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California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014) |
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Public Utilities Code - PUC |
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Division 2. REGULATION OF RELATED BUSINESSES BY THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION |
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Chapter 8. Charter-Party Carriers of Passengers |
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ARTICLE 3. Regulation of Charter-Party Carriers of Passengers |
Section 5385.6.
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(a) No charter-party carrier shall operate a limousine as defined by Section 5371.4 unless the limousine is equipped with the special license plates issued and distributed by the Department of Motor Vehicles pursuant to Section 5011.5 of the Vehicle Code.
(b) The commission shall issue to each charter-party carrier operating limousines a permit or certificate for the number of vehicles verified by the carrier as employed in providing limousine service. The permit or certificate shall be submitted to the Department of Motor Vehicles, which will issue to each verified vehicle a set of unique, identifying license plates. The department shall maintain a record of each set of plates it issues and provide a copy of each record to the commission.
(c) The commission shall recover from any carrier whose permit or certificate is cancelled, suspended, or revoked any and all plates issued pursuant to this section.
(d) The special license plate shall be in lieu of the decal required to be issued and displayed pursuant to Section 5385.5.
(e) This section shall become operative on July 1, 1995.