N.Y. Transportation Law § 190: Application of article

§ 190. Application of article. This article shall apply to common

carriers of property by motor vehicle transporting household goods. The

provisions of this article shall not apply to:

(a) the transportation of household goods by or for the federal, state

or municipal governments;

(b) the occasional, casual or reciprocal transportation of household

goods by any person not engaged in the transportation of household goods

as a regular occupation or business;

(c) the transportation of household goods as defined in paragraph (c)

of subdivision fifteen of section two of this chapter when such

transportation is wholly within a municipality or between contiguous

municipalities or within a commercial zone as defined by the

commissioner that is adjacent to and commercially a part of any

municipality or municipalities except when such transportation is under

a common control, management, or arrangement for a continuous carriage

or shipment by motor vehicle to or from a point outside of such

municipality, municipalities or commercial zone;

(d) the transportation of household goods as defined in paragraph (c)

of subdivision fifteen of section two of this chapter when such

transportation is performed by a common or contract carrier of property

by motor vehicle authorized to transport such articles pursuant to

article eight of this chapter; or

(e) the transportation of household goods in private carriage when

such transportation is incidental to and in furtherance of a primary

business enterprise of such person other than transportation.