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Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 23 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND REGULATED INDUSTRIES (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-119-105) › Subtitle 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-19-210) › Chapter 4 - REGULATION OF RATES AND CHARGES GENERALLY (§§ 23-4-101 — 23-4-1209) › Subchapter 7 - RAILROADS AND EXPRESS COMPANIES - ESTABLISHING RATES (§§ 23-4-701 — 23-4-720) › Section 23-4-716 - Liability as to rates approved by department

In no instance shall any person or corporation operating a railroad or express company, the schedule of charges of which have been submitted to, revised, and approved by the Arkansas Department of Transportation, be civilly or criminally liable for the making of any charge that has been authorized by the tariff of charges approved by the department or the rules and regulations prescribed by the department.
Amended by Act 2017, No. 707,§ 140, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 1899, No. 53, § 15, p. 82; C. & M. Dig., § 1689; Pope's Dig., § 1993; A.S.A. 1947, § 73-1518.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 23 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND REGULATED INDUSTRIES (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-119-105) › Subtitle 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-19-210) › Chapter 4 - REGULATION OF RATES AND CHARGES GENERALLY (§§ 23-4-101 — 23-4-1209) › Subchapter 7 - RAILROADS AND EXPRESS COMPANIES - ESTABLISHING RATES (§§ 23-4-701 — 23-4-720) › Section 23-4-717 - Railroads required to furnish copies of traffic agreements and other information to department

Upon notice to do so, every person or corporation operating a railroad or express company having an agent or office in the state shall furnish the Arkansas Department of Transportation with all the information required to enable the department to perform its duties relative to the management of their respective lines and connecting lines and, particularly, with copies of all leases, contracts, and agreements with other lines, express companies, or sleeping car companies and shall furnish all such information as to the number of persons employed in the different departments of their service and the wages paid these employees, as the department may require.
Amended by Act 2017, No. 707,§ 141, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 1899, No. 53, § 16, p. 82; C. & M. Dig., § 1628; Pope's Dig., § 1950; A.S.A. 1947, § 73-1519.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 23 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND REGULATED INDUSTRIES (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-119-105) › Subtitle 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-19-210) › Chapter 4 - REGULATION OF RATES AND CHARGES GENERALLY (§§ 23-4-101 — 23-4-1209) › Subchapter 7 - RAILROADS AND EXPRESS COMPANIES - ESTABLISHING RATES (§§ 23-4-701 — 23-4-720) › Section 23-4-718 - Access to railroad books by department - Penalties

(a)
(1)
The Arkansas Department of Transportation shall have the right at such times as the department deems necessary to inspect the books and papers of any railroad company and to examine under oath any officer, agent, or employee of the railroad in relation to the business and affairs of the railroad.
(2)
If any railroad refuses to permit the department to examine its books and papers, the railroad company, for each offense, shall pay to the State of Arkansas not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) for each day it shall so fail and refuse.
(b)
Any officer, agent, or employee of any railroad company who, upon proper demand, shall fail or refuse to exhibit to the department any book or paper of such a railroad company which is in the possession or under the control of the officer, agent, or employee shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction in any court having jurisdiction shall be fined for each offense a sum not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500).
Amended by Act 2017, No. 707,§ 142, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 1899, No. 53, §§ 25, 26, p. 82; C. & M. Dig., §§ 1625, 1626; Pope's Dig., §§ 1947, 1948; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 73-1524, 73-1525.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 23 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND REGULATED INDUSTRIES (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-119-105) › Subtitle 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-19-210) › Chapter 4 - REGULATION OF RATES AND CHARGES GENERALLY (§§ 23-4-101 — 23-4-1209) › Subchapter 7 - RAILROADS AND EXPRESS COMPANIES - ESTABLISHING RATES (§§ 23-4-701 — 23-4-720) › Section 23-4-719 - Enforcement of Acts 1899, No. 53 - Mandamus

If any person or corporation operating any railroad or express company fails, refuses, or neglects, after notice by the Arkansas Department of Transportation, to put up its rate sheet, giving its tariff of charges in the manner, place, and time as provided in this act; to furnish the department with the rate sheet and tariff of charges as provided for in this act; to furnish cars and motive power for the prompt transportation of freight as provided in this act; to comply with any provision of this act; or to make returns as required by this act, then the person or corporation shall be subject to a writ of mandamus. The writ shall be issued by any circuit court of this state where the person or corporation has an office, agent, or place of business to compel a compliance with the provisions and requirements of this act. The writ shall issue in the name of the State of Arkansas at the relation of the department appointed under the provisions of this act, and failure to comply with the requirements shall be punishable as and for a contempt.
Amended by Act 2017, No. 707,§ 143, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 1899, No. 53, § 22, p. 82; C. & M. Dig., § 1694; Pope's Dig., § 1997; A.S.A. 1947, § 73-1521.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 23 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND REGULATED INDUSTRIES (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-119-105) › Subtitle 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-19-210) › Chapter 4 - REGULATION OF RATES AND CHARGES GENERALLY (§§ 23-4-101 — 23-4-1209) › Subchapter 7 - RAILROADS AND EXPRESS COMPANIES - ESTABLISHING RATES (§§ 23-4-701 — 23-4-720) › Section 23-4-720 - Disposition of funds

