§ 13b-391 — (Formerly Sec. 16-285). Issuance of certificates.

Connecticut § 13b-391

• Jurisdiction: Connecticut
• Title 13b: Transportation
• Ch. 245c: Motor Carriers of Property for Hire

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The Commissioner of Transportation may issue to the applicant a certificate of public convenience and necessity in a form to be prescribed by the commissioner or may refuse to issue the same, or may issue it for the partial exercise only of the privilege sought, and may prescribe therein such limitations as, in the commissioner's judgment, public interest may require.

Legislative History

(1949 Rev., S. 5678; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 236; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 135, 348; P.A. 88-249, S. 4, 9; P.A. 92-136, S. 5; P.A. 93-307, S. 1, 34; 93-435, S. 3, 95; P.A. 95-126, S. 7, 25; P.A. 21-175, S. 10.) History: 1969 act required that copy of order or certificate be sent to commissioner of transportation; P.A. 75-486 replaced public utilities commission with public utilities control authority; P.A. 77-614 replaced 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 changed jurisdiction of motor carriers from the department of public utility control to the department of transportation 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. 16-285 transferred to Sec. 13b-391, effective July 1, 1989); P.A. 92-136 amended section by requiring the issuance of a decal to be conspicuously displayed on the vehicle; P.A. 93-307 specified that decals are issued on July first annually and added the provision that applicants with vehicle fleets composed of one hundred or more units would not be required to purchase decals or display a decal on each vehicle in their fleet, effective June 29, 1993; P.A. 93-435 specified applicability to hearings under Sec. 13b-390, effective June 28, 1993; P.A. 95-126 deleted requirement that commissioner issue decal on July first annually representing authority to operate, deleted provision re display of decal, and deleted exemption from decal requirement for applicants with vehicle fleets composed of one hundred or more units, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 21-175 deleted reference to hearing provided for in Sec. 13b-390 and made technical changes.