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MT Code § 69-12-603 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 69. Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 12. Motor Carriers|Part 6. Carrier Agreements|69-12-603. Investigation of operation under agreement

  69-12-603. Investigation of operation under agreement. The commission may, upon complaint or upon its own initiative without complaint, investigate and determine whether any agreement previously approved by it under 69-12-601 or any terms or conditions upon which such approval was granted are not in conformity with 69-12-601 and 69-12-602 or whether any such terms or conditions are not necessary for the purpose of conformity with 69-12-601 and 69-12-602. After such investigation, the commission may by order terminate or modify its approval of such agreement if it finds such action necessary to insure conformity with 69-12-601 and 69-12-602 and may modify the terms and conditions upon which such approval was granted to the extent it finds necessary to insure conformity with 69-12-601 and 69-12-602 or to the extent it finds its terms and conditions unnecessary to insure such conformity. The effective date of any order terminating or modifying approval or modifying terms and conditions may be postponed for such period as the commission determines is reasonably necessary to avoid undue hardship.   History: En. 8-103.4 by Sec. 1, Ch. 288, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 25, Ch. 518, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 8-103.4(6).
MT Code § 69-12-604 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 69. Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 12. Motor Carriers|Part 6. Carrier Agreements|69-12-604. Hearing required on matters relating to agreements

  69-12-604. Hearing required on matters relating to agreements. No order may be entered under 69-12-601 or 69-12-603 except after interested parties have been afforded reasonable opportunity for hearing.   History: En. 8-103.4 by Sec. 1, Ch. 288, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 25, Ch. 518, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 8-103.4(7).
MT Code § 69-12-605 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 69. Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 12. Motor Carriers|Part 6. Carrier Agreements|69-12-605. Relationship of carrier agreements and antitrust laws

  69-12-605. Relationship of carrier agreements and antitrust laws. (1) The parties to any agreement approved by the commission under 69-12-601 and other persons are, if the approval of such agreement is not prohibited by 69-12-602, hereby exempted from Montana antitrust laws with respect to such agreement, including Title 30, chapter 14, part 2, or any other statutes prohibiting monopolies, price fixing, or restraint of trade.   (2) Any action of the commission under 69-12-601 through 69-12-603 in approving an agreement, in denying an application for such approval, in terminating or modifying its approval of an agreement, in prescribing terms and conditions upon which its approval is to be granted, or in modifying such terms and conditions shall be construed as having effect solely with reference to the applicability of subsection (1).   History: En. 8-103.4 by Sec. 1, Ch. 288, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 25, Ch. 518, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 8-103.4(8), (9).
MT Code § 69-12-606 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 69. Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 12. Motor Carriers|Part 6. Carrier Agreements|69-12-606. through 69-12-610 reserved

  69-12-606 through 69-12-610 reserved.
MT Code § 69-12-611 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 69. Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 12. Motor Carriers|Part 6. Carrier Agreements|69-12-611. Leasing of power equipment

  69-12-611. Leasing of power equipment. (1) All Class A, Class C, and Class D motor carriers subject to the jurisdiction of the commission may lease power equipment for the purpose of performing transportation movements within the state. The leasing of power units must be in writing.  (2) All leases must contain:   (a) the full names and addresses of negotiating parties;   (b) a complete description of each vehicle involved;   (c) a provision that the sole possession, responsibility, control, and direction of each vehicle resides with the lessee for the entire term of the lease;   (d) a provision that the lessee assumes full responsibility for all regulatory fees;   (e) the amount of compensation to be paid for use of the vehicle while under the lease and the method by which the compensation is determined;   (f) the renewal conditions of the lease, if any; and   (g) the term length of the lease.   (3) A copy of the lease must be maintained in each leased vehicle at all times. Each leased power unit must display in a conspicuous place on both sides of the vehicle the identity and address of the lessor and lessee and the certificate number under which the power unit is operating.   (4) The leasing of power units by an authorized carrier to a noncertificated carrier is prohibited.   History: En. 8-103.1 by Sec. 1, Ch. 105, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 20, Ch. 315, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 8-103.1; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 352, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 409, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 190, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 14, Ch. 481, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 364, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 16, Ch. 512, L. 2021.
MT Code § 69-12-612 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 69. Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 12. Motor Carriers|Part 6. Carrier Agreements|69-12-612. Repealed

  69-12-612. Repealed. Sec. 5, Ch. 35, L. 2013.   History: En. 8-103.2 by Sec. 1, Ch. 106, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 8-103.2.
MT Code § 69-13-102 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 69. Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 13. Pipeline Carriers|Part 1. General Provisions|69-13-102. Scope of chapter -- enforcement