All fines and penalties recovered under the provisions of this act shall be paid into the State Treasury to the credit of the General Revenue Fund Account of the State Apportionment Fund.
Acts 1899, No. 53, § 21, p. 82; C. & M. Dig., § 1676; Pope's Dig., § 1986; A.S.A. 1947, § 73-108.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 23 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND REGULATED INDUSTRIES (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-119-105) › Subtitle 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-19-210) › Chapter 4 - REGULATION OF RATES AND CHARGES GENERALLY (§§ 23-4-101 — 23-4-1209) › Subchapter 8 - RAILROADS AND TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES - PASSES AND FREE TRANSPORTATION (§§ 23-4-801 — 23-4-807) › Section 23-4-801 - Definitions

As used in this section and §
23-4-802
, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
"Officers of this state, legislative, executive, or judicial" includes all officers elective, appointive, commissioned, or qualified; and
(2)
"Railroad" or "transportation company" shall be deemed and taken to mean all corporations, companies, or individuals owning or operating any railroad or transportation line in this state for the public transportation or conveyance as common carriers of persons or property therein.
Acts 1887, No. 22, §§ 3, 5, p. 27; C. & M. Dig., §§ 890, 892; Pope's Dig., §§ 1092, 1094; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 73-1529, 73-1531.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 23 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND REGULATED INDUSTRIES (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-119-105) › Subtitle 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-19-210) › Chapter 4 - REGULATION OF RATES AND CHARGES GENERALLY (§§ 23-4-101 — 23-4-1209) › Subchapter 8 - RAILROADS AND TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES - PASSES AND FREE TRANSPORTATION (§§ 23-4-801 — 23-4-807) › Section 23-4-802 - Granting of free passes to certain government officials prohibited

(a)
No railroad or transportation company organized or doing business in this state under any act of incorporation or general law of this state shall grant any free pass in the cars or other modes of conveyance over the line of any such railroad or transportation company, for any length of time or for any distance, to any officer of this state, legislative, executive, or judicial, whereby any such officer may be transported for any length of time or for any distance over the line of the railroad or transportation company, either free of charge therefor or for a less compensation than that demanded or received from the general public.
(b)
(1)
Any railroad or transportation company that shall grant any free pass to any such officer in violation of this section shall forfeit and pay for every such offense an amount not less than two hundred dollars ($200) nor exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000).
(2)
(A)
The penalty is to be recovered in an action at law brought in the name of the state by the prosecuting attorney thereof in any county of the state through or into which the railroad corporation or transportation company may run its railroad or transportation line.
(B)
The prosecuting attorney shall be allowed a fee for his or her services of ten percent (10%) of the amount that may be collected in any suit, in case judgment is rendered for the plaintiff.
(C)
The balance and residue of any sums recovered in the suit shall be paid into the county treasury of the county where the suit is brought, to be appropriated to general county purposes in the county.
(D)
In any such suit should judgment be rendered for the defendant, the costs of the suit shall be paid by the county.
Acts 1887, No. 22, §§ 1, 2, p. 27; C. & M. Dig., §§ 888, 889; Pope's Dig., §§ 1090, 1091; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 73-1527, 73-1528.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 23 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND REGULATED INDUSTRIES (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-119-105) › Subtitle 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-19-210) › Chapter 4 - REGULATION OF RATES AND CHARGES GENERALLY (§§ 23-4-101 — 23-4-1209) › Subchapter 8 - RAILROADS AND TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES - PASSES AND FREE TRANSPORTATION (§§ 23-4-801 — 23-4-807) › Section 23-4-804 - Exemptions - General Assembly and certain state officers may accept free passes

(a)
Members of the General Assembly within the State of Arkansas are exempted from the provisions of §§
23-4-801
and
23-4-802
. They are permitted to accept and it shall be the duty of all railroad companies doing business in the State of Arkansas to issue passes for free transportation to any such officers. In issuing free passes for transportation, the railroad companies shall not be liable to the penalties set out in §
23-4-802
, or liable to prosecution under any of the laws of the State of Arkansas because of the issuance of any pass.
(b)
The Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor of State, Treasurer of State, Attorney General, and Lieutenant Governor are permitted to accept and use a free pass from any railroad of this state without incurring the penalties prescribed in §
23-4-803
[repealed].
Acts 1923, No. 163, §§ 1, 2; 1931, No. 148, § 1; Pope's Dig., § 1095; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 73-1533, 73-1534.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 23 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND REGULATED INDUSTRIES (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-119-105) › Subtitle 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-19-210) › Chapter 4 - REGULATION OF RATES AND CHARGES GENERALLY (§§ 23-4-101 — 23-4-1209) › Subchapter 8 - RAILROADS AND TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES - PASSES AND FREE TRANSPORTATION (§§ 23-4-801 — 23-4-807) › Section 23-4-805 - Exemptions - Certain officials permitted to accept and use passes

