations, and proceedings shall be governed by this section and by rules of practice and procedure adopted by the public utilities...
- 271-32 Reconsideration and Rehearings.
(a) After any order or decision has been made by the public utilities commission, any party to the proceeding may apply once for reconsideration...
- 271-33 Appeals.
From the order made on an application for reconsideration or rehearing by the public utilities commission under this chapter, an appeal shall lie, subject...
- 271-34 Witnesses.
(a) Each witness who appears by order of the public utilities commission shall receive for the witness' attendance the same fees and mileage allowed...
- 271-35 Agreements Between Carriers.
(a) For purposes of this section the term "antitrust laws" means any law of the State previously enacted or hereafter enacted pertaining to unlawful...
- 271-36 Fees and Charges.
(a) Every common carrier by motor vehicle and every contract carrier by motor vehicle shall pay to the commission, in April of each year,...
- 271-37 Attorney General; Aid in Enforcement.
Upon written request of the public utilities commission, the attorney general shall prosecute all violations on behalf of the commission for the enforcement of...
- 271-38 Enforcement.
At the request of the public utilities commission, the department of transportation shall assign a motor vehicle safety officer employed by the department of...
- 271-39 Motor Carrier Indemnification Agreements Prohibited.
(a) Any provision in a transportation services contract or agreement that requires a motor carrier to indemnify, defend, or hold harmless or that purports...
Last modified: October 27, 2016