§271-26  Records to be maintained in State. Each motor carrier maintaining an office or place of business within this Stateshall keep therein all books, accounts, papers, and records required by thepublic utilities commission to be kept within this State.  No books, accounts,papers, or records shall be at any time removed from the State except upon suchconditions or rules as the commission may prescribe.  Motor carriers performingtransportation regulated under this chapter which do not maintain an office orplace of business within the State shall make books, accounts, papers, andrecords pertaining to transportation available to the commission at its requestat a place designated within this State, for examination by the commission, orin the alternative reimburse the commission for the actual expense of examiningthe books, accounts, papers, or records at the place outside of the State wherethese records are kept. [L 1961, c 121, pt of §2; Supp, §106C-24; HRS §271-26]