  69-13-102. Scope of chapter -- enforcement. (1) It is declared that the operation of pipelines to which this chapter applies for the transportation of crude petroleum, coal, or the products of crude petroleum or coal or of carbon dioxide from a plant or facility that produces or captures carbon dioxide, in connection with the purchase or purchase and sale of crude petroleum, coal, or the products of crude petroleum or coal or of carbon dioxide from a plant or facility that produces or captures carbon dioxide, is a business in which the public is interested and is subject to regulation by law. The business of purchasing or of purchasing and selling crude petroleum, coal, or the products of crude petroleum or coal or of carbon dioxide from a plant or facility that produces or captures carbon dioxide, using in connection with that business a pipeline of the class subject to this chapter to transport the crude petroleum, coal, or the products of crude petroleum or coal or of carbon dioxide from a plant or facility that produces or captures carbon dioxide, may not be conducted unless the pipeline used in connection with that business is a common carrier within the purview of this chapter and subject to the jurisdiction conferred upon the commission.   (2) It is the duty of the attorney general to enforce this provision by injunction or other adequate remedy.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 8, Ex. L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3849, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3849, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 190, L. 1955; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 170, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 20, Ch. 315, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 8-202; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 231, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 44, L. 2013.
MT Code § 69-13-103 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 69. Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 13. Pipeline Carriers|Part 1. General Provisions|69-13-103. Right to construct pipelines

  69-13-103. Right to construct pipelines. (1) The right to lay, maintain, and operate pipelines, together with telegraph and telephone lines incidental to and designed for use only in connection with the operation of such lines, or along, across, or under any public stream or highway in this state is hereby conferred upon all persons, firms, limited partnerships, joint-stock associations, or corporations coming within any of the definitions of common carrier pipelines as hereinbefore made. This right to run along, across, or over any public road or highway, as provided for, can only be exercised upon condition that the traffic thereon not be interfered with and that such road or highway be promptly restored to its former condition of usefulness. The restoration of the road or highway is subject also to the supervision of the county commissioners of the county in which said highway is situated.   (2) Any person, firm, limited partnership, joint-stock association, or corporation may acquire the right to construct pipelines and such incidental telephone and telegraph lines along, across, or over any public road or highway in this state by filing with the commission an acceptance of the provisions of this law, expressly agreeing in writing that in consideration of the right so acquired, it shall be and become a common carrier pipeline, subject to the duties and obligations conferred or imposed in this chapter. In the exercise of the privileges herein conferred, such pipelines shall compensate the county for any damage done to such public road in the laying of pipelines or telegraph or telephone lines along or across the same. Nothing herein shall be construed to grant any pipeline company the right to use any public street or alley in any incorporated city or town except by express permission from the city or governing authority thereof.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 8, Ex. L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3850, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3850, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 20, Ch. 315, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 8-203(part).
MT Code § 69-13-104 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 69. Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 13. Pipeline Carriers|Part 1. General Provisions|69-13-104. Use of power of eminent domain

  69-13-104. Use of power of eminent domain. Every person, firm, corporation, limited partnership, joint-stock association, or association of any kind mentioned in this chapter that has filed with the commission its acceptance of the provisions of this chapter has the power of eminent domain. In the exercise of the power of eminent domain, the entity may enter upon and condemn the land, rights-of-way, easements, and property of any person or corporation necessary for the construction, maintenance, or authorization of the entity's common carrier pipeline. The power of eminent domain must be exercised as provided in Title 70, chapter 30.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 8, Ex. L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3850, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3850, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 20, Ch. 315, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 8-203(part); amd. Sec. 48, Ch. 125, L. 2001.
MT Code § 69-13-105 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 69. Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 13. Pipeline Carriers|Part 1. General Provisions|69-13-105. Violations

  69-13-105. Violations. (1) Any common carrier as herein defined who shall violate any provisions of this chapter or who shall fail to perform any duty herein imposed or any valid order of the commission, when not stayed or suspended by order of court, shall be subject to a penalty of not less than $100 or more than $1,000 for each offense. Such penalty shall be recoverable at suit of the attorney general of Montana in the name of the state and for its use.   (2) For the willful violation of any of the provisions herein forbidding discrimination on the part of common carriers, it is hereby provided that the owners, officers, agents, or employees of such carriers who may be guilty thereof shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. Each violation of any of such provisions shall be deemed a separate and distinct offense, and upon conviction thereof the party violating same shall be fined in a sum of not less than $50 or more than $1,000 and may be further punished by confinement in the county jail for not less than 10 days or more than 6 months.   (3) Actual damages may also be recovered by and for the use of any person, corporation, or association of persons against whom there shall have been an unlawful discrimination as herein defined. Such suit shall be brought in the name of and for the use of party aggrieved and may be maintained in any court of proper jurisdiction, having due regard to the ordinary statutes of venue.   History: En. Sec. 9, Ch. 8, Ex. L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3856, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3856, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 20, Ch. 315, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 8-209.
MT Code § 69-13-106 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 69. Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 13. Pipeline Carriers|Part 1. General Provisions|69-13-106. Confidentiality of cultural sites

