The following terms shall have the meanings herein specified, when used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates:

(1) “Household goods” means personal effects and property used or to be used in a dwelling when a part of the equipment or supply of such dwelling;

(2) “Household goods carrier” means any person who operates motor vehicles over the highways of this state, whether over regular or irregular routes, in the transportation of household goods for the general public, for hire;

(3) “Motor contract carrier” means any person not included under subdivision (2) of this section who operates motor vehicles over the highways of this state, whether over regular or irregular routes, in the transportation of household goods for hire under special and individual contracts;

(4) “Motor private carrier” means any person other than a household goods carrier or a motor contract carrier who operates his own vehicle or vehicles not for hire and who engages in the transportation of his own property in the furtherance of any private commercial enterprise, and such motor private carrier shall be excluded from the provisions of this chapter;

(5) “Motor vehicle” means any rubber-tired vehicle propelled or drawn by any power other than muscular, not running upon rails or tracks, used upon any highway for the transportation of property;

(6) “Person” means any individual, firm, copartnership, corporation, limited liability company, company or association or its lessees, trustees or receivers.

(1949 Rev., S. 5674; 1955, S. 2635d; 1957, P.A. 295, S. 1; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 131, 348; P.A. 88-249, S. 2, 9; P.A. 95-79, S. 38, 189; 95-126, S. 4, 25; P.A. 96-31.)

History: P.A. 75-486 replaced public utilities commission with public utilities control authority; 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. 80-482 made division an independent department and deleted reference to abolished department of business regulation; P.A. 88-249 transferred powers and duties from public utility control department to transportation department, amending section as required by section 2 of the act (codified as Sec. 13b-387a), effective July 1, 1989. (Revisor's note: Statute published in both Title 16 and Title 13b in the Connecticut General Statutes, Revision of 1958, revised to 1989; Sec. 16-281 transferred to Sec. 13b-387, effective July 1, 1989); P.A. 95-79 redefined “person” to include a limited liability company, effective May 31, 1995; P.A. 95-126 deleted definition of “agricultural commodity”, substituted numeric Subdiv. designations for alphabetic designations, substituted “household goods carrier” for “motor common carrier” definition and limited such carrier to the transportation of household goods for the general public, for hire, in lieu of property, amended definition of “motor contract carrier” to limit such carrier to the transportation of household goods for hire under special and individual contracts, in lieu of property, and amended definition of “motor private carrier” to substitute “household goods carrier” for reference to “motor common carrier” and to eliminate authorization for Commissioner of Transportation to prescribe regulations for motor private carriers, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 96-31 amended Subdiv. (1) to limit definition of “household goods” to personal effects and property used in a dwelling when part of equipment or supply of dwelling.

Annotations to former section 16-281:

Power to make regulations discussed. 122 C. 292. Cited. 148 C. 681; 149 C. 480; 169 C. 253; 170 C. 434.