§ 39-12-2. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1) "Administrator� means the public utilities administrator.
(2) "Certificate� means a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued under
this chapter or by any corresponding provisions of earlier laws to a common carrier
by motor vehicle.
(3) "Common carrier� means any person who or that undertakes, whether directly or by any
other arrangements, to transport property, or any class or classes of property, by
motor vehicle between points within this state, for the general public for compensation,
over the publicly used highways of this state, whether over regular or irregular routes.
(4) "Contract carrier� means any person who or that engages in transportation by motor
vehicle of property in intrastate commerce, for compensation (other than transportation
referred to in the preceding paragraph), under continuing contracts with one person
or an unlimited number of persons for the furnishing of transportation services of
a special and individual nature required by the shipper and not generally provided
by common carriers.
(5) "Driveaway-towaway operations� means any operation in which any motor vehicle or motor
vehicles, new or used, constitute the commodity being transported, when one set or
more of wheels of any motor vehicle or motor vehicles are on the highway during the
course of transportation, whether or not any motor vehicle furnishes the automotive
power.
(6) "Driver� means any person operating a motor vehicle used for the transportation of
property, that he or she owns or is operating with the express or implied consent
of its owner.
(7) "Interstate carrier� means any person who or that operates motor vehicles for the
transportation of property of others for compensation over the publicly used highways
of this state in interstate commerce authorized or certified by the Interstate Commerce
Commission.
(8) "Interstate commerce� means commerce between any place in this state and any place
in another state or between places in this state through another state.
(9) "Interstate permit� means an interstate carrier permit issued by the administrator
to an interstate common or contract carrier by motor vehicle operating for compensation
over the publicly used highways of this state.
(10) "Intrastate commerce� means any commerce wholly within this state by motor vehicle
between points having a point of origin and a point of destination within this state.
(11) "Irregular route� means a route or routes within the territory as set forth in the
carrier's certificate, but not over a specified route or routes between fixed termini.
(12) "Motor carrier� means a common carrier by motor vehicle, a contract carrier by motor
vehicle, or an interstate carrier by motor vehicle.
(13) "Motor vehicle� means any vehicle, machine, truck, tractor-trailer, or semi-trailer
propelled or drawn by any mechanical power and used upon the highways in the transportation
of property, but does not include any vehicle or car operated on a rail or rails whether
on or off the publicly used highways.
(14) "Natural subdivision� means a group of persons engaged in the motor trucking industry
that, by the nature and similarity of the service performed, has operating interests
peculiar to the groups and that by reason thereof requires distinct and separate regulations.
(15) "Permit� means a permit issued under this chapter or corresponding provisions of earlier
laws to a contract carrier by motor vehicle.
(16) "Person� means any individual, firm, co-partnership, corporation, company, association,
or joint stock association, and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee, or personal
representative thereof; and, where the context requires shall include "driver,� as
defined in this section.
(17) "Private carrier� means any person, other than a common carrier or a contract carrier
or an interstate carrier who or that transports in intrastate or interstate commerce
by motor vehicle, property of which the person is the owner, lessee, or bailee, when
the transportation is for the purpose of sale, lease, rent, or bailment, or in the
furtherance of any commercial enterprise. The private carrier shall be exempted from
the provisions of this chapter.
(18) "Publicly used highways� means all public ways, roads, highways, streets, avenues,
alleys, boulevards, parks, squares, and bridges and approaches thereto, within this
state.
(19) "Regular route� means a specified route or routes, between fixed termini, as set forth
in the carrier's certificate.