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AR Code § 23-4-606 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 4 - Regulation of Rates and Charges Generally|Subchapter 6 - Railroads and Other Carriers Generally|§ 23-4-606. Continuous railroad lines

 (a) In all cases where there is, by physical connection of railroads, a continuous line of railway communication between railroad stations within this state, whether such stations are on railroads operated by one and the same company or corporation or on railroads operated by different and independent companies or corporations, it shall be the duty of the Arkansas Department of Transportation, to and from such stations, to make just and reasonable rates for freight, express, and passenger traffic, to be observed by all persons, companies, or corporations operating any railroad or engaged in transporting persons or property as express or freight in this state.  (b)  (1) All persons, companies, or corporations operating any railroad in this state that forms part of a continuous line of railroad communication to any point in this state shall issue through-passenger tickets and check baggage through to and from points on the continuous line of communication at through-rates and fares.  (2) All freight and traffic carried wholly within this state to and from stations on lines of continuous carriage aforesaid shall be waybilled through at through-rates and tolls from point of departure to point of arrival without being rebilled at junction points. In cases of carload freights, the forwarding carrier shall receive and forward the same in cars in which the freight is tendered without breaking bulk of package.
AR Code § 23-4-607 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 4 - Regulation of Rates and Charges Generally|Subchapter 6 - Railroads and Other Carriers Generally|§ 23-4-607. Connecting railroad lines — Division of charges

 If any two (2) or more connecting lines of railroad in this state fail to agree upon a fair and just division of the charges arising from the transportation of freights, passengers, or cars over their lines, the Arkansas Department of Transportation shall make the division and shall fix the pro rata part of such charges to be received by each of the connecting lines.
AR Code § 23-4-608 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 4 - Regulation of Rates and Charges Generally|Subchapter 6 - Railroads and Other Carriers Generally|§ 23-4-608. Penalties for violations of §§ 23-4-606 and 23-4-607 — Actions to recover penalties

 (a) If any person or corporation operating a railroad or express company in this state, or any receiver, trustee, or lessee of any such person or corporation, violates any of the provisions of §§ 23-4-606 and 23-4-607, or aids or abets therein, or violates the tariff of charges as fixed by the Arkansas Department of Transportation or any of the rules regarding railroads or express companies as made by the department, and for which there is no other penalty prescribed in §§ 23-4-606 and 23-4-607, then the person or corporation, receiver, trustee, or lessee shall be liable to a penalty of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than three thousand dollars ($3,000) for each violation of §§ 23-4-606 and 23-4-607, or such tariff of charges or rules and regulations.  (b)  (1) The penalty may be recovered by an action to be brought in the name of the State of Arkansas in the county in which the violation may occur.  (2)  (A) The department shall institute that action and actions for the recovery of the penalties prescribed in §§ 23-4-606 and 23-4-607 through the prosecuting attorney of the proper district.  (B) The prosecuting attorney shall be allowed a fee by the court not to exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the amount collected.  (C) If any prosecuting attorney neglects for fifteen (15) days after notice to bring suit, the department may employ some other attorney at law to bring the suit who shall be allowed a fee therefor to be fixed by the court not to exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the amount collected. In such a case, the prosecuting attorney shall not interfere.    (3) No action for the recovery of penalties shall be dismissed or compromised without the consent of the court and of the department.    (c) In all trials of cases brought for a violation of any tariff charges by the department, it may be shown in defense that the tariff so fixed was unjust.  (d) Nothing in this section shall be so construed as to in any manner interfere with any action for damages which may be provided by law.
AR Code § 23-4-609 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 4 - Regulation of Rates and Charges Generally|Subchapter 6 - Railroads and Other Carriers Generally|§ 23-4-609. Connecting railroad lines under one management

 (a) Where in this state two (2) or more connecting lines of railroad are operated by, or under, one (1) management or company, or where the majority of the stock of each of two (2) or more railroad companies whose tracks connect is owned or controlled, either directly or indirectly, by any one (1) of these companies, the lines of railroad of all these companies, in respect to the application and making of rates within the meaning and intent of §§ 23-4-601, 23-4-602, 23-4-608 — 23-4-610, 23-4-615, 23-4-706, 23-10-301, and 23-11-101 shall be considered as constituting but one and the same railroad.  (b) Rates for the carriage of freight or passengers over these railroads or any portion of them shall be computed upon a continuous-mileage basis, the same as upon the line of a single railroad company, whether these railroads have separate boards of directors or not.  (c) The Arkansas Department of Transportation shall have the power to fix different rates for different lines bearing the relation to each other described in this section whenever it finds such action necessary to do justice.
AR Code § 23-4-610 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 4 - Regulation of Rates and Charges Generally|Subchapter 6 - Railroads and Other Carriers Generally|§ 23-4-610. Railroads — Through-freight rates and regulations

