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AR Code § 23-11-309 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 11 - Establishment and Organization of Railroads|Subchapter 3 - Sale, Lease, or Consolidation|§ 23-11-309. Stockholders' consent required for purchase of stock, lease, or consolidation

 No aid as provided in § 23-11-304 shall be furnished, nor shall any purchase, lease, subletting, consolidation, or arrangements be perfected, until:   (1) A meeting of the stockholders of all the companies, parties to the agreement, whereby a railroad in this state may be aided, purchased, leased, sublet, consolidated, or affected by such an arrangement has been called by the directors thereof, at such time and place and in such manner as the directors shall designate, after giving sixty (60) days' notice of the meeting by advertisement in some daily or weekly newspaper printed and published in Little Rock, Arkansas, and such other newspapers elsewhere as the board of directors shall deem expedient;  (2) The holders of two-thirds (2/3) of the issued capital stock of such companies have assented thereto in person or by proxy; and  (3) A certificate thereof signed by the president and secretary of the company or companies has been filed in the office of the Secretary of State.
AR Code § 23-11-310 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 11 - Establishment and Organization of Railroads|Subchapter 3 - Sale, Lease, or Consolidation|§ 23-11-310. Articles of consolidation or purchase — Amount of capital stock

 (a) Articles of consolidation or purchase shall be signed by a majority of the directors of the respective companies and shall be filed and recorded in the office of the Secretary of State.  (b) The articles of consolidation or purchase shall set forth the amount of the capital stock, the names of the officers of the companies thus formed, and all conditions, agreements, and stipulations in the premises.  (c) The amount of the capital stock of the company thus formed may be fixed at any amount not exceeding the aggregate sum authorized by the charter or articles of incorporation of the respective companies thus merging or amalgamating.
AR Code § 23-11-311 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 11 - Establishment and Organization of Railroads|Subchapter 3 - Sale, Lease, or Consolidation|§ 23-11-311. Control of parallel or competing line prohibited — Contracts, etc., void — Penalties

 (a)  (1) No railroad or the lessees, purchasers, or managers of any railroad shall consolidate the stock, property, or franchises of the corporation with, nor lease or purchase the works or franchises of, nor in any way control any other railroad owning or having under its control a parallel or competing line, nor shall any officer of such a railroad act as an officer of any other railroad owning or having control of a parallel or competing line;  (2) In all cases under this section, when demanded by either party, the question whether railroads are parallel or competing lines shall be decided by a jury.    (b)  (1) All acts or attempted acts of any railroad, or the lessees, purchasers, or managers of any railroad, in violation of any of the provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall be void.  (2) Any person or party aggrieved or affected by any such acts or attempted acts, whether stockholders or not, may bring an action against them in the circuit court of any county through which the railroad passes. The court shall have jurisdiction in the case and power to set aside any such acts or attempted acts as void, and to restrain and enjoin the acts or attempted acts and grant all other proper relief.    (c) Any officer of the railroad who violates subsection (a) of this section, by acting also as an officer of any other parallel or competing line of railroad, as therein prohibited, shall forfeit and pay not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) per day during the time he or she so violated subsection (a) of this section, to be recovered by civil action brought by like parties and in like manner, as provided in subsection (b) of this section.
AR Code § 23-11-312 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 11 - Establishment and Organization of Railroads|Subchapter 3 - Sale, Lease, or Consolidation|§ 23-11-312. Rights and privileges of consolidated and purchasing companies

 (a) When any two (2) railroad companies shall become consolidated under the laws of this state or when any railroad which has been wholly or partially constructed shall become the lawful purchaser or owner of another line which has not been constructed, the consolidated company, or company purchasing the unconstructed line, shall have all the rights, privileges, and franchises of the original companies and have the same length of time from the date of consolidation within which to comply with the requirements of Acts 1885, No. 104, §§ 1 and 2 [repealed], as was originally allowed to railroad companies under that act.  (b) Nothing contained in this section shall be so construed as to exempt any railroad or extension or branch thereof from legislative control in the same manner and to the same extent as railroads organized under the general laws of this state.
AR Code § 23-11-313 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 11 - Establishment and Organization of Railroads|Subchapter 3 - Sale, Lease, or Consolidation|§ 23-11-313. Debts of purchased or consolidated companies — Claims

