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IN Code § 8-2.1-22-18 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 2.1. Motor Carrier Regulation|Chapter 22. Transportation of Passengers and Household Goods|8-2.1-22-18. Agreements With Other Common Carriers; Routes and Rates; Discrimination

Sec. 18. (a) Notwithstanding IC 24-1-2-1 and in accordance with 49 U.S.C. 14303, common carriers may:(1) establish by agreement through routes and joint rates, charges, and classifications with other common carriers and with common carriers by railroads, or by water, and every common carrier shall provide safe and adequate service, equipment, and facilities for the transportation of passengers or household goods in intrastate and interstate commerce; and(2) establish, observe, and enforce just and reasonable rates, fares, charges, and classifications, and just and reasonable regulations and practices relating to rates, fares, charges, and classifications, and to the issuance, form, and substance of tickets, receipts, bills of lading, the carrying of baggage, and all other matters relating to or connected with the transportation of passengers or household goods in both intrastate and interstate commerce, and in case of joint rates and charges, to establish just, reasonable, and equitable division of joint rates and charges between the carriers participating in the joint rates and charges.(b) It is unjust discrimination and unlawful for any common carrier by motor vehicle to make, give, or cause any undue or unreasonable preference or advantage to any particular person or locality in connection with the transportation of any persons or household goods, or to subject any particular person or locality to any undue or unreasonable prejudice, delay, or disadvantage in any respect.(c) Every common carrier by motor vehicle that fails or refuses to receive and transport without unreasonable delay or discrimination the passengers or household goods tendered for transportation and deliver without unreasonable delay or discrimination those passengers or household goods at destination or to the transfer point of the route of any connecting common carrier by motor vehicle or railroad is guilty of unjust discrimination.(d) It is unjust discrimination for any common carrier to charge or receive any greater compensation in the aggregate for the transportation of passengers or household goods for a shorter than for a longer distance over the same line in the same direction, the shorter distance being included in the longer.As added by P.L.99-1989, SEC.13. Amended by P.L.110-1995, SEC.14; P.L.7-2015, SEC.18.
IN Code § 8-2.1-22-19 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 2.1. Motor Carrier Regulation|Chapter 22. Transportation of Passengers and Household Goods|8-2.1-22-19. Complaints; Fixing of Routes or Rates

Sec. 19. (a) Any person or governmental entity may complain in writing to the department that any rate, fare, charge, tariff, classification, rule or practice in effect, or proposed to be put in effect by any carrier or carriers is, or will be, in violation of this chapter. When such a complaint is made, the department shall, after due notice to the carrier or carriers complained of, hear the complaining parties.(b) If the department is of the opinion that any individual or joint rate, fare, tariff, charge, or classification being made or demanded by any common carrier or carriers subject to this chapter or by any common carriers operating in conjunction with common carriers by railroads or by water is, or will be, unjust and unlawful and unreasonable or unjustly discriminatory, or unduly preferential or unduly prejudicial, it shall determine and prescribe lawful maximum or minimum, and maximum and minimum rates, fares, charges, tariffs, rules, and classifications thereafter to be observed or thereafter to be made effective. The department may, on its own initiative, without complaint, whenever deemed by the department to be necessary and desirable in the public interest, establish through routes, joint classifications, joint rates, fares, charges, tariffs, regulations, or practices for the transportation of passengers or household goods by common carriers by motor vehicle or the carrier by railroad or by water, and may fix the maximum or minimum or the maximum and minimum rates to be charged and the terms and conditions under which the fares and charges shall be applied and the routes to be operated.(c) The department may, after hearing or on its own initiative, prescribe what the just, reasonable, and equitable division of rates, fares, and charges are to be received and collected by the several carriers and require adjustment to be made between those carriers in accordance therewith. In those cases the department may require adjustment or division between the carriers from the date of filing the complaint or the entry of the order or any other date subsequent thereto as the department finds is just and reasonable, and in case joint rates are fixed by the department, the order as to those divisions may be made effective as of the date on which the investigation was ordered.As added by P.L.99-1989, SEC.13. Amended by P.L.110-1995, SEC.15.
IN Code § 8-2.1-22-20 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 2.1. Motor Carrier Regulation|Chapter 22. Transportation of Passengers and Household Goods|8-2.1-22-20. Filing of Schedule Stating New Rate or Charge; Hearing; Burden of Proof; Suspension

