Kansas Statutes Chapter 66. Public Utilities § 66-1,112. Authority of commission to regulate public motor carriers; rate-making procedures; exemption from state antitrust laws, when

(a) The commission is hereby vested with power and authority and it shall be its duty to license, supervise and regulate every public motor carrier of property, of household goods or of passengers in this state, to the full extent not preempted by federal law, including fixing and approving reasonable maximum or minimum, or maximum and minimum rates, fares, charges, classifications and rules and regulations pertaining to the transportation of household goods or passengers as defined in 49 U.S.C. § 13102. The commission shall prescribe rules and regulations related to uniform cargo liability, uniform bills of lading, uniform cargo credit and antitrust immunity for joint-line rates and routes, classifications and mileage guides. The commission is hereby vested with power and authority and it shall be its duty to license, supervise and regulate every public motor carrier transporting property, household goods or passengers in this state, and to regulate and supervise the accounts, schedules, service and method of operation of same; and to supervise and regulate public motor carriers transporting property, household goods or passengers in all matters affecting the relationship between such public motor carriers of property, of household goods or of passengers and the traveling and shipping public.

(b) The commission shall have power and authority, by general order or otherwise, to prescribe reasonable and necessary rules and regulations governing all such motor carriers. All laws relating to the powers, duties, authority and jurisdiction of the corporation commission over common carriers are hereby made applicable to all such motor carriers except as herein otherwise specifically provided.

(c) In order to insure nondiscriminatory, nonpreferential and just and reasonable rates, joint rates, fares, tolls, charges and exactions for all shippers, the commission shall establish rate-making procedures for all holders of a certificate of convenience and necessity, including collective rate-making procedures for joint consideration, initiation and establishment of such rates and charges for transporting household goods or passengers as defined in 49 U.S.C. § 13102. The commission shall prescribe reasonable rules and regulations related to uniform cargo liability, uniform bills of lading, uniform cargo credit and antitrust immunity for joint-line rates and routes, classifications and mileage guides. Joint and collective rate-making shall be limited to:

(d) The provisions of K.S.A. 50-101 et seq., and amendments thereto, shall not apply to the activities and procedures of persons, groups, agencies, bureaus or other entities where such activities and procedures have received approval by order of the commission under this statute.