2005 Minnesota Statutes - 221.171 — Compensation of permit carrier fixed.

     221.171 Compensation of permit carrier fixed. 


    Subdivision 1.    Compensation fixed by schedule on file. 
  No permit carrier shall charge or receive a greater, lesser, 
 or different compensation for the transportation of persons or 
 property or for related service, than the rates and charges 
 named in the carrier's schedule on file and in effect with the 
 commissioner including any rate fixed by the commissioner under 
 section 221.161; nor shall a permit carrier refund or remit in 
 any manner or by any device, directly or indirectly, the rates 
 and charges required to be collected by the carrier under the 
 carrier's schedules or under the rates, if any, fixed by the 
 commissioner. 


    Subd. 2.    Exemptions; household goods.  (a) A person 
 engaged in the transportation of household goods for the federal 
 government or an agency of the federal government or the 
 transportation of household goods for the state government or an 
 agency of the state government where competitive bids are 
 required by law is exempt from subdivision 1.  


    (b) A person engaged in the transportation of household 
 goods at the request of a nonprofit charitable organization that 
 qualifies for tax exemption under section 501(c)(3) of the 
 Internal Revenue Code is exempt from subdivision 1 when the 
 transportation is in furtherance of the organization's 
 charitable purpose.  A person engaged in the transportation of 
 household goods for a charitable organization may conduct the 
 transportation without restriction to the geographic area the 
 carrier is authorized to serve under section 221.121. 


    HIST: Ex1957 c 17 s 17; 1965 c 523 s 6; 1971 c 25 s 67; 1976 c 
 166 s 85; 1980 c 534 s 71; 1983 c 371 s 32; 1986 c 444; 2001 c 
 213 s 30; 2005 c 12 s 1