§ 9-201. Permits for common carriers (Abrogation of amendment effective June 30, 2014.)

   (a) Required. -- Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a motor carrier permit is required for a passenger motor vehicle used in the transportation of persons for hire.

(b) Exceptions. -- A motor carrier permit is not required for:

   (1) a motor vehicle used exclusively for the transportation of pupils to and from public or private schools;

   (2) a motor vehicle operated for a period of not more than 3 months in any registration year in the transportation of persons employed at a cannery located in a county;

   (3) taxicabs;

   (4) public transportation for hire authorized to operate on the boardwalk in Ocean City;

   (5) a vanpool operation as defined in § 11-175.1 of the Transportation Article;

   (6) a local public transportation system established under a law enacted by the local governing body of a county or municipal corporation;

   (7) subject to subsection (c) of this section, a motor vehicle used by a privately owned transportation company exclusively to provide transportation system services under a contract with the governing body of a county or municipal corporation or with a unit of State government; or

   (8) shuttle bus service operated by the University of Maryland, College Park for students enrolled at the University of Maryland, College Park and, in exchange for payment by a municipal corporation in which the University of Maryland, College Park operates shuttle bus service, transportation service on the shuttle bus to residents of the municipal corporation.

(c) Permit required. -- A privately owned transportation company that provides transportation system services under a contract with the governing body of a county or municipal corporation or with a unit of State government shall obtain a motor carrier permit for motor vehicles that the company does not use exclusively to provide transportation system services under a contract with the governing body of a county or municipal corporation or with a unit of State government.

(d) Public duties of common carrier -- Limitation. -- The public duties of a common carrier may not be imposed on a person with respect to a vehicle for which a motor carrier permit is required under this section, if the vehicle is not actually engaged in public transportation.

HISTORY: 2008, chs. 346, 347.