Connecticut General Statutes/Title 13b/Chapter 245c/Section 13b-397

CGS § 13b-397. (Formerly Sec. 16-291). Motor contract carriers; declaration of policy.

It is declared that the business of motor contract carriers is affected with the public interest and that the safety and welfare of the public upon the highways within this state, the preservation and maintenance of such highways and the proper regulation of household goods carriers using such highways require the regulation of motor contract carriers to the extent hereinafter provided in this chapter.

Short History

(1949 Rev., S. 5685; P.A. 95-126, S. 13, 25.)

Long History

History: Sec. 16-291 transferred to Sec. 13b-397, effective July 1, 1989, in keeping with transfer of certain powers and duties of department of public utility control to transportation department by P.A. 88-249. (Revisor's note: Statute published in both Title 16 and Title 13b in the Connecticut General Statutes, Revision of 1958, revised to 1989); P.A. 95-126 substituted “household goods carriers” for reference to “motor common carriers”, effective July 1, 1995.

Citations

Annotations to former section 16-291:

Cited. 148 C. 681; 149 C. 486.

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