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NY Transp L § 112 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TRA - Transportation Article 4 - Provisions Relating to Common Carriers 112 - Routing of Shipments by Shipper of Goods.

§ 112. Routing of shipments by shipper of goods. In all cases where at   the  time  of  the  delivery  of  property  to  a  common  carrier,  for   transportation subject to the provisions of this chapter, to  any  point   of  destination,  between  which  and  the  point  of  such delivery for   shipment two or more through routes shall exist,  the  person,  firm  or   corporation  making  such  shipment shall have the right to designate in   writing by which of such routes such property shall  be  transported  to   destination,  and  it shall thereupon be the duty of the initial carrier   to route such property and issue a through bill of lading therefor as so   directed, and to transport such property over its own line or lines  and   deliver  the  same  to  the  connecting carrier by rail or water, and it   shall be the duty of such connecting carrier to  receive  such  property   and  transport  it  over  such line or lines and deliver the same to the   next  succeeding  carrier  or  consignee  according   to   the   routing   instructions  of  such  bill  of  lading,  provided that nothing in this   section shall be construed to make a common carrier liable for injury to   or loss of goods in transit on the line of another carrier. The  shipper   shall in all instances have the right to determine where competing lines   of  railroad  or  of  carriers by water constitute portions of a through   line or route, over which of said  competing  lines  so  constituting  a   portion  of such through line or route his freight shall be transported.   The commissioner shall have the power to make such reasonable exceptions   and regulations as he may determine and shall have power to enforce  the   above  provisions. Where the route adopted by the shipper is by rail and   water lines, some of which have no  physical  connection,  the  property   carried  shall be delivered at the point on the route where the transfer   is to take place by the initial or succeeding carrier to an agent of the   connecting carrier.
NY Transp L § 117 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TRA - Transportation Article 5 - The Powers of the Commissioner in Respect to Common Carriers 117 - Investigation of Accidents.

§ 117. Investigation  of accidents. The commissioner shall investigate   the cause of all accidents on any railroad or street railroad subject to   his jurisdiction which result in loss of life or injury  to  persons  or   property,  and  which in his judgment shall require investigation. Every   common carrier shall give immediate notice to the commissioner of  every   accident  happening  upon any line of railroad or street railroad owned,   operated, controlled or leased by it, in such manner as the commissioner   may direct.
NY Transp L § 118 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TRA - Transportation Article 5 - The Powers of the Commissioner in Respect to Common Carriers 118 - Investigations by Commissioner.

§ 118. Investigations by commissioner. 1. The commissioner may, of his   own motion, investigate or make inquiry, in a manner to be determined by   him  as  to  any  act  or thing done or omitted to be done by any common   carrier, subject to his supervision, and the commissioner must make such   inquiry in regard to any act or thing done or omitted to be done by  any   such common carrier in violation of law or an order of the commissioner.2.  Complaints  may  be  made  to  the  commissioner  by any person or   corporation aggrieved, by petition or complaint in writing setting forth   any thing or act done or omitted to be done by  any  common  carrier  in   violation, or claimed to be in violation, or of the terms and conditions   of  its  franchise  or charter or of any order of the commissioner. Upon   the presentation of such a complaint the commissioner shall cause a copy   thereof to be forwarded to the person or carrier  complained  of,  which   may  be  accompanied  by  an  order, directed to such person or carrier,   requiring that the matters complained  of  be  satisfied,  or  that  the   charges  be  answered  in  writing  within a time to be specified by the   commissioner.  If  the  person  or  carrier  complained  of  shall  make   reparation  for  any  injury  alleged  and  shall cease to commit, or to   permit, the  violation  of  law,  franchise  or  order  charged  in  the   complaint,  and  shall  notify  the commissioner of that fact before the   time allowed for answer, the commissioner need take  no  further  action   upon the charges. If, however, the charges contained in such petition be   not  thus  satisfied, and it shall appear to the commissioner that there   are reasonable grounds therefor, he shall investigate  such  charges  in   such  manner  and  by  such means as he shall deem proper, and take such   action within his powers as the facts justify.3. Whenever the commissioner shall investigate any  matter  complained   of  by  any  person or corporation aggrieved by any act or omission of a   common carrier under this section it shall be his duty to make and  file   an  order  either  dismissing the petition or complaint or directing the   common carrier complained of to satisfy the cause of complaint in  whole   or to the extent which the commissioner may specify and require.
NY Transp L § 120 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TRA - Transportation Article 5 - The Powers of the Commissioner in Respect to Common Carriers 120 - Power of Commissioner to Order Repairs or Changes.

