Redefinition of Private Carrier of Property by Motor Vehicle

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Page 6 - ... no person shall engage in any for-hire transportation business by motor vehicle, in interstate or foreign commerce, on any public highway or within any reservation under the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States, unless there is in force with respect to such person a certificate or a permit issued by the Commission authorizing such transportation...
Page 26 - Commission authorizing such transportation, nor shall any person engaged in any other business enterprise transport property by motor vehicle in interstate or foreign commerce for business purposes unless such transportation is within the scope, and in furtherance, of a primary business enterprise (other than transportation) of such person.
Page 103 - private carrier of property by motor vehicle" means any person not included in the terms "common carrier by motor vehicle" or "contract carrier by motor vehicle," who or which transports in interstate or foreign commerce by motor vehicle property of which such person is the owner, lessee, or bailee, when such transportation is for the purpose of sale, lease, rent, or bailment, or in furtherance of any commercial enterprise.
Page 62 - I would like to thank the committee for giving me this opportunity to appear in Mr.
Page 27 - Hearings before the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, of the Senate Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, 85th Cong., 2d Sess., pt.
Page 2 - USC, sec. 303 (a) (17)), is amended by changing the period at the end thereof to a colon, and adding the following...
Page 110 - The subterfuge most commonly used in this connection is the "buyand-sell" method of operation whereby bills of sale, invoices, et cetera, are issued to make it appear that the commodities being transported are those of the vehicle owner. This practice does not, in our opinion, constitute private carriage as defined in the Lenoir Chair case (Brooks Transportation Co.
Page 46 - ... organizations whose members likewise have a substantial and continuing interest in traffic and transportation matters. The league represents and expresses the interest of those who actually ship and receive freight, the payers of transportation charges; it has no carrier membership.
Page 5 - Such transportation is performed for the purpose of receiving compensation for the otherwise empty return of their trucks. Sometimes the purchase and sale is a bona fide merchandising venture. In other cases, arrangements are made with the consignee of such merchandise for the "buy and sell" arrangement in order that the consignee may receive transportation at a reduced cost.
Page 58 - This act contains its own definitions, comprehensive enough to require its application to many persons and working relationships, which prior to this act were not deemed to fall within an employeremployee category.

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