(A) The commission shall regulate every motor carrier in this State and fix or approve the rates, fares, charges, classifications, and regulations pertaining to each motor carrier, except as provided in Section 58-23-20. The rates once established remain in effect until such time when the commission determines the rates are unreasonable. The commission may approve joint rates, local rates, and rate agreements between two or more motor carriers relating to rates, classifications, allowances, and charges agreed to and published by individuals, firms, corporations, or the South Carolina Tariff Bureau. Any of these agreements when approved by the commission are not in violation of Section 39-3-10.
(B) As to holders of a certificate C, the commission shall fix a maximum rate only.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-1461; 1952 Code Section 58-1461; 1942 Code Section 8516; 1932 Code Section 8516; 1925 (34) 252; 1977 Act No. 116; 1989 Act No. 184, Section 7, eff June 8, 1989; 2006 Act No. 318, Section 153, eff May 24, 2006.