{"data":{"id":"us-nh/rsa-266-a-16","jurisdiction":"us-nh","citation":"RSA 266-A:16","heading":"Complaints; Hearings.","body":"I. The department may investigate, upon complaint or on its own initiative, or hold a hearing, after notice, to determine the appropriateness for any common carrier or carrier by motor vehicle transporting persons between points in this state of:\n(a) Any filed or proposed rate, fare or charge; or\n(b) Any carrier regulation or practice affecting a rate, fare or charge.\nII. If the department finds that any rate, fare or charge is unjust, unreasonable, unlawful or unjustly discriminatory or unduly preferential or prejudicial, the department may order:\n(a) A new rate, fare or charge, including maximum or minimum amounts; or\n(b) A new regulation or practice to be followed by the carrier.\nIII. The department shall, after hearing, upon complaint or on its own initiative when it is in the public interest, establish:\n(a) Through routes, including the conditions of their operation;\n(b) Joint rates, fares and charges, including maximum and minimum amounts; and\n(c) Carrier regulations or practices affecting the transportation of passengers by motor vehicle.","path":["Title XXI: MOTOR VEHICLES","Chapter 266-A: MOTOR CARRIERS OF PASSENGERS"],"source_url":"https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XXI/266-A/266-A-16.htm","current_through":"2025 regular legislative session, or December 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T14:36:20Z","sha256":"fddc272b648b18bbadf513c695ed3e38055956cdd22c992390e3a47509f33140","source_id":"us-nh","stale":false,"prev":"us-nh/rsa-266-a-15","next":"us-nh/rsa-266-a-17"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}