Sec. 20. (a) This section applies whenever there is filed with the department any schedule stating a new individual or joint rate, fare, charge, or classification for the transportation of passengers or household goods by a common carrier or carriers by motor vehicle, or by a carrier or carriers in conjunction with a common carrier or carriers by railroad or water in intrastate commerce, or any rule or practice affecting the rate, fare, or charge, or the value of the service.(b) Upon complaint of any interested party or upon its own initiative at once and if it so orders, without answer or other formal pleading by the interested carrier or carriers but upon reasonable notice, the department may enter upon a hearing concerning the lawfulness of a rate, fare, or charge, or a rule or practice. Pending the hearing and the decision on the hearing, the department, by filing with the schedule and delivering to the carrier or carriers affected by the hearing a statement in writing of its reasons for the suspension, may from time to time suspend the operation of the schedule and defer the use of the rate, fare, charge, or classification, or the rule, regulation, or practice, but not for a longer period than one hundred eighty (180) days beyond the time when it would otherwise go into effect. After hearing, whether completed before or after the rate, fare, charge, classification, rule or practice goes into effect, the department may make the order with reference thereto as would be proper in a proceeding instituted after it has become effective.(c) If the proceeding has not been concluded and an order made within the period of suspension, the proposed change of rate, fare, or charge, or classification, rule or practice, goes into effect at the end of the period.(d) At any hearing involving a change in a rate, fare, charge, or classification or in a rule or practice, the burden of proof is on the carrier to show that the proposed rate, fare, charge, classification, rule or practice is just and reasonable.As added by P.L.99-1989, SEC.13. Amended by P.L.110-1995, SEC.16.
IN Code § 8-2.1-22-21 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 2.1. Motor Carrier Regulation|Chapter 22. Transportation of Passengers and Household Goods|8-2.1-22-21. Reasonableness of Rates and Charges; Considerations

Sec. 21. (a) In the exercise of its power to prescribe just and reasonable rates, fares, and charges for the transportation of passengers or household goods by common carriers by motor vehicle, and related classifications, regulations, and practices, the department shall give due consideration, among other factors, to:(1) the inherent advantages of transportation by those carriers;(2) the effect of rates upon the movement of traffic by the carrier or carriers for which the rates are prescribed;(3) the need, in the public interest, of adequate and efficient transportation service by such carriers at the lowest cost consistent with the furnishing of service; and(4) the need of revenues sufficient to enable such carriers under honest, economical, and efficient management to provide service.(b) In determining the reasonableness of fares, rates, and charges of motor carriers of passengers or household goods, the department shall determine that the revenue is sufficient to cover the cost (including all operating expenses, depreciation accruals, rents, and taxes of every kind) of providing adequate transportation service and reasonable profit to the carrier. The relation of carrier expenses to carrier revenues may be considered the proper test of a reasonable profit.As added by P.L.99-1989, SEC.13. Amended by P.L.110-1995, SEC.17.
IN Code § 8-2.1-22-22 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 2.1. Motor Carrier Regulation|Chapter 22. Transportation of Passengers and Household Goods|8-2.1-22-22. Actions for Recovery of Charges or Overcharges; Limitations

Sec. 22. (a) All civil actions by carriers for recovery of their charges or any part must be brought within two (2) years after the time the cause of action accrues.(b) For recovery of overcharges, civil actions must be brought or complaints filed with the department against carriers subject to this chapter within two (2) years after the time the cause of action accrues, subject to subsection (c). However, if claim for the overcharge has been presented in writing to the carrier within the two (2) year period of limitation, the period shall be extended to include six (6) months after the time notice in writing is given by the carrier to the claimant of disallowance of the claim or any part specified in the notice.(c) If on or before the expiration of the two (2) year period of limitation in subsection (a) or (b), a carrier subject to this chapter begins an action under subsection (a) for recovery of charges in respect of the same transportation service or without beginning action collects charges in respect of that service, the period of limitation shall be extended to include ninety (90) days after the time the action is begun or charges are collected by the carrier.(d) As used in this section, "overcharges" means charges for the transportation services in excess of those applicable to the services under the tariffs lawfully on file with the department.As added by P.L.99-1989, SEC.13.
IN Code § 8-2.1-22-23 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 2.1. Motor Carrier Regulation|Chapter 22. Transportation of Passengers and Household Goods|8-2.1-22-23. Tariffs Showing Rates and Services; Filing and Publication; Compliance; Change in Fare or Practice

