(a) Any company, corporation, or officer of court, owning or operating a railroad over fifty (50) miles in length, which is in whole or in part within this state, shall be required to equip, maintain, and use on each and every locomotive being operated in road service in this state in the nighttime a headlight of power and brilliancy of one thousand five hundred (1,500) candlepower.
(b) Any company, corporation, or officer of court owning or operating a railroad over fifty (50) miles in length, which is in whole or in part within this state, violating the provisions of this section, shall be liable on conviction to a penalty of a fine of not less than three hundred dollars ($300) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) for each separate offense. The amount shall be recovered in a civil action in the name of the state.
(c) It is made the duty of any prosecuting attorney of any district in this state to enforce the provisions of this section when a complaint is properly filed in his or her office.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries
