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AR Code § 23-12-606 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 12 - Operation and Maintenance of Railroads|Subchapter 6 - Train Service Generally|§ 23-12-606. Stopping train within town limits upon petition — Facilities to be maintained — Enforcement — Damages — Penalty

 (a)  (1) When not fewer than fifty (50) citizens of any incorporated town in this state, situated on the line of any railroad run or operated within this state, shall make application in writing to the president of the railroad company, to the board of directors thereof, through its secretary, or to any receiver, mortgagee, trustee, contractor, or other officer running and operating the railroad company and having control thereof, it shall be the duty of the railroad company to stop all freight or passenger trains, at some point within the corporate limits of the town most convenient for the reception and handling and discharge of freight, the reception and discharge of passengers, and the reception and delivery of the mails and most convenient to accommodate the business of the town. The railroad company shall furnish, provide, and maintain for the town, and the business thereof, every facility and convenience furnished or provided for other towns of the same, or approximating the same, population situated on the line of the railroad.  (2) There shall be no unjust discrimination on the part of such companies, either in respect to the facilities and conveniences, or in respect to the freight and passenger charges of tariff upon the railroads, but the charges shall be equal and uniform, and as to such towns the same or any description of way passengers and freight shall not be subject to higher rates of charges than the lowest rates charged by the same line, at the same time, for the same service over any part of that line.    (b) Before any town may or can insist upon and compel the stoppage of trains, as provided in this section, the corporate authorities of the town shall provide and make tender to the railroad companies sufficient means to defray the reasonable expenses of grading a switch or sidetrack at the place of stopping for the use of the railroad company.  (c) The writ of mandamus may issue at the suit of any citizen of the town upon the failure of any such railroad company to stop its trains as provided in this section, and it may compel the company to comply with the requirements of this section.  (d) If any railroad company within this state violates any of the provisions of this section, the corporate authorities of any corporate town aggrieved, or any citizen thereof, may bring suit against the company for the reasonable damages sustained through the violations.  (e) Any railroad company violating, or failing or refusing to obey, the requirements of this section shall be liable to a fine of one hundred dollars ($100) for each day of failure or refusal to carry out the provisions of this section. The fine shall be recoverable before any court of competent jurisdiction. This fine shall be paid into the State Treasury for the benefit of the Public School Fund.
AR Code § 23-12-607 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 12 - Operation and Maintenance of Railroads|Subchapter 6 - Train Service Generally|§ 23-12-607. Petitions for establishment, discontinuance, modification, etc., of service — Authority of department

 The Arkansas Department of Transportation is authorized, empowered, and required to hear and consider all petitions filed with it for establishment, discontinuance, enlargement, dualization, or modification of railroad train service, spurs, sidetracks, and platforms.
AR Code § 23-12-608 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 12 - Operation and Maintenance of Railroads|Subchapter 6 - Train Service Generally|§ 23-12-608. Establishment, discontinuance, modification, etc., of service generally — Investigation of objects sought to be accomplished — Findings

 (a) Within thirty (30) days after the filing of a petition, the Arkansas Department of Transportation shall proceed to make a personal inspection of the conditions complained of and investigate the objects sought to be accomplished by the petitioners. The department shall have the right and power to summon and swear witnesses. The summons shall be served by any sheriff, constable, or deputy having legal jurisdiction.  (b) The department shall determine the amount, degree, and character of construction, equipment, changes, and enlargements of stations and depots which should be supplied by the railroad, railroad company, its lessee, or operator. The department shall have the power and authority to require a reasonable train service for each and every such railroad station and depot within the State of Arkansas, and its finding shall be binding upon all such railroads within the State of Arkansas.  (c) The department shall file a copy of its findings and decrees with the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, and the circuit clerk of the county wherein the decree is granted.  (d) The department shall serve notice upon the defendant railroad company by delivering a copy of its findings and decrees to the nearest local station agent and by sending by registered mail a copy to the superintendent, general manager, lessee, or operator of the railroad or railroad company.
AR Code § 23-12-609 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 12 - Operation and Maintenance of Railroads|Subchapter 6 - Train Service Generally|§ 23-12-609. Establishment, discontinuance, modification, etc., of service generally — Failure to comply with findings and mandate — Penalty

