Unreasonable or discriminatory rates or charges; complaint; investigation by commission

66-154a. Unreasonable or discriminatory rates or charges; complaint; investigation by commission. No common carrier shall charge, demand or receive from any person, company or corporation an unreasonable, unfair, unjust or unjustly discriminatory or unduly preferential rate or charge for the transportation of property, or for hauling or storing of freight, or for use of its cars, or for any service afforded by it in the transaction of its business as a common carrier; and upon complaint in writing made to the corporation commission that an unfair, unjust, unreasonable or unjustly discriminatory or unduly preferential rate or charge has been exacted, such commission shall investigate such complaint, and if sustained, shall make a certificate under its seal setting forth what is, and what would have been, a reasonable and just rate or charge for the service rendered, which shall be prima facie evidence of the matter therein stated. History: L. 1929, ch. 223, § 1; L. 2005, ch. 21, § 5; July 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Act construed and held constitutional except retroactive feature. State, ex rel., v. Public Service Comm., 135 Kan. 491, 492, 11 P.2d 999. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Documents USEFUL LINKS Session Laws Kansas Administrative Regulations OTHER LEGISLATIVE SITES Kansas Legislature Administrative Services Division of Post Audit Research Department Contact Us PDF Help www.ksrevisor.gov 2026