A. The Corporation Commission is authorized to:

1. Supervise and regulate every motor carrier of household goods;

2. Protect the shipping and general public by requiring liability insurance and cargo insurance of all motor carriers of household goods;

3. Ensure motor carriers of household goods are complying with applicable size and weight laws and safety requirements;

4. Supervise and regulate such motor carriers in all other matters affecting the relationship between such carriers and the traveling and shipping public including, but not limited to, consumer protection measures and loss and damage claim procedures; and

5. Enforce the provisions of this act.

B. The Commission is authorized to promulgate rules applicable to persons transporting household goods.

C. 1. The Commission is authorized to administer a hazardous material transportation registration and permitting program for motor carriers engaged in transporting hazardous material upon or over the public highways and within the borders of the state.

2. The Commission shall promulgate rules implementing the provisions of this subsection. Rules promulgated pursuant to this subsection shall be consistent with, and equivalent in scope, coverage, and content to requirements applicable to operators of vehicles transporting hazardous materials contained in the report submitted to the Secretary of the United States Department of Transportation, pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 5119(b), by the Alliance for Uniform Hazardous Material Transportation Procedures.

D. Nothing in this section shall be construed to remove or affect the jurisdiction of the Department of Environmental Quality to implement hazardous waste transportation requirements for federal hazardous waste program delegation to this state under the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.

E. The Commission is authorized to promulgate rules and set fees applicable to interstate motor carriers, pertaining to carrier registration, operation of equipment and filing of proper proof of liability insurance.

Added by Laws 1929, c. 253, p. 352, § 2. Amended by Laws 1968, c. 190, § 2, eff. Sept. 30, 1968; Laws 1984, c. 60, § 1; Laws 1995, c. 143, § 14, eff. Nov. 1, 1995; Laws 2000, c. 130, § 3, emerg. eff. April 24, 2000; Laws 2005, c. 418, § 2, emerg. eff. June 6, 2005; Laws 2009, c. 183, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2009.