49 U.S.C. § 13708 — Billing and collecting practices
submitted 31 years ago by Pub. L. 104-88 to r/title-49-TRANSPORTATION · 177 words · no verdicts yet
Motor carriers must tell customers the real rates and any discounts when they bill them. No one may cause a carrier to put false or misleading rate information on a bill.
(a) Disclosure: When a motor carrier* under subchapter I of chapter 135 presents or sends a bill for payment to the person who owes it, or that person's agent, the carrier* must disclose the actual rates, charges, or allowances for the service, and say whether — and to whom — any discount or allowance was given.
(b) False or Misleading Information: No one may cause a motor carrier to put false or misleading information on a bill about the real rate, charge, or allowance given to anyone in the deal.
(c) Allowances for Services: If the actual rate, charge, or allowance depends on the customer doing something — like shipping a certain volume over time — the carrier must note on the bill that a reduction, allowance, or other adjustment might apply.
A motor carrier* subject to jurisdiction under subchapter I of chapter 135 shall disclose, when a document is presented or electronically transmitted for payment to the person responsible directly to the motor carrier* for payment or agent of such responsible person, the actual rates, charges, or allowances for any transportation* service and shall also disclose, at such time, whether and to whom any allowance or reduction in charges is made.
No person may cause a motor carrier to present false or misleading information on a document about the actual rate, charge, or allowance to any party to the transaction.
When the actual rate, charge, or allowance is dependent upon the performance of a service by a party to the transportation arrangement, such as tendering a volume of freight over a stated period of time, the motor carrier shall indicate in any document presented for payment to the person responsible directly to the motor carrier that a reduction, allowance, or other adjustment may apply.
Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 104–88, title I, § 103, Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 873.)
- 1995Enacted · Pub. L. 104-88 · 109 Stat. 873
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 104-88 on 1995-12-29.
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