[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 5]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR374.503]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 374_PASSENGER CARRIER REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart E_Incidental Charter Rights
 
Sec.  374.503  Authority.

    Motor carriers transporting passengers, in interstate or foreign 
commerce, over regular routes authorized

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in a certificate issued as a result of an application filed before 
January 2, 1967, may transport special or chartered parties, in 
interstate or foreign commerce, between any points and places in the 
United States (including Alaska and Hawaii). The term ``special or 
chartered party'' means a group of passengers who, with a common purpose 
and under a single contract, and at a fixed charge for the vehicle in 
accordance with the carrier's tariff, have acquired the exclusive use of 
a passenger-carrying motor vehicle to travel together as a group to a 
specified destination or for a particular itinerary.