Connecticut General Statutes 13b-412 – Illegal reduction of rate
(a) Any carrier subject to the provisions of this chapter who, by means of false billing, false classification, false weighing or false report of weight, or by any other device or means, knowingly and wilfully assists or willingly permits any person to obtain transportation of household goods at less than the regular rates then established and in force on the line of transportation of such carrier, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars for each offense.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 13b-412
- Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
- Household goods: means personal effects and property used or to be used in a dwelling when a part of the equipment or supply of such dwelling. See Connecticut General Statutes 13b-387
- Person: means any individual, firm, copartnership, corporation, limited liability company, company or association or its lessees, trustees or receivers. See Connecticut General Statutes 13b-387
(b) Any person, corporation or company, as consignor or consignee, who engages to transport household goods, or any carrier subject to the provisions of this chapter, who knowingly and wilfully, by false billing, false classification, false weighing, false representation of the contents of the shipment or the substance of the household goods, false report of weight or false statement, or by any other device or means, with the consent or connivance of the carrier, obtains or attempts to obtain transportation for such household goods at less than the regular rates then established and in force on the line of transportation; or who knowingly and wilfully, by false statement or representation as to cost, value, nature or extent of injury, or by the use of any false bill, bill of lading, receipt, voucher, roll, account, claim, certificate, affidavit or deposition knowing the same to be false, fictitious or fraudulent, or to contain any false, fictitious or fraudulent statement or entry, obtains or attempts to obtain any allowance, refund or payment for damage or otherwise in connection with or growing out of the transportation of or agreement to transport such household goods, with the consent or connivance of the carrier, whereby the compensation of such carrier for such transportation, either before or after payment, is, in fact, made less than the regular rates then established and in force on the line of transportation, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars for each offense.
(c) If any such person, or any officer or agent of any such corporation or company, by payment of money or other thing of value, solicitation or otherwise, induces or attempts to induce any carrier subject to the provisions of this chapter, or any of its officers or agents, to discriminate unjustly in his or its favor as against any other consignor or consignee, in the transportation of household goods, or aids or abets any such carrier in any unjust discrimination, such person or such officer or agent of such corporation or company shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars for each offense; and such person, corporation or company shall, together with such carrier, be liable, jointly or severally, in an action to be brought by any consignor or consignee discriminated against for all damages resulting therefrom.