The secretary or the secretary's representative may attend all hearings held by the state corporation commission [public regulation commission] concerning motor transportation. The state corporation commission [public regulation commission] shall notify the secretary of all such hearings, and the department is declared to be an interested party and as such may present any evidence pertaining to matters under consideration by the commission. The state corporation commission [public regulation commission] shall send copies of all orders entered by the commission in motor transportation matters to the department.

History: 1953 Comp., § 64-34-17, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 97, § 17; 1977, ch. 250, § 120; 1992, ch. 106, § 10.

Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.

Laws 1998, ch. 108, § 80 provided that all references to the state corporation commission be construed as references to the public regulation commission.

The 1992 amendment, effective July 1, 1992, substituted "secretary or the secretary's representative" for "director or his designated representative" in the first sentence; substituted "secretary" for "motor transportation director" and "department is declared" for "division is hereby declared" in the second sentence; substituted "department" for "motor transportation division" in the last sentence; and substituted "state corporation commission" for "corporation commission" several times throughout the section.

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 64 Am. Jur. 2d Public Utilities §§ 264, 266.

73B C.J.S. Public Utilities §§ 44, 50, 79, 87.