§ 120. Power  of  commissioner  to order repairs or changes. If in the   judgment of the commissioner, additional tracks, switches, terminals  or   terminal  facilities,  stations,  motive  power,  or any other property,   construction, apparatus, equipment, facilities or device for use by  any   common carrier in or in connection with the transportation of passengers   or   property  ought  reasonably  to  be  provided  or  any  repairs  or   improvements to or changes in any thereof in use ought reasonably to  be   made,  or  any additions to changes in construction should reasonably be   made thereto in order to promote the  security  or  convenience  of  the   public  or  employees,  or  in  order  to  secure  adequate  service  or   facilities for the transportation  of  passengers  or  property,  or  to   overcome  or  to  minimize except by change of motive power nuisances of   smoke,  soot,  or  cinders,  arising  from  the  operation  outside  the   corporate  limits  of  a  city  of  such common carrier, such changes or   additions in equipment not to be in conflict with any federal statute or   regulation, the commissioner shall, after a hearing either  on  his  own   motion  or  after  complaint,  make  and  serve  an order directing such   repairs,  improvements,  changes  or  additions  to  be  made  within  a   reasonable  time  and  in  a  manner  to be specified therein, and every   common  carrier  shall  make  all  repairs,  improvements,  changes  and   additions  required  of  it by any order of the commissioner served upon   it. If  any  repairs,  improvements,  changes  or  additions  which  the   commissioner has determined to order require joint action by two or more   of  said  carriers,  the commissioner shall, before entry and service of   order, notify the said carriers that such repairs, improvements, changes   or additions will be required and that the same shall be made  at  their   joint  cost,  and  thereupon the said carriers shall have thirty days or   such longer time as the commissioner may grant  within  which  to  agree   upon the part or division of cost of such repairs, improvements, changes   or  additions  which  each shall bear. If at the expiration of such time   such carriers shall fail to file with the commissioner a statement  that   an  agreement  has  been  made  for  a division or apportionment of such   repairs, improvements, changes or additions the commissioner shall  have   authority,  after further hearing, to fix in his order the proportion of   such cost or expense to be borne by each such company and the manner  in   which  the same shall be paid and secured. But this section shall not be   construed to authorize the commissioner to require two or more  railroad   companies to unite in the erection of a union station.
NY Transp L § 122 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TRA - Transportation Article 5 - The Powers of the Commissioner in Respect to Common Carriers 122 - Contracts Between Railroad Companies and Bus Companies Owned by Former; Approval of Commissioner.

§ 122. Contracts between railroad companies and bus companies owned by   former;  approval of commissioner. Whenever the commissioner has made an   order authorizing any street railroad company  or  railroad  company  to   substitute  the operation of stages, buses or motor vehicles in place of   cars or trains upon tracks on any portion of the route of such railroad,   and such company is the owner of all of  the  capital  stock  of  a  bus   company,  such  street railroad company or railroad company and such bus   company may, subject to the approval of the commissioner,  contract  for   the  use  of  their  respective  routes, or any part thereof, upon which   stages, buses or motor vehicles may be operated, and such  routes  shall   thereafter be used in such manner and for such time as may be prescribed   in such contract.
NY Transp L § 123 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TRA - Transportation Article 5 - The Powers of the Commissioner in Respect to Common Carriers 123 - Power of Commissioner to Order Changes in Time Schedules; Running of Additional Cars and Trains.

§ 123. Power  of  commissioner  to  order  changes  in time schedules;   running of additional cars and  trains.  If,  in  the  judgment  of  the   commissioner,  any  railroad company or street railroad company does not   run trains enough or cars enough or  possess  or  operate  motive  power   enough,  reasonably  to  accommodate the traffic, passenger and freight,   transported by or offered for transportation to it, or does not run  its   trains  or  cars  with sufficient frequency or at a reasonable or proper   time having regard to safety, or does not run any train or  trains,  car   or  cars,  upon a reasonable time schedule for the run, the commissioner   shall, after a hearing either on his own motion or after complaint, have   power to make an order directing any such  railroad  company  or  street   railroad  company to increase the number of its trains or of its cars or   its motive power or to change the time for starting its trains  or  cars   or  to  change the time schedule for the run of any train or car or make   any other suitable order that the commissioner may determine  reasonably   necessary  to  accommodate  and  transport  the  traffic,  passenger  or   freight, transported or offered for transportation.
NY Transp L § 125 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TRA - Transportation Article 5 - The Powers of the Commissioner in Respect to Common Carriers 125 - Power of Commissioner to Order Continuance of Train Service During Investigation.

