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2018 Georgia Code 46-9-252 | Car Wreck Lawyer

TITLE 46 PUBLIC UTILITIES AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

Section 9. Transportation of Freight and Passengers Generally, 46-9-1 through 46-9-332.

ARTICLE 8 MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES

46-9-252. Overcharging by officers, agents, or other employees of common carriers.

Any officer, agent, or other employee of a common carrier who charges a rate for transporting freight or passengers which is in excess of the rates established by the commission shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Ga. L. 1865-66, p. 237, § 1; Code 1868, § 4513; Code 1873, § 4603; Code 1882, § 4603; Penal Code 1895, § 681; Penal Code 1910, § 730; Code 1933, § 18-9913.)

Cross references.

- Authority of General Assembly regarding regulation of public utility rates, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. III, Sec. VI, Para. V.

Prohibition against rebates, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. III, Sec. VI, Para. VI.

General prohibition against unjust discrimination in freight-transportation rates by common carriers, § 46-9-52.

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 13 Am. Jur. 2d, Carriers, § 157.

C.J.S.

- 13 C.J.S., Carriers, §§ 354, 355.

ALR.

- Who may maintain action to recover back excessive freight charge, 13 A.L.R. 289.

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