Section 6-62-32 - Transitional rules(a) A motor carrier of passengers authorized on the effective date of this chapter to operate in the over seventeen passenger category without limitation as to the maximum passenger seating capacity of its vehicle shall be placed in both the eight to twenty-five and over twenty-five passenger categories. The placement in these categories is without limitation on the passenger seating capacity of its vehicles.(b) A motor carrier of passengers authorized on the effective date of this chapter to operate in the over seventeen passenger category, but limited to operating vehicles having a passenger seating capacity of a specified number greater than twenty-five, shall be placed in both the eight to twenty-five and over twenty-five passenger categories. The placement in the eight to twenty-five passenger category is without limitation on the passenger seating capacity of its vehicles. However, the placement in the over twenty five passenger category is subject to the limitation that it may operate vehicles having passenger seating capacity of not more than the maximum number specified under its existing authority.(c) A motor carrier of passengers authorized on the effective date of this chapter to operate in the over seventeen passenger category, but limited to operating vehicles with passenger seating capacity of twenty-five or less, shall be placed in the eight to twenty-five passenger category. The placement in the eight to twenty-five passenger category is subject to the limitation that it may operate vehicles having passenger seating capacity of not more than the maximum number specified under its existing authority.(d) A motor carrier of passengers authorized on the effective date of this chapter to operate in the eight to seventeen passenger category shall be included in the eight to twenty-five passenger category, except that its authority is limited to operating vehicles having passenger seating capacity of not more than seventeen.(e) To remove any limitation on the passenger seating capacity of the vehicles of a motor carrier placed in the eight to twenty-five passenger category or the over twenty-five passenger category, the motor carrier must file an application with the commission requesting removal of the limitation and justify the removal pursuant to chapter 271, HRS.[Eff ] (Auth: §§ 269-6, 271-9) (Imp: § 271-9)