(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 37-3-14 and to the provisions of subsection (b), a certificate shall be issued to any qualified applicant therefor, authorizing the whole or any part of the operations covered by the application, if it is found, after public hearing of the application, that the applicant is fit, willing, and able to properly perform the service proposed and to conform with the provisions of this chapter and requirements, rules, and regulations of the commission thereunder, and that the proposed service, to the extent to be authorized by the certificate is or will be required by the present or future public convenience and necessity; otherwise, the application shall be denied. No certificate shall be issued to any common carrier of passengers by motor vehicle for operations over other than a regular route or routes and between fixed termini, except as the carriers may be authorized to engage in special or charter operations.
(b) Before granting a certificate to a common carrier by motor vehicle, the commission shall, among other things, consider all of the following:
(1) Whether existing transportation service of all kinds is adequate to meet the reasonable public needs.
(2) The financial ability of the applicant to furnish adequate, continuous, and uninterrupted service the year around.
(3) The advantages to the public of the proposed service.
(c) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), a certificate shall be issued to any qualified household goods carrier upon application and without the necessity of a hearing, if it is found that the applicant is fit, willing, and able to properly perform the service proposed and to conform with this chapter and the requirements, rules, and regulations of the commission.
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