Kan. Admin. Regs. § 82-4-68 - Collective rate-making agreements

(a) Motor carriers of household goods and passengers may enter into an agreement with one or more of these carriers concerning rates, allowances, classifications, divisions, or rules related to them or procedures for joint consideration, initiation, or establishment of them. The agreement and all amendments shall be submitted to the commission for approval by the carriers that are parties to the agreement and shall be approved by the commission upon a finding that the agreement fulfills the requirements of K.S.A. 66-1,112, and amendments thereto, and the regulations of the commission. The agreement shall be administered by an organization designated by the carriers who are parties to the agreement.

(b) The agreement shall contain, at a minimum, provisions for the following:

(1) Election of rate commitees and procedures for appointments to fill vacancies;

(2) initiation of rate proposals;

(3) recordkeeping;

(4) tariff participation fees for services;

(5) open meetings;

(6) quorum standards;

(7) proxy voting by members;

(8) role of employees in docketing proposals;

(9) notice of docket proposals and rate commitee hearings;

(10) voting on rate proposals by member carriers;

(11) right of independent action;

(12) docketing of independent action;

(13) the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of carriers who are parties to the agreement;

(14) the names and addresses of each of its affiliates and of officers and directors of the carriers who are parties to the agreement;

(15) the carriers' motor carrier identification number assigned by the commission;

(16) the name, address, and telephone number of the organization that will administer the agreement;

(17) final disposition of cases docketed;

(18) prohibitions of the organization from protesting carrier proposals;

(19) amendments to the agreement; and

(20) powers of attorney.

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Kan. Admin. Regs. § 82-4-68

Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 66-1,112; effective, T-83-45, Dec. 8, 1982; effective May 1, 1983; amended Jan. 4, 1999; amended by Kansas Register Volume 38, No. 28; effective 7/26/2019.