Sec. 23. (a) Every common carrier by motor vehicle shall file with the department, and print and keep open to public inspection, tariffs showing all rates, fares, charges for transportation, and all service in connection therewith, of passengers or household goods in intrastate commerce between points:(1) on its own route;(2) on the route of any other common carrier; or(3) on the route of any common carrier by railroad;when and as through routes and joint rates are established.(b) The department may prescribe the form and manner in which the tariffs shall be published and may reject any tariff filed with it that is not in compliance with this section. When so rejected, the tariff is void, and its use shall be unlawful.(c) A common carrier by motor vehicle shall not charge, demand, collect, or receive a greater or less or different compensation for transportation or for any service in connection therewith between points enumerated in the tariff than the rates, fares, and charges specified in the tariffs in effect at the time. A carrier shall not refund or remit in any manner or by any device, directly or indirectly, personally or by agent, any portion of rates, fares, or charges so specified, and shall not extend to any person any facilities for transportation except as are specified in its tariffs.(d) A change may not be made in any fare, charge, rule or practice for or in connection with the transportation of passengers or household goods except after thirty (30) days notice of the proposed change. The notice must plainly state the change proposed to be made and the effective date of the change. The department, upon complaint or upon the department's own motion, may suspend any tariff making any changes provided in this chapter within twenty (20) days after the filing of the tariff and not thereafter.(e) The department may, for good cause shown, allow changes upon notice in less time than specified and permit tariffs to be filed and become effective in particular instances on shorter notice than stated in subsection (d).(f) Whenever the carrier operating a local transportation system wholly within one (1) county files a tariff or schedule of increased rates or fares affecting its patrons in any municipality in which the carrier renders service, the carrier shall give notice by registered mail, on the date the tariff is filed with the department, to the executive and legislative body of the municipality and shall enclose a copy of the tariff filed with the department.(g) A common carrier by motor vehicle shall not engage in the transportation of passengers or household goods unless the tariffs have been filed and published in accordance with this chapter.As added by P.L.99-1989, SEC.13. Amended by P.L.110-1995, SEC.18.
IN Code § 8-2.1-22-25 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 2.1. Motor Carrier Regulation|Chapter 22. Transportation of Passengers and Household Goods|8-2.1-22-25. Contract Carriers; New Service or Reduced Charge; Hearing; Suspension

Sec. 25. (a) This section applies whenever there is filed with the department by the contract carrier any schedule or contract stating a charge for a new service or a reduced charge directly, or by means of any rule or practice, for the transportation of passengers or household goods in intrastate commerce.(b) Upon complaint of interested parties or upon its own initiative at once and, if it so orders, without answer or other formal pleading by the interested party, but upon reasonable notice, the department may enter upon a hearing concerning the lawfulness of the charge, rule, or practice. Pending the hearing and the decision on the complaint, the department, by filing with the schedule and delivering to the carrier affected thereby a statement in writing of its reasons for the suspension, may from time to time suspend the operation of the schedule and defer the use of the charge, rule, regulation, or practice, but not for a longer period than one hundred eighty (180) days beyond the time when it would otherwise go into effect. After hearing, whether completed before or after the charge, or rule or practice goes into effect, the department may make the order with reference thereto as would be proper in a proceeding instituted after it had become effective.(c) If the proceeding has not been concluded and an order made within the period of suspension, the proposed change in any charge or rule, regulation, or practice goes into effect at the end of the period.As added by P.L.99-1989, SEC.13. Amended by P.L.110-1995, SEC.20.
IN Code § 8-2.1-22-26 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 2.1. Motor Carrier Regulation|Chapter 22. Transportation of Passengers and Household Goods|8-2.1-22-26. Contract Carriers; Filing of Contract Copies; Examination for Conformity to Published Schedule

Sec. 26. (a) The department may require any contract motor carrier to file with it a true copy of any contract, agreement, or arrangement between the carrier and any person in relation to any traffic affected by this chapter. The department shall not, however, make public the contract, agreement, or arrangement between a contract carrier by motor vehicle and a shipper, or any of the terms or conditions of the contract except as a part of the record in a formal proceeding where it considers that action consistent with the public interest.(b) If it appears from an examination of the contract that it fails to conform to the published schedule of the contract carrier by motor vehicle as required by this chapter, the department may make public such of the provisions of the contract as the department considers necessary to disclose the failure and the extent of the failure.(c) This section does not apply to contracts filed instead of schedules.As added by P.L.99-1989, SEC.13.
IN Code § 8-2.1-22-27 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 2.1. Motor Carrier Regulation|Chapter 22. Transportation of Passengers and Household Goods|8-2.1-22-27. Brokerage License Requirements