(a)
Sheriffs are exempt from the provision of §
23-4-803
[repealed], and it shall not be unlawful for railroad companies to furnish free passes to them.
(b)
The Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Director of the Division of Career and Technical Education and the prosecuting attorneys and judges of the circuit courts of the several judicial districts of this state shall be permitted to accept and use a free pass on any railroad in this state without incurring any penalty prescribed under §
23-4-803
[repealed].
(c)
Any county judge or any constable or deputy sheriff within the State of Arkansas is permitted to accept and use a free pass on any railroad in the State of Arkansas without incurring the penalty prescribed in §
23-4-803
[repealed].
(d)
No railroad company issuing such a pass shall be liable for the penalty set out in §
23-4-802
or liable to prosecution under any of the laws of the State of Arkansas because of the issuance of the pass.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 2347, eff. 7/1/2019.
Acts 1895, No. 77, § 1, p. 102; 1903, No. 192, § 2, p. 376; 1917, No. 400, § 1, p. 1866; C. & M. Dig., § 893; Acts 1931, No. 151, § 1; 1935, No. 19, § 1; Pope's Dig., § 1096; A.S.A. 1947, § 73-1532.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 23 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND REGULATED INDUSTRIES (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-119-105) › Subtitle 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-19-210) › Chapter 4 - REGULATION OF RATES AND CHARGES GENERALLY (§§ 23-4-101 — 23-4-1209) › Subchapter 8 - RAILROADS AND TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES - PASSES AND FREE TRANSPORTATION (§§ 23-4-801 — 23-4-807) › Section 23-4-806 - Passes in exchange for advertising space

Railroad companies operating in the State of Arkansas are authorized and empowered to enter into contracts with newspaper and periodical publishers of the State of Arkansas for the issuance of transportation in exchange for advertising space in the publication. The transportation is to be restricted to intrastate passage.
Acts 1923, No. 412, § 1; Pope's Dig., § 1097; A.S.A. 1947, § 73-1536.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 23 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND REGULATED INDUSTRIES (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-119-105) › Subtitle 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-19-210) › Chapter 4 - REGULATION OF RATES AND CHARGES GENERALLY (§§ 23-4-101 — 23-4-1209) › Subchapter 8 - RAILROADS AND TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES - PASSES AND FREE TRANSPORTATION (§§ 23-4-801 — 23-4-807) › Section 23-4-807 - Free carriage, passage permitted

(a)
Nothing in the law shall prevent carriage, storage, or hauling free or at reduced rates for any city, county, or town government, nor the free carriage of destitute or indigent persons or ministers of the gospel, nor prevent the railroads from giving free transportation or transportation at reduced rates to the inmates of hospitals, or eleemosynary and charitable institutions.
(b)
Nothing in the law shall be construed to prevent railroads from giving free transportation to any railroad officer, agent, or employee, or attorney, stockholder, or director of the railroad company.
Acts 1899, No. 119, § 8, p. 194; C. & M. Dig., § 850; Pope's Dig., § 1054; A.S.A. 1947, § 73-1535.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 23 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND REGULATED INDUSTRIES (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-119-105) › Subtitle 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-19-210) › Chapter 4 - REGULATION OF RATES AND CHARGES GENERALLY (§§ 23-4-101 — 23-4-1209) › Subchapter 9 - RURAL ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION COOPERATIVES (§§ 23-4-901 — 23-4-909) › Section 23-4-901 - Definitions

As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
"Board" means the board of directors of a rural electric distribution cooperative;
(2)
"Commission" means the Arkansas Public Service Commission;
(3)
"Co-op" means a rural electric distribution cooperative formed under §
23-18-101
et seq., and which sells electricity only at retail; and
(4)
"Member-consumers" means the customers of a rural electric distribution cooperative.
Acts 1987, No. 821, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 23 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND REGULATED INDUSTRIES (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-119-105) › Subtitle 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-19-210) › Chapter 4 - REGULATION OF RATES AND CHARGES GENERALLY (§§ 23-4-101 — 23-4-1209) › Subchapter 9 - RURAL ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION COOPERATIVES (§§ 23-4-901 — 23-4-909) › Section 23-4-902 - Exemption from rate case procedures, etc

A co-op, as defined in §
23-4-901
, shall not be subject to rate case procedures and hearings and other requirements of §§
23-4-402
-
23-4-405
,
23-4-407
-
23-4-418
, and
23-4-620
-
23-4-634
and Arkansas Public Service Commission rules implementary thereof, hereafter referred to as "rate case procedures", by the commission unless:
(1)
By action of its board of directors, the co-op elects to be subject to rate case procedures by the commission;
(2)
A proposed change in the co-op's rates and charges exceeds ten percent (10%) of total gross revenues;
(3)
Ten percent (10%) of the co-op's member-consumers petition the commission to apply rate case procedures; or
(4)
As otherwise provided in this subchapter.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 2397, eff. 7/24/2019.
Acts 1987, No. 821, § 2.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 23 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND REGULATED INDUSTRIES (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-119-105) › Subtitle 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-19-210) › Chapter 4 - REGULATION OF RATES AND CHARGES GENERALLY (§§ 23-4-101 — 23-4-1209) › Subchapter 9 - RURAL ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION COOPERATIVES (§§ 23-4-901 — 23-4-909) › Section 23-4-903 - Notification of proposed rate change

Each co-op not subject to rate case procedures, at least ninety (90) days before the effective date of any proposed rate change, shall notify the Arkansas Public Service Commission and each of its member-consumers of the proposed rate change. Notice to the commission shall include a verified statement showing the then total number of member-consumers of the co-op. Notice by the co-op to its member-consumers shall:
(1)
Be in a form prescribed by the commission;
(2)
Be by regular mail and may be included in regular member-consumer billings or in regularly published co-op newsletters provided to its member-consumers; and
(3)
Include a schedule of the proposed rate change, the effective date of the proposed rate change, and the procedure necessary for the member-consumers to petition the commission to apply rate case procedures.
Acts 1987, No. 821, § 3.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 23 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND REGULATED INDUSTRIES (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-119-105) › Subtitle 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-19-210) › Chapter 4 - REGULATION OF RATES AND CHARGES GENERALLY (§§ 23-4-101 — 23-4-1209) › Subchapter 9 - RURAL ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION COOPERATIVES (§§ 23-4-901 — 23-4-909) › Section 23-4-904 - Petition for relief from rate change - Form

