West Virginia Code 24A-3-5 – Undue preference prohibited
Every contract carrier by motor vehicle is hereby forbidden to give or cause any undue or unreasonable advantage or preference to those whom it serves as compared with the patrons of any common carrier by motor vehicle as that term is used in this chapter, or the patrons of any other common carrier, or to subject the patrons of any such common carriers to any undue or unreasonable discrimination or disadvantage; or by unfair competition to destroy or impair the service or business of any common carrier by motor vehicle, or of any other common carrier, or the integrity of the state's regulation of any such service or business; and, to the end that the said commission may enforce these provisions, each such contract carrier by motor vehicle shall maintain on file with the commission a statement of its charges, and of such other matters as the commission may require.
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 24A-3-5
- Commission: means the Public Service Commission of West Virginia. See West Virginia Code 24A-1-2
- Common carrier by motor vehicle: means any person who undertakes, whether directly or by lease or any other arrangement, to transport passengers or property, or any class or classes of property, for the general public over the highways of this state by motor vehicles for hire, whether over regular or irregular routes, including such motor vehicle operations of carriers by rail, water, or air, and of express or forwarding agencies, and leased or rented motor vehicles, with or without drivers. See West Virginia Code 24A-1-2
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Contract carrier by motor vehicle: means any person not included within the definition of "common carrier by motor vehicle" who under special and individual contracts or agreements, and whether directly or by lease or any other arrangement, transports passengers or property over the highways in this state by motor vehicles for hire. See West Virginia Code 24A-1-2
- Motor vehicle: means , and includes, any automobile, truck, tractor, truck-tractor, trailer, semitrailer, motorbus, taxicab, any self-propelling motor-driven motor vehicle, or any combination thereof used upon any public highway in this state for the purpose of transporting persons or property. See West Virginia Code 24A-1-2