Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 39-14.1 - Public Motor Vehicles

• Certificate: means a certificate of operating authority issued to a public motor vehicle. See Rhode Island General Laws 39-14.1-1
• Charter carrier: means a provider of transportation services to groups such as: lodges, bands, athletic teams, schools, or other travel groups, assembled by someone other than the carrier who or that collectively contracts for the exclusive use of certain equipment for the duration of a particular trip or tour. See Rhode Island General Laws 39-14.1-1
• Common carrier: as used in this chapter , means any person engaging in the business of providing transportation services for compensation to passengers through the use of a public motor vehicle as defined in this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 39-14.1-1
• Company: means and includes a person, firm, partnership, corporation, quasi-municipal corporation, association, joint-stock association or company, and his, her, its, or their lessees, trustees, or receivers appointed by any court. See Rhode Island General Laws 39-1-2
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Customer: means a company taking service from an electric distribution company at a single point of delivery or meter location. See Rhode Island General Laws 39-1-2
• Division: means the division of public utilities and carriers. See Rhode Island General Laws 39-14.1-1
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Person: means and includes any individual, partnership, corporation, or other association of individuals. See Rhode Island General Laws 39-14.1-1
• Public motor vehicle: means and includes every motor vehicle for hire, other than a jitney, as defined in § 39-13-1, or a taxicab or limited public motor vehicle, as defined in § 39-14-1, used for transporting members of the general public for compensation in unmarked vehicles at a predetermined or prearranged charge to such points as may be directed by the passenger. See Rhode Island General Laws 39-14.1-1
• town: may be construed to include city; the words "town council" include city council; the words "town clerk" include city clerk; the words "ward clerk" include clerk of election district; the words "town treasurer" include city treasurer; and the words "town sergeant" include city sergeant. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-9
• Unmarked vehicles: means motor vehicles that do not display the transportation company's name, address, or telephone number, or any advertisements or commercial information beyond that included by the vehicle's manufacturer on the vehicle's exterior surfaces; provided, however, that public motor vehicles that display markings identifying them as service or courtesy vehicles used by licensed healthcare facilities, assisted-living residences, and adult daycare programs, licensed by the Rhode Island department of health, pursuant to chapters 17 and 17. See Rhode Island General Laws 39-14.1-1