1. A. No common carrier by motor vehicle, unless otherwise provided by this act, shall engage in the transportation of household goods or used emigrant movables unless the rates, fares, and charges upon which the same are transported by said carrier have been published, filed and are in effect in accordance with the provisions of this act.
2. B. All charges made by any motor carrier for any intrastate service rendered or to be rendered by any motor carrier in the transportation of household goods or used emigrant movables, or in connection therewith, shall be just and reasonable and every unjust and unreasonable charge for such service or any part thereof is prohibited and declared unlawful.
3. C. In the exercise of its power to prescribe just and reasonable rates, fares, and charges for the transportation of household goods or used emigrant movables by common carriers by motor vehicle, and classifications, regulations and practices relating thereto, the Commission shall give due consideration, among other factors, to the need, in the public interest, of adequate and efficient transportation service by such carriers at the lowest cost consistent with the furnishing of such service; and to the need of revenues sufficient to enable such carriers to provide such service at a reasonable return to the carrier.
4. D. Every common carrier by motor vehicle shall file with the Commission, publish, and keep open to public inspection tariffs showing all the rates, fares, and charges for transportation, and all services in connection therewith, of household goods or used emigrant movables in intrastate commerce between points on its own route and points on the route of any other such carrier when a through route and joint rate shall be established. The tariffs required by this section shall be published, filed and posted in such form and manner and shall contain such information as the Commission by regulations shall prescribe; and the Commission is authorized to reject any tariff filed with it the form of which is not consistent with this section and with such regulations. Any tariff so rejected by the Commission shall be void and its use shall be unlawful. The Commission is further authorized in its discretion to suspend, upon complaint of any interested person or upon its own motion, the effectiveness of any tariff or portion thereof filed with it, where it appears said tariff or portion thereof may not be consistent with this section or the regulations of the Commission, and shall set the motion for hearing; and after hearing the Commission shall, within ninety (90) days after hearing, amend or reject the tariff or portion thereof so filed, upon determination as to whether or not it is consistent with this section and with the regulations of the Commission.
5. E. No common carrier of household goods or used emigrant movables by motor vehicle shall charge or demand or collect or receive a greater, or less, or different compensation for transportation or for any service in connection therewith between the points enumerated or distances set out in such tariff than the rates, fares, and charges specified in the tariffs in effect at the time; and no such carrier shall refund or remit in any manner or by any device, directly or indirectly, any portion of the rates, fares, or charges so specified, or extend to any person any privileges or facilities for transportation in intrastate commerce except such as are specified in its tariffs. All actions at law for the recovery of undercharges or overcharges, or any part thereof, shall be begun within three (3) years from the time the cause of action accrues and not thereafter.
6. F. No change shall be made in any rate, fare, charge, or classification, or any rule, regulation, or practice affecting such rate, fare, charge, or classification, or the value of the service thereunder, specified in any effective tariff or a common carrier of household goods or used emigrant movables by motor vehicle, except after thirty (30) days' notice of the proposed change filed and posted in accordance with this section. Such notice shall plainly state the change proposed to be made and the time when such change will take effect. The Commission may, in its discretion and for good cause shown, allow such change upon notice less than that herein specified or modify the requirements of this section with respect to posting and filing of tariffs either in particular instances or by general order applicable to specific or peculiar circumstances or conditions.
7. G. It shall be the duty of every contract carrier of household goods or used emigrant movables by motor vehicle to establish and observe reasonable actual rates and charges, which shall not be lower than the published common carrier rates and charges, for any service rendered or to be rendered in the transportation of household goods or used emigrant movables or in connection therewith, and to establish and observe reasonable regulations and practices to be applied in connection with said reasonable actual rates and charges. It shall be the duty of every contract carrier of household goods or used emigrant movables by motor vehicle to file with the Commission, publish, and keep open for public inspection, in the form and manner prescribed by the Commission, schedules containing the actual rates or charges of such carrier actually maintained and charged for the transportation of household goods or used emigrant movables in intrastate commerce, and any rule, regulation, or practice affecting such rates or charges and the value of the service thereunder. No such contract carrier, unless otherwise provided by this act, shall engage in the transportation of household goods or used emigrant movables in intrastate commerce unless the actual charges for such transportation by said carrier have been published, filed and posted in accordance with the provisions of this act. No change shall be made in any such charge either directly or by means of any change in any rule, regulation, or practice affecting such charge or the value of service thereunder, except after thirty (30) days' notice of the proposed change filed in the aforementioned form and manner; but the Commission may, in its discretion and for good cause shown, allow such change upon less notice, or modify the requirements of this paragraph with respect to posting and filing of such schedules, either in particular instances, or by general order applicable to special or peculiar circumstances, or conditions. Such notice shall plainly state the change proposed to be made and the time when such change will take effect. No such carrier shall demand, charge, or collect a different compensation for such transportation than the charges filed in accordance with this paragraph, as affected by any rule, regulation, or practice so filed, or as may be prescribed by the Commission from time to time, and it shall be unlawful for any such carrier, by the furnishing of special services, facilities, or privileges, or by any other device whatsoever, to charge or accept other than the charges so published and filed.
8. H. Whenever, after hearing, upon complaint or upon its own initiative, the Commission finds that any actual rate or charge of any contract carrier of household goods or used emigrant movables by motor vehicle, or any rule, regulation, or practice of any such carrier affecting such actual rate or charge, or the value of the service thereunder, for the transportation of household goods or used emigrant movables or in connection therewith is in violation of any provision of this act, the Commission may prescribe such just and reasonable actual rate or charge, or such rule, regulation or practice as in its judgment may be necessary or desirable in the public interest and will not be in violation of any provision of this act. Such actual rate or charge, or such rule, regulation, or practice so prescribed by the Commission, shall give no advantage or preference to any such carrier in competition with any common carrier by motor vehicle subject to this act. The Commission shall give due consideration to the cost of the services rendered by such carrier and to the effect of such actual rate or charge, or such rule, regulation, or practice, upon the movement of traffic by such carriers. All complaints shall state fully the facts complained of and shall be made under oath.
9. I. Every motor carrier, subject to this act, receiving household goods or used emigrant movables for transportation in intrastate commerce shall issue a receipt or bill of lading therefor, the form of which shall be prescribed by the Commission.
10. J. No common carrier by motor vehicle shall deliver or relinquish possession at destination of any household goods or used emigrant movables transported by it in intrastate commerce until all tariff rates and charges thereon have been paid, except under such rules and regulations as the Commission may from time to time prescribe to govern the settlement of all such rates and charges.
11. K. Any person, motor carrier, or shipper who shall willfully violate any provision of this section by any means shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof be fined as provided by law.

Added by Laws 1929, HB 19, c. 253, § 3, eff. June 28, 1929; Amended by Laws 1968, HB 1114, c. 190, § 3, eff. September 30, 1968; Amended by Laws 1995, HB 1283, c. 143, § 15, eff. November 1, 1995.