§271G-5  Definitions.  As used in this
chapter:



(1)  "Chapter" means this Water Carrier Law.



(2)  "Commission" means the public utilities
commission.



(3)  "Person" or "persons" means
any individual, firm, copartnership, corporation, company, association, or
joint stock association; and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee, or
personal representative thereof.



(4)  "Certificate" means a certificate of
public convenience and necessity issued under this chapter to common carriers
by water.



(5)  "Transportation of persons" includes
every service in connection with or incidental to the safety, comfort, or
convenience of persons transported and the receipt, carriage, and delivery of
these persons and their baggage.



(6)  "Transportation of property" includes
every service in connection with or incidental to the transportation of
property, including in particular its receipt, and delivery, carriage,
preservation, and all incidental services affecting these activities.



(7)  "Water carrier" or "common carrier
by water" means any person who holds oneself out to the general public as
engaging in the transportation by water of passengers or property for
compensation within the State or between points within the State.



(8)  "Vessel" means any watercraft or other
artificial contrivance of whatever description which is used, or capable of
being used, or intended to be used, as a means of transportation by water.



(9)  "Rates" includes rates, fares, tolls,
rentals, and charges of whatever kind and nature unless the context indicates
otherwise.



(10)  "Related companies" means companies or
persons that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries,
control, or are controlled by, or are under common control with, the water
carrier.  The term "control", in reference to a relationship between
any person or persons and another person or persons, includes actual as well as
legal control, and indirect as well as direct control.



(11)  "Enforcement officer" means any person
employed and authorized by the commission to investigate any matter on behalf
of the commission. [L 1974, c 94, pt of §1; gen ch 1985; am L 1991, c 57, §3]



 



Revision Note



 



  Paragraph (11) designation added.