Petitions provided for in this subchapter shall be prepared as follows:
(1)
Form.
(A)
The petition shall be headed by a caption, which shall contain:
(i)
The heading, "Before the Arkansas Public Service Commission";
(ii)
The name of the co-op seeking a change in rates and charges; and
(iii)
The relief sought.
(B)
A petition substantially in compliance with the form set forth in this section shall not be deemed invalid due to minor errors in its form; and
(2)
Body.
The body of the petition shall consist of three (3) numbered paragraphs, if applicable, as follows:
(A)
Allegations of Facts.
The allegations of facts shall be stated in the form of ultimate facts, without unnecessary detail, upon which the right to relief is based. The allegations will be stated in numbered subparagraphs as necessary for clarity;
(B)
Relief Sought.
The petition shall contain a brief statement of the amount of the change in rates and charges that is objected to or other relief sought; and
(C)
Petitioners.
The petition shall contain the name, address, telephone number, and signature of each member-consumer. Only the member-consumer in whose name the electric service is listed shall be counted as a petitioner. Every signature must be dated and shall have been affixed to the petition within ninety (90) days preceding its filing with the commission.
Acts 1987, No. 821, § 9.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 23 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND REGULATED INDUSTRIES (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-119-105) › Subtitle 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-19-210) › Chapter 4 - REGULATION OF RATES AND CHARGES GENERALLY (§§ 23-4-101 — 23-4-1209) › Subchapter 9 - RURAL ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION COOPERATIVES (§§ 23-4-901 — 23-4-909) › Section 23-4-905 - Petition for relief from rate change - Effect

If, by the effective date of the proposed change in rates and charges, the Arkansas Public Service Commission has received petitions from fewer than fifteen percent (15%) of the member-consumers requesting that the commission apply rate case procedures, then the commission shall immediately certify that fact to the co-op. The proposed rates and charges shall become effective as published in the notice to the member-consumers. Rates and charges so established shall be in effect for not less than one (1) year, subject to the procedure provided for in §
23-4-906
. If, on or before the effective date of the proposed change in rates and charges, the commission has received petitions from ten percent (10%) of the member-consumers, then the commission shall notify the co-op that it will apply rate case procedures.
Acts 1987, No. 821, § 4.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 23 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND REGULATED INDUSTRIES (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-119-105) › Subtitle 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-19-210) › Chapter 4 - REGULATION OF RATES AND CHARGES GENERALLY (§§ 23-4-101 — 23-4-1209) › Subchapter 9 - RURAL ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION COOPERATIVES (§§ 23-4-901 — 23-4-909) › Section 23-4-906 - Petition to declare co-op subject to rate case procedures

In addition to the procedure for petition prior to any proposed change in rates and charges pursuant to §§
23-4-903
and
23-4-905
, the member-consumers of a co-op may at any time petition the Arkansas Public Service Commission to declare the co-op subject to rate case procedures. If the commission determines that at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the member-consumers of a co-op have properly petitioned that the co-op be subject to rate case procedures, the commission shall certify that fact to the co-op. Thereafter, the co-op shall be subject to rate case procedures by the commission until at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the member-consumers of the co-op properly petition, in the manner prescribed in §
23-4-904
, that the co-op shall no longer be subject to rate case procedures by the commission.
Acts 1987, No. 821, § 5.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 23 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND REGULATED INDUSTRIES (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-119-105) › Subtitle 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-19-210) › Chapter 4 - REGULATION OF RATES AND CHARGES GENERALLY (§§ 23-4-101 — 23-4-1209) › Subchapter 9 - RURAL ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION COOPERATIVES (§§ 23-4-901 — 23-4-909) › Section 23-4-907 - Commission's jurisdiction not affected

Sections
23-4-902
,
23-4-903
,
23-4-905
, and
23-4-906
apply only to rates and charges and shall have no effect on the Arkansas Public Service Commission's jurisdiction over a co-op as otherwise provided by law.
Acts 1987, No. 821, § 6.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 23 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND REGULATED INDUSTRIES (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-119-105) › Subtitle 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-19-210) › Chapter 4 - REGULATION OF RATES AND CHARGES GENERALLY (§§ 23-4-101 — 23-4-1209) › Subchapter 9 - RURAL ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION COOPERATIVES (§§ 23-4-901 — 23-4-909) › Section 23-4-908 - Authority of commission

