§ 365.403 Definitions.
Current wording, effective January 17, 2017.
For the purposes of this subpart, the following definitions apply:
(a) Transfer. A transfer means any transaction in which an operating authority issued to one person is taken over by another person or persons who assume legal responsibility for the operations. Such transactions include a purchase of all or some of the assets of a company, a merger of two or more companies, or acquisition of controlling interest in a company through a purchase of company stock.
(b) Operating authority. Operating authority means a registration required by 49 U.S.C. 13902 issued to motor carriers; 49 U.S.C. 13903 issued to freight forwarders; and 49 U.S.C. 13904 issued to brokers.
(c) Person. An individual, partnership, corporation, company, association, or other form of business, or a trustee, receiver, assignee, or personal representative of any of these entities.
Effective Date Note:
At 88 FR 80179, Nov. 17, 2023, § 365.403 was suspended indefinitely, effective Nov. 17, 2023.
Amendment history
4 distinct wordings on file since Oct. 1, 1998- [53 FR 4852, Feb. 18, 1988, as amended at 67 FR 61821, Oct. 2, 2002]
- Oct. 1, 1998 → Oct. 1, 2001annual editions 1998–2000
A new entry appears whenever the regulatory words change between government snapshots. Day-precise from the eCFR (2017 onward); before that, one snapshot per annual CFR edition (revised as of October 1). Bracketed citations are the Federal Register history printed with the section.