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AR Code § 23-1-113 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 23-1-113. Indeterminate permits granted under Acts 1919, No. 571

 (a) All indeterminate permits and any rights, powers, privileges, or immunities thereunder, granted to, received by, or otherwise acquired by public utilities pursuant to authority granted by or under the provisions of Acts 1919, No. 571, are expressly declared to be assignable.  (b) All assignments and transfers of such indeterminate permits, or of any right, power, privilege, or immunity existing under or created by Acts 1919, No. 571, made by the holders or owners of such permits prior to June 13, 1929, are declared to be valid and effective.  (c)  (1) Neither the adoption of this section nor anything contained in it shall be construed or understood to mean that such indeterminate permits or the rights, powers, privileges, or immunities created or existing under Acts 1919, No. 571, were not assignable and transferable prior to the adoption of this section.  (2) This section shall not be construed as relieving any public utility from the terms of any existing contract or as enlarging or increasing in any manner any right or privilege granted under any indeterminate permit or franchise.
AR Code § 23-1-114 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 23-1-114. Civil sanctions for violation of Acts 1919, No. 571, and Acts 1921, No. 124

 (a) Upon a finding by the Arkansas Public Service Commission that any jurisdictional water, gas, telephone, or electric public utility by agent or otherwise has knowingly, willfully, and purposefully violated any of the provisions of this act, the commission shall assess a civil sanction of one thousand dollars ($1,000) on that utility. Each instance of violation shall constitute a separate violation. However, in case of a continued violation, each day's continuance shall not be deemed to be a separate and distinct violation.  (b) The power and authority of the commission to impose these civil sanctions are not to be affected by any other civil or criminal proceeding concerning the same violation, nor shall the imposition of the civil sanction preclude the commission from imposing other sanctions which are provided for by law.  (c) The proceeds from the civil sanctions imposed under this section shall be deposited into the State Treasury as special revenues and credited to the Public Service Commission Fund.  (d) The imposition of a civil sanction under this section is subject to review by the commission and by the Court of Appeals in the manner provided by §§ 23-2-422 — 23-2-424.
AR Code § 23-1-115 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 23-1-115. Citizens band radio equipment

 (a)  (1) Citizens band radio equipment shall not be used unless that equipment is certified by the Federal Communications Commission.  (2) Citizens band radio equipment shall not be operated on a frequency between twenty-four megahertz (24 MHz) and thirty-five megahertz (35 MHz) without authorization from the commission.    (b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect any radio station that is licensed by the commission under 47 U.S.C. § 301.  (c)  (1) A first violation of this section is a violation punishable by a fine of one hundred dollars ($100).  (2) A second or subsequent violation of this section is a violation punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).
AR Code § 23-14-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 14 - Arkansas Air Commerce Act|§ 23-14-101. Title

 This chapter shall be known and cited as the “Arkansas Air Commerce Act”.
AR Code § 23-14-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 14 - Arkansas Air Commerce Act|§ 23-14-102. Definitions

 As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   (1) “Air commerce” means the carriage by aircraft of persons or property, or any class or classes thereof, including express, for compensation or hire in intrastate commerce in this state, including the carriage by aircraft of persons or property which move partly by aircraft and partly by other forms of transportation;  (2) “Aircraft” means any contrivance invented, used, or designed for the navigation of or flight in the air;  (3) “Common carrier by aircraft” means any person that holds itself out to the general public, whether directly or indirectly or by a lease or any other arrangement, over regular routes, to engage in air commerce. It shall include any person that, under individual contracts or agreements, engages in regular operation of one (1) or more aircraft for the transportation of passengers or property for compensation;  (4) [Repealed.]  (5) “Overcharges” means charges for transportation service in excess of those applicable thereto under the tariffs lawfully on file with the department;  (6) “Person” means any individual, firm, copartnership, corporation, company, association, joint-stock association, or body politic and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee, or other similar representative thereof; and  (7) The “services” and “transportation” to which this chapter applies includes all aircraft operated by, for, or in the interest of any common carrier by aircraft irrespective of ownership or of contract, express or implied, together with all facilities and property operated or controlled by any such carrier and used in air commerce or in the performance of any service in connection therewith.
AR Code § 23-14-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 14 - Arkansas Air Commerce Act|§ 23-14-103. Exemptions

