Indiana Code 8-2.1-22-25. Contract carriers; new service or reduced charge; hearing; suspension
(b) Upon complaint of interested parties or upon its own initiative at once and, if it so orders, without answer or other formal pleading by the interested party, but upon reasonable notice, the department may enter upon a hearing concerning the lawfulness of the charge, rule, or practice. Pending the hearing and the decision on the complaint, the department, by filing with the schedule and delivering to the carrier affected thereby a statement in writing of its reasons for the suspension, may from time to time suspend the operation of the schedule and defer the use of the charge, rule, regulation, or practice, but not for a longer period than one hundred eighty (180) days beyond the time when it would otherwise go into effect. After hearing, whether completed before or after the charge, or rule or practice goes into effect, the department may make the order with reference thereto as would be proper in a proceeding instituted after it had become effective.
Terms Used In Indiana Code 8-2.1-22-25
- Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
As added by P.L.99-1989, SEC.13. Amended by P.L.110-1995, SEC.20.