Section 190. Application of article

This  article  shall apply to common
  carriers of property by motor vehicle transporting household goods.  The
  provisions of this article shall not apply to:
    (a) the transportation of household goods by or for the federal, state
  or municipal governments;
    (b) the occasional, casual or reciprocal transportation  of  household
  goods by any person not engaged in the transportation of household goods
  as a regular occupation or business;
    (c)  the transportation of household goods as defined in paragraph (c)
  of subdivision  fifteen  of  section  two  of  this  chapter  when  such
  transportation  is  wholly  within  a municipality or between contiguous
  municipalities  or  within  a  commercial  zone  as   defined   by   the
  commissioner  that  is  adjacent  to  and  commercially  a  part  of any
  municipality or municipalities except when such transportation is  under
  a  common  control, management, or arrangement for a continuous carriage
  or shipment by motor  vehicle  to  or  from  a  point  outside  of  such
  municipality, municipalities or commercial zone;
    (d)  the transportation of household goods as defined in paragraph (c)
  of subdivision  fifteen  of  section  two  of  this  chapter  when  such
  transportation  is performed by a common or contract carrier of property
  by motor vehicle authorized  to  transport  such  articles  pursuant  to
  article eight of this chapter; or
    (e)  the  transportation  of  household goods in private carriage when
  such transportation is incidental to and in  furtherance  of  a  primary
  business enterprise of such person other than transportation.