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AR Code § 23-10-439 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 10 - Transportation Of Passengers And Freight Generally|Subchapter 4 - Freight — Railroads|§ 23-10-439. Perishable freight — Time for loading — Demurrage charges

 (a) When cars have been delivered to the shipper as provided for by § 23-10-438, he or she shall have twenty-four (24) hours from 7:00 a.m. of the day following the receipt of the cars in which to load cars.  (b)  (1) After the expiration of the free time as provided for in this section, he or she shall forfeit to the railroad company the sum of five dollars ($5.00) per car per day for each day he or she shall hold the car.  (2) If the cars are not used by the shipper within the free time allowed in this section and he or she refuses to pay the five dollars ($5.00) per day provided for in this section, the railroad company may recover the cars and will not be compelled to furnish the shipper any more cars until he or she has fully paid all delinquent damages.
AR Code § 23-10-440 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 10 - Transportation Of Passengers And Freight Generally|Subchapter 4 - Freight — Railroads|§ 23-10-440. Forwarding perishable freight — Penalty for failure

 (a)  (1) Whenever freight of a character similar to that described in § 23-10-438 is tendered to a railroad company in carload lots or less, and the correct shipping instruction is given, the railroad agent must immediately receive the freight for shipment and issue bills of lading for it.  (2) When such shipments have been received by any railroad company, they shall be started on the first suitable train within twelve (12) hours and shall be carried forward at a rate of not less than two hundred (200) miles per day of twenty-four (24) hours.    (b) Any railroad company failing to comply with this section shall forfeit to the shipper double the damages he or she may sustain by reason of the failure.  (c) In cases of wrecks, washouts, strikes, and other calamities over which railroad companies have no control, this section shall not apply, but the burden shall be on the railroad company to prove the existence of any such facts to justify such a failure.
AR Code § 23-10-441 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 10 - Transportation Of Passengers And Freight Generally|Subchapter 4 - Freight — Railroads|§ 23-10-441. Shipper's pass on shipments of livestock or poultry

 (a) Whenever any railroad company or corporation doing business within the limits of this state receives and ships any livestock or poultry by the carload, the company or corporation shall, in consideration of the price paid for the car, pass the shipper or his or her employee to and from the point designated in the contract or bill of lading without further expense to the shipper.  (b) Any railroad company or corporation or officer, agent, or employee of any railroad company or corporation failing to comply with the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction in a court of competent jurisdiction shall be fined in any sum not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) for each offense.
AR Code § 23-10-442 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 10 - Transportation Of Passengers And Freight Generally|Subchapter 4 - Freight — Railroads|§ 23-10-442. Shipments of sheep and hogs

 (a) All railroad companies, private companies, or individuals owning or operating a railroad in the State of Arkansas are required to furnish a sufficient number of double-decked cars for the shipment of sheep or hogs to supply the demand for such cars on their respective lines. They shall allow shippers to load both decks in the cars with sheep or hogs to the aggregate extent of twenty thousand pounds (20,000 lbs.). The cars, when so loaded, shall be received and transported by the railroad companies, private companies, or individuals as one (1) carload of stock.  (b) It shall not be lawful for the railroad companies, private companies, or individuals to charge or receive for the transportation of a double-decked car of sheep more than is charged by such companies or individuals for a carload of stock other than sheep.  (c) Should any railroad company, private company, or individuals owning or operating a railroad in the State of Arkansas refuse or neglect to furnish double-decked cars as provided in this section, it shall not be lawful for them to charge or receive for the transportation of a car of sheep or hogs more than one-half (½) the rate charged for the shipment of a carload of stock other than sheep or hogs.
AR Code § 23-10-443 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 10 - Transportation Of Passengers And Freight Generally|Subchapter 4 - Freight — Railroads|§ 23-10-443. Shipments of grain

 (a) All persons and corporations owning or operating a railroad in the State of Arkansas are required to furnish cars and equip them with grain-tight doors for shipment of grain in bulk and by the carload.  (b) All persons and corporations owning or operating railroads in this state who furnish cars for shipment of grain in bulk and fail to equip them with grain-tight doors as required by subsection (a) of this section shall be liable for all loss of grain by leakage or loss in weight which shall occur after delivery of a carload of bulk grain to the railroad for shipment.
AR Code § 23-10-444 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 10 - Transportation Of Passengers And Freight Generally|Subchapter 4 - Freight — Railroads|§ 23-10-444. Shipments of coal, corn, or cottonseed — Duty to weigh and furnish correct weight to consignee — Penalty

