California Acts of the 2007 Legislative Session
AB1310, Chapter 701
BILL NUMBER: AB 1310 CHAPTERED 10/14/07 CHAPTER 701 FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE OCTOBER 14, 2007 APPROVED BY GOVERNOR OCTOBER 14, 2007 PASSED THE SENATE SEPTEMBER 11, 2007 PASSED THE ASSEMBLY SEPTEMBER 12, 2007 AMENDED IN SENATE JULY 5, 2007 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 14, 2007 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 11, 2007 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Leno FEBRUARY 23, 2007 An act to amend Sections 5371.5, 5386, and 5413.5 of, to add Section 5371.6 to, and to repeal Section 5386.1 of, the Public Utilities Code, relating to charter-party carriersLEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1310, Leno. Charter-party carriers.
(1) The Passenger Charter-Party Carriers Act, with certain exceptions, prohibits a charter-party carrier of passengers from engaging in transportation services subject to regulation by the Public Utilities Commission without obtaining a specified certificate or permit, as appropriate, from the commission. The act requires the commission to investigate every business listed in every classified directory of telephone subscribers as furnishing limousine-for-hire or passenger charter transportation service for compensation in motor vehicles to determine compliance with the certificate or permit requirements and for the purpose of instituting specified civil or criminal proceedings in the event of noncompliance.
This bill, instead, would require the commission, upon receipt of a complaint containing sufficient information to warrant conducting an investigation, to investigate any business that advertises, as defined, limousine-for-hire or passenger charter transportation service for compensation in motor vehicles. The bill would require the commission, in a rulemaking or other appropriate procedure, to adopt criteria that establishes the type of information, if contained in a complaint, that is sufficient to warrant an investigation.
(2) The act generally requires every charter-party carrier of passengers to state the number of its permit or a specified identifying symbol in every written or oral advertisement of the services it offers. The act requires every charter-party carrier operating a limousine to state the number of its permit or license plate number in every written or oral advertisement of the services it offers. The commission is authorized to impose a fine of not more than $5,000 for each violation if it finds, after hearing, that any person or corporation is operating as a charter-party carrier of passengers without a valid certificate or permit, or fails to include in any public advertisement the number of the permit or specified identifying symbol.
This bill, instead, would require every charter-party carrier of passengers, including a charter-party carrier operating a limousine, to include the number of its certificate or permit in every written or oral advertisement of the services it offers. The bill would define "advertisement" for the purpose of this requirement. The bill would authorize the commission to impose that fine if it finds, after hearing, that any person or corporation is operating as a charter-party carrier of passengers, including a charter-party carrier operating a limousine, without a valid certificate or permit, or fails to include, the number of the certificate or permit in any written or oral advertisement.
(3) The existing Household Goods Carrier Act provides for the termination of telephone service by a telephone corporation or telegraph corporation to unlicensed household goods carriers and places enforcement of this prohibition with the commission.
This bill would provide for the termination of telephone service by a telephone corporation or telegraph corporation to a...
