Multiple operating authorities and business trade names

allowed. A. A person may simultaneously hold certificates for different kinds of certificated services and warrants for different kinds of warranted service within the same territory. B. Any motor carrier that holds more than one certificate for the same kind and nature of certificated service in the same territory shall file an application with the department to consolidate the operating authorities. C. The department shall not grant any new operating authority to a motor carrier that duplicates the operating authority of the same kind and for the same territory already held by that motor carrier. D. Certificated service carriers holding both a certificate and warrant for related services may use the same vehicles and may transport passengers and property, or mixed loads of household goods and property, pursuant to those authorities in the same vehicles and on the same trip. E. Every certificated or warranted service carrier shall file with the traffic safety bureau of the department all business trade names under which the carrier operates its service or services authorized and shall provide the traffic safety bureau of the department with proof of financial responsibility for all business trade names in addition to its legal name. The department shall accept business trade names as submitted by a carrier. Filing with the traffic safety bureau of the department shall not, by itself, establish or otherwise affect the ownership or right to use a business trade name under the intellectual property laws of the state of New Mexico.