US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

                                  TITLE  61
                          PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION
                                  CHAPTER 3
                          DUTIES OF PUBLIC UTILITIES
    61-313.  SCHEDULE CHARGES ONLY PERMITTED. Except as in this act otherwise
provided, no public utility shall charge, demand, collect or receive a greater
or less or different compensation from any product or commodity furnished or
to be furnished or for any service rendered or to be rendered, than the rates,
tolls, rentals and charges applicable to such product or commodity or service
as specified in its schedules on file and in effect at the time, nor shall any
such public utility refund or remit, directly or indirectly, in any manner or
by any device, any portion of the rates, tolls, rentals and charges so
specified nor extended to any corporation or person any form of contract or
agreement or any rule or regulation of any facility or privilege except such
as are specified in such schedules and as are regularly and uniformly extended
to all corporations and persons: provided, that messages by telephone or
cable, subject to the provisions of this act, may be classified by the utility
into day, night, repeated, unrepeated, letter, commercial, press, government
and such other classes of messages: provided further, that nothing in this
chapter shall be construed to prevent telephone and cable companies from
entering into contract with common carriers for the exchange of service at
rates common to all common carriers of like class.