Subdivision 1. Filing; inspection. A household goods warehouse operator must file with the department and keep open for public inspection a printed schedule of rates and charges complying with subdivision 2. All tariffs of rates and charges must contain terms and conditions under which the rates and charges are assessed.
Subd. 2. Rate-making procedure. In order to ensure nondiscriminatory rates and charges for all depositors of household goods, the commissioner shall establish a collective rate-making procedure which will ensure the publication and maintenance of just and reasonable rates and charges under uniform, reasonably related rate structures. These procedures must provide for the joint consideration, initiation, and establishment of rates and charges and ensure that the respective revenues and expenses of household goods warehouse operators are ascertained. Any participating household goods warehouse operator party to a collectively mandated rate or charge has the right to petition the commissioner for the establishment of a rate or charge which deviates from the collectively set rate. Upon receiving the commissioner's approval, that household goods warehouse operator may proceed to establish the requested rate or charge. All household goods warehouse operators subject to rate regulation under this chapter must comply with the commissioner's rate-making procedures. No household goods warehouse operator shall undertake to perform any service or store any household goods until a schedule of rates has been filed and published in accordance with this chapter. In case of emergency, however, a service or storage not specifically covered by the schedules filed, may be performed or furnished at a reasonable rate, which must then be promptly filed, and which is subject to review in accordance with this chapter.
(5184) 1915 c 210 s 13; 1971 c 25 s 67; 1983 c 300 s 24; 1986 c 444; 1993 c 212 s 2; 1999 c 110 s 6; 2005 c 92 s 7
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 223 - 236A — Farm Products, Commercial Practices
Section 231.035 — Inspection Authority.
Section 231.04 — Department To Enforce Warehouse Law.
Section 231.08 — Warehouse Operator And Household Goods Warehouse Operator Requirements.
Section 231.09 — Uniform Receipt Issuance.
Section 231.11 — Schedule Of Rates; Storing Household Goods.
Section 231.12 — Change Of Rates; Storing Household Goods.
Section 231.13 — Charging More Or Less Than The Published Rate; Storing Household Goods.
Section 231.14 — Discrimination In Rates; Storing Household Goods.
Section 231.15 — Rates For Storage Of Household Goods.
Section 231.16 — Warehouse Operator Or Household Goods Warehouse Operator License.
Section 231.17 — Bonds Of Warehouse Operators; Legal Liability Insurance.
Section 231.18 — Claims Against A Bond.
Section 231.24 — Complaint That Rate Is Unreasonable; Duty Of Department.
Section 231.28 — Failure To Obey Order Or Law.
Section 231.32 — Proceedings In The Name Of The State.
Section 231.34 — Action On Bond In The Name Of The State.
Section 231.36 — Falsification Or Destruction Of Accounts.
Section 231.37 — Penalty For Divulging Information.
Section 231.375 — Opening Or Abandoning Warehouse Building.
Section 231.38 — Penalty For Transacting Business Without A License.