A. A person may simultaneously hold certificates for different kinds of certificated services, permits for different contracts and warrants for different kinds of warranted service within the same territory.

B. Any motor carrier that holds more than one certificate for the same kind and nature of certificated service in the same territory or more than one permit for the same contract shall file an application with the commission to consolidate such operating authorities.

C. The commission shall not grant any new operating authority to a motor carrier that duplicates the operating authority of the same kind and for the same territory already held by that motor carrier.

D. Certificated service carriers holding both a certificate and permit or warrant for related services may use the same vehicles and may transport passengers and property, or mixed loads of household goods and property, pursuant to those authorities in the same vehicles and on the same trip.

E. Every certificated, permitted or warranted service carrier shall file with the transportation division of the commission all business trade names under which the carrier operates its service or services authorized and shall provide the transportation division of the commission with proof of financial responsibility for all business trade names in addition to its legal name. The commission shall accept business trade names as submitted by a carrier. Filing with the transportation division of the commission shall not, by itself, establish or otherwise affect the ownership or right to use a business trade name under the intellectual property laws of the state of New Mexico.