Alabama Administrative Code › Title 770 - ALABAMA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 770-X-10 - MOTOR CARRIER GENERAL ORDERS AND REGULATIONS PAMPHLET NO. 2003 › Section 770-X-10-.07 - Credit

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) No common
					carrier shall deliver or relinquish possession at destination of any property
					transported by it in intrastate commerce until all tariff rates and charges
					thereon have been paid, except under the following conditions:
(a) The carrier shall take precautions deemed
					by it to be sufficient to assure payment of the tariff rates and charges within
					the credit period herein specified before relinquishing possession of the
					property transported.
(b) The
					carrier shall not, prior to receiving payment of the tariff rates and charges,
					relinquish possession of property to or for a person who has not, within the
					credit period herein specified, paid the tariff rates and charges on other
					property transported.
(c) A carrier
					who elects to relinquish possession of property transported prior to receiving
					payment of all tariff rates and charges thereon shall do so to all who request
					it, without discrimination, unless such carrier notifies such person of
					reasonable cause to decline to extend credit.
(d) Payment of the tariff rates and charges
					shall not be deferred beyond seven (7) days after delivery or after
					presentation of the freight bill for the shipment, whichever is
					later.
(e) The credit period shall
					run from the first 12 O'clock midnight following delivery or presentation of
					the freight bill, whichever is later, and Sundays and legal holidays shall be
					excluded.
(f) Freight bills for all
					transportation charges shall be presented to the party responsible for paying
					the charges within seven (7) calendar days from the first 12 O'clock midnight
					following delivery of the freight, and within ten (10) calendar days from the
					first 12 O'clock midnight following tender and acceptance of goods for
					shipping.
(g) Shippers or
					consignees may elect to have their freight bills presented by means of the
					United States Mail and when the mail service is so used the time of mailing by
					the carrier shall be deemed to be the time of presentation of the
					bills.
(h) The mailing by the
					shipper or consignee of valid checks, drafts, or money orders, which are
					satisfactory to the carrier, in payment of freight charges within the credit
					period allowed such shipper or consignee, may be deemed to be the collection of
					the tariff rates and charges within the credit period for the purpose of these
					rules.
(i) Notwithstanding Sections
					(d), (e), and (f) of this rule, freight bills for transportation of materials
					by dump truck and/or dump trailer may be presented no later than the tenth day
					of the calendar month following the calendar month in which the materials were
					delivered. If this billing method is used, the transportation charges shall be
					collected on or before the twentieth day of the calendar month in which
					presentation of the freight bill or bills is made.
(j) This rule shall not apply to credit
					extended to the Federal or State Governments or political subdivisions or
					agencies thereof.