 Nothing in this chapter shall apply to or be construed or held to apply to:   (1) The transportation or handling of United States mail; or  (2) Any common carrier by aircraft which the Arkansas Department of Transportation shall by order determine to be engaged mainly and principally in interstate commerce and whose intrastate business is incidental to its interstate business, if the department finds that its operations are conducted pursuant to a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the Federal Aviation Administration or any other governmental agency successor thereto.
AR Code § 23-14-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 14 - Arkansas Air Commerce Act|§ 23-14-104. Penalties

 (a) A person, including any officer, agent, or employee of a corporation, that violates any provision of this chapter or fails to comply with any order, decision, or rule issued by the Arkansas Department of Transportation is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.  (b) Each day's violation of this chapter or any of the terms or conditions of any such order, decision, or rule shall constitute a separate offense.
AR Code § 23-14-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 14 - Arkansas Air Commerce Act|§ 23-14-105. Compliance with chapter required

 No person shall engage in air commerce except in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
AR Code § 23-14-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 14 - Arkansas Air Commerce Act|§ 23-14-106. Control, supervision, and regulation by department

 A person engaging in air commerce is declared to be subject to control, supervision, and regulation by the Arkansas Department of Transportation.
AR Code § 23-14-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 14 - Arkansas Air Commerce Act|§ 23-14-107. Duties and powers of department

 (a) Administration and Enforcement. It shall be the duty of the Arkansas Department of Transportation to administer the provisions of this chapter, and to that end the department shall have authority to make and amend such general or special rules and regulations and to issue such orders as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.  (b) Jurisdiction Over Common Carriers by Aircraft. So far as may be necessary for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter, the department shall have general supervision and regulation of and jurisdiction and control over common carriers by aircraft.  (c) Complaints and Investigation. The department may investigate, either upon complaint or upon its own initiative, as to whether any common carrier by aircraft has failed to comply with any provision of this chapter or with any order, rule, regulation, or requirement issued or established pursuant thereto and after notice and hearing take appropriate action to compel compliance therewith.  (d) Joint Hearings and Cooperation. The department is authorized to confer with or to hold joint hearings with any authorities of any state or of the United States Government, having jurisdiction with respect to matters involving common carriers by aircraft, in connection with any matter arising under this chapter. The department is also authorized to avail itself of the cooperation, services, records, and facilities of such authorities as fully as may be practicable in the enforcement or administration of any provision of this chapter.  (e) Interstate Rates and Service. When the interstate rates, fares, charges, or classifications of common carriers by aircraft affecting the commerce of this state are, in the opinion of the department, excessive or discriminatory or are levied or laid in violation of the Act of the United States Congress entitled “Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938” [repealed], approved June 23, 1938, and the acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, or are in conflict with the rulings, orders, or regulations of the authorities having jurisdiction thereof, or when those services are, in the opinion of the department, inadequate, unsatisfactory, or discriminatory, the department may apply by petition to the authorities having jurisdiction thereof for relief and may present to those authorities all facts coming to the department's knowledge as to violations of the rulings, orders, or regulations of those authorities, or as to violations of the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938 [repealed] or acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto.  (f) Administrative and Judicial Procedure. The procedure of the department in administering this chapter and of the courts in all matters arising under this chapter shall be the same as established by the Arkansas Motor Carrier Act, 1955, § 23-13-201 et seq., wherever practicable.
AR Code § 23-14-108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 14 - Arkansas Air Commerce Act|§ 23-14-108. Pecuniary interest by employees prohibited

 No member of the Arkansas Department of Transportation or any employee of the department appointed or employed in the administration of this chapter shall in any manner have a pecuniary interest in, own any securities of, or hold any position with any common carrier by aircraft.
AR Code § 23-14-109 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 14 - Arkansas Air Commerce Act|§ 23-14-109. Certificates required

 No person shall engage in the business of a common carrier by aircraft unless there is in force a certificate issued by the Arkansas Department of Transportation authorizing the person to engage in that business.
AR Code § 23-14-110 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 14 - Arkansas Air Commerce Act|§ 23-14-110. Certificates — Application — Notice and hearings

 (a) Applications for certificates shall be made in writing to the Arkansas Department of Transportation, shall be verified under oath, and shall be in such form and contain such information and be accompanied by proof of service upon such interested parties as the department shall by rule require.  (b)  (1) Upon the filing of an application for a certificate, the department shall give due notice thereof to such persons and by such means as the department may by rule determine.  (2) Any interested person may file with the department a protest or memorandum of opposition to or in support of the issuance of a certificate.    (c) A public hearing shall be held on the application if the applicant or any person having a substantial interest in the proceeding shall so request within such time as the department shall by rule provide.
AR Code § 23-14-111 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 14 - Arkansas Air Commerce Act|§ 23-14-111. Temporary certificates

 The Arkansas Department of Transportation may grant temporary certificates without notice or hearing upon such terms and conditions as the department may prescribe, but not for a period exceeding one hundred eighty (180) days.
AR Code § 23-14-112 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 14 - Arkansas Air Commerce Act|§ 23-14-112. Certificates — Security for protection of public required

 No certificate shall be issued to a common carrier by aircraft or remain in force unless the carrier complies with such reasonable rules as the Arkansas Department of Transportation shall prescribe governing the filing and approval of surety bonds, policies of insurance, qualifications as a self-insurer, or other securities or agreements, in such reasonable amount and conditioned as the department may require.
AR Code § 23-14-113 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 14 - Arkansas Air Commerce Act|§ 23-14-113. Certificates — Evidence of compliance with other laws required

 No certificate shall be issued to any person to operate as a common carrier by aircraft unless the applicant submits evidence satisfactory to the Arkansas Department of Transportation showing that it will comply with the provisions of the laws of the United States and the lawful rules, regulations, and orders thereunder respecting safety of operations, rules, and the provisions of the laws of Arkansas with respect to the right to use such airports, air lanes, and aircraft as may be necessary in order properly to conduct the proposed operations and observe proper standards of safety in the operation or navigation of aircraft.
AR Code § 23-14-114 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 14 - Arkansas Air Commerce Act|§ 23-14-114. Issuance of certificates

 The Arkansas Department of Transportation, subject to §§ 23-14-109 and 23-14-111 — 23-14-113, shall issue a certificate authorizing the whole or any part of the operation covered by an application for a certificate if it finds that the applicant is fit, willing, and able to perform the operation properly and to conform to the provisions of this chapter and the rules and requirements of the department hereunder and that the operation and the performance thereof by the applicant is required by the public convenience and necessity.
AR Code § 23-14-115 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 14 - Arkansas Air Commerce Act|§ 23-14-115. Certificates — Terms and conditions

 Each certificate issued pursuant to this chapter shall set forth specifically the privileges granted thereby, together with the effective date and the duration thereof.
AR Code § 23-14-116 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 14 - Arkansas Air Commerce Act|§ 23-14-116. Certificates — Transfer or lease

 Any certificate may be transferred or leased subject to the approval of the Arkansas Department of Transportation and under such reasonable rules as may be prescribed by the department.
AR Code § 23-14-117 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 14 - Arkansas Air Commerce Act|§ 23-14-117. Certificates — Modification, suspension, or revocation

 The Arkansas Department of Transportation after due notice and hearing may alter, amend, modify, suspend, or revoke any certificate previously granted where the public interest so demands.
AR Code § 23-14-118 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 14 - Arkansas Air Commerce Act|§ 23-14-118. Rates and service generally

 Every common carrier by aircraft shall furnish reasonable and adequate service and facilities at just and reasonable rates as shall be determined by the Arkansas Department of Transportation.
AR Code § 23-14-119 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 14 - Arkansas Air Commerce Act|§ 23-14-119. Extension of service

 The Arkansas Department of Transportation after due notice and hearing may require any certificate holder to extend its existing service as required by the public convenience and necessity.
AR Code § 23-14-120 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 14 - Arkansas Air Commerce Act|§ 23-14-120. Abandonment or discontinuance of service

 No common carrier by aircraft shall abandon or discontinue any route or part thereof for which a certificate has been issued by the Arkansas Department of Transportation, unless upon the application of the common carrier the department finds after notice and opportunity for hearing the abandonment or discontinuance to be in the public interest.
AR Code § 23-14-121 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 14 - Arkansas Air Commerce Act|§ 23-14-121. Tariffs

 (a) Filing. A common carrier by aircraft shall file with the Arkansas Department of Transportation, print, and make available to the public tariffs showing all rates, fares, and charges for air commerce between points served by it, and between points served by it and points served by any other common carrier by aircraft when through-air commerce service and rates have been established, and all classifications, rules, regulations, practices, and services in connection with such commerce. The tariffs shall be filed in such manner and form as shall be prescribed by the department.  (b) Observance. No common carrier by aircraft shall charge, demand, collect, or receive a greater or lesser or different compensation for air commerce, or for any service in connection therewith, than the rates, fares, and charges specified in its currently effective tariffs.
AR Code § 23-14-122 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 14 - Arkansas Air Commerce Act|§ 23-14-122. Free or reduced-rate transportation

 (a) Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit common carriers by aircraft, under such terms and conditions as the Arkansas Department of Transportation may prescribe, from issuing or interchanging tickets or passes for free or reduced-rate transportation to:  (1) Their directors, officers, and employees and their immediate families;  (2) Witnesses and attorneys attending any legal investigation in which the carrier is interested;  (3) Persons injured in aircraft accidents and physicians and nurses attending such persons; and  (4) Any person or property with the object of providing relief in cases of general epidemic, pestilence, or other calamitous visitation.    (b) The members of the department and its employees when in the performance of their official duties under this chapter shall have the right to pass free of charge on all common carriers by aircraft as defined in this chapter.  (c) No such carrier shall provide free or reduced-rate transportation to any other persons or under any other circumstances.
AR Code § 23-14-123 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 14 - Arkansas Air Commerce Act|§ 23-14-123. Change in tariff, charge, rule, regulation, etc. — Approval by department

 (a)  (1) A change shall not be made in any rate, fare, or charge, or any classification, rule, regulation, or practice affecting the rate, fare, or charge, or the value of the service thereunder, specified in any effective tariff of any common carrier by aircraft, except upon approval of the Arkansas Department of Transportation and the rules and regulations prescribed by it.  (2) If the proposed change is not acted upon by the department within thirty (30) days from the filing date thereof, the change shall become effective at the expiration of the thirty-day period.    (b) The department is empowered to suspend any proposed new rate upon notice to the carrier for a period not exceeding one hundred eighty (180) days pending investigation by the department as to the reasonableness of such a proposed rate. However, this subsection shall not apply to any initial tariff filed by the carrier.  (c) At any hearing involving any change in any tariff, classification, rule, regulation, practice, or service of a common carrier by aircraft, the burden of proof to show that the changed tariff, classification, rule, regulation, practice, or service is just and reasonable shall be upon the carrier.
AR Code § 23-14-124 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 14 - Arkansas Air Commerce Act|§ 23-14-124. Regulation of securities and liens — Liability of state

 (a) The Arkansas Department of Transportation is empowered to supervise, regulate, restrict, and control the issuance of stock, stock certificates, bonds, notes, and other evidences of indebtedness by common carriers by aircraft incorporated under the laws of Arkansas and the creation of liens on property in this state by carriers incorporated under the laws of other states.  (b) All securities issued without approval of the department as provided for in this section shall be void.  (c) This section shall not apply to the issuance of any securities payable at periods of not more than twelve (12) months from the date thereof.  (d) No provision in this chapter and no deed or act done or performed under or pursuant to this chapter shall be construed to obligate the State of Arkansas to pay or guarantee, in any manner whatsoever, any securities issued under the provisions of this chapter.