Current through Public Act 171 of the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 477.7 - Rate, fare, or charge as just and reasonable; unjust discrimination, prejudice, or preference prohibited; remuneration; limitation; refund or remittance; other contract; inapplicability of section to local move(1) A rate, fare, or charge made by a motor carrier of household goods shall be just and reasonable and shall not be unjustly discriminatory, prejudicial, or preferential. A rate, fare, or charge made by a motor carrier of household goods under a contract with a manufacturer, store, or other entity shall not be considered unjustly discriminatory, prejudicial, or preferential in determining whether a motor carrier of household goods has complied with this subsection.(2) A motor carrier of household goods shall not charge, demand, collect, or receive remuneration for the transportation of household goods or any service connected with the transportation of household goods that is greater than, less than, or different from the rates, fares, and charges that have been legally established and filed with the commission.(3) A motor carrier of household goods shall not refund or remit in any manner or by any device a portion of the rates, fares, or charges that are required to be collected by the tariffs on file with the commission or ordered by the commission.(4) This article does not prohibit a motor carrier of household goods from having an approved certificate of authority to operate as a motor carrier of household goods or as a motor carrier of household goods under a contract with a manufacturer, store, or any other entity, or as a general commodities carrier.(5) This section does not apply to a local move.Added by 2014, Act 493,s 19, eff. 4/1/2015.Former sec. 477.7 was repealed by 1982, Act 399, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1982.