The Arkansas Public Service Commission shall have the authority to investigate and determine the reasonableness of the change in rates and charges of each co-op changing its rates and charges pursuant to this subchapter, within one (1) year of the time of the change in rates and charges. If the commission preliminarily determines that there is substantial evidence indicating that the rates and charges are unreasonable, the commission shall have the authority to apply rate case procedures. After a hearing thereon, the commission shall have the authority to modify all or any portion of the changes found to be unreasonable. If, following the hearing, the commission orders a change in the co-op's rates and charges, the co-op shall not effect a subsequent change in rates and charges pursuant to this subchapter for a period of twelve (12) months from the date of the commission order.
Acts 1987, No. 821, § 8.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 23 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND REGULATED INDUSTRIES (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-119-105) › Subtitle 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-19-210) › Chapter 4 - REGULATION OF RATES AND CHARGES GENERALLY (§§ 23-4-101 — 23-4-1209) › Subchapter 9 - RURAL ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION COOPERATIVES (§§ 23-4-901 — 23-4-909) › Section 23-4-909 - Apportionment of rates and charges

When determining how rates and charges established under §
23-4-903
are to be allocated among different rate classes, a co-op shall endeavor to apportion the rates and charges in a manner which reflects, as closely as practicable, the costs of providing service to each class.
Acts 1987, No. 821, § 7.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 23 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND REGULATED INDUSTRIES (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-119-105) › Subtitle 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-19-210) › Chapter 4 - REGULATION OF RATES AND CHARGES GENERALLY (§§ 23-4-101 — 23-4-1209) › Subchapter 10 - POLE ATTACHMENTS (§§ 23-4-1001 — 23-4-1006) › Section 23-4-1001 - Definitions

As used in this subchapter:
(1)
(A)
"Pole attachment" means the attachment of wires and related equipment to a pole, duct, or conduit owned or controlled by a public utility for the provision of:
(i)
Electric service;
(ii)
Telecommunication service;
(iii)
Cable television service;
(iv)
Internet access service; or
(v)
Other related information services.
(B)
"Pole attachment" does not mean multiground neutral connections; and
(2)
(A)
"Public utility" means an electric utility as defined in §
23-1-101
, an electric cooperative as defined in §
23-18-201
, or a telecommunications provider as defined in §
23-17-403
.
(B)
"Public utility" does not mean a municipal electric utility.
Acts 2007, No. 740, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 23 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND REGULATED INDUSTRIES (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-119-105) › Subtitle 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-19-210) › Chapter 4 - REGULATION OF RATES AND CHARGES GENERALLY (§§ 23-4-101 — 23-4-1209) › Subchapter 10 - POLE ATTACHMENTS (§§ 23-4-1001 — 23-4-1006) › Section 23-4-1002 - Nondiscriminatory access for pole attachments

A public utility shall provide nondiscriminatory access for a pole attachment to:
(1)
An electric utility;
(2)
A telecommunications provider;
(3)
A cable television service;
(4)
A cable internet access service; or
(5)
A municipality.
Amended by Act 2021, No. 377,§ 3, eff. 7/28/2021.
Acts 2007, No. 740, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 23 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND REGULATED INDUSTRIES (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-119-105) › Subtitle 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-19-210) › Chapter 4 - REGULATION OF RATES AND CHARGES GENERALLY (§§ 23-4-101 — 23-4-1209) › Subchapter 10 - POLE ATTACHMENTS (§§ 23-4-1001 — 23-4-1006) › Section 23-4-1003 - Regulation by commission of rates, terms, and conditions

(a)
The Arkansas Public Service Commission shall regulate the rates, terms, and conditions upon which a public utility shall provide access for a pole attachment.
(b)
(1)
The commission shall develop rules necessary for the effective regulation of the rates, terms, and conditions upon which a public utility shall provide access for a pole attachment.
(2)
In developing and implementing the rules under this subsection, the commission shall consider:
(A)
The interests of the subscribers of the services offered through pole attachments;
(B)
The interests of the consumers of the public utility services;
(C)
Maintenance of reliability of public utility services; and
(D)
Compliance with applicable safety standards.
(3)
[Repealed.]
(c)
Nothing in this section prevents a public utility, an electric utility, a telecommunications provider, a cable television service, or a cable internet access service from entering into a voluntarily negotiated, written agreement regarding the rates, terms, and conditions upon which access for a pole attachment is provided.
Amended by Act 2017, No. 334,§ 4, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 2007, No. 740, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 23 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND REGULATED INDUSTRIES (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-119-105) › Subtitle 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-19-210) › Chapter 4 - REGULATION OF RATES AND CHARGES GENERALLY (§§ 23-4-101 — 23-4-1209) › Subchapter 10 - POLE ATTACHMENTS (§§ 23-4-1001 — 23-4-1006) › Section 23-4-1004 - Authority of commission to hear complaints

(a)
The Arkansas Public Service Commission may hear and determine all complaints arising from:
(1)
A public utility's failure or refusal to provide access for a pole attachment;
(2)
The inability of a public utility and an entity seeking access for a pole attachment to reach a voluntarily negotiated, written agreement governing access for the pole attachment; and
(3)
Disputes between a public utility and an entity over the implementation of an existing contract granting the entity access for a pole attachment.
(b)
A public utility shall provide information required for the commission to verify that the costs associated with access for pole attachments provided by the public utility are just and reasonable.
(c)
(1)
The commission shall resolve any complaint or dispute that the commission may hear under this section within one hundred eighty (180) days after the complaint is filed with the commission.
(2)
However, the commission by rule may extend the time to resolve a complaint or dispute for up to three hundred sixty (360) days after the complaint is filed.
Acts 2007, No. 740, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 23 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND REGULATED INDUSTRIES (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-119-105) › Subtitle 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-19-210) › Chapter 4 - REGULATION OF RATES AND CHARGES GENERALLY (§§ 23-4-101 — 23-4-1209) › Subchapter 10 - POLE ATTACHMENTS (§§ 23-4-1001 — 23-4-1006) › Section 23-4-1005 - Certification