 (a) All railroads operating in this state are required to keep and maintain track or railroad scales at all stations or depots where as many as one hundred (100) cars of coal, corn, or cottonseed are received annually by the railroad.  (b) The railroads are required, at the request of the consignee of a carload of coal, to properly weigh each and every car after the car has reached its destination. The railroad shall furnish to each consignee, upon request, by a written certificate of the weighman, the correct weight of each carload of coal received by the consignee within one (1) day after the car has reached its destination.  (c) No consignee shall be required to pay any freight or other railroad charge until furnished with the weights, nor pay any greater amount of freight than is shown by the certificate.  (d) Any railroad in this state failing or refusing to comply with any of the provisions of this section shall be subject to a penalty of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), to be paid to the county in which the point of destination lies, for every failure or refusal to comply with the provisions of this section. Each day upon which it may refuse or fail to comply with this section shall constitute a separate offense.
AR Code § 23-10-445 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 10 - Transportation Of Passengers And Freight Generally|Subchapter 4 - Freight — Railroads|§ 23-10-445. Shipments of coal — Duty to weigh loaded cars prior to shipment and issue certificate of weight — Penalty

 (a) At all stations at which scales are required to be maintained for the weighing of coal, it shall be the duty of the railroad company to properly weigh each car of coal after the car has been loaded and to furnish to each shipper by written certificate of the weighman, within one (1) day after the car has been received by the company, correct weights of each car and of the contents of each car delivered to them by the shipper.  (b) The certificate of weight to be given to shippers as provided in subsection (a) of this section shall contain, in addition to the correct weight of the car and its contents, the date of delivery and the number of the car.  (c) Any railroad in this state failing or refusing to comply with any of the provisions of this section shall be subject to a penalty of one hundred dollars ($100) to be paid to the county for every failure or refusal. Each day upon which it may refuse or fail to comply with this section shall constitute a separate offense.
AR Code § 23-11-101 (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 1 - General Provisions|§ 23-11-101. Enforcement of laws or orders on complaint

 It is made the duty of the Arkansas Department of Transportation, on complaint, to enforce by necessary order any or all laws of this state pertaining to railroads and express companies.
AR Code § 23-11-102 (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 1 - General Provisions|§ 23-11-102. Fees of domestic companies

 (a) All railroad, street, interurban, or other transportation companies organized under the laws of this state shall pay the following incorporation fees:  (1) On all lines not exceeding twenty-five (25) miles in length, one hundred dollars ($100); and  (2) On lines exceeding twenty-five (25) miles in length, four dollars ($4.00) per mile for every additional mile the company proposes to construct or operate, and the company shall pay four dollars ($4.00) per mile for any increase by reason of construction.    (b) Every express company, sleeping car company, and private car company organized under the laws of this state shall pay to the Treasurer of State incorporation fees of one dollar ($1.00) per mile for every mile of railroad over which such a corporation proposes to do business in Arkansas.
AR Code § 23-11-103 (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 1 - General Provisions|§ 23-11-103. Railroads and express companies — Annual reports — Failure to report — Penalty

 (a) It is the duty of every person or corporation operating any railroad or express company in this state to make annual returns of the business of the railroad or express company to the Arkansas Department of Transportation.  (b)  (1) The returns shall embrace all receipts and expenditures of the railroad or express companies in this state and are to be made according to forms furnished by the department for that purpose.  (2) The returns shall be made within thirty (30) days after the end of each year to which they relate.  (3) The returns shall be sworn to by some officer of the railroad or express company having knowledge of the matters therein stated.    (c)  (1) Any person or corporation who fails or refuses to make the returns shall be liable to a penalty of fifty dollars ($50.00) for each day of such a failure or refusal.  (2) The penalty is to be recovered by action commenced in the name of the State of Arkansas in any court having jurisdiction of the amount, the action to be prosecuted as provided in this act.
AR Code § 23-11-104 (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 1 - General Provisions|§ 23-11-104. Report of department as to information regarding railroad companies