§ 125. Power  of  commissioner  to  order continuance of train service   during investigation. Unless otherwise  ordered  or  authorized  by  the   commissioner, no railroad company shall discontinue any train engaged in   the  transportation  of  passengers  in  intrastate  commerce within the   state, except upon thirty days'  notice  to  the  commissioner  and  the   posting  of  notice  of  such  proposed  discontinuance in every station   directly affected thereby thirty days in advance  thereof;  nor,  unless   otherwise  ordered or authorized by the commissioner, shall any railroad   company discontinue any scheduled station stop by any such train, except   upon fifteen days' notice and posting as herein prescribed. Upon receipt   of such notice, the commissioner shall have power,  upon  complaint,  or   upon  his own motion without complaint, to institute an investigation to   determine whether the existing service provided by  any  such  train  is   reasonably required to provide adequate transportation service. Upon the   institution  of such an investigation, the commissioner is authorized by   order to require the railroad  company  to  continue  existing  service,   pending  the  holding  of public hearings and decision thereon, provided   that such order shall not be effective for a longer period  than  ninety   days.
NY Transp L § 126 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TRA - Transportation Article 5 - The Powers of the Commissioner in Respect to Common Carriers 126 - Uniform System of Accounts; Access to Accounts; Forfeitures.

§ 126. Uniform  system  of  accounts; access to accounts; forfeitures.   The commissioner may, whenever he deems advisable, establish a system of   accounts to be  used  by  common  carriers  which  are  subject  to  his   supervision, or may classify the said carriers and prescribe a system of   accounts  for  each  class,  and  may prescribe the manner in which such   accounts shall be kept. He may also  in  his  discretion  prescribe  the   forms  of  accounts,  records and memoranda to be kept by such carriers,   including the accounts, records and memoranda of the movement of traffic   as  well  as  the  receipts  and  expenditures  of  moneys.  Notice   of   alterations  by  the  commissioner  in  the  required  method or form of   keeping a system of accounts shall be given to such persons or  carriers   by  the  commissioner  at  least  six months before the same are to take   effect. The system of accounts established by the commissioner  and  the   forms  of  accounts, records and memoranda prescribed by him as provided   above shall conform in the case of railroad companies as nearly  as  may   be  to  those from time to time established and prescribed by the United   States department of transportation under the provisions of the  act  of   congress  entitled  "An  act  to  regulate  commerce"  approved February   fourth, eighteen hundred eighty-seven, and the acts  amendatory  thereof   or  supplementary  thereto.  The  commissioner  shall  at all times have   access to all accounts, records and memoranda kept  by  common  carriers   and  may designate any officers or employees of the department who shall   thereupon have authority under the order of the commissioner to  inspect   and  examine  any  and  all accounts, records and memoranda kept by such   carriers. The commissioner may, after hearing, prescribe  by  order  the   accounts  in  which  particular  outlays  and receipts shall be entered,   charged or credited. At any such hearing the burden of proof shall be on   the common carrier to establish the correctness of the accounts in which   such outlays and receipts have been entered, and  the  commissioner  may   suspend  a charge or credit pending submission of proof by such carrier.   Where the commissioner has prescribed the forms of accounts, records and   memoranda to be kept by such carriers it shall be unlawful for  them  to   keep  any other accounts, records or memoranda than those so prescribed,   or those prescribed by or under authority of the United States.
NY Transp L § 127 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TRA - Transportation Article 5 - The Powers of the Commissioner in Respect to Common Carriers 127 - Franchises and Privileges.

§ 127. Franchises  and  privileges.  Without first having obtained the   permission and approval of the  commissioner  no  common  carrier  shall   begin  the  construction  of  a  railroad  or  street  railroad,  or any   extension thereof, for which a certificate  of  public  convenience  and   necessity  shall  not  have  been  granted  by  the  board  of  railroad   commissioners or where prior to said time said common carrier shall  not   have  become entitled by virtue of its compliance with the provisions of   the railroad law to  begin  such  construction;  nor,  except  as  above   provided  in  this  section,  shall any such common carrier exercise any   franchise or right under any provision of the railroad law,  or  of  any   other  law,  not  heretofore  lawfully  exercised,  without first having   obtained  the  permission  and  approval  of   the   commissioner.   The   commissioner  shall  have  power  to  grant  the permission and approval   herein specified whenever he shall after due hearing determine that such   construction or such exercise of the franchise or privilege is necessary   or convenient for the public service.
NY Transp L § 130 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TRA - Transportation Article 5 - The Powers of the Commissioner in Respect to Common Carriers 130 - Reorganizations.

§ 130. Reorganizations.   1.   Corporate   reorganizations  of  common   carriers shall be subject to the approval of the commissioner.2.  Upon  all  such  reorganizations  the  amount  of  capitalization,   including   therein   all   stocks  and  bonds  and  other  evidence  of   indebtedness, shall be such as is authorized by the commissioner  which,   in  making  his  determination,  shall  not exceed the fair value of the   property involved,  taking  into  consideration  its  original  cost  of   construction,  duplication  cost,  present  condition,  earning power at   reasonable rates and all other relevant matters and any  additional  sum   or  sums  as shall be actually paid in cash, provided, however, that the   commissioner  may  make  due  allowance  for  discount  of  bonds.   Any   reorganization agreement before it becomes effective shall be amended so   that the amount of capitalization shall conform to the amount authorized   by the commissioner.
NY Transp L § 131 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TRA - Transportation Article 5 - The Powers of the Commissioner in Respect to Common Carriers 131 - Forfeiture; Penalties.