Upon the adoption of rules under §
23-4-1003
, the Arkansas Public Service Commission shall certify to the Federal Communications Commission that:
(1)
The Arkansas Public Service Commission regulates the rates, terms, and conditions of access for pole attachments;
(2)
In regulating the rates, terms, and conditions of access for pole attachments, the state considers the interests of the:
(A)
Subscribers of service offered by the pole attachments; and
(B)
Customers of the public utility; and
(3)
The Arkansas Public Service Commission has adopted rules under this subchapter that:
(A)
Implement the Arkansas Public Service Commission's regulatory authority; and
(B)
Provide that complaints heard by the Arkansas Public Service Commission under this subchapter shall be resolved:
(i)
Within one hundred eighty (180) days after the complaint is filed; or
(ii)
If the Arkansas Public Service Commission elects to extend the period, not exceeding three hundred sixty (360) days after the complaint is filed.
Acts 2007, No. 740, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 23 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND REGULATED INDUSTRIES (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-119-105) › Subtitle 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-19-210) › Chapter 4 - REGULATION OF RATES AND CHARGES GENERALLY (§§ 23-4-101 — 23-4-1209) › Subchapter 10 - POLE ATTACHMENTS (§§ 23-4-1001 — 23-4-1006) › Section 23-4-1006 - Applicability

Nothing in this subchapter shall affect the authority and jurisdiction of the Federal Communications Commission over the rates, terms, and conditions of a pole attachment until after the final certification of the Arkansas Public Service Commission under §
23-4-1005
.
Acts 2007, No. 740, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 23 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND REGULATED INDUSTRIES (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-119-105) › Subtitle 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-19-210) › Chapter 4 - REGULATION OF RATES AND CHARGES GENERALLY (§§ 23-4-101 — 23-4-1209) › Subchapter 11 - COOPERATIVES (§§ 23-4-1101 — 23-4-1107) › Section 23-4-1101 - Definitions

As used in this subchapter:
(1)
"Board" means the board of directors of a generation and transmission cooperative;
(2)
"Generation and transmission cooperative" means a rural electric cooperative formed under the Electric Cooperative Corporation Act, §
23-18-301
et seq., that:
(A)
Does not have a certificated service territory; and
(B)
Exclusively sells electricity at wholesale;
(3)
"Member cooperative" means a rural electric cooperative that sells electricity at retail and is a member of a generation and transmission cooperative; and
(4)
"Retail cooperative member" means the individual member-owner of a member cooperative.
Acts 2009, No. 676, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 23 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND REGULATED INDUSTRIES (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-119-105) › Subtitle 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-19-210) › Chapter 4 - REGULATION OF RATES AND CHARGES GENERALLY (§§ 23-4-101 — 23-4-1209) › Subchapter 11 - COOPERATIVES (§§ 23-4-1101 — 23-4-1107) › Section 23-4-1102 - Exemption from general rate case procedure

A generation and transmission cooperative may modify its rates and charges if:
(1)
At least three-fourths (3/4) of its board votes to change its rates and charges;
(2)
A proposed increase in the generation and transmission cooperative's rates and charges does not exceed five percent (5%) in any twelve-month period of the total gross revenues of the generation and transmission cooperative; and
(3)
Any additional requirements of this subchapter are satisfied.
Acts 2009, No. 676, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 23 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND REGULATED INDUSTRIES (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-119-105) › Subtitle 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-19-210) › Chapter 4 - REGULATION OF RATES AND CHARGES GENERALLY (§§ 23-4-101 — 23-4-1209) › Subchapter 11 - COOPERATIVES (§§ 23-4-1101 — 23-4-1107) › Section 23-4-1103 - Notification of proposed rate and charge modification

(a)
(1)
A generation and transmission cooperative shall notify the Arkansas Public Service Commission, the Attorney General, and the member cooperatives in writing at least sixty (60) days before the board votes on a proposed modification of its rates and charges under §
23-4-1102
.
(2)
(A)
The notice under subdivision (a)(1) of this section shall:
(i)
Be in writing;
(ii)
Include a schedule of the proposed modification of rates and charges; and
(iii)
Include the effective date of the proposed change.
(B)
However, if the board subsequently reduces a proposed increase in rates and charges after providing notice under subdivision (a)(1) of this section, the board does not have to provide any additional notice under this subsection.
(b)
(1)
The generation and transmission cooperative shall provide notice of its proposed modification of its rates and charges to the public not less than forty (40) days before the board votes on the proposed change in its rates and charges.
(2)
The notice under subdivision (b)(1) of this section shall:
(A)
Be substantially similar to the public notice required by the commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure for general rate case procedures;
(B)
Be published in:
(i)
A newspaper of general circulation in the service territory of the generation and transmission cooperative; or
(ii)
Either of the following:
(a)
Any publication that is regularly provided to the retail cooperative members by the member cooperatives; or
(b)
The generation and transmission cooperative's newsletter to retail cooperative members; and
(C)
Include a statement estimating:
(i)
The retail impact of the proposed change in rates and charges on:
(a)
A per-kilowatt-hour basis; and
(b)
An average residential retail cooperative member's monthly bill; and
(ii)
The effective date of the proposed change in rates and charges.
Acts 2009, No. 676, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 23 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND REGULATED INDUSTRIES (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-119-105) › Subtitle 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-19-210) › Chapter 4 - REGULATION OF RATES AND CHARGES GENERALLY (§§ 23-4-101 — 23-4-1209) › Subchapter 11 - COOPERATIVES (§§ 23-4-1101 — 23-4-1107) › Section 23-4-1104 - Alternative procedure for modifying rates and charges of a generation and transmission cooperative

