Indiana Administrative Code › Title 45 - DEPARTMENT OF STATE REVENUE › Article 16 - PETROLEUM SEVERANCE TAX › Rule 3 - Motor Carrier Freight Tariffs and Classifications › Section 3-29 - Publication, notice of filing and posting of schedules

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-2.1-18-6
Affected: IC 8-2.1-18
Sec. 29.
PUBLICATION, FILING AND POSTING OF SCHEDULES.
(a) Contract carriers must file schedules.
				Except as otherwise provided in these regulations and except to the extent that
				the Commission grants relief from the requirements of the Act for filing
				schedules every contract carrier shall publish and file in its own name
				schedules clearly and explicitly stating minimum rates and charges (see Note A)
				covering the services which it performs, together with rules, regulations and
				practices affecting those rates and charges or the value of the service
				thereunder.
NOTE A-Rates shall be stated in cents or in dollars per 100
				  pounds, per mile, per hour, per ton of 2,000 pounds, per ton of 2,240 pounds,
				  per truckload of specified amount or per other defined unit.
(b) Agency or joint schedules prohibited. A
				contract carrier may not participate in a tariff or schedule issued by another
				carrier or by an agent except that it may participate under power of attorney
				in an agency publication containing highway distances, in an agency publication
				containing rate basis numbers, and in an agency publication containing the
				Hazardous Materials Regulations promulgated by the Department of Transportation
				to govern the transportation of explosives or other dangerous articles. (See
				Rule 3.)
(c) Number of copies
				filed. Issuing carriers shall file with the Commission three (3) copies of each
				schedule, supplement, or revised page of a schedule, and for the Commission's
				confidential file, one copy of each contract. All copies shall be included in
				one package accompanied by a letter of transmittal (in duplicate if a receipt
				is desired) listing the publications enclosed, which shall be addressed to the
				Public Service Commission of Indiana, Transportation Tariff Bureau, 901 State
				Office Building, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204. Such letter of transmittal must
				give a full and detailed explanation of the reason or reasons for such changes
				of rates or rules. All postage and other charges must be Prepaid. The
				Commission may decline to accept for filing any publication which is not
				accompanied by a letter of transmittal.
(d) Letters of Transmittal.
(1) Each letter of transmittal shall be on
				paper either 8 x 10 1/2 inches or 8 1/2 x 11 inches in size and in form
				substantially as follows:
___________________ (Correct Name of Carrier)
___________________ (Permit or Docket No.)
___________________ (Complete Address)
___________________ (Date)
Transmittal No. __________
The accompanying contract carrier schedule is sent to you for
				  filing in compliance with the requirements of the Motor
Carrier Act, issued by _____ , and bearing P.S.C.I. No. _____
				  ; or Supplement No. _____ to P.S.C.I. No. _____ effective
_____ .
The following contracts or amendments to contracts with
				  shippers for the transportation of property are sent to you for filing in
				  compliance with the Regulations of the Commission. ________________________
				  ______________________
Name and address of shipper (Effective date of contract)
________________________ ______________________
Name and address of shipper (Effective date of contract)
________________________ ______________________
Name and address of shipper (Effective date of contract)
Signed ___________________________
Title _________________________
(2) Each letter of transmittal shall bear the
				signature of the person issuing the schedule, except that it may bear the
				signature of the carrier's representative authorized to file schedules with the
				Commission, provided that a letter of authorization in the form set forth in
				this subparagraph accompanies the letter of transmittal or has been previously
				submitted and is effective in the Commission's files. A carrier may have in
				effect in the Commission's files at any time, one, and only one, such letter of
				authorization. The Commission may decline to accept for filing any schedule not
				accompanied by a properly signed letter of transmittal.
LETTER OF AUTHORIZATION TO FILE SCHEDULES OF CONTRACT
				  CARRIERS
__________________________
(Complete name of carrier)
Permit or Docket No. _____
__________________________
__________________________
(Complete Address)
Date ________________
TO THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF INDIANA
901 STATE OFFICE BUILDING INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA 46204 This is
				  to certify that
(Name and address of individual authorized to act) is hereby
				  authorized to sign letters of transmittal and transmit to the Commission
				  thereunder for filing in compliance with the Motor Carrier Act, as amended,
				  schedules and supplements thereto issued in the name and P.S.C.I. series of the
				  carrier named herein, and contracts or amendments to contracts.
All such schedules and supplements are to be considered the
				  official filings of the carrier named herein when tendered for filing by the
				  individual named in the first paragraph hereof.
Name of Carrier ____________________
By ____________________
Verification:
The above statement was subscribed and sworn to before me
				  this _____ day of _____ , 19 _____ .
___________________
Notary Public
(3) A separate letter of transmittal may
				accompany each schedule and each contract or the form may be modified to
				provide for filing with one letter as many schedules, supplements to schedules
				and contracts or amendments to contracts as can be conveniently listed. If
				receipt for the schedules or contracts is desired, letters of transmittal must
				be sent in duplicate and one copy showing the date of receipt by the Commission
				will be returned to the sender.