§ 131. Forfeiture;   penalties.   1.  Every  common  carrier  and  all   officers, and agents of any  common  carrier  shall  obey,  observe  and   comply  with  every  order  made by the commissioner so long as the same   shall be and remain in force. Any common carrier which shall violate any   provision of law requiring the consent, permission or  approval  of  the   commissioner  for  the  performance  of an act, or which fails, omits or   neglects to obey, observe or comply with any order or any  direction  or   requirement  of  the  commissioner,  shall  forfeit to the people of the   state of New York not to exceed the sum of  five  thousand  dollars  for   each  offense;  every  violation  of  any  such  order  or  direction or   requirement, or of law, shall be a separate and distinct  offense,  and,   in case of a continuing violation, every day's continuance thereof shall   be a separate and distinct offense.2.  Every  officer  and  agent  of  any  such common carrier who shall   violate, or who procures, aids or abets any violation by any such common   carrier of any provision of law requiring  the  consent,  permission  or   approval of the commissioner for the performance of an act, or who shall   fail  to  obey, observe and comply with any order of the commissioner or   any provision of an order of the commissioner, or who procures, aids  or   abets any such common carrier in its failure to obey, observe and comply   with any such order or provision, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
NY Transp L § 131-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws TRA - Transportation Article 5 - The Powers of the Commissioner in Respect to Common Carriers 131-A - Penalties for Violations.

§  131-a.  Penalties  for  violations.  1.  Any  railroad company that   operates as a common carrier that violates any provision of article five   of this chapter and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto shall, upon   direction by the commissioner, be liable for a penalty  payable  to  the   people  of  the  state  of  New  York  in  the amount not to exceed five   thousand dollars.2. Any railroad company that operates as a common carrier of  property   that  violates  any  provision  of  article  five  of  this  chapter and   regulations promulgated pursuant thereto with respect  to  one  or  more   freight  cars  required  to  be placarded by federal hazardous materials   regulations shall, upon direction by the commissioner, be liable  for  a   penalty  payable to the people of the state of New York in an amount not   to exceed fifteen thousand dollars.3. Each violation shall be a separate and distinct  offense,  and,  in   case of a continuing violation, every day's continuance thereof shall be   a separate and distinct offense.4.   Before  imposing  a  penalty  set  forth  in  this  section,  the   commissioner shall afford the railroad company notice and an opportunity   to be heard.  In assessing the penalty, the  commissioner  may  consider   the following:a.  the  railroad  company's  history  of  violating  the  law  or the   regulations of the commissioner;b. if the violation arises  out  of  an  accident,  whether  death  or   serious  injury  occurred  as  a  result  of  the  accident, whether the   accident resulted in an evacuation of the general public for one hour or   more, and whether the accident  resulted  in  the  closure  of  a  major   transportation artery or facility for one hour or more; andc. any other factors the commissioner deems relevant.5.  If such penalty is not paid within four months, the amount thereof   may be entered as a judgment in the office of the clerk of the county of   Albany and in any other county in which the railroad company has a place   of business or through which it operates.
NY Transp L § 132 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TRA - Transportation Article 5 - The Powers of the Commissioner in Respect to Common Carriers 132 - Enforcement Proceedings.

§ 132. Enforcement  proceedings.  Whenever the commissioner shall find   that a common carrier subject to his supervision is failing or  omitting   or  about  to  fail  or  omit to do anything required of it by law or by   order of the commissioner, or is doing anything or about to do  anything   or  permitting  anything  or  about  to  permit  anything to be done, in   violation of law or of any order of the commissioner, he shall direct an   attorney employed by the department to commence  an  action  or  special   proceeding  in the supreme court in the name of the commissioner for the   purpose of having such violations or threatened violations  stopped  and   prevented.  Such  attorney  shall  thereupon  begin an action or special   proceeding  alleging  the  violation  complained  of  and  praying   for   appropriate  relief.   In case of default in answer or after answer, the   court shall immediately inquire into the facts and circumstances in such   manner as the court shall direct without other or formal pleadings,  and   without  respect  to  any  technical  requirement. Such other persons or   corporations as the court shall deem necessary  or  proper  to  join  as   parties  in  order  to  make  its  judgment  effective, may be joined as   parties upon application. The final  judgment  in  any  such  action  or   special proceeding shall either dismiss the action or special proceeding   or direct judgment as prayed for in the complaint or petition or in such   modified   or  other  form  as  the  court  may  determine  will  afford   appropriate relief.