2006 Ohio Revised Code - [4921.10.1] 4921.101.Qualified person entitled to certificate; rates not regulated; discontinuance of bus route; consumer protection standards.

[§ 4921.10.1] § 4921.101. Qualified person entitled to certificate; rates not regulated; discontinuance of bus route; consumer protection standards.
 

(A)  Notwithstanding any other provision contained in Title XLIX [49] of the Revised Code with respect to the issuance of a certificate of public convenience and necessity, the public utilities commission shall grant a certificate of public convenience and necessity to any person who, pursuant to rules adopted by the commission, files a registration application to transport passengers, for hire, within this state if such person meets the applicable insurance, service, and safety rules of the public utilities commission. 
 

A person who is granted a certificate to transport passengers, for hire, within this state under this section is subject to, and shall operate in compliance with, all other provisions of law applicable to motor transportation companies that hold certificates of public convenience and necessity. 

(B)  Notwithstanding any other provision contained in Title XLIX [49] of the Revised Code, the commission shall have no power to fix, alter, or establish rates for the transportation of passengers, for hire, within this state, nor shall the commission have the power to require or accept the filing of tariffs establishing such rates. 

(C)  Notwithstanding any other provision contained in Title XLIX [49] of the Revised Code, a person holding a certificate of convenience and necessity for the transportation of passengers who has established regular route bus service may discontinue all or a portion of its regular routes, by filing a written notice with the commission thirty days prior to discontinuing such regular bus service, and within ten days after filing the notice with the commission, by publishing the notice once a day for three different days in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county seat of each county to which the service extends. 

(D)  The commission, by rule, may establish standards for the consumer protection of passengers transported by persons holding a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued under this section. 

(E)  For purposes of this section, "person" means persons engaged in charter bus transportation, including charter party trips as defined in section 4923.02 of the Revised Code. "Person" also includes a "motor transportation company" as defined in section 4921.02 of the Revised Code and a "private motor carrier" as defined in section 4923.02 of the Revised Code. 
 

HISTORY: 139 v H 406 (Eff 8-20-82); 148 v H 600. Eff 9-1-2000.
 

The effective date is set by section 8 of HB 600.