(a)
(1)
(A)
After the board approves the modification in rates and charges under §
23-4-1102
, the generation and transmission cooperative shall file for the approval of the Arkansas Public Service Commission an application for the change in rates and charges and tariffs containing the proposed change in rates and charges.
(B)
However, a rate rider or other rider to the generation and transmission cooperative's base rates and charges shall not be modified under this subchapter unless the commission determines otherwise.
(2)
In addition to an attachment containing the proposed tariffs to effect the modification of the rates and charges, the application shall provide the following:
(A)
Proof of the board vote required by §
23-4-1102
;
(B)
The proof of notice required by §
23-4-1103
;
(C)
A current calculation of the generation and transmission cooperative's:
(i)
Times interest earned ratio;
(ii)
Debt service coverage ratio; and
(iii)
Margins as a percent of revenue for the last available calendar year;
(D)
An analysis of the impact of the proposed change in rates and charges on each member cooperative's cost of wholesale power that is acquired from the generation and transmission cooperative;
(E)
Documentary evidence that the impact of the proposed change in rates and charges does not exceed five percent (5%) of the generation and transmission cooperative's total gross revenues for the previous calendar year;
(F)
Documentation that shows the derivation of the generation and transmission cooperative's proposed changes in its rates and charges; and
(G)
(i)
Any other supporting documentation or evidence required by the commission.
(ii)
(a)
However, the commission shall not require the generation and transmission cooperative to prepare a cost-of-service study.
(b)
Instead of a new cost-of-service study, the generation and transmission cooperative shall rely upon the most recent commission-approved cost allocation.
(b)
Within ninety (90) days after the date of filing the generation and transmission cooperative's application, the commission shall issue its final determination regarding the proposed modification of the rates and charges of the generation and transmission cooperative.
Acts 2009, No. 676, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 23 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND REGULATED INDUSTRIES (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-119-105) › Subtitle 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-19-210) › Chapter 4 - REGULATION OF RATES AND CHARGES GENERALLY (§§ 23-4-101 — 23-4-1209) › Subchapter 11 - COOPERATIVES (§§ 23-4-1101 — 23-4-1107) › Section 23-4-1105 - Alternative procedure for modifying rates and charges of a member cooperative

(a)
A member cooperative may propose a modification of its retail rates and charges to incorporate the proposed change in the generation and transmission cooperative's wholesale rates and charges filed under §
23-4-1104
if:
(1)
The member cooperative files its application for a modification of its retail rates and charges with the Arkansas Public Service Commission on the same date as the generation and transmission cooperative files its application for a modification of its change in wholesale rates and charges under §
23-4-1104
; and
(2)
The member cooperative apportions its proposed change in rates and charges in a manner that reflects, as closely as practicable, its cost of providing service to each class.
(b)
Within ninety (90) days after a member cooperative files its application under subsection (a) of this section, the commission shall review and approve the modification of the rates and charges of a member cooperative's retail rates and charges that reasonably reflect those changes in the generation and transmission cooperative's wholesale rates and charges that were approved by the commission under §
23-4-1104
.
Acts 2009, No. 676, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 23 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND REGULATED INDUSTRIES (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-119-105) › Subtitle 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-19-210) › Chapter 4 - REGULATION OF RATES AND CHARGES GENERALLY (§§ 23-4-101 — 23-4-1209) › Subchapter 11 - COOPERATIVES (§§ 23-4-1101 — 23-4-1107) › Section 23-4-1106 - Limitation on increase in rates

The generation and transmission cooperative shall not increase its rates and charges under this subchapter by an aggregate total of more than eight percent (8%) during any twenty-four-month period.
Acts 2009, No. 676, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 23 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND REGULATED INDUSTRIES (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-119-105) › Subtitle 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-19-210) › Chapter 4 - REGULATION OF RATES AND CHARGES GENERALLY (§§ 23-4-101 — 23-4-1209) › Subchapter 11 - COOPERATIVES (§§ 23-4-1101 — 23-4-1107) › Section 23-4-1107 - Commission's jurisdiction not affected

This subchapter does not affect the Arkansas Public Service Commission's jurisdiction over a generation and transmission cooperative, including without limitation the authority to investigate and set the rates and charges of the generation and transmission cooperative, or a member cooperative as otherwise provided by law.
Acts 2009, No. 676, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 23 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND REGULATED INDUSTRIES (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-119-105) › Subtitle 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-19-210) › Chapter 4 - REGULATION OF RATES AND CHARGES GENERALLY (§§ 23-4-101 — 23-4-1209) › Subchapter 12 - FORMULA RATE REVIEW (§§ 23-4-1201 — 23-4-1209) › Section 23-4-1201 - Title

