Missouri Laws 390.041 – Powers of the division of motor carrier and railroad safety to regulate ..
The division of motor carrier and railroad safety is hereby vested with power and authority:
(1) To license, supervise and regulate every common or contract carrier in this state; to make, fix or approve just and reasonable minimum, maximum, or minimum and maximum rates, fares and charges thereof; to make, fix or approve just and reasonable classifications, rules and regulations pertaining to rates, fares and charges thereof; by general order or otherwise, to establish reasonable requirements with respect to adequate and continuous service, uniform systems of accounts, records and reports, preservation of records; and to supervise and regulate every common or contract carrier in these and all other matters affecting their relationship with the public;
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 390.041
- Commercial zone: unless otherwise increased pursuant to the provisions of subdivision (4) of section 390. See Missouri Laws 390.020
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Contract carrier: any person under individual contracts or agreements which engage in transportation by motor vehicles of passenger or property for hire or compensation upon the public highways. See Missouri Laws 390.020
- Division: the division of motor carrier and railroad safety of the department of transportation. See Missouri Laws 390.020
- Motor carrier: any person engaged in the transportation of property or passengers, or both, for compensation or hire, over the public roads of this state by motor vehicle. See Missouri Laws 390.020
- State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
(2) To inquire, for purposes of administration of the provisions of this chapter, into the management of the business of motor carriers, and into the management of the business of persons controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, motor carriers to the extent that the business of such persons is related to the management of the business of one or more motor carriers, and the division may require from such motor carriers or persons such information as the division deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter;
(3) To establish just and reasonable classifications of types of carriers included in the term “common carriers” as the special nature of the services performed by such carriers shall require; including a separate classification for operations in vehicles licensed for a gross weight of nine thousand pounds or less; and by general order or otherwise, establish such just and reasonable rules, regulations and requirements, consistent with the provisions of this chapter to be observed by carriers so classified or grouped, as the division deems necessary or desirable in the public interest;
(4) To define, but not reduce, by general order or otherwise, after hearing, the limits of a commercial zone contiguous or adjacent to any point or municipality, giving due regard in defining the commercial zone to that area which is adjacent to and commercially a part of the point or municipality;
(5) To enforce wholly within terminals the rules and regulations promulgated by the director of the department of public safety under section 307.400 as they apply to motor vehicles.