 (a) The Arkansas Department of Transportation shall have power, and it is its duty, to investigate all through-freight rates and regulations on railroads in Arkansas.  (b)  (1) When the through-freight rates and regulations are, in the opinion of the department, excessive or levied in violation of the interstate commerce law or the rules and regulations of the Interstate Commerce Commission [abolished], the officials of the railroads are to be notified of the facts and requested to reduce the rates or make the proper correction, as the case may be.  (2) When the rates are not changed or the proper corrections are not made according to the request of the department, the department is to notify the Interstate Commerce Commission [abolished] and to apply to it for relief.
AR Code § 23-4-611 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 4 - Regulation of Rates and Charges Generally|Subchapter 6 - Railroads and Other Carriers Generally|§ 23-4-611. Railroads — Short lines

 (a) Railroad companies having roads not exceeding fifty (50) miles in length may charge for loading, carrying, and unloading freights at a rate of not more than forty cents (40¢) per one hundred pounds (100 lbs.) for any distance.  (b)  (1) The rates charged by any company may be reduced by the Arkansas Department of Transportation whenever it appears that the net annual profits of the company exceed ten percent (10%) of the amount of capital actually invested.  (2) However, the rates shall not be reduced so as to reduce the net annual profits of such a company below ten percent (10%) of the amount of its capital actually invested.    (c)  (1) If any railroad company shall charge more than the rates named in this section, the person paying the charges may recover from that railroad company five (5) times the sum so charged, together with the costs of the action, by action before a justice of the peace or other court having jurisdiction.  (2) Service of summons in such an action may be made by delivering a copy of the summons to any agent of the company.
AR Code § 23-4-612 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 4 - Regulation of Rates and Charges Generally|Subchapter 6 - Railroads and Other Carriers Generally|§ 23-4-612. Railroads — Switching charges on coal cars

 (a) When any railroad in Arkansas moves coal in car lots from one (1) switch or spur on its line to a connecting line and the distance is not more than two and one-half (2½) miles, it shall be allowed to charge and collect for such services three dollars ($3.00) per car.  (b) If the railroad company performing the service described in subsection (a) of this section also furnishes the car in which the freight is loaded, it shall be permitted to charge and collect ten cents (10¢) per ton for the service so rendered.  (c) This section shall not apply to switch limits of cities of the first and second class.  (d) Any railroad company violating the provisions of this section shall be punished as is provided in § 23-4-706.
AR Code § 23-4-613 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 4 - Regulation of Rates and Charges Generally|Subchapter 6 - Railroads and Other Carriers Generally|§ 23-4-613. Railroads — Bills of lading

 (a) It shall be unlawful for any railroad company in this state or its officers, agents, or employees to charge and collect or to endeavor to charge and collect from the owner, agent, or consignee of any freight, goods, wares, or merchandise of any kind or character whatever, a greater sum for transporting the freight, goods, wares, or merchandise than is specified in the bill of lading.  (b) Any railroad company, its officers, agents, or employees having possession of any goods, wares, or merchandise of any kind or character whatever shall deliver the goods, wares, or merchandise to the owner, his or her agent, or consignee upon payment of the freight charges as shown by the bill of lading.  (c) Any railroad company, its officers, agents, or employees that refuse to deliver to the owner, agent, or consignee any freight, goods, wares, or merchandise of any kind or character whatever upon the payment, or tender of payment, of the freight charges due as shown by the bill of lading shall be liable in damages to the owner of the freight, goods, wares, or merchandise to an amount equal the amount of the freight charges for every day the freight, goods, wares, or merchandise is held after payment or tender of payment of the charges due as shown by the bill of lading, with the amount to be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction.
AR Code § 23-4-615 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 4 - Regulation of Rates and Charges Generally|Subchapter 6 - Railroads and Other Carriers Generally|§ 23-4-615. Railroads — Sleeping car tariffs

