(A) Motor transportation companies. Pursuant to R.C. Ch. 4921, in order for a motor transportation company to commence or continue its operations within or through the corporate limits of the village, it shall first obtain from the State Public Utilities Commission a certificate declaring that public convenience and necessity require such operation. No person shall conduct such operations without having first obtained such certificate.
(B) Private motor carriers. Pursuant to R.C. Ch. 4923, no motor carrier shall operate motor vehicles upon any public highway in interstate commerce pursuant to interstate authority until the motor carrier has registered the interstate authority with the State Public Utilities Commission, has paid the appropriate filing fee as provided in R.C. Ch. 4923, and has been issued an acknowledgment by the Commission which shall remain in effect until amended, suspended, canceled, or revoked. The interstate authority shall be registered, and acknowledgments shall be issued in a manner to be prescribed by the Commission.
(1) No motor carrier shall operate motor vehicles upon any public highway for the transportation of property for hire in interstate commerce unless it has registered with the Commission and complied with the requirements of R.C. Ch. 4921.
(2) Mutual exemptions in the payment of filing fees may be authorized and granted by the Commission under reciprocal agreements with other states.
(C) Private motor carrier violations. No private motor carrier, officer, agent, or employee of a private motor carrier, or other corporation, company, association, joint-stock association, person, firm, or copartnership shall violate, or procure, aid, or abet the violation of R.C. §§ 4923.02 through 4923.15 or fail to comply with any order, decision, rule, or regulation of the Public Utilities Commission, or procure, aid, or abet any private motor carrier in its failure to comply with such order, decision, rule, or regulation. Information of a conviction of a violation of this division (C) shall be reported to the Commission by the Clerk of Court in which such conviction was obtained or if there is no Clerk, by the presiding officer of the Court. Such report shall be made a part of the records of the Commission relating to such private motor carrier.
(D) Motor transportation company violations. No motor transportation company, officer, agent, or employee of a motor transportation company, or other corporation, company, association, joint stock association, person, firm, or copartnership, shall violate or procure, aid, or abet the violation of R.C. §§ 4921.02 through 4921.32 or fail to comply with any order, decision, rule, or regulation of the Public Utilities Commission, or procure, aid, or abet any motor transportation company in its failure to comply with such order, decision, rule, or regulation. Information of a conviction of a violation of this division (D) shall be reported to the Commission by the Clerk of court in which such conviction was obtained or, if there is no Clerk, by the presiding officer of the court. Such report shall be made a part of the records of the Commission relating to such motor transportation company.
(R.C. § 4921.32)
(2000 Code, § 77.13) (Ord. O-19-90, passed 9-10-1990) Penalty, see § 77.99
Statutory reference:
Motor carrier companies; violations, see R.C. § 4923.15