Section 458 - False billing, false or incorrect classification, false weighing, etc.(a) No common carrier, or any officer or agent thereof, or any person acting for or employed by it, shall, by means of known false billing, classification, weight, weighing, or report of weight, or by any other device or means assist, suffer, or permit any corporation or person to obtain transportation for any person or property between points within this state at less than the rates and fares then established and in force as shown by the schedules filed and in effect at the time. No person, corporation, or any officer, agent, or employee of a corporation shall, by means of false billing, false or incorrect classification, false weight or weighing, false representation as to contents or substance of a package, or false report or statement of weight, or by any other device or means, whether with or without the consent or connivance of a common carrier or any of its officers, agents, or employees, seek to obtain or obtain such transportation for such property at less than the rates then established and in force therefor.
(b) Subdivision (a) is not applicable to network railroad transportation.Ca. Pub. Util. Code § 458
EFFECTIVE 1/1/2000. Amended October 10, 1999 (Bill Number: AB 1658) (Chapter 1005).