 (a)  (1) Whenever any railroad company, corporation, or individual purchases any railroad from any other railroad company, corporation, or individual, the company, corporation, or individual purchasing shall take and hold the railroad subject to all debts, liabilities, and obligations of the company from which the road was purchased.  (2) Whenever any two (2) or more railroad companies shall be consolidated, the consolidated company shall be liable for all the debts, liabilities, and obligations of all the consolidated companies.    (b) All persons or corporations having claims against the purchasing company or individual under this section shall present the claims to the purchasing company or individual within twelve (12) months after receiving notice from the purchasing company or individual of the sale or be forever barred.
AR Code § 23-11-314 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 11 - Establishment and Organization of Railroads|Subchapter 3 - Sale, Lease, or Consolidation|§ 23-11-314. Forfeiture of lease — Ouster

 (a) The franchise and all charter rights whatsoever of any railroad company in and to all railroad, roadbed, bridge, depot, or other railroad property, as well as the possession of, and right to operate, which may have been acquired by the railroad under and by virtue of any lease, shall be forfeited and the railroad company ousted of its right thereunder to operate, possess, or control the railroad, if:  (1) The lease has not been made in conformity with the statute governing the making of such leases; or  (2) The lessee fails to maintain the property in good repair so as to afford safe and reasonably prompt facilities of travel to the public or fails to furnish reasonable shipping accommodations for freight to its patrons.    (b) This section may be enforced at the instance of the state by its Attorney General, by information in the nature of quo warranto or other proper suit in any court having jurisdiction.  (c) Whenever any railroad company, by the judgment of any court rendered in any suit instituted by the state, shall be ousted of the possession of or right to operate any railroad, bridge, depot, or other property leased to the company by any other railroad company, then the lessor shall immediately succeed to all the rights in and to the leased property had and enjoyed by it at the time of the execution of the lease, if the lessor has been in no way responsible for the acts upon which the judgment was based except in the making of the lease.
AR Code § 23-11-315 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 11 - Establishment and Organization of Railroads|Subchapter 3 - Sale, Lease, or Consolidation|§ 23-11-315. Corporations formed to purchase or lease railroads — Stock issued in payment deemed fully paid shares

 (a) Subject to the provisions of Acts 1959, No. 30, corporations may be formed for the purpose of purchasing or leasing the whole or any part of any railroad, and that purpose or object shall be stated in the application and articles of incorporation.  (b) All shares of stock issued in payment of the purchase shall be deemed to be fully paid shares.
AR Code § 23-11-401 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 11 - Establishment and Organization of Railroads|Subchapter 4 - Foreign Railroads|§ 23-11-401. Authority to construct railroads in state

 Any railroad company existing under the laws of any other state or territory may extend and construct its railroad into or through this state.
AR Code § 23-11-402 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 11 - Establishment and Organization of Railroads|Subchapter 4 - Foreign Railroads|§ 23-11-402. Purchase or lease of state roads — Exception

 Subject to approval thereof by the Arkansas Department of Transportation under such rules for procedure as it may establish and a determination that action will be in the public interest, any railroad corporation existing under the laws of any other state or territory may buy, lease, or otherwise acquire any railroad, the whole or part of which is in this state, with all the rights, privileges, and franchises thereto pertaining, or buy the stock and bonds, or guarantee the bonds of any railroad corporation incorporated or organized under the laws of this state whenever the roads of such companies shall form in the operation thereof a continuous line or lines. However, the road so purchased shall not be parallel or competing with the purchasing road.
AR Code § 23-11-403 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 11 - Establishment and Organization of Railroads|Subchapter 4 - Foreign Railroads|§ 23-11-403. Lessor and lessee of railroad subject to laws

