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§168.  Consideration to shipper prohibited; rebates; deviation from rate prescribed by commission; penalties

A.  No motor carrier, owner of a certificate or permit, his agent or employee, directly or indirectly, shall offer, permit, or give to any person, directly or indirectly, any commission or other consideration to induce such person to deliver property to be transported; nor shall any shipper, consignee, his agent, or employee receive from any motor carrier, directly or indirectly, any commission or consideration as an inducement to secure the transportation of any property.

B.(1)(a)  It shall be unlawful for any motor carrier operating under the jurisdiction of the Louisiana Public Service Commission to charge, demand, collect, or receive a greater, lesser, or different compensation for transportation or for any service in connection therewith between the points enumerated in such tariffs or contracts than the rates, fares, and charges specified in the tariffs or contracts in effect; and

(b)  No such carrier shall refund or remit in any manner or by any device, directly or indirectly, or through any agent or broker or otherwise, any portion of the rates, fares, or charges so specified, or extend to any person any privileges or facilities for transportation in intrastate commerce; and

(2)  Likewise it shall be unlawful for any shipper or consignee or his agent, servant, representative, or employee to ask for or receive a greater, lesser, or different compensation for transportation or for any service in connection therewith between the points enumerated in such tariffs or contracts than the rates, fares, and charges specified in the tariffs or contracts in effect.

C.  REPEALED BY ACTS 1990, NO. 165, §2.

D.  Each transaction proscribed in this Section shall constitute a separate offense.

Acts 1960, No. 450, §1; Acts 1984, No. 819, §1; Acts 1990, No. 165, §2.