327D.19 - DISCRIMINATION -- PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE.

        327D.19  DISCRIMINATION -- PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE.         The provisions of the following subsections shall constitute prima      facie evidence of undue and unjust discriminating rates, charges,      accommodations, collections or receipts.         1.  Charge, collect, or receive for the transportation of any      passenger or freight of any description upon its railroad, for any      distance within the state, a greater amount of toll or compensation      than is at the same time charged, collected or received for the      transportation in the same direction of any passenger or like      quantity of freight of the same class, over a greater distance of the      same railway; or         2.  Charge, collect, or receive at any point upon its road a      higher rate of toll or compensation for receiving, handling, or      delivering freight of the same class and quantity than it shall at      the same time charge, collect, or receive at any other point upon the      same railway; or         3.  Charge, collect, or receive for the transportation of any      passenger or freight of any description over its railway a greater      amount as toll or compensation than shall at the same time be      charged, collected, or received by it for the transportation of any      passenger or like quantity of freight of the same class being      transported in the same direction over any portion of the same      railway of equal distance; or         4.  Charge, collect, or receive from any person a higher or      greater amount of toll or compensation than it shall at the same time      charge, collect, or receive from any other person for receiving,      handling, or delivering freight of the same class and like quantity      at the same point upon its railway; or         5.  Charge, collect, or receive from any person for the      transportation of any freight upon its railway a higher or greater      rate of toll or compensation than it shall at the same time charge,      collect, or receive from any other person or persons for the      transportation of the like quantity of freight of the same class      being transported from the same point in the same direction over      equal distances of the same railway; or         6.  Charge, collect, or receive from any person for the use and      transportation of any railway car or cars upon its railroad for any      distance, a greater amount of toll or compensation than is at the      same time charged, collected, or received from any other person for      the use and transportation of any railway car of the same class or      number, for a like purpose, being transported in the same direction      over a greater distance of the same railway; or         7.  Charge, collect, or receive from any person for the use and      transportation of any railway car upon its railway a higher or      greater compensation in the aggregate than it shall, at the same      time, charge, collect, or receive from any other person for the use      and transportation of any railway car of the same class for a like      purpose, being transported from the same original point in the same      direction, over an equal distance of the same railway; or         8.  Charge any undue or unjust discriminatory rates, charges,      accommodations, collections or receipts whether made directly or      indirectly by means of a rebate or other method.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [C97, § 2145; S13, § 2145; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 8055; C46,      50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, § 479.20; C77, 79, 81, § 327D.19]         Referred to in § 327D.40