2016 US Code
Title 49 - Transportation
Subtitle IV - Interstate Transportation
Part B - Motor Carriers, Water Carriers, Brokers, and Freight Forwarders
Chapter 137 - Rates and Through Routes
Sec. 13713 - Food and grocery transportation

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Citation 49 U.S.C. § 13713 (2016)
Section Name §13713. Food and grocery transportation
Section Text

(a) Certain Compensation Prohibited.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, it shall not be unlawful for a seller of food and grocery products using a uniform zone delivered pricing system to compensate a customer who picks up purchased food and grocery products at the shipping point of the seller if such compensation is available to all customers of the seller on a nondiscriminatory basis and does not exceed the actual cost to the seller of delivery to such customer.

(b) Sense of Congress.—It is the sense of the Congress that any savings accruing to a customer by reason of compensation permitted by subsection (a) of this section should be passed on to the ultimate consumer.

Source Credit

(Added Pub. L. 104–88, title I, §103, Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 879.)

Editorial Notes PRIOR PROVISIONS

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 10732 of this title prior to the general amendment of this subtitle by Pub. L. 104–88, §102(a).

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 49 - TRANSPORTATION
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 49 - TRANSPORTATION
SUBTITLE IV - INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION
PART B - MOTOR CARRIERS, WATER CARRIERS, BROKERS, AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
CHAPTER 137 - RATES AND THROUGH ROUTES
Sec. 13713 - Food and grocery transportation
Contains section 13713
Date 2016
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 6, 2017
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large Reference 109 Stat. 879
Public Law References Public Law 104-88
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