Ala. Admin. Code r. 770-X-10-.05-.12

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 02, November 27, 2024

Section 770-X-10-.05-.12 - Filing And Posting Tariffs

(1) FILING. The carrier or agent shall submit for filing with this Commission two (2) copies of its tariffs, supplements or revised pages, prepared in accordance with these rules. Additional copies as may be needed by the Commission in the performance of its official duties will be furnished upon reasonable request.

(2) NOTICE. In computing the number of days notice the Commission and the public have before a tariff, supplement or revised page is scheduled to become effective, the first calendar day after it has been placed on file with the Commission will be counted as the first day. The Commission offices are closed on Saturdays, Sundays and legal State holidays, and any tariffs, supplements or revised pages received on these days will be officially stamped as being received on the following business day.

Carriers and agents shall certify to the Commission that copies of all tariffs, supplements or loose-leaf pages were transmitted to all shippers, receivers or others who regularly subscribe to their tariffs at the same time they were transmitted for filing with the Commission; this certification may be accomplished by making a statement of certification on the letter of transmittal to the Commission. If filings are hand delivered to the Commission, transmittal to such tariff subscribers shall be by hand deliveries or by First Class U.S. Mail; filings transmitted to the Commission by mail shall be transmitted to tariff subscribers by the same class mail as to the Commission. The above certification shall include the manner in which transmitted to tariff subscribers.

Every carrier or agent shall furnish copies of their tariffs to any party making a reasonable request for them and willing to pay an amount sufficient to cover the cost of printing and postage if the carrier or agent desires to assess such charges.

(3) POSTING TARIFFS. Each carrier shall maintain a complete file on all tariffs issued by it or its agent, including all tariffs in which it concurs as a participating carrier, at its general office and its principal office located in the State of Alabama, and, to the extent practicable, at each of its terminals in the State of Alabama showing all the rates, charges, rules and regulations which are applicable from or to the points served by such individual terminals. All such tariff files maintained by the carrier shall be accessible and open to public inspection during regularly recognized business hours.

Ala. Admin. Code r. 770-X-10-.05-.12

Effective January 1978. Filed with LRS February 5, 2013. Filed for Codification in the Alabama Administrative Code by the Alabama Public Service Commission on February 5, 2013, pursuant to Code of Ala. 1975, § 41-22-7.

Author: Alabama Public Service Commission

Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 37-3-5, 37-3-7, 37-3-20.