  69-13-106. Confidentiality of cultural sites. (1) The location of any heritage properties or paleontological remains on or beneath land, rights-of-way, or easements obtained for a common carrier pipeline is confidential and may not be disclosed by the entity owning, operating, or managing any common carrier pipeline.   (2) The provisions of subsection (1) do not prohibit a person or entity from disclosing the location of heritage properties or paleontological remains to the department of environmental quality for purposes of reviewing an application for a certificate under the Montana Major Facility Siting Act, Title 75, chapter 20. The department may not disclose information regarding the location of heritage properties or paleontological remains to the public.   (3) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:   (a) "Heritage property" has the meaning provided in 22-3-421.   (b) "Paleontological remains" has the meaning provided in 22-3-421.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 296, L. 2017.
MT Code § 69-13-201 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 69. Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 13. Pipeline Carriers|Part 2. Role of Commission|69-13-201. Establishment of rates and operating rules

  69-13-201. Establishment of rates and operating rules. (1) The commission may establish and enforce rates of charges and regulations for gathering, transporting, loading, and delivering crude petroleum, coal, or the products of crude petroleum or coal or of carbon dioxide from a plant or facility that produces or captures carbon dioxide by common carrier in this state and for the use of storage facilities necessarily incident to the transportation and may prescribe and enforce rules for the government and control of common carriers in respect to their pipelines and receiving, transferring, and loading facilities. The commission shall exercise the power upon petition by any person showing a substantial interest in the subject.   (2) An order establishing or prescribing rates and rules may not be made except after hearing and at least 10 days' and not more than 30 days' notice to the person, firm, corporation, partnership, joint-stock association, or association owning or controlling and operating the pipeline or pipelines affected.   (3) If a rate is filed by any pipeline and a complaint against the rate or a petition to reduce the rate is filed by any shipper and is sustained, in whole or in part, all shippers who have paid the rates filed by the pipeline have the right to reparation or reimbursement of all excess in transportation charges paid, over and above the proper rate as finally determined, on all shipments made after the date of the filing of the complaint.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 8, Ex. L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3851, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3851, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 190, L. 1955; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 170, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 20, Ch. 315, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 8-204; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 231, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 44, L. 2013.
MT Code § 69-13-202 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 69. Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 13. Pipeline Carriers|Part 2. Role of Commission|69-13-202. Assumption of validity of commission orders

  69-13-202. Assumption of validity of commission orders. Until set aside or vacated by some decree or order of a court of competent jurisdiction, all orders of the commission as to any matter within its jurisdiction shall be accepted as prima facie evidence of their validity.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 8, Ex. L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3852, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3852, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 190, L. 1955; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 170, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 20, Ch. 315, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 8-205(part).
MT Code § 69-13-203 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 69. Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 13. Pipeline Carriers|Part 2. Role of Commission|69-13-203. Investigatory and enforcement authority of commission

  69-13-203. Investigatory and enforcement authority of commission. The commission shall have the power and authority to hear and determine complaints, to require attendance of witnesses, and to institute suits and sue out such writs and process as may be necessary for the enforcement of its orders.   History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 8, Ex. L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3853, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3853, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 190, L. 1955; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 170, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 20, Ch. 315, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 8-206(part).
MT Code § 69-13-301 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 69. Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 13. Pipeline Carriers|Part 3. Requirements for Pipeline Carriers|69-13-301. Records and reports

  69-13-301. Records and reports. (1) Common carriers of crude petroleum, coal, or the products of crude petroleum or coal or of carbon dioxide from a plant or facility that produces or captures carbon dioxide shall make and publish their tariffs under rules that may be prescribed by the commission. The commission shall require the common carriers to make reports and may investigate their books and records kept in connection with the business.   (2) The commission shall require common carrier pipelines to make monthly reports, duly verified under oath, of the total quantities of crude petroleum, coal, or the products of crude petroleum or coal or of carbon dioxide from a plant or facility that produces or captures carbon dioxide owned by the pipelines, of the quantities held by them in storage for others, and of their unfilled storage capacity. Publicity may not be given by the commission to the reports as to stock of crude petroleum, coal, or the products of crude petroleum or coal or of carbon dioxide from a plant or facility that produces or captures carbon dioxide on hand of any particular pipeline, but the commission in its discretion may make public the aggregate amounts held by all the pipelines making the reports and of their aggregate storage capacity.   History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 8, Ex. L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3853, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3853, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 190, L. 1955; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 170, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 20, Ch. 315, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 8-206(part); amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 231, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 44, L. 2013.
MT Code § 69-13-302 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 69. Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 13. Pipeline Carriers|Part 3. Requirements for Pipeline Carriers|69-13-302. Connection and interchange facilities

