Except in the case of an emergency, a transportation service carrier not authorized to transport passengers shall not carry a passenger, including a hitchhiker, except on-duty employees of the motor carrier or department representatives on official business in a vehicle used in the provision of transportation service under its operating authority.History: Laws 2003, ch. 359, § 30; 2013, ch. 73, § 28; 2013, ch. 77, § 28; 2023, ch. 100, § 56. ANNOTATIONSThe 2023 amendment, effective July 1, 2024, removed a reference to the public regulation commission due to the transfer of certain powers and duties to the department of transportation; and after 'motor carrier or', deleted 'commission' and added 'department'. The 2013 amendment, effective July 1, 2013, clarified the language of the section; at the beginning of the sentence, deleted 'A motor' and added 'Except in the case of an emergency, a transportation service', after 'authorized to transport', deleted 'persons' and added 'passengers', after 'shall not carry a', deleted 'person' and added 'passenger', and after 'official business', deleted 'or in case of an emergency' and added 'in a vehicle used in the provision of transportation after 'shall not carry a', deleted 'person' and added 'passenger', and after 'official business', deleted 'or in case of an emergency' and added 'in a vehicle used in the provision of transportation service under its operating authority'.
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