This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Formula Rate Review Act".
Added by Act 2015, No. 725,§ 3, eff. 3/27/2015.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 23 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND REGULATED INDUSTRIES (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-119-105) › Subtitle 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-19-210) › Chapter 4 - REGULATION OF RATES AND CHARGES GENERALLY (§§ 23-4-101 — 23-4-1209) › Subchapter 12 - FORMULA RATE REVIEW (§§ 23-4-1201 — 23-4-1209) › Section 23-4-1202 - Findings and intent

(a)
The General Assembly finds that:
(1)
Electricity and natural gas services are essential to the public health and safety of citizens of this state; and
(2)
Affordable electricity and natural gas encourage economic activity within the state and benefit the state's industrial, commercial, and agricultural industries to increase the number of available jobs and to attract new business and industry to the state.
(b)
The intent of this subchapter is to establish a regulatory framework that implements rate reforms to provide just and reasonable rates to consumers in this state and enables public utilities in this state to provide reliable service while maintaining stable rates.
Added by Act 2015, No. 725,§ 3, eff. 3/27/2015.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 23 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND REGULATED INDUSTRIES (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-119-105) › Subtitle 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-19-210) › Chapter 4 - REGULATION OF RATES AND CHARGES GENERALLY (§§ 23-4-101 — 23-4-1209) › Subchapter 12 - FORMULA RATE REVIEW (§§ 23-4-1201 — 23-4-1209) › Section 23-4-1203 - Definitions

As used in this subchapter:
(1)
(A)
"Earned return rate" means a public utility's return on common equity for a formula rate review test period that is based on the numbers or values of the formula rate review test period and calculated by dividing the weighted earned common equity rate by the common equity ratio percentage.
(B)
As used in subdivision (1)(A) of this section, "weighted earned common equity rate" means the weighted formula rate review test period cost rate for common equity minus the operating income deficiency, or excess, divided by a public utility's rate base;
(2)
"Formula rate review test period" means a test period as stated in §
23-4-406
or a projected year;
(3)
"Historical year" means, when using a formula rate review test period containing projections, the twelve (12) consecutive months that precede the second and any subsequent formula rate review test period;
(4)
"Projected year" means the twelve (12) months following the proposed effective date under §
23-4-1205
for the first formula rate review filing and each subsequent consecutive twelve-month period; and
(5)
"Target return rate" means a cost rate of common equity value as established by the Arkansas Public Service Commission in the commission's order addressing the public utility's most recent application for a general change in rates and charges.
Added by Act 2015, No. 725,§ 3, eff. 3/27/2015.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 23 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND REGULATED INDUSTRIES (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-119-105) › Subtitle 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-19-210) › Chapter 4 - REGULATION OF RATES AND CHARGES GENERALLY (§§ 23-4-101 — 23-4-1209) › Subchapter 12 - FORMULA RATE REVIEW (§§ 23-4-1201 — 23-4-1209) › Section 23-4-1204 - Formula rate review - Authorized

(a)
A formula rate review is authorized to provide an annual streamlined review of a public utility's rates to determine if adjustments are needed to comply with this subchapter.
(b)
An electric cooperative corporation established under the Electric Cooperative Corporation Act, §
23-18-301
et seq., shall not be regulated by a formula rate review.
Added by Act 2015, No. 725,§ 3, eff. 3/27/2015.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 23 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND REGULATED INDUSTRIES (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-119-105) › Subtitle 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-19-210) › Chapter 4 - REGULATION OF RATES AND CHARGES GENERALLY (§§ 23-4-101 — 23-4-1209) › Subchapter 12 - FORMULA RATE REVIEW (§§ 23-4-1201 — 23-4-1209) › Section 23-4-1209 - Construction

(a)
This subchapter does not repeal any other provision in this chapter and is supplemental to other laws governing the regulation of public utility rates.
(b)
This subchapter shall not prohibit the Arkansas Public Service Commission from exercising its powers under any other statute.
Added by Act 2015, No. 725,§ 3, eff. 3/27/2015.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 23 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND REGULATED INDUSTRIES (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-119-105) › Subtitle 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-19-210) › Chapter 10 - TRANSPORTATION OF PASSENGERS AND FREIGHT GENERALLY (§§ 23-10-101 — 23-10-445) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 23-10-101 — 23-10-110) › Section 23-10-101 - Definition

As used in this act, unless the context otherwise requires, "railroad" or "railroad corporation" means all corporations, companies, or individuals owning or operating any railroad in this state whether as owner, contractor, lessee, mortgagee, trustee, assignee, or receiver.
Acts 1887, No. 81, § 11, p. 113; C. & M. Dig., § 842; Pope's Dig., § 1046; A.S.A. 1947, § 73-1509.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 23 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND REGULATED INDUSTRIES (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-119-105) › Subtitle 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-19-210) › Chapter 10 - TRANSPORTATION OF PASSENGERS AND FREIGHT GENERALLY (§§ 23-10-101 — 23-10-445) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 23-10-101 — 23-10-110) › Section 23-10-102 - Application of Acts 1887, No. 81 - Different railroad lines operated by same company

Whenever any railroad corporation, as lessee or otherwise, operates any railroad in connection with its own road, the provisions of this act as to charges for transportation and carrying freight and passengers shall apply to the other road so operated in like manner as if the other road were a part of the line of road owned by the corporation operating the road, and for such purposes all lines of railroad operated by the same company shall be considered as one and the same road.
Acts 1887, No. 81, § 10, p. 113; C. & M. Dig., § 859; Pope's Dig., § 1063; A.S.A. 1947, § 73-1508.