Alabama Motor Carrier Act
Alabama · Public Utilities and Public Transportation · §§ 37-3-1 to 37-3-9 · 38 sections
Overview
The Motor Carrier Act governs the commercial transportation of passengers and property by motor vehicle, placing carriers under the supervision of a state transportation agency. It establishes a system of operating authority — applications, notice, protests and hearings, temporary authority, and grounds for amending, suspending, or revoking a carrier's authority — together with requirements covering tariffs, rates, time schedules, insurance and financial responsibility, vehicle and driver safety, vehicle leases and driver contracts, recordkeeping, and designation of an agent for service of process. It also sets separate rules for household goods carriers, including a voluntary dispute settlement program, and equips the agency with enforcement mechanisms such as subpoenas, administrative, civil, and criminal penalties, and actions to enforce its orders, while providing for fees, exemptions, and judicial review.
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Sections covered
- Ala. Code § 37-3-1Short Title.
- Ala. Code § 37-3-10Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity - When Required; Application; Determination by Commission.
- Ala. Code § 37-3-11Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity - Issuance Generally.
- Ala. Code § 37-3-12Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity - Scope of Authority Granted; Deviations; Charter Parties; Transportation of Newspapers, Baggage or Mail; Abandonment or Discontinuance.
- Ala. Code § 37-3-12.1Grant of Intrastate Charter Rights to Certain Common Carriers Authorized.
- Ala. Code § 37-3-13Contract Carrier Permits - Generally.
- Ala. Code § 37-3-14Contract Carrier Permits - Dual Operations.
- Ala. Code § 37-3-15Licensing and Regulation of Brokers.
- Ala. Code § 37-3-16Effective Date of Certificates, Permits or Licenses; Suspension, Change or Revocation.
- Ala. Code § 37-3-17Transfer of Certificates or Permits.
- Ala. Code § 37-3-18Bond or Other Security.
- Ala. Code § 37-3-19Duty of Common Carrier to Provide Service, Equipment, and Facilities; Rates and Charges Generally; Rules, Regulations, and Practices; Other Remedies Not Extinguished.
- Ala. Code § 37-3-2Definitions.
- Ala. Code § 37-3-20Tariffs of Common Carriers.
- Ala. Code § 37-3-21Schedules or Contracts of Contract Carriers; Charges Generally; Rules, Regulations or Practices.
- Ala. Code § 37-3-22Accounts, Records and Reports.
- Ala. Code § 37-3-23Bills of Lading.
- Ala. Code § 37-3-23.1Unenforceability of Certain Motor Vehicle Transportation Contract Provisions.
- Ala. Code § 37-3-24Effective Date of Commission Orders.
- Ala. Code § 37-3-25Penalties for Violations.
- Ala. Code § 37-3-26Collection of Rates and Charges.
- Ala. Code § 37-3-27Employment of Personnel to Aid Commission in Administration and Enforcement of Chapter.
- Ala. Code § 37-3-28Examiners.
- Ala. Code § 37-3-29Appeals.
- Ala. Code § 37-3-3Applicability of Chapter to Interstate Commerce.
- Ala. Code § 37-3-30Additional Compensation of Commission Members.
- Ala. Code § 37-3-31Appropriation.
- Ala. Code § 37-3-32Fees.
- Ala. Code § 37-3-32.1Administration of Unified Carrier Registration Act of 2005.
- Ala. Code § 37-3-33Municipal Privilege License Fees or Taxes.
- Ala. Code § 37-3-34Rules and Regulations of Commission.
- Ala. Code § 37-3-4Exemptions.
- Ala. Code § 37-3-5Operations to Be in Accordance with Chapter; Carriers Subject to Regulation of Commission.
- Ala. Code § 37-3-50Status as Employee, Independent Contractor, Etc., Unaffected by Motor Carrier Safety Improvements.
- Ala. Code § 37-3-6Proprietary or Property Rights in Use of Highways Not Conferred by Chapter.
- Ala. Code § 37-3-7Powers and Duties of Commission Generally.
- Ala. Code § 37-3-8Commission Members Not to Have Pecuniary Interest, Etc., in Carriers or Brokers.
- Ala. Code § 37-3-9Disposition of Matters Requiring Hearing.
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