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PSC updates motor-carrier rules to match Act 214 of 2022, shortens certification timeline
Summary
The Public Service Commission approved regulatory changes to streamline motor-carrier certification under Act 214 of 2022, cutting typical processing times and clarifying post-approval steps. The vote was 7-0.
The Public Service Commission on a 7-0 vote approved changes to motor-carrier regulations to conform with Act 214 of 2022 and reduce the time to receive operating authority.
The change "reduces the time required to obtain permission for these carriers to operate from roughly 60–90 days to about 30 days," said Jocelyn (agency staff), who presented the regulation. She said the update removes the prior requirement for a hearing in many household-goods applications and replaces it with a posting-and-protest process on the commission website.
The new process, as explained to the commissioners, requires an applicant to file on a commission-approved form and for the commission to post the application for a public protest period; after the public protest deadline and usual FOIA notice of the meeting, the commission may place the application on its agenda and issue a directive order. "Under Act 214, the commission's directive order becomes effective 30 days later," Jocelyn said. She also said the Office of Regulatory Staff will issue the final certificate once the carrier files proof of insurance and otherwise complies with the directive order.
Commissioners asked procedural questions about what materials are filed with applications and whether driving records are included. Jocelyn said existing regulations require carriers to maintain driving records, but those records are not necessarily submitted with the initial application because many applicants are new businesses.
The subcommittee had recommended withdrawing and resubmitting the regulation once to fix numbering errors; staff distributed a redline to the committee. After a motion and roll-call vote, the commission approved Document 52 42, with the roll call recorded as: Mister Anderson — yes; Mister Guffey — yes; Mister Hartz — yes; Mister Martin — yes; Mister Neece — yes; Mister Teeple — yes; Mister Bradley — yes. The tally was 7–0.
The commission's action implements statutory changes from Act 214 of 2022 and formalizes the quicker, largely paper-based review process for many household-goods and nonemergency passenger carriers. No additional follow-up tasks or implementation dates beyond the directive/order timeline were specified at the meeting.
