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[CITE: 49USC13708]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                 SUBTITLE IV--INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION
 
 PART B--MOTOR CARRIERS, WATER CARRIERS, BROKERS, AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
 
                  CHAPTER 137--RATES AND THROUGH ROUTES
 
Sec. 13708. Billing and collecting practices

    (a) Disclosure.--A motor carrier subject to jurisdiction under 
subchapter I of chapter 135 shall disclose, when a document is presented 
or electronically transmitted for payment to the person responsible 
directly to the motor carrier for payment or agent of such responsible 
person, the actual rates, charges, or allowances for any transportation 
service and shall also disclose, at such time, whether and to whom any 
allowance or reduction in charges is made.
    (b) False or Misleading Information.--No person may cause a motor 
carrier to present false or misleading information on a document about 
the actual rate, charge, or allowance to any party to the transaction.
    (c) Allowances for Services.--When the actual rate, charge, or 
allowance is dependent upon the performance of a service by a party to 
the transportation arrangement, such as tendering a volume of freight 
over a stated period of time, the motor carrier shall indicate in any 
document presented for payment to the person responsible directly to the 
motor carrier that a reduction, allowance, or other adjustment may 
apply.

(Added Pub. L. 104-88, title I, Sec. 103, Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 873.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in 
section 10767 of this title prior to the general amendment of this 
subtitle by Pub. L. 104-88, Sec. 102(a).
