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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>366527</law_id><section_number>5.1-127</section_number><catch_line>Prescribing divisions of joint rates</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="9" identifier="5.1">Aviation</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="12" identifier="9">Air Carriers</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="8" identifier="8">Through Routes, Service, Rates, Etc</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Whenever, after <span class="dictionary">hearing</span>, upon complaint or upon its own initiative, the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> is of <span class="dictionary">opinion</span> that the divisions of joint rates, fares or charges, applicable to the transportation of passengers or property by common or restricted common carriers by <span class="dictionary">aircraft</span> or by such carriers in conjunction with common carriers by railroad, motor vehicle, express and/or water are or will be unjust, unreasonable, inequitable, or unduly preferential or prejudicial as between the carriers parties thereto (whether agreed upon by such carriers, or any of them, or otherwise established), the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall by <span class="dictionary">order</span> prescribe the just, reasonable, and <span class="dictionary">equitable</span> divisions thereof to be received by the several carriers. In cases where the joint rate, fare, or charge was established pursuant to a <span class="dictionary">finding</span> or <span class="dictionary">order</span> of the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> and the divisions thereof are found by it to have been unjust, unreasonable, or inequitable, or unduly preferential or prejudicial, the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> may also by <span class="dictionary">order</span> determine what would have been the just, reasonable, and <span class="dictionary">equitable</span> divisions thereof to be received by the several carriers, and require adjustment to be made in accordance therewith. The <span class="dictionary">order</span> of the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> may require the adjustment of divisions between the carriers, in accordance with the <span class="dictionary">order</span>, from the date of filing the complaint or entry of <span class="dictionary">order</span> of investigation or such other date subsequent as the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> finds justified and, in the case of joint rates prescribed by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>, the <span class="dictionary">order</span> as to divisions may be made effective as a part of the original <span class="dictionary">order</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 56-182; 1970, c. 708.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
