2020 New York Laws
TRA - Transportation
Article 9 - Carriers of Household Goods by Motor Vehicle
194 - Agents.

§ 194. Agents.  1.  Each  motor  carrier  providing  transportation of
household goods subject  to  this  article,  and  any  agent  or  agents
employed  or  utilized  by it, shall be jointly and severally liable for
any act or omission or for any violation of this chapter or any order or
regulation of  the  commissioner  in  connection  with  household  goods
transportation subject to the jurisdiction of the commissioner.
  2. It shall be unlawful for any motor carrier providing transportation
of household goods to employ any person or motor carrier as an agent who
or  which  is  not  the  lawful  holder  of an effective probationary or
permanent certificate to operate as a common carrier of household  goods
under this article.
  3.  The  provisions  of  section  three  hundred  forty of the general
business law shall not apply to  discussions  or  agreements  between  a
motor carrier providing transportation of household goods subject to the
jurisdiction  of  the  commissioner  under  this  chapter and its agents
related solely to:
  (a)  rates  for  the  transportation  of  household  goods  under  the
authority of the principal carrier;
  (b)  accessorial,  terminal,  storage,  or  other charges for services
incidental to the transportation of household  goods  transported  under
the authority of the principal carrier;
  (c) allowances relating to the transportation of household goods under
the authority of the principal carrier; and
  (d) ownership of a motor carrier providing transportation of household
goods subject to the jurisdiction of the commissioner under this chapter
by  an  agent, or membership on the board of directors of any such motor
carrier by an agent.