 (a) Any railroad, railroad company, lessee, or operator of the railroad company, which fails or refuses to comply with the findings, decrees, and mandates of the Arkansas Department of Transportation within the time specified therein, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.  (b) The district prosecuting attorney shall bring the proceeding in any court having competent jurisdiction, and upon conviction the railroad, railroad company, lessee, or operator of the railroad company shall be fined in any sum not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100).  (c)  (1) Every day of the violation, refusal, failure, or neglect shall constitute a separate offense.  (2) However, no order for doing anything hereinabove provided shall be made by the department until all parties concerned shall receive ten (10) days' notice of the proposed change.
AR Code § 23-12-610 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 12 - Operation and Maintenance of Railroads|Subchapter 6 - Train Service Generally|§ 23-12-610. Petitions to establish, reestablish, or enlarge service

 A petition for establishment, reestablishment, or enlargement of railroad train service, spurs, sidetracks, and platforms shall be signed by at least twenty-five (25) qualified electors residing in the territory sought to be affected.
AR Code § 23-12-611 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 12 - Operation and Maintenance of Railroads|Subchapter 6 - Train Service Generally|§ 23-12-611. Discontinuance, dualization, or modification of agency station — Petitions to reestablish

 (a) Any railroad operating in this state may file with the Arkansas Department of Transportation a notice of discontinuance, dualization, or modification of any of its agency stations together with a statement certified by a proper officer of the railroad to the effect that the agency station had been operating at a financial loss according to standard accounting procedures for not less than one (1) year immediately preceding, or that operating economies would result consistent with public convenience and necessity.  (b) The agency station may be closed or modified ninety (90) days after the date of filing of the notice of discontinuance, dualization, or modification unless a petition for the reestablishment of the discontinued, dualized, or modified agency station, signed by at least twenty-five (25) qualified electors residing in the city, town, or political subdivision where the agency station is located, is filed with the department within sixty (60) days after the date of filing of the notice.  (c) The department is authorized, empowered, and required to hear and consider all petitions for the reestablishment of any agency station discontinued, dualized, or modified by the railroad under authority of this section. The hearing shall be held within sixty (60) days following filing of the petition for reestablishment and following thirty (30) days' written notice of the hearing to the railroad and petitioners.  (d) In determining whether an agency station should be discontinued, dualized, or modified, the standard to be employed is whether the railroad has operated the agency station at a financial loss according to standard accounting procedures for not less than one (1) year immediately preceding the filing of the notice of discontinuance, dualization, or modification, or whether operating economies would result therefrom.
AR Code § 23-12-612 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 12 - Operation and Maintenance of Railroads|Subchapter 6 - Train Service Generally|§ 23-12-612. Abandonment of operations without authority — Stockholders to offer stock for sale — Penalty — Enforcement

 (a) When any railroad corporation organized under the laws of Arkansas and operating properties within the State of Arkansas abandons such operations for a period of thirty (30) days or more without specific authority from the regulatory bodies having jurisdiction thereof, the stockholders of the corporation shall offer for sale their stock in the railroad corporation within sixty (60) days of the abandonment. The offer shall be open for not fewer than one hundred twenty (120) days thereafter and shall be to any person, firm, or corporation at a price not exceeding the net investment of the stockholders of the corporation in the stock at the time of the abandonment or the fair net salvage value of the properties owned by the corporation at the time of the abandonment, whichever is less.  (b) Any stockholder of any such corporation who violates the terms of this section shall be fined in the sum of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) and not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000). Each day of such a violation shall constitute a separate offense.  (c) The Attorney General shall have authority to enforce this section in the name of the State of Arkansas by appropriate proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction.
AR Code § 23-12-613 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 12 - Operation and Maintenance of Railroads|Subchapter 6 - Train Service Generally|§ 23-12-613. Receiver appointed upon attempt to abandon

