BILL NUMBER: AB 62	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Travis Allen

                        DECEMBER 12, 2014

   An act to amend Section 5401 of the Public Utilities Code,
relating to charter-party carriers of passengers.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 62, as introduced, Travis Allen. Charter-party carriers of
passengers.
   The Passenger Charter-Party Carriers' Act provides for the
regulation by the Public Utilities Commission of motor carriers
operating as charter-party carriers of passengers. Existing law
generally requires charges for the transportation to be offered or
afforded by a charter-party carrier of passengers to be computed and
assessed on a vehicle mileage or time-of-use basis, rather than on an
individual-fare basis, subject to certain exceptions.
   This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 5401 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to
read:
   5401.  Charges for the transportation to be offered or afforded by
a charter-party carrier of passengers shall be computed and assessed
on a vehicle mileage or time of use basis, or on a combination
thereof. These charges may vary in accordance with the passenger
capacity of the vehicle, or the size of the group to be transported.
However, no charter-party carrier of passengers shall, directly or
through an agent or otherwise, nor shall any broker, contract, agree,
or arrange to charge, or demand or receive compensation, for the
transportation offered or afforded that shall be computed, charged,
or assessed on an individual-fare basis, except schoolbus contractors
who are compensated by parents of children attending public,
private, or parochial schools and except operators of 
round-trip   round trip  sightseeing tour services
conducted under a certificate subject to Section  5371.1,
  5371.1  or a permit issued pursuant to
subdivision (c) of Section 5384.