57-43.2-39. Interstate motor carrier required to obtain license - Display - Revocation or cancellation of license - Occasional trip permits in lieu of license

57-43.2-39. Interstate motor carrier required to obtain license - Display - Revocation or cancellation of license - Occasional trip permits in lieu of license. 1. An interstate motor carrier shall apply to the director for a license subject to the requirements of a cooperative agreement authorized by section 57-43.2-37 and is required to display the license in a manner prescribed under the terms of the agreement. 2. The license issued to an interstate motor carrier is not a franchise or irrevocable and it may not be assigned or transferred. 3. The director shall issue a license to an interstate motor carrier based on the terms of the cooperative agreement authorized by section 57-43.2-37 and the license shall be in force until it is suspended, revoked, surrendered, or expires pursuant to the terms of the agreement. 4. An interstate motor carrier who makes only occasional trips into or through this state may elect to secure occasional trip permits in lieu of the license required by this section. The term "occasional" means no more than one trip into or through the state in any seventy-two-hour period. The commissioner, director, or an agent of the commissioner or director shall issue an occasional trip permit for a fee of fifteen dollars per trip pursuant to regulations and procedures prescribed by the commissioner or director.