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AR Code § 23-13-240 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 13 - Motor Carriers|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Motor Carrier Act, 1955|§ 23-13-240. Common carriers — Rates, charges, rules, etc. — Establishment and division of joint rates, charges, etc

 (a)  (1) Common carriers of property by motor vehicle may establish reasonable through routes and joint rates, charges, and classifications with other such carriers or with common carriers by railroad or express or water.  (2) Common carriers of passengers by motor vehicle may establish reasonable through routes and joint rates, fares, or charges with common carriers by railroad or water.    (b) In case of joint rates, fares, or charges, it shall be the duty of the carriers parties thereto to establish just and reasonable rules and practices in connection therewith and to establish just, reasonable, and equitable divisions thereof as between the carriers participating therein which shall not unduly prefer or prejudice any participating carriers.  (c)  (1) Whenever, after hearing, upon complaint or upon its own initiative the Arkansas Department of Transportation is of the opinion that the divisions of joint rates, fares, or charges, applicable to the transportation of passengers or property by common carriers by motor vehicle, or by such carriers in conjunction with common carriers by railroad, express, 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 department shall by order prescribe the just, reasonable, and equitable divisions thereof to be received by the several carriers.  (2) In cases where the joint rate, fare, or charge was established pursuant to a finding or order of the department, the department may also by order determine what would have been the just, reasonable, and equitable divisions thereof to be received by the several carriers and require adjustment to be made in accordance therewith.  (3) The order of the department may require the adjustment of divisions between the carriers, in accordance with the order, from the date of filing the complaint or entry of order of investigation or such other date subsequent as the department finds justified. In the case of joint rates described by the department, the order as to divisions may be made effective as a part of the original order.
AR Code § 23-13-241 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 13 - Motor Carriers|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Motor Carrier Act, 1955|§ 23-13-241. Common carriers — Schedules, rules, etc., affecting rates, fares, etc. — Hearings — Suspension proceedings

 (a) Whenever any schedule stating a new individual or joint rate, fare, charge, or classification for the transportation of passengers, or by any such carrier in conjunction with a common carrier or carriers by railroad, express, or water, or any rule or practice affecting the rate, fare, or charge, or the value of the service thereunder is filed with the Arkansas Department of Transportation, the department is authorized and empowered to enter upon a hearing concerning the lawfulness of the rate, fare, or charge, or the lawfulness of a rule or practice, upon the complaint of any interested party or upon its own initiative, at once, if the department so orders, without answer or other formal pleading by the interested carrier or carriers, but upon reasonable notice.  (b)  (1) Pending the hearing and the decision thereon, the department from time to time may suspend the operations of the schedule and defer the use of the rate, fare, or charge or such rule or practice for a period of thirty (30) days by filing with the schedule and delivering to the carriers affected thereby a statement in writing of its reasons for the suspension.  (2) If the proceeding has not been concluded and a final order made within the thirty-day period, the department from time to time, by order, may extend the period of suspension, but not for a longer period in the aggregate than ninety (90) days beyond the time when it would otherwise go into effect. The department may make the order with reference thereto as would be proper in a proceeding instituted after it had become effective.    (c) If the proceeding has not been concluded and an order made within the period of suspension, the proposed change, or rate, fare, or charge or classification, rule, or practice shall go into effect at the end of the period.
AR Code § 23-13-242 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 13 - Motor Carriers|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Motor Carrier Act, 1955|§ 23-13-242. Common carriers — Rates, charges, rules, etc. — Factors of reasonableness or justness

 (a) In the exercise of its power to prescribe just and reasonable rates for the transportation of passengers or property by common carrier by motor vehicle, the Arkansas Department of Transportation shall give due consideration, among other factors, to:  (1) The inherent advantages of transportation by carriers to the effect of rates upon the movement of traffic by the carriers;  (2) The need, in the public interest, of adequate and efficient transportation service by the carriers at the lowest cost consistent with the furnishing of the service; and  (3) The need of revenues sufficient to enable the carriers, under honest, economical, and efficient management, to provide the service.    (b)  (1) In any proceeding to determine the justness or reasonableness of any rate, fare, or charge of any common carrier, there shall not be taken into consideration or allowed as evidence or elements of value of the property of the carrier, either goodwill, earning power, or the certificate under which the carrier is operating.  (2) In applying for and receiving a certificate under this subchapter, any common carrier shall be deemed to have agreed to the provisions of this subsection on its own behalf and on behalf of all transferees of the certificate.
AR Code § 23-13-243 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 13 - Motor Carriers|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Motor Carrier Act, 1955|§ 23-13-243. Sections 23-13-236 — 23-13-242 cumulative

