2025 California Code
Public Utilities Code - PUC
DIVISION 2 - REGULATION OF RELATED BUSINESSES BY THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 8 - Charter-Party Carriers of Passengers
ARTICLE 3 - Regulation of Charter-Party Carriers of Passengers
Section 5384.5.

Universal Citation:
CA Pub Util Code § 5384.5 (2025)
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5384.5. If the driver of any charter-party carrier of passengers for hire operating under a valid certificate or permit, or any officer, director, agent, or employee of a charter-party carrier of passengers operating vehicles used in the transportation of passengers for hire under such a certificate or permit, is convicted of a violation of Section 23225 of the Vehicle Code, the commission, after a hearing, shall do the following:

(a) For a first offense, the commission may impose a civil penalty of not more than two thousand dollars ($2,000) upon the carrier, as determined appropriate by the commission.

(b) For a second offense, the commission may impose a civil penalty of not more than two thousand dollars ($2,000) upon the carrier or suspend the carrier’s certificate or permit for not more than 30 days, or both, as determined appropriate by the commission.

(c) For a third offense, the commission shall revoke the carrier’s certificate or permit.

(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 461, Sec. 5. (AB 45) Effective January 1, 2013.)

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