§268-10  Authority as a common carrier;
rights and liabilities.  The department of transportation shall have all
the obligations, duties, and rights of a common carrier of persons and property
in its operation of ferries, terminals, or other facilities used in its ferry
operations, including the right to participate in joint rates and through
routes, agreements, and divisions of through and joint rates with railroads and
other common carriers and the right to make any filings with the Interstate
Commerce Commission, the United States Maritime Commission, or any other state
or federal regulatory or governmental body and to comply with the lawful rules
and regulations or requirements of any such body, and shall be subject to laws
relating to carrier's liability for loss or damage to property transported, and
for personal injury or death of persons transported. [L 1963, c 186, §9; Supp,
§114-9; HRS §268-10]