 Nothing in §§ 23-13-236 — 23-13-242 shall be held to extinguish any remedy or right of action not inconsistent therewith.
AR Code § 23-13-244 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 13 - Motor Carriers|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Motor Carrier Act, 1955|§ 23-13-244. Tariffs of common carriers by motor vehicle

 (a)  (1) Whenever an applicable tariff has not already been prescribed by the Arkansas Department of Transportation, every common carrier by motor vehicle shall file with the department and shall keep open to public inspection at all times tariffs showing all the rates, fares, and charges for transportation, and all services in connection therewith, of passengers or property between points on its own route and points on the route of any other common carrier, or on the routes of any common carrier by railroad, express, or water, when a through route and joint rate shall have been established.  (2) The rates, fares, and charges shall be stated in terms of lawful money of the United States.  (3) The tariffs required by this section shall be published, filed, and posted in such form and manner and shall contain such information as the department by rule shall prescribe.  (4) The department is authorized to reject any tariff filed with it which is not in consonance with this subchapter and with its rules. Any tariff so rejected by the department shall be void, and its use shall be unlawful.    (b)  (1) No common carrier by motor vehicle shall charge, demand, collect, or receive a greater, lesser, or different compensation for transportation, or for any service in connection therewith, between the points enumerated in the tariff, than those rates, fares, and charges specified in the tariffs in effect at the time.  (2) No such carrier shall refund or remit in any manner or by any device, directly or indirectly, or through any agent or broker or otherwise any portion of the rates, fares, or charges so specified, nor shall that carrier extend to any person any privilege or facilities for transportation except as are specified in its tariff.    (c)  (1) No change shall be made in any rate, fare, charge, or classification, or the value of the service thereunder, specified in any effective tariff of a common carrier by motor vehicle except after thirty (30) days' notice of the proposed change filed and posted in accordance with subsection (a) of this section.  (2) The notice shall plainly state the change proposed to be made and the time when the change will take effect.  (3) The department, in its discretion and for good cause shown, may allow such change upon notice less than that specified in this section or may modify the requirements of this section with respect to posting and filing of tariffs either in particular instances or by general order applicable to special or peculiar circumstances or conditions.    (d) No common carrier by motor vehicle, unless otherwise provided by this subchapter, shall engage in the transportation of passengers or property unless the rates, fares, and charges upon which the passengers or property are transported by the carrier have been prescribed, or filed and published in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter.
AR Code § 23-13-245 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 13 - Motor Carriers|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Motor Carrier Act, 1955|§ 23-13-245. Contract carriers — Schedule of minimum rates and charges, rules, and practices — Requirement — Filing, posting, and publishing required

 (a) It shall be the duty of every contract carrier by motor vehicle to establish and observe reasonable minimum rates and charges for any service rendered or to be rendered in the transportation of passengers or property or in connection therewith and to establish and observe reasonable minimum rates, fares, and charges.  (b) It shall be the duty of every contract carrier by motor vehicle to file with the Arkansas Department of Transportation and to publish and keep open for public inspection, in the form and manner prescribed by the department, schedules containing the minimum rates or charges of the carrier actually maintained and charged for the transportation of passengers or property and any rule or practice affecting such rates or charges and the value of the service thereunder.  (c) No contract carrier, unless otherwise provided by this subchapter, shall engage in the transportation of passengers or property unless the minimum charges for the transportation by the carrier have been published, filed, and posted in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter.
AR Code § 23-13-246 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 13 - Motor Carriers|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Motor Carrier Act, 1955|§ 23-13-246. Contract carriers — Schedule of minimum rates and charges, rules, and practices — Adherence to schedule required — Exceptions