 (a)  (1) The Arkansas Department of Transportation shall ascertain as early as practicable the amount of money expended in the construction and equipment per mile of every railroad in Arkansas, the amount of money expended to procure the right-of-way, and the amount of money it would require to reconstruct the roadbed, track, and depots and to replace all the physical properties belonging to the railroad.  (2) The department shall also ascertain the amounts paid for salaries to the officers of the railroad, the wages paid to employees, and the operating expenses of each and every railroad in this state, including repairs and interest on indebtedness.    (b) When the information required by this section is obtained, it shall be communicated to the Attorney General by report. A duplicate of the report shall be filed with the Auditor of State for public use, and the information shall be printed, from time to time, in the annual report of the department.
AR Code § 23-11-201 (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 2 - Railroad Incorporation Act of 1959|§ 23-11-201. Title

 This subchapter shall be known as the “Railroad Incorporation Act of 1959”.
AR Code § 23-11-202 (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 2 - Railroad Incorporation Act of 1959|§ 23-11-202. Definitions

 (a) For purposes of this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:  (1) “Department” means the Arkansas Department of Transportation or such other department as may be created or established for the purpose of regulation of common carriers in the State of Arkansas; and  (2) “Railroad corporation” shall be deemed to include all corporations having as an object or purpose the operation, upon rails or any similar device, of rolling stock, railroad cars, engines, locomotives, motor cars, and other equipment of all types designed or intended to be operated upon rails; where such operation involves the movement or transportation of persons, goods, or property belonging to or being transported to or from any other person, firm, or corporation, and a charge, tariff, or levy is exacted as payment, reimbursement, or compensation for the movement or transportation; and where the source of power or means of locomotion is transmitted through or provided by an engine, locomotive, or other mechanical or electrical device moving or operating or designed to move upon rails or similar devices.    (b) The provisions of this subchapter shall not apply to the transportation of passengers by rail in scenic or excursion type service. Any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership or association providing such a service shall be exempt from the jurisdiction of the department, provided that the operations are subject to the safety regulations and jurisdiction of the Federal Railroad Administration.
AR Code § 23-11-203 (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 2 - Railroad Incorporation Act of 1959|§ 23-11-203. Articles of incorporation

 (a) The articles of incorporation of any contemplated railroad corporation shall contain all of the information prescribed for inclusion in the application to be filed with the Arkansas Department of Transportation by § 23-11-204. However, it shall not be necessary that the articles contain a statement of the manner in which the public convenience, necessity, and interest will be served by the granting of the charter, nor shall it be necessary that a preliminary survey of the proposed roadway or route be attached to the articles.  (b) The articles shall contain and set forth, subject to the limitations imposed by law or the Arkansas Constitution, those powers which it is desired by the incorporators that the contemplated corporation shall exercise. However, the statement of powers may be general in nature, and a general statement of powers in the articles shall not have the effect of prohibiting the corporation from exercising those powers specifically granted by the law of this state, unless so provided by the articles.
AR Code § 23-11-205 (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 2 - Railroad Incorporation Act of 1959|§ 23-11-205. Application for incorporation — Hearing — Order of department

 (a) Promptly after the filing of an application for the organization of a railroad corporation, the Arkansas Department of Transportation, under and in accordance with rules and regulations to be established by the department, shall set a date for a hearing upon the application and shall provide that notice of the hearing shall be given to all persons whose interest may be adversely affected by the granting of the application.  (b) The department shall issue its order authorizing the granting of a charter to the proposed corporation if after the hearing the department finds that:  (1) A need exists for the formation of the railroad corporation;  (2) The public good and convenience will be served thereby; and  (3) The proposed financing of the corporation is adequate to permit and enable the corporation to provide all of the services and facilities proposed and to protect the public interest.    (c) A copy of the department's order, together with verified copies of the articles of incorporation, shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State.
AR Code § 23-11-206 (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 2 - Railroad Incorporation Act of 1959|§ 23-11-206. Issuance of charter

