Kan. Admin. Regs. § 82-4-53

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 49, December 5, 2024

Section 82-4-53 - Common motor carrier rates and charges

(a) Common motor carriers of household goods or passengers that are engaged in intrastate commerce in Kansas shall maintain on file with the commission a copy of the tariff publications applicable to their lines between points in Kansas. The carriers shall keep open for public inspection, at their principal offices and locations at which they have employed exclusive agents, all intrastate tariff publications applicable to their lines from or to their stations.

(b) Each change to a tariff publication shall be made subject to 30-day notice to the public and the commission, unless otherwise authorized by the commission. tariff publications of motor carriers effecting changes resulting in increases in charges, either directly or by means of any change in the regulation or practice affecting a charge or value of service, may be filed on one-day notice to the commission and the public. Applicants granted new authority may file tariffs to be effective on one-day notice. Transferees may adopt the existing tariffs of transferors to be effective on one-day notice.

(c) tariff publication, except general rate increases, shall not go into effect without prior approval of the commission. The publications shall be subject to protest and suspension. All publications shall be accompanied by a full and complete statement citing the reasons and justifications for the changes.

(d) General rate increases shall be made only by fling an application and after approval of the commission.

(e) Protests of tariff publications shall be considered only if received by the commission at least 12 days before the published effective date of publications. Pursuant to protest or on the commission's own motion without protest, postponement of an effective date may be ordered by the commission to permit the matter to be properly investigated. Unless otherwise ordered by the commission, publication shall become effective as filed. Publications shall not be postponed to exceed 90 days.

(f) All tariff publications shall be made in compliance with the commission's regulations governing the publication and fling of household goods and passenger rates and charges.

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 82-4-53

Authorized by K.S.A. 66-1,112; implementing K.S.A. 66-117, K.S.A. 66-1,112; effective Jan. 1, 1971; amended May 1, 1981; amended Jan. 4, 1999; amended Oct. 22, 2010; amended by Kansas Register Volume 38, No. 28; effective 7/26/2019.