  69-13-302. Connection and interchange facilities. (1) Each common carrier shall exchange crude petroleum tonnage, coal tonnage, petroleum or coal products tonnage, or carbon dioxide volume with each similar common carrier. The commission may require connections and facilities for the interchange of the tonnage and volume to be made at every locality reached by both pipelines whenever a necessity for the connections and facilities exists, subject to rates and regulations that may be made by the commission. Any common carrier under similar rules must be required to install and maintain facilities for the receipt and delivery at all points on the pipeline of crude petroleum, coal, or the products of crude petroleum or coal or of carbon dioxide from a plant or facility that produces or captures carbon dioxide.   (2) A carrier may not be required to receive or transport any crude petroleum, coal, or the products of crude petroleum or coal or any carbon dioxide from a plant or facility that produces or captures carbon dioxide except as may be marketable under rules prescribed by the commission. The commission shall make rules for the ascertainment of the amount of water and other foreign matter in crude petroleum, coal, or the products of crude petroleum or coal or in carbon dioxide from a plant or facility that produces or captures carbon dioxide tendered for transportation, for deduction for water and foreign matter, and for the amount of deduction to be made for temperature, leakage, and evaporation.   (3) The particular powers delegated to the commission in this section may not be construed to limit the general powers conferred by this chapter.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 8, Ex. L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3852, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3852, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 190, L. 1955; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 170, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 20, Ch. 315, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 8-205(part); amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 231, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 44, L. 2013; amd. Sec. 29, Ch. 55, L. 2015.
MT Code § 69-14-101 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 69. Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 14. Railroads|Part 1. Role of Commission -- Penalties|69-14-101. Repealed

  69-14-101. Repealed. Sec. 10, Ch. 104, L. 2015.   History: (1)En. Sec. 1, Ch. 105, L. 1913; re-en. Sec. 3835, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3835, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 72-157, R.C.M. 1947; (2), (3)En. Sec. 11, Ch. 37, L. 1907; Sec. 4373, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 3792, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3792, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 72-114, R.C.M. 1947; amd. and redes. 72-101.1 by Sec. 12, Ch. 315, L. 1974; Sec. 72-101.1, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 72-101.1(part), 72-157; amd. Sec. 21, Ch. 43, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 21, Ch. 333, L. 1993.
MT Code § 69-14-102 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 69. Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 14. Railroads|Part 1. Role of Commission -- Penalties|69-14-102. Application -- definition

  69-14-102. Application -- definition. (1) In accordance with the commission's authority pursuant to 69-14-111, this chapter applies to all persons, firms, or companies, incorporated or otherwise, that do business as common carriers on any of the lines of railroad in this state.   (2) As used in this chapter, "railroad" means a corporation, company, or individual owning or operating a railroad in whole or in part in this state. The term also includes express companies, sleeping-car companies, and a rail authority established under Title 7, chapter 14, part 16.   History: En. Sec. 11, Ch. 37, L. 1907; Sec. 4373, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 3792, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3792, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 72-114, R.C.M. 1947; amd. and redes. 72-101.1 by Sec. 12, Ch. 315, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 72-101.1(part); amd. Sec. 22, Ch. 43, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 104, L. 2015.
MT Code § 69-14-103 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 69. Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 14. Railroads|Part 1. Role of Commission -- Penalties|69-14-103. Interpretation

  69-14-103. Interpretation. This chapter shall not have the effect of releasing or waiving any right of action by the state or any person for any right, penalty, or forfeiture which may arise under any law of this state. All penalties accruing under this part are cumulative to each other, and a suit for or recovery of one is not a bar to the recovery of any other penalty.   History: En. Sec. 35, Ch. 37, L. 1907; Sec. 4398, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 3817, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3817, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 72-140; amd. Sec. 23, Ch. 43, L. 1979.
MT Code § 69-14-104 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 69. Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 14. Railroads|Part 1. Role of Commission -- Penalties|69-14-104. Violations of railroad laws -- penalties

  69-14-104. Violations of railroad laws -- penalties. (1) If a railroad violates this chapter, fails or refuses to perform duties in accordance with this chapter, or fails, neglects, or refuses to act in accordance with commission requirements or orders, the railroad, upon conviction in a court of competent jurisdiction, shall be fined not less than $100 and not more than $1,000 for each violation, failure, or refusal.   (2) The commission shall recover the fine in a civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction. Each day's violation, failure, or refusal is a separate offense subject to penalty in accordance with subsection (1).   (3) Enforcement of violations in this chapter is limited by 49 U.S.C. 20113.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 104, L. 2015.