Except in the case of an emergency, a transportation service carrier not authorized to transport passengers shall not carry a passenger, including a hitchhiker, except on- duty employees of the motor carrier or department representatives on official business in a vehicle used in the provision of transportation service under its operating authority. History: Laws 2003, ch. 359, § 30; 2013, ch. 73, § 28; 2013, ch. 77, § 28; 2023, ch. 100, § 56.