Movers shall observe the rules, regulations, general orders, and Maximum Rate Tariff 4, as most recently amended as of July 1, 2018, by the Public Utilities Commission, that are administered and enforced by the director pursuant to this chapter. (c) Until the operative date of regulations implementing this chapter, household Public Utilities Commission, adopted, administered, or enforced by the Public Utilities Commission for purposes of implementing and administering the former Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 5101) of Division 2 of the Public Utilities Code, that are in effect immediately preceding July 1, 2018, shall remain in effect and shall be administered and enforced by the director, until the operative date of regulations adopted by the director to implement this chapter. (b) All rules, regulations, general orders, forms, and Maximum Rate Tariff 4, as most recently amended (a) Notwithstanding any other law, and until the time the director adopts regulations implementing this chapter, powers granted to, or duties imposed on, the Public Utilities Commission pursuant to the former Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 5101) of Division 2 of the Public Utilities Code are transferred to, and may be exercised by, the director in administering this chapter. (m) “Public highway” includes every public street, road, or highway in this state. (l) “Person” includes an individual, a firm, or a copartnership. (k) “Owner,” with respect to a motor vehicle used in the transportation of property for compensation by a household mover, means the corporation or person who is registered with the Department of Motor Vehicles as the owner of the vehicle, or who has a legal right to possession of the vehicle pursuant to a lease or rental agreement. (j) “Motor vehicle” means every motor truck, tractor, or other self-propelled vehicle used for transportation of property over the public highways, other than upon fixed rails or tracks, and any trailer, semitrailer, dolly, or other vehicle drawn thereby. (i) “Inspector” refers to an inspector either employed by, or under contract to, the bureau. The Legislature intends “household mover” to have the same meaningĪs “household goods carrier” in former Section 5109 of the Public Utilities Code, as that section read on June 30, 2018. A broker, as defined in subdivision (a), shall be considered a household mover. (h) “Household mover” includes every corporation or person, their lessees, trustee, receivers, or trustees appointed by any court whatsoever, engaged in the permitted or unpermitted transportation for compensation or hire as a business by means of a motor vehicle or motor vehicles being used in the transportation of used household goods and personal effects over any public highway in this state. (g) “Fund” means the Household Movers Fund established pursuant to Section 19229. (f) “Director” refers to the Director of Consumer Affairs. (e) “Department” refers to the Department of Consumer Affairs. (d) “Corporation” includes a corporation, a company, an association, and a joint stock (c) “Chief” refers to the chief of the bureau.
(b) “Bureau” refers to the Bureau of Household Goods and Services, as established in Section 9810. (a) “Broker” means a person engaged by others in the act of arranging, for compensation, the intrastate transportation of used household goods by a motor vehicle over the highways of this state for, or on behalf of, a shipper, a consignor, or a consignee. For purposes of this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the following provisions shall apply: