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TN Code § 65-3-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 3 - Regulation of Railroads by Department of Transportation|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 65-3-107. Company Reports

  It is the duty of each and every company, corporation, or individual, owning, operating, or managing such a company in this state, to send to the department of transportation at its office in Nashville, the monthly, quarterly, and annual statements of the operations of such company or individual, if such reports are issued; if not, then such company or individual shall send such reports as may be issued at any special or regular time. The president or chief officer of each and every such company shall, on or before February 1 of each year, make and transmit to the department of transportation at its office in Nashville, under oath of the president or chief officer of the company, a full and true statement of the affairs of the company as the same existed on the preceding January 1, in accordance with the direction and schedules prepared and furnished by the department of transportation.   All common carriers shall send a copy of all safety inspection reports of such common carrier's tracks or track system which are prepared for or made by the federal railroad administration to the department of transportation. “Common carrier” is understood not to apply to private in-plant or intra-plant trackage owned or leased by private corporations which do not engage in serving the public as common carriers.   Any officer, agent, or employee failing or refusing to make, under oath, any report required by the department of transportation, within the time required, or failing or refusing to answer fully under oath, if required, any inquiry propounded by the department of transportation, or who shall, in any way, hinder or obstruct the department of transportation, in the discharge of its duties, commits a Class C misdemeanor.
TN Code § 65-3-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 3 - Regulation of Railroads by Department of Transportation|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 65-3-108. Powers of Department of Transportation to Examine

 The department of transportation is given full power to examine the books and papers of the companies, and to examine, under oath, the officers, agents, and employees of the companies and any other persons, to procure the necessary information to intelligently and justly discharge its duties and carry out the provisions of this chapter and chapter 5 of this title.
TN Code § 65-3-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 3 - Regulation of Railroads by Department of Transportation|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 65-3-109. Confidential Information

 The department of transportation shall not give publicity to any contracts, leases, or engagements obtained by it in its official capacity, if the interests of any company would thereby be injuriously affected, unless, in the judgment of the department of transportation, the public interest requires it.
TN Code § 65-3-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 3 - Regulation of Railroads by Department of Transportation|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 65-3-110. Power of Department of Transportation to Take Evidence

 The department of transportation has the power to examine, under oath, any person, or the directors, officers, agents, and employees of any such corporation doing business in this state, concerning the management of its affairs, and to obtain information pursuant to this chapter and chapter 5 of this title, and has the power to issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses, to compel the production of books and papers, and to administer oaths.
TN Code § 65-3-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 3 - Regulation of Railroads by Department of Transportation|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 65-3-111. Refusal to Obey Process or Testify — Penalty

 Any person who neglects or refuses to obey the process of subpoenas issued by the department of transportation or who, being in attendance, refuses to testify commits a Class C misdemeanor. Each refusal to obey the subpoena or to testify is a separate offense.
TN Code § 65-3-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 3 - Regulation of Railroads by Department of Transportation|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 65-3-112. Power to Issue Subpoenas

 The department of transportation, in making any examination or investigation provided for, has the power to issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses by such rules as it may prescribe.
TN Code § 65-3-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 3 - Regulation of Railroads by Department of Transportation|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 65-3-113. Compensation of Witnesses

 Each witness who appears before the department of transportation, by order of the department of transportation, shall receive for attendance the compensation provided by law, which shall be paid by the state treasurer on warrant of the commissioner of finance and administration, upon the presentation of proper voucher sworn to by such witness, and approved by the commissioner of transportation; provided, that no witness shall be entitled to any witness fees or mileage who is directly or indirectly interested in any such company in this state or out of it, or who is in any way interested in any stock, bond, mortgage, security, or earnings of any such company, or who shall be the agent or employee of such company, or an officer thereof when summoned at the instance of such company. No witness furnished with free transportation shall receive compensation for the distance traveled on such free transportation.
TN Code § 65-3-114 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 3 - Regulation of Railroads by Department of Transportation|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 65-3-114. Witness Failing to Obey Subpoena

 In case any witness fails or refuses to obey a subpoena, the department of transportation may issue an attachment for such witness, directed to any sheriff or constable of the state, and compel the witness to attend before the department of transportation and give testimony upon such matters as shall be lawfully required by it.
TN Code § 65-3-115 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 3 - Regulation of Railroads by Department of Transportation|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 65-3-115. Witness Failing to Attend or Answer Questions

 If a witness, after being duly summoned, fails or refuses to attend, or to answer any question propounded to such witness, which such witness would be required to answer if in court, the department of transportation shall have power to fine and imprison such witness for contempt in the same manner that the judge of any court of competent jurisdiction might do under similar circumstances.
TN Code § 65-3-116 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 3 - Regulation of Railroads by Department of Transportation|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 65-3-116. Officers or Employees Testifying Exempt From Indictment

 No officer, agent, servant, or employee of any such company, who appears and testifies before the department of transportation under this chapter or chapter 5 of this title or in any civil or criminal proceedings instituted by the department of transportation under this chapter or chapter 5 of this title, shall be liable to indictment or presentment for any violation of this chapter or chapter 5 of this title about which such person so testifies.
TN Code § 65-3-117 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 3 - Regulation of Railroads by Department of Transportation|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 65-3-117. Depositions

 The department of transportation shall, in all cases, have a right in its discretion to issue proper process and take depositions instead of compelling personal attendance of witnesses.
TN Code § 65-3-118 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 3 - Regulation of Railroads by Department of Transportation|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 65-3-118. Fees of Sheriff or Constable Executing Process

 The sheriff or constable executing any process issued under this chapter and chapter 5 of this title shall receive such compensation as may be allowed by the department of transportation, not to exceed the fees prescribed by law for similar services.
TN Code § 65-3-119 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 3 - Regulation of Railroads by Department of Transportation|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 65-3-119. Penalties Generally

  It is the duty of the district attorneys general to bring suit in the name of the state on the relation of the department of transportation, in any court having jurisdiction thereof, to recover any penalty imposed by this chapter and chapter 5 of this title.   If any company, corporation or lessee knowingly violates this chapter or chapter 5 of this title, or does any act prohibited therein, or fails or refuses to perform any duty required by the department of transportation pursuant to this chapter or chapter 5 of this title for which a penalty has not therein been provided, for each and every such act of violation it shall pay to the state of Tennessee a penalty of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).   All penalties provided for in this chapter or chapter 5 of this title shall be recovered, and suit thereon shall be brought, in the name of the state of Tennessee.   All penalties and fines recovered shall be paid into the state treasury.
TN Code § 65-3-120 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 3 - Regulation of Railroads by Department of Transportation|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 65-3-120. Civil and Criminal Suits

  The circuit, chancery courts and courts of general sessions have jurisdiction of all suits of a civil nature arising under this chapter and chapter 5 of this title, according to the nature of the suit and the amount involved, and the circuit and criminal courts have jurisdiction of all criminal proceedings so arising.   The district attorney general of the judicial district in which the suit is to be instituted shall prosecute suits so brought in the name of the state.   The department of transportation shall report all such violations with the facts in its possession to such district attorney general and request the district attorney general to institute the proper proceedings.   All suits between the state and any such company shall have precedence in all courts over all other suits pending therein, and the judges of the courts are directed to advance such suits on their dockets.
TN Code § 65-3-121 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 3 - Regulation of Railroads by Department of Transportation|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 65-3-121. Indictments — Prosecutor

  Indictments or presentments under this chapter and chapter 5 of this title shall be only upon recommendation or request of the department of transportation, filed in the court having jurisdiction of the offense.   The department of transportation or any member thereof, or any person authorized by law to prosecute criminal cases, may be prosecutor.
TN Code § 65-3-122 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 3 - Regulation of Railroads by Department of Transportation|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 65-3-122. Limitation of Actions

 All prosecutions or actions under this chapter and chapter 5 of this title shall be commenced within one (1) year after the offense has been committed or the cause of action has accrued, or the same shall be barred.
TN Code § 65-3-123 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 3 - Regulation of Railroads by Department of Transportation|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 65-3-123. Abatement of Dangerous or Unhealthy Conditions