 Upon the payment of the fees prescribed by law, the Secretary of State shall issue to the corporation a charter granting unto it perpetual existence in accordance with its articles of incorporation unless a limited term of existence shall be provided for in the articles.
AR Code § 23-11-207 (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 2 - Railroad Incorporation Act of 1959|§ 23-11-207. Filing of papers — Effect

 (a) Certified copies of the articles of incorporation together with copies of the charter issued by the Secretary of State and the order of the Arkansas Department of Transportation shall be filed in the office of the county clerk of each county through which the proposed line shall be situated or into which the proposed line shall extend.  (b) Upon the filing of the articles in the office of the county clerk as provided in subsection (a) of this section, the corporation shall be subject to all liabilities otherwise provided by the law of this state except as such powers may be limited by the articles of incorporation.
AR Code § 23-11-208 (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 2 - Railroad Incorporation Act of 1959|§ 23-11-208. Characteristics and powers generally of corporation

 When the charter and articles of incorporation shall have been filed as provided in §§ 23-11-205 and 23-11-207, the persons who shall have signed and acknowledged the articles of incorporation and their successors shall be a body politic and corporate by the name stated in the articles, and the corporation:   (1) Shall be capable of suing and being sued;  (2) May have a seal;  (3) Shall be capable in law of purchasing, holding, and conveying any real estate and personal property whatever which may be necessary or desirable for the business of the corporation, for the construction, maintenance, or acquisition of a railroad, and for the erection of all necessary buildings, yards, and appurtenances for the use of the railroad; and  (4) May receive, hold, enjoy, and convey any lands or interest in lands that may be given, granted, or donated to it.
AR Code § 23-11-210 (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 2 - Railroad Incorporation Act of 1959|§ 23-11-210. Stockholders' first meeting

 (a) As soon as practicable after the charter and articles of incorporation shall have been filed in the office of the Secretary of State and in the offices of the county clerk as provided by other provisions of this subchapter, the subscribers of the articles of incorporation shall fix a time and place for a meeting of the stockholders to choose directors of the corporation.  (b)  (1) The meeting shall be held at such place within or without the State of Arkansas as shall be determined by the incorporators. Notice thereof shall be given to the stockholders of the corporation by notice directed to each stockholder at the last address of record on the stock records of the corporation unless waiver of notice thereof shall have been filed with the incorporators.  (2) The notice shall be given at least ten (10) days prior to the date set for the meeting.
AR Code § 23-11-211 (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 2 - Railroad Incorporation Act of 1959|§ 23-11-211. Annual and special meetings of stockholders

 (a) Every railroad corporation incorporated under the laws of this state shall prescribe in its bylaws the time for holding an annual meeting of the stockholders of the corporation for the purpose of electing directors and the transaction of such other business as may be necessary or desirable.  (b) The meeting shall be held upon the date fixed by the bylaws at such time and place within or without the State of Arkansas as shall be determined by the board of directors.  (c) Notice of the meeting setting forth the time and place of the meeting shall be given to each stockholder at least ten (10) days in advance of the meeting by mailing notice in the United States mail to the stockholder at his or her last address of record on the stock records of the corporation.  (d)  (1) Special meetings of stockholders may be called at any time during the interval between annual meetings by a majority of the board of directors or by stockholders owning not less than one-third (1/3) of the stock and by giving notice to all stockholders in the manner provided for notice of annual meetings by subsection (c) of this section, at least twenty (20) days in advance of the date fixed for the meeting.  (2) When any special meeting is called, the particular object of the call shall be stated. If at any special meeting thus called a majority in value of the stockholders are not present in person or by proxy, then no business shall be transacted.    (e) Notice of any annual or special meeting of stockholders may be waived in writing.
AR Code § 23-11-212 (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 2 - Railroad Incorporation Act of 1959|§ 23-11-212. Voting of shares generally

 (a)  (1) The owner of any share of any railroad corporation organized under the law of this state may vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of the stockholders.  (2) The owner of record of the stock as reflected by the stock records of the corporation at the time of the meeting shall have the right to vote the stock.    (b) Every administrator, executor, guardian, or trustee who shall have filed with the secretary of the corporation evidence of his or her authority to act in regard thereto shall be allowed to represent the shares of stock in his or her hands at all meetings of the stockholders of the corporation and hold the stock as a stockholder.