 The Arkansas Department of Transportation is authorized and it is its duty to adopt, change, or make reasonable and just rates, charges, and regulations to govern and regulate sleeping car tariffs and service in order to correct abuses and prevent unjust discrimination and extortion in the rates for sleeping cars.
AR Code § 23-4-616 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 4 - Regulation of Rates and Charges Generally|Subchapter 6 - Railroads and Other Carriers Generally|§ 23-4-616. Railroads — Additional charge for stopping at other than regular station

 Any railroad company may charge the sum of twenty-five cents (25¢) for the carriage of any passenger who may get on or off a train at other than a regular station.
AR Code § 23-4-617 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 4 - Regulation of Rates and Charges Generally|Subchapter 6 - Railroads and Other Carriers Generally|§ 23-4-617. Railroads — Passengers without tickets

 All passengers who may fail to procure regular fare tickets shall be transported over all railroads in this state at the same rate and price charged for regular fare tickets for the same service.
AR Code § 23-4-618 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 4 - Regulation of Rates and Charges Generally|Subchapter 6 - Railroads and Other Carriers Generally|§ 23-4-618. Railroads — Ejection of passengers upon failure to pay fare

 If any passenger shall refuse to pay his or her fare or toll, it shall be lawful for the conductor of the train and the servants of the corporation to put him or her out of the cars at any usual stopping place the conductor shall select.
AR Code § 23-4-619 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 4 - Regulation of Rates and Charges Generally|Subchapter 6 - Railroads and Other Carriers Generally|§ 23-4-619. Railroads — Rate reductions

 When any railroad shall be opened for use, the General Assembly may, from time to time, alter or reduce the rates of toll, fare, freights, or other profits upon the road. However, the rates shall not be so reduced without the consent of the corporation as to produce, with the profits, less than fifteen percent (15%) per annum on the capital actually paid in or, unless upon examination of the amounts received and expended to be made by him or her, the Secretary of State shall ascertain that the net income derived by the company from all sources for the year then last past shall have exceeded an annual income of fifteen percent (15%) upon the capital of the corporation actually paid in.
AR Code § 23-4-620 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 4 - Regulation of Rates and Charges Generally|Subchapter 6 - Railroads and Other Carriers Generally|§ 23-4-620. Notice of rate changes

 (a) Unless the Arkansas Department of Transportation otherwise orders, no public utility shall make any change in any rate duly established under this act except after thirty (30) days' notice to the department. This notice shall plainly state the change proposed to be made in the rates then in force and the time when the changed rates will go into effect.  (b) The utility shall also give notice of the proposed changes to other interested parties as the department in its discretion may direct.  (c) The department, for good cause shown, may allow changes in rates without requiring the thirty (30) days' notice, under such conditions as it may prescribe. All allowed changes shall be immediately indicated upon its schedules by the public utility.
AR Code § 23-4-621 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 4 - Regulation of Rates and Charges Generally|Subchapter 6 - Railroads and Other Carriers Generally|§ 23-4-621. Rate changes to be reflected in schedules

 All proposed changes shall be shown by filing new schedules or shall be plainly indicated upon schedules filed and in force at the time and kept open to public inspection.
AR Code § 23-4-622 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 4 - Regulation of Rates and Charges Generally|Subchapter 6 - Railroads and Other Carriers Generally|§ 23-4-622. Investigation of rate changes

 Whenever there is filed with the Arkansas Department of Transportation by any public utility any schedule stating a new rate, the department, either upon complaint or upon its own motion and upon reasonable notice, may enter upon any investigation concerning the lawfulness of the rates.
AR Code § 23-4-623 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 4 - Regulation of Rates and Charges Generally|Subchapter 6 - Railroads and Other Carriers Generally|§ 23-4-623. Suspension of proposed rates

 Pending its investigation and the decision thereon, the Arkansas Department of Transportation by written order at any time before the new rate becomes effective may suspend the operation of the rate. However, the suspension shall not be for a longer period than nine (9) months beyond the time when the rate would otherwise go into effect. Any order initially suspending the rate shall set a specific date for the commencement of a hearing inquiring into the rate requested unless waived by the applicant utility.
AR Code § 23-4-624 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 4 - Regulation of Rates and Charges Generally|Subchapter 6 - Railroads and Other Carriers Generally|§ 23-4-624. Interim implementation of suspended rates

