COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
H. B. 2066
(By Delegates Frederick, Rowe, Pino, Ashley,
Smirl, Linch and Michael)
(Originating in the House Committee on the Judiciary)
[January 30, 1995]
A BILL to amend and reenact section six, article three, chapter
twenty-four-a of the code of West Virginia, one thousand
nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to authority
of the public service commission to regulate contract
carriers by motor vehicles and to prescribe rates, fares and
charges collected by contract carriers by motor vehicles
which are in competition with common carriers by motor
vehicles.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section six, article three, chapter twenty-four-a of
the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one,
as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 3. CONTRACT CARRIERS BY MOTOR VEHICLES.
§24A-3-6. Rules; minimum rates, fares and
charges.
The commission is hereby vested with power and authority, and it is hereby made its duty, to prescribe rules and
regulations covering the operations of contract carriers by motor
vehicles in competition with common carriers by motor vehicles of
this state, and the commission shall prescribe minimum rates,
fares, and charges to be collected by such contract carriers. by
motor vehicle. which shall not be less than the rates prescribed
for common carriers by motor vehicles for substantially the same
service.