 (a) No contract carrier by motor vehicle shall demand, charge, or collect a less compensation for the transportation than the charges filed in accordance with § 23-13-245, as affected by any rule or practice so filed, or may be prescribed by the Arkansas Department of Transportation from time to time.  (b) It shall be unlawful for any contract carrier, by the furnishing of special services, facilities, or privileges, or by any other device whatsoever, to charge, accept, or receive less than the minimum charges so filed or prescribed.  (c) However, any contract carrier, or any class or group thereof, may apply to the department for the relief from the provisions of § 23-13-245, and the department after hearing may grant such relief to such extent and for such time, and in such manner as in its judgment is consistent with the public interest and the transportation policy declared in this subchapter.
AR Code § 23-13-247 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 13 - Motor Carriers|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Motor Carrier Act, 1955|§ 23-13-247. Contract carriers — Schedule of minimum rates and charges, rules and practices — Notice of proposed changes

 (a) No reduction shall be made in any charge of a contract carrier by motor vehicle either directly or by means of any change in any rate, rule, or practice affecting the charge or the value of services thereunder except after thirty (30) days' notice of the proposed change filed in the manner and form set forth in § 23-13-245. However, in its discretion and for good cause shown, the Arkansas Department of Transportation may allow such a change upon less notice or modify the requirements of § 23-13-245 with respect to posting and filing of the schedules, either in particular instances or by general order applicable to special or peculiar circumstances or conditions.  (b) The notice shall plainly state the change proposed to be made and the time when the change will take effect.
AR Code § 23-13-248 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 13 - Motor Carriers|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Motor Carrier Act, 1955|§ 23-13-248. Contract carriers — Complaints

 All complaints shall state fully the facts complained of, and the reason for the complaints, and shall be made under oath.
AR Code § 23-13-249 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 13 - Motor Carriers|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Motor Carrier Act, 1955|§ 23-13-249. Contract carriers — Schedule of rules, etc., affecting rates, fares, etc. — Hearings — Suspension proceedings

 (a) Whenever a contract carrier by motor vehicle files with the Arkansas Department of Transportation any schedule stating a charge for a new service or a reduced charge directly, or by means of any rule or practice, for transportation of passengers or property, the department may enter upon a hearing concerning the lawfulness of such charge or such rule or practice upon complaint of interested parties or upon its own initiative at once, and if it so orders, without answer or other formal pleading by the interested party, but upon reasonable notice.  (b) Pending the hearing and the decision thereon, the department from time to time may suspend the operations of the schedule and defer the use of the charge, or the rule or practice for a period of thirty (30) days, by filing such schedules and delivering to the carrier affected thereby a statement in writing of its reasons for the suspension.  (c) If the proceeding has not been concluded and a final order made within the thirty-day period, the department from time to time may extend the period of suspension by order, but not for a longer period in the aggregate than ninety (90) days beyond the time when it would otherwise go into effect.  (d)  (1) After the hearing, whether completed before or after the charge, rule, or practice goes into effect, the department may make such order with reference thereto as would be proper in a proceeding instituted after it had become effective.  (2) If the proceeding has not been concluded and an order made therein within the period of suspension, the proposed change in any rule or practice shall go into effect at the end of such a period.
AR Code § 23-13-250 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 13 - Motor Carriers|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Motor Carrier Act, 1955|§ 23-13-250. Contract carriers — Schedule of minimum rates and charges, rules and practices — Establishment by department

 (a) Whenever, after hearing, upon complaint or upon its own initiative, the Arkansas Department of Transportation finds that any minimum rate or charge of any contract carrier by motor vehicle, that any rule or practice of any such carrier affecting the minimum rate or charge, or that the value of the service thereunder for the transportation of passengers or property or in connection therewith contravenes the transportation policy declared in this subchapter, or is in contravention of any provision of this subchapter, the department may prescribe such just and reasonable minimum rates, charges, rules, or practices as in its judgment may be necessary or desirable in the public interest and desirable to promote the policy and will not be in contravention of any provision of this subchapter.  (b) The minimum rate or charge, or such rule or practice so prescribed by the department, shall give no advantage or preference to any carrier in competition with any common carrier by motor vehicle subject to this subchapter, which the department may find to be undue or inconsistent with the public interest and the transportation policy declared in this subchapter.  (c) The department shall give due consideration to the cost of services rendered by contract carriers and to the effect of the minimum rate or charge, or such rule or practice, upon the movement of traffic by such carriers.
AR Code § 23-13-251 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 13 - Motor Carriers|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Motor Carrier Act, 1955|§ 23-13-251. Collection of rates and charges