 (a) If the public utility contends that an immediate and impelling necessity exists for the requested rate increase, a petition may be filed with the Arkansas Department of Transportation narrating the alleged circumstances and requesting a hearing on the petition.  (b) The hearing must commence within thirty (30) days from the date of the filing of the petition or at such subsequent time as may be mutually agreeable to the department and the utility.  (c) If the department finds at the hearing that there is substantial merit to the allegations of the utility's claims, the department may permit all or a portion of the rate to become effective if there is filed with the department a bond to be approved by it, payable to the State of Arkansas in such amount and with such sufficient security to insure the prompt payment of any damages or refunds, with interest, to the persons entitled thereto if the rate so put into effect is finally determined to be excessive or if there is substituted for the bond other arrangements satisfactory to the department for the protection of the parties interested.  (d) The findings of the department relative to the petition of the utility for the immediate and impelling necessity for relief shall be issued on or before the sixtieth day following the date of filing of the petition.
AR Code § 23-4-625 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 4 - Regulation of Rates and Charges Generally|Subchapter 6 - Railroads and Other Carriers Generally|§ 23-4-625. Rate increase not effective until final order

 Unless the Arkansas Department of Transportation finds an immediate and impelling necessity exists or if the department fails to enter a timely order as provided in § 23-4-624, no public utility shall place any rate increase into effect until a final decision and order is made by the department.
AR Code § 23-4-626 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 4 - Regulation of Rates and Charges Generally|Subchapter 6 - Railroads and Other Carriers Generally|§ 23-4-626. Authority of department to fix rates — Apportionment of increase

 (a) If, after the investigation and hearing thereon, the Arkansas Department of Transportation finds the new rate to be unjust, unreasonable, discriminatory, or otherwise in violation of the law or rules of the department, it shall determine and fix the just and reasonable rate to be charged or applied by the utility for the service in question, from and after the time the new rate took effect.  (b) Until rate schedules in compliance with the department’s order can be filed and approved, any rate increase allowed in the department's order shall be apportioned among all classes of customers and shall become effective on all bills rendered thereafter through a temporary surcharge or other equitable means, as shall be prescribed in the order.
AR Code § 23-4-627 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 4 - Regulation of Rates and Charges Generally|Subchapter 6 - Railroads and Other Carriers Generally|§ 23-4-627. Failure of department to reach timely decision — Conditional implementation of suspended rates

 In the event no final rate determination has been made upon the schedule for new rates within ten (10) months after the date the schedule for new rates was filed with the Arkansas Department of Transportation, the public utility may put the suspended rate into effect for all bills rendered thereafter immediately upon the filing of a bond to be approved by the department payable to the State of Arkansas in such amount and with sufficient security to insure prompt payment of any refunds to the persons entitled thereto, including an interest rate as determined by the department not to exceed the maximum interest otherwise allowed by law, if the rate or rates so put into effect are finally determined to be excessive. There may be substituted for the bond other arrangements satisfactory to the department for the protection of the parties interested.
AR Code § 23-4-628 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 4 - Regulation of Rates and Charges Generally|Subchapter 6 - Railroads and Other Carriers Generally|§ 23-4-628. Issuance of commission's order — Rates to be collected

 Notwithstanding any other provisions of this act, upon issuance of the findings and order of the Arkansas Public Service Commission as prescribed in § 23-2-421, no public utility subject to the order shall continue to collect any rates theretofore permitted to be collected under bond. The public utility shall be permitted to collect only those rates set in the order of the commission, and those rates shall be effective throughout any rehearing and judicial review proceedings permitted and prescribed in §§ 23-2-422 — 23-2-424.
AR Code § 23-4-629 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 4 - Regulation of Rates and Charges Generally|Subchapter 6 - Railroads and Other Carriers Generally|§ 23-4-629. Surcharge to collect rates increased by courts

 (a) In the event that the rates set in the order of the Arkansas Department of Transportation subsequently are determined to have been inadequate, either on rehearing or in accordance with court decision on judicial review, the public utility subject to the order shall be entitled to impose a surcharge on the affected customers for collection of the increased rates that otherwise would have been collected during the period between the effective date of the initial order and the effective date of the rates as increased, together with interest as determined by the department at a rate not to exceed the maximum interest rate otherwise allowed by law.  (b) This surcharge shall be assessed over a period equal to the period between the date of the initial order and the effective date of the rates, as increased.  (c) The surcharge shall be distributed among the affected customers in proportion to the amounts those customers were charged during the period between the date of the initial order and the effective date of the rates, as increased.