 A corporation in this state leasing its road to a corporation of another state shall remain liable as if it operated the road itself, and a corporation of another state, being the lessee of a railroad in this state, shall likewise be held liable for the violation of any of the laws of this state and may sue or be sued in all cases, and for the same causes and in the same manner, as a corporation of this state might sue or be sued if operating its own road, but a satisfaction of any claim or judgment by either of the corporations shall discharge the other.
AR Code § 23-11-404 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 11 - Establishment and Organization of Railroads|Subchapter 4 - Foreign Railroads|§ 23-11-404. Right to tax uncurtailed

 Nothing in §§ 23-11-302, 23-11-401, and 23-11-402 shall be held or construed as curtailing the right of state or counties through which a consolidated, leased, or purchased road may be located to levy and collect taxes upon the road and the rolling stock thereof, pro rata, in conformity with the provisions of the laws of this state upon that subject.
AR Code § 23-11-501 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 11 - Establishment and Organization of Railroads|Subchapter 5 - Land Grants|§ 23-11-501. Grants for purpose of aiding in construction of railroads

 (a) Any person or corporation, public or private, who may wish to donate, grant, or devise any lands or other property for the purpose of aiding in the construction, building, or running of any railroad within this state, under the provisions of this act, may, by deed or otherwise, convey the lands or other property to the state for that purpose. The property shall then be held by the state for that purpose solely.  (b) The donor, grantor, or devisor may, at his or her discretion, designate the railroad company or association to which the lands or other property shall be appropriated.  (c) If the road or corporation is not completed within the time fixed by law, the land or property so donated shall revert back to the donor, grantor, or devisor.
AR Code § 23-11-502 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 11 - Establishment and Organization of Railroads|Subchapter 5 - Land Grants|§ 23-11-502. Lands forfeited upon failure to apply for and accept conveyance

 Any railroad company which becomes entitled to a conveyance of any lands from the state shall apply therefor and accept a conveyance from the state within six (6) months after completion of the act by which it became entitled to the conveyance. Any company which fails to do so within the time aforesaid shall forfeit all lands for which it fails to apply within such time.
AR Code § 23-11-503 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 11 - Establishment and Organization of Railroads|Subchapter 5 - Land Grants|§ 23-11-503. Forfeited lands revert to state

 All lands forfeited under the provisions of this section and §§ 23-11-502 and 23-11-505 shall revert to and belong to the State of Arkansas and shall be sold as other lands.
AR Code § 23-11-504 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 11 - Establishment and Organization of Railroads|Subchapter 5 - Land Grants|§ 23-11-504. Report of failure to accept or forfeiture of lands — Lands proclaimed subject to sale

 (a) The Commissioner of State Lands is charged with the duty of making inquiry and of reporting to the Governor all failures of any railroad company to make application and accept conveyance within the time specified in § 23-11-502. He or she shall report all failures with a list of the lands forfeited by the nonapplication.  (b) Upon receipt of the report, the Governor shall make proclamation that the lands have been forfeited and are subject to sale by the state.
AR Code § 23-11-505 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 11 - Establishment and Organization of Railroads|Subchapter 5 - Land Grants|§ 23-11-505. List of lands conveyed — Assessment

 (a) It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of State Lands, immediately upon the execution of any conveyance conveying lands to any railroad company, to make a list of the lands conveyed and send the list of the lands conveyed to the assessor of the county in which the lands are situated.  (b) The assessor shall at the next assessment assess the lands for taxation as the property of the railroad company in the same manner that other lands are assessed.
AR Code § 23-12-101 (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 1 - General Provisions|§ 23-12-101. Sections 23-12-101 — 23-12-103 cumulative

 The provisions of this section and §§ 23-12-102 and 23-12-103 shall be regarded as cumulative, and nothing therein shall be so construed as to repeal any other act now in force, nor to in any way curtail or limit the powers and duties of the Arkansas Department of Transportation.
AR Code § 23-12-102 (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 1 - General Provisions|§ 23-12-102. Inspection of railroads by department

 The Arkansas Department of Transportation shall carefully examine the condition of the railroads of this state as often as the department considers necessary.
AR Code § 23-12-104 (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 1 - General Provisions|§ 23-12-104. Number and frequency of trains and streetcars