 (a) A common carrier by motor vehicle shall not deliver or relinquish possession at destination of any freight transported by it until all tariff rates and charges thereon have been paid except under such rules as the Arkansas Department of Transportation from time to time may prescribe to govern the settlement of all such rates and charges, including rules for weekly or monthly settlement and those to prevent unjust discrimination or undue preference or prejudice.  (b) However, the provisions of this section shall not be construed to prohibit any such carrier from extending credit in connection with rates and charges on freight transported to the United States, for any department, bureau, or agency thereof, for any state or territory, or political subdivision thereof, or for the District of Columbia.
AR Code § 23-13-252 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 13 - Motor Carriers|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Motor Carrier Act, 1955|§ 23-13-252. Receipts or bills of lading

 (a) Every carrier of property by motor vehicle subject to the provisions of this subchapter which receives property for transportation within this state shall issue a receipt or bill of lading therefor.  (b) The form of the receipt or bill of lading shall be prescribed by the Arkansas Department of Transportation and shall conform as nearly as may be consistent with the public interest to the receipt or bill of lading prescribed for interstate carriers of property under the Interstate Commerce Act [repealed], as amended.  (c) The rights and liabilities of the shippers, consignors, consignees, and carriers, whether originating carriers, intermediate carriers, or delivering carriers, shall be those defined by Section 20, Subsection 11 of Part I of the Interstate Commerce Act [repealed], as amended.
AR Code § 23-13-255 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 13 - Motor Carriers|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Motor Carrier Act, 1955|§ 23-13-255. Access to property, equipment, and records

 The Arkansas Department of Transportation or its duly authorized agents at all times shall have access to all lands, buildings, or equipment of motor carriers and private carriers used in connection with their operation and also to all pertinent accounts, records, documents, and memoranda kept or required to be kept by motor carriers and private carriers.
AR Code § 23-13-256 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 13 - Motor Carriers|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Motor Carrier Act, 1955|§ 23-13-256. Identification of equipment

 It shall be unlawful for any common or contract carrier by motor vehicle to operate any vehicle upon the highways of this state unless there is painted, or otherwise firmly affixed, to the vehicle on both sides thereof, the name of the carrier and the certificate or permit number of the carrier. The characters composing the identification shall be of sufficient size to be clearly distinguishable at a distance of at least fifty feet (50') from the vehicle.
AR Code § 23-13-257 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 13 - Motor Carriers|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Motor Carrier Act, 1955|§ 23-13-257. Violations by carriers, shippers, brokers, etc., or employees, agents, etc. — Penalties

 Any person, whether a carrier, shipper, consignee, or broker, or any officer, employee, agent, or representative thereof who shall knowingly offer, grant, or give or solicit, accept, or receive any rebate, concession, or discrimination in violation of any provision of this subchapter; who by means of any false statement or representation, or by the use of any false or fictitious bill, bill of lading, receipt, voucher, roll, account, claim, certificate, affidavit, deposition, lease, or bill of sale, or by any other means or device shall knowingly assist, suffer, or permit any persons, natural or artificial, to obtain transportation of passengers or property subject to this subchapter for less than the applicable fare, rate, or charge; who shall knowingly by any such means or otherwise fraudulently seek to evade or defeat rules as in this subchapter is provided for motor carriers or brokers; or who shall violate any of the rules, including safety rules, prescribed or hereafter prescribed by the State Highway Commission pursuant to the provisions of Title 23 of this Code, shall be guilty of a violation. Upon conviction, that person, unless otherwise provided in this chapter, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500) for the first offense and not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for any subsequent offense.