 (a) If any railroad corporation, manager, or receiver shall attempt to abandon any railroad, or part thereof, by failing to operate its trains, or to resume operation of its trains over its railroad, or part thereof, if the operation of trains has been abandoned, the Arkansas Department of Transportation shall report the attempted abandonment to the Attorney General.  (b) The Attorney General shall, at once, file a suit in behalf of the state against that railroad corporation, manager, or receiver in the Pulaski County Circuit Court, or of any county through which the railroad passes. Suit shall be filed for the purpose of determining whether the corporation has abused its rights and privileges as a common carrier and granted by the State of Arkansas.  (c)  (1) If the court determines that the corporation, manager, or receiver has so failed or refused to carry out its obligations as a common carrier, then the court shall appoint a receiver for the purpose of operating the railroad and providing the service to the public.  (2) The receiver shall have no connection directly or indirectly with the railroad corporation, manager, or receiver prior to the time of his or her appointment, but he or she shall be a good business person and qualified to perform the duties of the receiver.    (d) The receiver shall collect freight and passenger rates as prescribed by law and shall do and perform any and all things necessary in the operation of the trains over the road and shall report to the court at such times as the court may direct.
AR Code § 23-12-614 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 12 - Operation and Maintenance of Railroads|Subchapter 6 - Train Service Generally|§ 23-12-614. Posting information regarding National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline

 A passenger train station governed by this subchapter shall post information about the National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline as required under § 12-19-102.
AR Code § 23-12-701 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 12 - Operation and Maintenance of Railroads|Subchapter 7 - Policing Trains|§ 23-12-701. Railroad police — Purpose — Appointment

 Any railroad company or corporation owning or operating a railroad in this state may appoint one (1) or more persons to be designated by the railroad company as a railroad police officer to aid and supplement the law enforcement agencies of this state in the protection of the persons and property of railroad passengers and employees and in the protection of railroad property. The appointment of any such person as a railroad police officer shall be subject to the approval of the Governor of this state.
AR Code § 23-12-702 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 12 - Operation and Maintenance of Railroads|Subchapter 7 - Policing Trains|§ 23-12-702. Railroad police — Oath and bonds

 Before entering into the performance of his or her duties, every railroad police officer appointed shall take and subscribe an oath of office and enter into a surety bond in the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000), payable to the State of Arkansas, conditioned for the faithful performance of his or her duties. The oath of office and the bond, with a copy of the commission, shall be filed with the Secretary of State.
AR Code § 23-12-703 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 12 - Operation and Maintenance of Railroads|Subchapter 7 - Policing Trains|§ 23-12-703. Railroad police — Powers

 Each police officer shall have and exercise throughout the State of Arkansas the power to make arrests for the violation of any law on the property of the company, and to arrest persons, whether on or off the company's property, for the violation of any law on the company's property, under the same conditions under which deputy sheriffs or other peace officers may by law make arrests and shall have the authority to carry weapons for the reasonable purposes of the office of railroad police officer.
AR Code § 23-12-704 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 12 - Operation and Maintenance of Railroads|Subchapter 7 - Policing Trains|§ 23-12-704. Railroad police — Jailing of persons arrested

 The keepers of jails in any county or municipality wherein a violation of the law occurs for which any arrest is made shall receive all persons arrested by railroad police officers, and persons so arrested shall have the same status as prisoners arrested by any other police officer.
AR Code § 23-12-705 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 12 - Operation and Maintenance of Railroads|Subchapter 7 - Policing Trains|§ 23-12-705. Railroad police — Identification

 When on duty, every railroad police officer appointed shall have in his or her possession a badge and identification card identifying him or her as a member of the police department of the railroad company for which he or she is appointed. He or she shall exhibit the badge or identification card on demand and before making an arrest.
AR Code § 23-12-706 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 12 - Operation and Maintenance of Railroads|Subchapter 7 - Policing Trains|§ 23-12-706. Railroad police — Compensation

 The compensation for railroad police officers shall be paid by the company for which they are respectively appointed.
AR Code § 23-12-707 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 12 - Operation and Maintenance of Railroads|Subchapter 7 - Policing Trains|§ 23-12-707. Railroad police — Termination of powers

 When a company no longer requires the services of a railroad police officer, it shall file a notice to that effect with the Secretary of State. Thereupon, the powers of the police officer shall terminate.
AR Code § 23-12-708 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 12 - Operation and Maintenance of Railroads|Subchapter 7 - Policing Trains|§ 23-12-708. Drinking or drunkenness in public places — Arrests by railroad conductors

