NY Transp L § 157 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TRA - Transportation Article 7 - Carriers of Passengers by Motor Vehicles 157 - Rates, Fares and Charges; Common Carriers.

§ 157. Rates,  fares  and charges; common carriers. 1. It shall be the   duty of every common carrier of passengers  to  establish,  observe  and   enforce  just  and  reasonable  rates,  fares  and charges, and just and   reasonable regulations and practices relating thereto.2. Common carriers  of  passengers  by  motor  vehicle  may  establish   through  routes  and  joint  rates,  fares  and  charges with other such   carriers and once established it shall be the duty of all  such  carrier   parties   to  establish  just  and  reasonable  rates,  fares,  charges,   regulations and practices and equitable divisions of revenue.3. All such charges made for any service rendered, or to  be  rendered   by  any common carrier of passengers by motor vehicle, shall be just and   reasonable, and every unjust and unreasonable charge for such service or   any part thereof, is prohibited and declared to be unlawful. It shall be   unlawful for any common carrier to make, give  or  cause  any  undue  or   unreasonable  preference  or  advantage  to  any particular person or to   subject any particular person to any unjust discrimination or any  undue   or unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage in any respect whatsoever.4.  Whenever,  after a hearing, upon complaint, or in an investigation   on the commissioner's own initiative, the commissioner  shall  determine   that  any individual or joint rate, fare or charge in effect or proposed   to be put into effect by any common carrier or group of common  carriers   of  passengers  by  motor  vehicle  or  any rule, regulation or practice   whatsoever affecting such rate, fare or  charge  or  the  value  of  the   service  thereunder,  is  or will be unjust or unreasonable, or unjustly   discriminatory,  unduly  preferential   or   unduly   prejudicial,   the   commissioner  shall  determine  and  prescribe  the lawful rate, fare or   charge, or the lawful rule, regulation  or  practice  thereafter  to  be   observed.5.  The  commissioner shall, whenever deemed necessary or desirable in   the public interest,  after  a  hearing,  upon  complaint  or  upon  the   commissioner's own initiative, establish through routes and joint rates,   fares,   charges,   regulations   or   practices,   applicable   to  the   transportation of passengers  by  common  carriers  and  the  terms  and   conditions under which such through routes shall be operated.6.   Whenever,   after   a   hearing,   upon  complaint  or  upon  the   commissioner's own initiative, the commissioner shall determine that the   divisions  of  joint  rates,  fares  or  charges   applicable   to   the   transportation  of  passengers by common carriers are or will be unjust,   unreasonable, inequitable, or  unduly  preferential  or  prejudicial  as   between  the  carrier parties, the commissioner shall by order prescribe   the just, reasonable and equitable divisions thereof.  The order of  the   commissioner  may  require  the  adjustment  of  divisions  between  the   carriers, in accordance with the order, from  the  date  of  filing  the   complaint  or  entry  of  order  of  investigation,  or  such other date   subsequent as the commissioner finds justified and, in the case of joint   rates or fares prescribed by the commissioner, the order as to divisions   may be made effective as a part of the original order.7. In proceedings to determine the  reasonableness  of  rate  or  fare   levels for a common carrier of passengers or group of common carriers of   passengers,  the  commissioner  shall  authorize revenue levels that are   adequate under efficient management to cover total  operating  expenses,   plus a reasonable profit as determined by the commissioner.