Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 38 - PUBLIC SERVICE REGULATION › Chapter 38.3 - MOTOR CARRIERS › Subchapter 38.3.27 - Tariffs - Rate Provisions › Rule 38.3.2701 - PUBLICATION OF RATES - FORMAT

Current through Register Vol. 13, July 5, 2024
(1) An explicit
				statement of the rates, in cents or in dollars and cents, per 100 pounds, per
				ton, or other unit, together with the names or designation of the places from
				and to which they apply, are to be included, all arranged in a simple and
				systematic manner. Complicated plans or ambiguous terms must not be
				used.
(2) Insofar as possible such
				rates should be subdivided into small sections (by items, index numbers, or
				similar method) to each of which should be assigned an identifying number to
				facilitate reference thereto.
(3)
				If all rates in a tariff are stated in the same unit, that fact may be
				indicated on the title page immediately in connection with the application of
				the tariff. Tariffs containing rates per ton must state that rates apply per
				ton of 2,000 pounds or per ton of 2,240 pounds as the case may be. Where rates
				are stated in amounts per package definite specifications of the packages on
				which such rates apply must be shown or reference must be made to the PSC
				number of a publication containing such specifications.
(4) A tariff may provide rates from or to
				designated points by the addition or deduction of arbitraries or differentials
				from or to rates shown therein from or to base points, but provision for the
				addition or deduction of arbitraries or differentials must be shown either in
				connection with the base rate or in a separate item which must specifically
				name the base point.
(5) A tariff
				also may contain through rates made by combination on a base point when the
				factors are subject to different minimum weights or other conditions which
				affect the measure of the charge, provided the base point is named, the factors
				are shown immediately in connection with each other, and the conditions to
				which each factor is subject are shown in connection with each factor, except
				that each factor may refer to the governing classification or exceptions for
				such conditions. When all the conditions governing the separate factors are the
				same, this method of publication must not be used.
(6) When articles are made subject to
				percentages of class rates (for example, 110 percent of first class, 83 1/3
				percent of fifth class, etc.), whether in a tariff of rates, a classification
				or exceptions thereto, the rates applicable under such provisions must be shown
				in the class tariffs just as if those percentages were additional numbered or
				lettered classes, or reference may be made to an appropriate table, published
				in the tariff containing the class rates, or in the exceptions to the
				classification, which will show in one column the class rate and in succeeding
				columns the figures representing the various percentages of class rates. Unless
				this is done, specific commodity rates must be published.
Sec.
					 69-12-201,
					 MCA; IMP, Title 69, Chapter 12, Part 5,
					 MCA;