§ 40-10.1-202 — Permit required - legislative declaration

Colorado § 40-10.1-202

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 40: Utilities
• Art.: Motor Carriers

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(1) (a) A person shall
not operate or offer to operate as a contract carrier in intrastate commerce without
first obtaining a permit for such operation from the commission. As used in this part
2, permit does not include a permit under part 3, 4, or 5 of this article.

(b) The general assembly hereby declares that the business of contract
carriers is affected with a public interest and that the safety and welfare of the
public traveling upon the highways, the preservation and maintenance of the
highways, and the proper regulation of common carriers using the highways require
the regulation of contract carriers to the extent provided in this article, for which
purposes the commission is vested with the authority to issue a permit to a contract
carrier and may attach to such permit and to the exercise of the rights and
privileges granted by the permit such terms and conditions as are reasonable.

(2) No permit, nor any extension or enlargement of an existing permit, shall
be granted by the commission if, in the commission's judgment, the proposed
operation of any such contract carrier will impair the efficient public service of any
authorized common carrier then adequately serving the same territory over the
same general highway route. The commission shall give written notice of any
application for a permit to all persons interested in or affected by the issuance of
the permit or any extension or enlargement thereof, pursuant to section 40-6-108
(2).

(3) Nothing contained in this article compels a contract carrier to be or
become a common carrier or subjects a contract carrier to the laws or liability
applicable to a common carrier.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2011: Entire article added, (HB 11-1198), ch. 127, p. 406, � 1, effective August 10.