  The department of transportation has the power and authority relative to commercial railroads, interurban railroads, and street railroads to inspect the conditions existing on all trains operating in Tennessee, along the rail rights-of-way, in rail yards and terminals, and at rail loading and unloading facilities connected to property owned or operated by the railroads, except for those areas of loading and unloading facilities requiring no access for service by Class I railroads. This power and authority is in addition to those granted in § 65-11-107. Such inspection shall be conducted for the purpose of assuring the safety, health and comfort of rail customers, the general public and rail employees, and for the purpose of abating and removing any dangerous or unhealthy conditions found to exist in these locations.   The department of transportation, on its own motion or on the petition of any citizen, shall have a hearing on the question embraced within this section, as to the presence of dangerous or unhealthy conditions of trains or along the rights-of-way, yards and terminals of all commercial railroads and street railroads.   It is the duty of the department of transportation, after the hearing, to order the abatement and removal of any dangerous or unhealthy condition, if found to exist, and to order improvements to be made remedying same, when such conditions are shown to be dangerous to the health and safety of the general public or the employees.
TN Code § 65-3-201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 3 - Regulation of Railroads by Department of Transportation|Part 2 - Inspection, Control, and Supervision Fee|§ 65-3-201. General Provisions

  Every railroad which is doing business in this state and subject to the control and jurisdiction of the department of transportation and to which this chapter applies, shall pay to the state on or before July 1 of each year, a fee for the inspection, control and supervision of the business, service and rates of such railroads.   The fee prescribed by this section shall be paid by railroads in addition to any and all property, franchise, license and other taxes, fees and charges fixed, assessed or charged by law against the railroads.   The amount of the fee prescribed by this section shall be assessed against the actual ton miles operated annually by each railroad in this state, but no fee shall be assessed against any ton miles operated in excess of the maximum assessable ton miles for each railroad. The maximum assessable ton miles shall be the total ton miles reported to the former public service commission by each railroad in calendar year 1990, plus four percent (4%) of that base amount for each calendar year thereafter. The fee fixed and assessed against these ton miles to be paid by each railroad is four cents (4¢) per one thousand (1,000) ton miles. This fee is effective on payments made to the former public service commission on or before July 1, 1995, based upon ton miles for the calendar year 1995, and in each year thereafter.   In no case shall the fee to be paid be less than one hundred dollars ($100) which will be the minimum inspection, control and supervision fee to be paid by any railroad subject to such fee.
TN Code § 65-3-202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 3 - Regulation of Railroads by Department of Transportation|Part 2 - Inspection, Control, and Supervision Fee|§ 65-3-202. Collection and Disposition of Fee

 The inspection, control and supervision fees provided for in this part shall be collected by the department of transportation. Such fees, when collected, shall be deposited in the state treasury but shall be kept in a separate account, to be known as the “railroad account,” and the funds so raised shall thus be segregated on a fiscal year basis. Effective June 30, 1996, the balance in the railroad account is to reflect all fees collected for the fiscal year and should reflect any payments authorized by this chapter for the fiscal year and each year thereafter. The same accounting procedures used by the department of finance and administration for the determination of other reserve fund balances for the department of transportation shall be applicable to the railroad account balance.
TN Code § 65-3-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 3 - Regulation of Railroads by Department of Transportation|Part 2 - Inspection, Control, and Supervision Fee|§ 65-3-203. Default

 In case of default in the payment of any such fee, or part thereof, when the same shall become due, as provided in this part, any railroad in default shall be liable to a penalty of ten percent (10%) per month on the amount of the fee, which may be recovered by suit of the state for every month it remains in default, and any such penalty, when collected, is to be deposited in the state treasury as part of the railroad account.
TN Code § 65-3-204 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 3 - Regulation of Railroads by Department of Transportation|Part 2 - Inspection, Control, and Supervision Fee|§ 65-3-204. Lien for Fees and Penalties

 A lien is declared and shall exist upon all the property of each railroad in default for the payment of the fee prescribed, together with all penalties accruing hereunder, which liens shall be superior to all other liens, except those for federal, state, county and municipal taxes.
TN Code § 65-3-205 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 3 - Regulation of Railroads by Department of Transportation|Part 2 - Inspection, Control, and Supervision Fee|§ 65-3-205. Employees