 (a)  (1) Every railroad conductor is authorized and empowered to exercise, in every county in this state through which the train in the charge of the conductor passes, all his or her common law and statutory powers for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of § 5-71-212, and to arrest offenders against any such provisions. In so doing, they shall be considered as acting for the state and not as employees of the railroad company.  (2) Arrests for offenses against such provisions may be made by the conductor without warrant. Persons so arrested shall be delivered by him or her to some justice of the peace, district court judge, sheriff, constable, or police officer at some station or place within the county in which the offense was committed, for trial as provided by law.  (3) If the train has passed from the county in which the offense was committed and for which the arrest shall have been made, then the conductor shall deliver the person so arrested to some officer of another county, and he or she shall be held and delivered to some officer of the county in which the offense was committed to be there held for trial as provided by law.  (4) When any railroad conductor, who is actually engaged in the discharge of his or her duty, makes a legal arrest under the provisions of this subsection, then and in that case the railroad company employing him or her shall not be liable for damages to the persons for the arrest.    (b) All conductors on trains running in this state are authorized and empowered to act in the capacity of peace officers on their respective trains in this state for the specific purpose only to arrest any and all persons on their respective trains that they find to be drunk or in an intoxicated condition and deliver those persons, together with the names of two (2) witnesses who are not railroad employees, to some peace officer at first available opportunity. The conductor is authorized and empowered to deputize any person or persons present to assist him or her in the performance of this duty.
AR Code § 23-12-802 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 12 - Operation and Maintenance of Railroads|Subchapter 8 - Offenses Relating to Railroads|§ 23-12-802. Trespassers boarding trains

 Any person who shall board any passenger, freight, or other railway train, whether moving or standing still, for any purpose and without good faith intending to become a passenger thereon and with no lawful business thereon and with intent to obtain a free ride on the train, however short the distance, without the consent of the person or persons in charge thereof shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. Upon conviction thereof that person shall be punished by a fine of not less than one dollar ($1.00) nor more than ten dollars ($10.00). However, no person shall be so arrested except at the request of an agent or employee of the railroad company.
AR Code § 23-12-804 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 12 - Operation and Maintenance of Railroads|Subchapter 8 - Offenses Relating to Railroads|§ 23-12-804. Discharge of firearms or throwing objects at railroad or street car

 If any person wantonly, maliciously, or mischievously discharges firearms or throws stones, sticks, clubs, or other missiles at, into, or against any locomotive, railroad car, or street car on any railroad, he or she shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. On conviction the person shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than three (3) months, or by both a fine and imprisonment.
AR Code § 23-12-805 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 12 - Operation and Maintenance of Railroads|Subchapter 8 - Offenses Relating to Railroads|§ 23-12-805. Willful interference with railroads — Damages

 (a) If any person shall willfully do or cause to be done any act whatever, whereby any building, construction, or work of any railroad corporation in this state, or any engine, machine, structure, or any matter or thing appertaining to the corporation shall be stopped, obstructed, injured, impaired, weakened, or destroyed, the persons so offending shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall forfeit and pay to the corporation so injured, etc., treble the amount of damages sustained by means of such an offense.  (b) All penalties imposed by this section may be sued for by the prosecuting attorney and in the name of the people of the State of Arkansas in any court of this state having competent jurisdiction.
AR Code § 23-12-807 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 12 - Operation and Maintenance of Railroads|Subchapter 8 - Offenses Relating to Railroads|§ 23-12-807. Engineer or conductor intoxicated

 While in charge of a locomotive engine running upon any railroad in this state or while acting as the conductor of any cars on any railroad in this state, if any person shall be intoxicated, he or she shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and punished accordingly.
AR Code § 23-12-901 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 12 - Operation and Maintenance of Railroads|Subchapter 9 - Liability for Injuries|§ 23-12-901. Legislative intent

 It is the intent and purpose of this section and §§ 23-12-902 — 23-12-910 and 23-12-912 to reenact those provisions of law relating to railroads which were repealed by Acts 1961, No. 170 [repealed], and to place railroads on an equal basis with other persons, firms, and corporations with respect to comparative negligence.