 (a) If in the judgment of the Arkansas Department of Transportation any railroad corporation or street railroad corporation does not run trains enough or cars enough or possess or operate motive power enough reasonably to accommodate the passenger and freight traffic transported by or offered for transportation to it, or does not run its trains or cars with sufficient frequency or at reasonable or proper time, having regard to safety, or does not run any train or car upon a reasonable time schedule for the run, then, after a hearing either on its own motion or after complaint, the department shall have power to make an order directing any such railroad corporation or street railroad corporation 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 department may determine reasonably necessary to accommodate and transport the passenger or freight traffic transported or offered for transportation.  (b) No railroad corporation, street railroad corporation, or common carrier shall abandon, take up, or cease to operate for the transportation of passengers or freight any line, or any portion of its line, which it may deem no longer necessary for the successful operation of its road and for the convenience of the public without first obtaining the permission and approval of the department.  (c) Nothing in this section shall authorize the department to make any order with reference to the amount of cars or motive power or with reference to the schedule or with reference to the operation or nonoperation of that part of any street railroad within the limits of any municipality of this state. It is the intention of this act that the jurisdiction as to such matters shall be elsewhere under this act delegated to municipal councils and city commissions of this state.
AR Code § 23-12-105 (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 1 - General Provisions|§ 23-12-105. Attorney's fee taxed in suits for transportation violations

 In all actions at law or suits in equity against any railroad company, its assignees, lessees, or other persons owning or operating any railroad in this state, or partly therein, for the violation of any law regulating the transportation of freight or passengers by any such railroad, if the plaintiff recovers in any such action or suit he or she shall also recover a reasonable attorney's fee, to be taxed as part of the costs therein and collected as other costs may be by law collected.
AR Code § 23-12-201 (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 2 - Roadbeds and Rights-of-Way|§ 23-12-201. Maintenance of right-of-way free from obstructions — Penalty

 (a)  (1) All railroad corporations operating in this state shall maintain their right-of-way at or around any railroad crossing of a public road or highway free from grass, trees, bushes, shrubs, or other growing vegetation which may obstruct the view of pedestrians and vehicle operators using the public highways.  (2) The maintenance of the right-of-way shall be for a distance of fifty feet (50') on each side of the centerline between the rails for the maintenance width and for a distance of one hundred yards (100 yds.) on each side of the centerline from the public road or highway for the maintenance length.    (b) Any railroad corporation failing or refusing to comply with the provisions of this section shall be subject to a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) for each violation.
AR Code § 23-12-202 (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 2 - Roadbeds and Rights-of-Way|§ 23-12-202. Permitting certain weeds to seed on right-of-way unlawful — Recovery of damages

 (a) It shall be unlawful for any railroad or railway company or corporation doing business in this state to permit any Johnson grass or Russian thistle to mature or go to seed upon any right-of-way owned, leased, or controlled by the railroad or railway company or corporation in this state.  (b)  (1) If it shall appear upon the suit of any person owning, leasing, or controlling land contiguous to the right-of-way of any such railroad or railway company, or corporation, that the railway or railroad company or corporation has permitted any Johnson grass or Russian thistle to mature or go to seed upon their right-of-way, the person so suing shall recover from the railroad or railway company or corporation the sum of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) and any such additional sum as he or she may have been damaged by reason of the railroad or railway company or corporation permitting Johnson grass or Russian thistle to mature or go to seed upon their right-of-way.  (2) However, any owner of land or any person controlling land contiguous to the right-of-way of any such railroad or railway company or corporation who permits any Johnson grass or Russian thistle to mature or go to seed upon the land shall have no right to recover from the railroad or railway company or corporation, as provided for in this section.
AR Code § 23-12-203 (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 2 - Roadbeds and Rights-of-Way|§ 23-12-203. Clearing right-of-way following derailment or wreck

 (a) Any railroad operating in this state shall be required to clear its right-of-way of debris and wrecked equipment within ninety (90) days following any derailment or train wreck.  (b) In the event any railroad fails to comply with this requirement the Arkansas Department of Transportation, upon petition of any ten (10) citizens, shall conduct a hearing for the purpose of determining the cause of the railroad's failure to comply with this requirement.  (c) The department is authorized to file suit in a court of competent jurisdiction for an order requiring the railroad's compliance with this section.