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DIVISION 14.85. MOTOR CARRIERS OF PROPERTY PERMIT ACT [34600. - 34672.]

Division 14.85 added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1042, Sec. 53.

§§ 34600–34672 · 25 sections

  1. CHAPTER 1. General Provisions and Definitions §§ 34600–34605 · 6 sections
    • § 34600 This division shall be known and may be cited as the Motor Carriers of Property Permit Act.
    • § 34601 (a) As used in this division, “motor carrier of property” means any person who operates any commercial motor vehicle as defined in subdivision (c). “Motor…
    • § 34602 As used in this division, “fund” means the Motor Vehicle Account in the State Transportation Fund.
    • § 34603 The Department of the California Highway Patrol, the Public Utilities Commission, the Bureau of Household Goods and Services, and the State Board of…
    • § 34604 The department may adopt reasonable rules and regulations necessary to administer this division. The department may also adopt rules and regulations necessary…
    • § 34605 (a) The department may contract with the Office of Administrative Hearings to administer proceedings and impose fines for failure to comply with Division 14.8…
  2. CHAPTER 2. Motor Carrier Permits §§ 34620–34624 · 7 sections
    • § 34620 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) and Section 34622, a motor carrier of property shall not operate a commercial motor vehicle on any public highway in…
    • § 34621 (a) The fee required by Section 7232 of the Revenue and Taxation Code shall be paid to the department upon initial application for a motor carrier permit and…
    • § 34622 This chapter does not apply to any of the following: (a) Vehicles described in Section 5004 or 5011, and those that are exempt from vehicle registration fees.…
    • § 34623 (a) The Department of the California Highway Patrol has exclusive jurisdiction for the regulation of safety of operation of motor carriers of property. (b) The…
    • § 34623.1 The motor carrier permit of a licensee may be suspended pursuant to Section 494.5 of the Business and Professions Code if a licensee’s name is included on a…
    • § 34623.5 Except as provided under subdivision (c) of Section 34630 and subdivision (d) of Section 34640, before a permit may be reissued after a suspension is…
    • § 34624 (a) The department shall establish a classification of motor carrier of property known as owner-operators. (b) As used in this section and in Sections 1808.1…
  3. CHAPTER 3. Insurance §§ 34630–34634 · 6 sections
    • § 34630 (a) A motor carrier permit shall not be granted to any motor carrier of property until there is filed with the department proof of financial responsibility in…
    • § 34631 The proof of financial responsibility required under Section 34630 shall be evidenced by the deposit with the department, covering each vehicle used or to be…
    • § 34631.5 (a) (1) Every motor carrier of property as defined in Section 34601, except those subject to paragraph (2), (3), or (4), shall provide and thereafter continue…
    • § 34632 (a) Every motor carrier of property shall furnish the department annually, as specified by the department, a list, prepared under oath, of all vehicles,…
    • § 34633 Every motor carrier of property with a carrier fleet of 20 or more commercial motor vehicles as defined in Section 34601 shall, under oath, file annually a…
    • § 34634 (a) Upon receipt of a stop order issued by the Director of Industrial Relations pursuant to Section 3710.1 of the Labor Code, the department shall determine…
  4. CHAPTER 4. Workers’ Compensation § 34640 · 1 section
    • § 34640 (a) A motor carrier permit shall not be granted to any motor carrier of property until one of the following is filed with the department: (1) A certificate of…
  5. CHAPTER 5. Identification
  6. CHAPTER 6. Fines and Penalties §§ 34660–34672 · 5 sections
    • § 34660 (a) A motor carrier of property, after its motor carrier permit has been suspended by the department, who continues to operate as a motor carrier, either…
    • § 34661 Any person or corporation who violates any provision of this division is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than two thousand five…
    • § 34670 Any violation of Division 14.8 (commencing with Section 34500) or any violation that results in a suspension or revocation of the motor carrier permit pursuant…
    • § 34671 Except as provided under subdivision (c) of Section 34630 and subdivision (d) of Section 34640, a motor carrier permit suspended or revoked under the…
    • § 34672 If a motor carrier permit is paid for by a check that is dishonored by the bank, the permit shall be canceled. The department shall notify the carrier that the…