Ala. Admin. Code r. 770-X-10-.01-.03

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 1, October 31, 2024

Section 770-X-10-.01-.03 - Definitions

(1) Adoption of Statutory Definitions - The words and phrases defined in Section 37-3-2, Code of Ala. 1975, as amended, shall be construed to have the same meaning in these rules and regulations.

(2) Power Unit - The term "power unit" means a self-contained vehicle designed for over-the-road operations under its own power. Included in this term are straight trucks, tractors designed to tow semi-trailers, and other self-propelled vehicles.

(3) Dump Truck and Dump Trailers - The term "dump truck" means a single-unit, self-propelled vehicle equipped with an open-top cargo bed, and designed to unload cargo by lifting the front of the cargo bed and permitting the cargo to discharge out of the back of the cargo bed. A "dump trailer" is a semi-trailer designed to carry and unload cargo like a dump truck. The character of a dump truck or dump trailer is not affected by the use of a tarpaulin to cover the cargo.

(4) Taxi Carrier - The term "taxi carrier" means a common carrier of passengers, but not more than five passengers and their baggage at one time.

(5) Compensation - Compensation includes, but is not limited to, money, checks and other instruments, promissory notes and other acknowledgments of debt, avoidance of expenses, the expectation of other business, creation of goodwill, maintaining the going concern value of an enterprise, avoidance of risks, payment of expenses, and any other benefit derived by the provider of transportation.

Ala. Admin. Code r. 770-X-10-.01-.03

Effective January 1978. Amended January 1986. Filed with LRS February 5, 2013. Filed for Codification in the Alabama Administrative Code by the Alabama Public Service Commission on February 5, 2013, pursuant to Code of Ala. 1975, § 41-22-7.

Author: Alabama Public Service Commission

Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, § 37-3-7.