(a)(1) Each person, association, limited liability company or corporation owning or operating a motor vehicle in livery service shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation, and the department may prescribe adequate service and reasonable rates and charges and prescribe and establish such reasonable regulations with respect to fares, service, operation and equipment as it deems necessary for the convenience, protection, safety and best interests of passengers and the public.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (1) of this subsection with respect to reasonable rates and charges, each person, association, limited liability company or corporation operating a motor vehicle in livery service having a seating capacity of ten or more adults shall file a schedule of reasonable maximum rates and charges with the Department of Transportation. The provisions of subdivision (1) of this subsection with respect to rates and charges shall not apply to any person, association, limited liability company or corporation operating a motor vehicle engaged in the transportation of passengers for hire by virtue of a contract with, or a lower tier contract for, any federal, state or municipal agency.

(b) Each person, association, limited liability company or corporation operating a motor vehicle by virtue of authorization issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration for charter and special operation shall register such authorization for interstate operation with the Department of Transportation if such person, association, limited liability company or corporation maintains a domicile or principal office in the state. Each person operating a motor vehicle by virtue of authorization issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration for charter and special operation shall, prior to such registration, submit to a state and national criminal history records check, conducted in accordance with section 29-17a, and provide the results of such records check to the Department of Transportation.

(1949 Rev., S. 5724; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 80-372, S. 1; 80-482, S. 155, 348; P.A. 97-304, S. 15, 31; P.A. 14-199, S. 16; P.A. 18-167, S. 4.)

History: P.A. 75-486 substituted “public utilities control authority” for “commission”, i.e. public utilities commission, and “authority” for “commission” thereafter, effective December 1, 1975; P.A. 77-614 replaced “public utilities control authority” with “division of public utility control within the department of business regulation”, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-372 substituted “department of transportation” for the foregoing designation and “department may” for “division is authorized to”; P.A. 80-482 would have changed “division” to “department” of public utility control, deleted “within the department of business regulation” and substituted “department” for “division” but P.A. 80-372 amendments given precedence; in 1981 Sec. 16-325 transferred to Sec. 13b-102; P.A. 97-304 divided the Sec. into two Subsecs. and divided Subsec. (a) into two Subdivs., requiring in Subdiv. (1) that each limited liability company owning or operating a motor vehicle in livery service be subject to the jurisdiction of the department, in Subdiv. (2) that each person, association, limited liability company or corporation operating a livery vehicle having a seating capacity of ten or more adults file a schedule of reasonable maximum rates and charges with department and in Subdiv. (2) that provisions of Subdiv. (1) re rates and charges not apply to any person, association, limited liability company or corporation operating a motor vehicle engaged in transportation of passengers for hire by virtue of a contract with, or a lower tier contract for, any governmental agency, and added Subsec. (b) requiring registration of authorization for interstate operation with department, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 14-199 amended Subsec. (b) to add provision re criminal history records check, effective June 12, 2014; P.A. 18-167 amended Subsec. (b) to change “Federal Highway Administration” to “Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration”, effective June 14, 2018.