 The commissioner of transportation is empowered to employ such rate experts, engineers, attorneys, accountants, auditors, inspectors, examiners, clerks, agents or other employees, and assign to them such duties as shall be necessary to enable the department of transportation to fully perform the duties, and to exercise the powers conferred by this chapter upon the department of transportation, subject to its review. This section shall not be construed to authorize or to permit such attorneys to file any action or to otherwise appear before any state or federal court without prior approval of the attorney general and reporter.
TN Code § 65-3-206 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 3 - Regulation of Railroads by Department of Transportation|Part 2 - Inspection, Control, and Supervision Fee|§ 65-3-206. Railroads to File Statements

 Every such railroad doing business in this state shall file with the department of transportation a statement under oath, in such form and substance as may be prescribed by the department of transportation, setting forth accurately the ton miles operated in the state, together with the total number of Tennessee main line miles for the preceding calendar year. Any such railroad failing to file such statement as required, or failing to give such other information as may be reasonably required of such railroad, commits a Class C misdemeanor for each day of such failure to comply.
TN Code § 65-3-207 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 3 - Regulation of Railroads by Department of Transportation|Part 2 - Inspection, Control, and Supervision Fee|§ 65-3-207. Use of Fees

 The inspection, control and supervision fees generated by this part shall be used only to support railroad-related programs administered by the department of transportation and assessment functions performed by the comptroller of the treasury under title 67, chapter 5, part 13.
TN Code § 65-4-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 4 - Regulation of Public Utilities by Commission|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 65-4-102. Railroads Excluded

 None of the provisions of this chapter and none of the powers conferred upon the commission shall apply to any railroad, whether operated by an incorporated company or individual, which is operated in this state and which is regulated and governed by chapter 3 of this title.
TN Code § 65-4-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 4 - Regulation of Public Utilities by Commission|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 65-4-103. Interstate Commerce Excepted

 This chapter shall be construed to apply to and affect only public utilities which furnish products or services within the state, and this chapter shall not be construed to extend to any public utility engaged in interstate commerce the government or regulation of which jurisdiction is vested in the interstate commerce commission or other federal board or commission.
TN Code § 65-4-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 4 - Regulation of Public Utilities by Commission|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 65-4-104. Commission's Jurisdiction and Control of Public Utilities

  The commission has general supervisory and regulatory power, jurisdiction, and control over all public utilities, and also over their property, property rights, facilities, and franchises, so far as may be necessary for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter. However, such general supervisory and regulatory power and jurisdiction and control shall not apply to street railway companies.    Any investor-owned electric power company serving Tennessee customers on the western side of the Mississippi River shall provide those Tennessee customers with the same level of service and charge the same rates as the power company provides and charges similarly situated customers in Arkansas.   Upon a finding that an investor-owned electric power provider has engaged in unjust or unreasonable discrimination in service or rates in violation of subdivision (b)(1), the commission may order changes in the provider's services or rates to those Tennessee customers as necessary to enforce subdivision (b)(1).   The commission's jurisdiction over an investor-owned electric power company serving Tennessee customers on the western side of the Mississippi River is limited to hearing a complaint alleging a violation of subdivision (b)(1) and granting appropriate relief as provided in subdivision (b)(2).   Nothing in this subsection (b) removes the duty of any investor-owned electric power company to pay any required inspection and supervision fee to the commission as required by part 3 of this chapter.   Nothing in this subsection (b) removes the duty of any investor-owned electric power company to pay its otherwise appropriate Tennessee state or local taxes.
TN Code § 65-4-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 4 - Regulation of Public Utilities by Commission|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 65-4-106. Construction of Chapter

 This chapter shall not be construed as being in derogation of the common law, but shall be given a liberal construction, and any doubt as to the existence or extent of a power conferred on the commission by this chapter or Chapters 1 3 and 5 of this title shall be resolved in favor of the existence of the power, to the end that the commission may effectively govern and control the public utilities placed under its jurisdiction by this chapter.