House Journal: Page 1211: Tuesday, April 22, 2003
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1 United States department of transportation regulation
2 shall be granted without hearing upon application and
3 payment of a twenty-five-dollar filing fee and an
4 annual one-dollar fee per vehicle.
5 Sec. . Section 327B.7, Code 2003, is amended to
6 read as follows:
7 327B.7 RECIPROCITY FOR EXEMPT COMMODITY BASE STATE
8 REGISTRATION SYSTEM.
9 The department may enter into a reciprocity
10 agreement on behalf of this state with authorized
11 representatives of other states to become a member of
12 an exempt commodity base state registration system for
13 the registration, insurance verification, and fee
14 collection for carriers hauling commodities exempt
15 from interstate commerce commission United States
16 department of transportation authority.
17 Sec. . Section 327C.22, Code 2003, is amended
18 to read as follows:
19 327C.22 INTERSTATE FREIGHT RATES.
20 The department shall exercise constant diligence to
21 ascertain the rates, charges, rules, and practices of
22 common carriers operating in this state, in relation
23 to the transportation of freight in interstate
24 business. When it shall ascertain from any source or
25 have reasonable grounds to believe that the rates
26 charged on such interstate business or the rules or
27 practices in relation thereto discriminate unjustly
28 against any of the citizens, industries, interests, or
29 localities of the state, or place any of them at an
30 unreasonable disadvantage as compared with those of
31 other states, or are in violation of the laws of the
32 United States regulating commerce, or in conflict with
33 the rulings, orders, or regulations of the interstate
34 commerce commission surface transportation board, the
35 department shall take the necessary steps to prevent
36 the continuance of such rates, rules, or practices.
37 Sec. . Section 327C.23, Code 2003, is amended
38 to read as follows:
39 327C.23 APPLICATION TO INTERSTATE COMMERCE
40 COMMISSION SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD.
41 When any common carrier has put in force any rates,
42 rules, or practices in relation to interstate freight
43 business, in violation of the laws of the United
44 States regulating commerce, or of the orders, rules,
45 or regulations of the interstate commerce commission
46 surface transportation board, or shall unjustly
47 discriminate against any of the citizens, industries,
48 interests, or localities of the state, the department
49 shall present the material facts involved in such
50 violations or discrimination to the interstate
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