Sec. 27. (a) A person shall not for compensation sell or offer for sale transportation subject to this chapter, make any contract, agreement, or arrangement to provide, procure, furnish, or arrange for the transportation of passengers, or profess by advertisement, solicitation, or otherwise as one who sells, provides, procures, contracts, or arranges for the transportation of passengers, unless the person holds a broker's license issued by the department to engage in the transactions. A person may not engage in transportation subject to this chapter unless the person holds a certificate or a permit as provided in this chapter. In the execution of any contract, agreement, or arrangement to sell, provide, procure, furnish, or arrange for the transportation of passengers, a person may not employ any common or contract carrier who is not the lawful holder of an effective certificate or permit issued as provided in this chapter.(b) This section does not apply to any carrier holding a certificate or a permit under this chapter or to any employee or agent of the motor carrier, so far as concerns transportation to be furnished wholly by the carrier or jointly with other motor carriers holding like certificates or permits, or with a common carrier by railroad, express, or water.(c) A brokerage license shall be issued to any qualified applicant for a brokerage license, authorizing any part of the operations covered by the application, if it is found that the applicant is fit, willing, and able to properly perform the service proposed and to conform to this chapter and the requirements, and rules of the department under this chapter, and that the proposed service, to the extent to be authorized by the license, is or will be consistent with the public interest, otherwise the application shall be denied.(d) The department shall prescribe reasonable rules for the protection of travelers by motor vehicle to be observed by any person holding a brokerage license, and no such license may be issued or remain in effect unless the person furnishes a bond or other security approved by the department, in a form and amount as will insure financial responsibility and the supplying of authorized transportation in accordance with contracts, agreements, or arrangements for the transportation.(e) The department and its special agents and examiners have the same authority as to accounts, reports, and records, including inspection and preservation of the accounts, reports, and records, of any person holding a brokerage license issued under this section that the department and the department's special agents and examiners have under this chapter with respect to motor carriers subject to this chapter.(f) A person who violates this section commits a Class C infraction.As added by P.L.99-1989, SEC.13. Amended by P.L.110-1995, SEC.21; P.L.136-2018, SEC.80.
IN Code § 8-2.1-22-28 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 2.1. Motor Carrier Regulation|Chapter 22. Transportation of Passengers and Household Goods|8-2.1-22-28. Certificate Requirement Exemptions

Sec. 28. A person may not transport passengers for compensation as a special and charter carrier until after obtaining a certificate from the department, unless on December 31, 1982, the person:(1) held a certificate for a special and charter carrier; or(2) was exempt from the requirement for a certificate for a special and charter carrier under IC 8-2-7-29.As added by P.L.99-1989, SEC.13.
IN Code § 8-2.1-22-29 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 2.1. Motor Carrier Regulation|Chapter 22. Transportation of Passengers and Household Goods|8-2.1-22-29. Operation and Impoundment of Motor Vehicle for Hire; Operating Authority Required

Sec. 29. (a) A person may not operate any motor vehicle over the public highways for hire, unless the operations are specifically exempt under this chapter, without first having obtained appropriate operating authority from the department to do so, and having otherwise complied with all other applicable provisions of this chapter.(b) The department or the state police department may apply to an administrative law judge of the department or a court with jurisdiction for an order to impound a motor vehicle that is offered by a motor carrier to the general public for the transportation of passengers for hire if:(1) the motor carrier has not obtained the required authority from the department to operate the motor vehicle for hire; and(2) there is probable cause to believe that the motor vehicle has been operated on an Indiana highway to transport passengers for hire.A hearing on an application to impound a motor vehicle under this subsection may not be held sooner than three (3) days after the date on which a notice of hearing on the application is served on the motor carrier. The motor carrier may contest the application to impound the motor vehicle at the hearing.(c) A motor carrier that operated a motor vehicle impounded under this section may not obtain possession of the impounded motor vehicle unless the motor carrier obtains the required authority to operate the motor vehicle for hire.As added by P.L.99-1989, SEC.13. Amended by P.L.176-2006, SEC.8.
IN Code § 8-2.1-22-30 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 2.1. Motor Carrier Regulation|Chapter 22. Transportation of Passengers and Household Goods|8-2.1-22-30. Amendment, Change, Suspension, or Revocation of Certificate or Permit

Sec. 30. (a) Any certificate or permit, upon application of the holder of the certificate or permit, in the discretion of the department, may be amended or revoked in whole or in part, or may, upon complaint or on the department's own initiative, after notice and hearing, be suspended, changed or revoked in whole or in part for willful failure to comply with any provision of this chapter, or with any lawful order or rule prescribed by the department, or with any term, condition, or limitation of the certificate or permit.(b) In any cause instituted by the department on its own initiative, the burden is on the carrier to show cause why the certificate or permit should not be suspended, changed, or revoked in whole or in part and the department, by its authorized representative, may introduce evidence in the hearing.As added by P.L.99-1989, SEC.13.
IN Code § 8-2.1-22-31 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 2.1. Motor Carrier Regulation|Chapter 22. Transportation of Passengers and Household Goods|8-2.1-22-31. Broker's License; Duration; Fee; Suspension or Revocation

Sec. 31. The department may suspend or revoke the license of any broker for any violation of this chapter or any rule issued under this chapter by the department. The fee for a broker's license is one hundred dollars ($100), which shall be paid at the time the application is made and shall be disposed of in the manner as other fees which are collected by the department. Any license so issued to any broker remains valid until surrendered or revoked.As added by P.L.99-1989, SEC.13. Amended by P.L.136-2018, SEC.81.