Chapter 145, Section 14501, Subsection (d) · 49 U.S.C. Chapter 145

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(d)

(1)No State or political subdivision thereof and no interstate agency or other political agency of 2 or more States shall enact or enforce any law, rule, regulation, standard or other provision having the force and effect of law requiring a license or fee on account of the fact that a motor vehicle is providing pre-arranged ground transportation service if the motor carrier providing such service—

(A)meets all applicable registration requirements under chapter 139 for the interstate transportation of passengers;

(B)meets all applicable vehicle and intrastate passenger licensing requirements of the State or States in which the motor carrier is domiciled or registered to do business; and

(C)is providing such service pursuant to a contract for—

(i)transportation by the motor carrier from one State, including intermediate stops, to a destination in another State; or

(ii)transportation by the motor carrier from one State, including intermediate stops in another State, to a destination in the original State.

(2)In this section, the term “intermediate stop”, with respect to transportation by a motor carrier, means a pause in the transportation in order for one or more passengers to engage in personal or business activity, but only if the driver providing the transportation to such passenger or passengers does not, before resuming the transportation of such passenger (or at least 1 of such passengers), provide transportation to any other person not included among the passengers being transported when the pause began.

(3)Nothing in this subsection shall be construed—

(A)as subjecting taxicab service to regulation under chapter 135 or section 31138;

(B)as prohibiting or restricting an airport, train, or bus terminal operator from contracting to provide preferential access or facilities to one or more providers of pre-arranged ground transportation service; and

(C)as restricting the right of any State or political subdivision of a State to require, in a nondiscriminatory manner, that any individual operating a vehicle providing prearranged ground transportation service originating in the State or political subdivision have submitted to pre-licensing drug testing or a criminal background investigation of the records of the State in which the operator is domiciled, by the State or political subdivision by which the operator is licensed to provide such service, or by the motor carrier providing such service, as a condition of providing such service.

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assessment
means valuation for a property tax levied by a taxing district.
assessment jurisdiction
means a geographical area in a State used in determining the assessed value of property for ad valorem taxation.
base-State
means, with respect to a unified carrier registration agreement, a State—
commercial and industrial property
means property, other than transportation property and land used primarily for agricultural purposes or timber growing, devoted to a commercial or industrial use, and subject to a property tax levy.
employee
has the meaning given such term in section 31132.
intrastate fee
means any fee, tax, or other type of assessment, including per vehicle fees and gross receipts taxes, imposed on a motor carrier or motor private carrier for the renewal of the intrastate authority or insurance filings of such carrier with a State.
leasing company
means a lessor that is engaged in the business of leasing or renting for compensation motor vehicles without drivers to a motor carrier, motor private carrier, or freight forwarder.
motor carrier
includes all carriers that are otherwise exempt from this part—
motor carrier transportation property
means property, as defined by the Secretary, owned or used by a motor carrier providing transportation in interstate commerce whether or not such transportation is subject to jurisdiction under subchapter I of chapter 135.
participating State
means a State that has complied with the requirements of subsection (e).
SSRS
means the single state registration system in effect on the date of enactment of this section.
vehicle registration
means the registration of any commercial motor vehicle under the International Registration Plan (as defined in section 31701) or any other registration law or regulation of a jurisdiction.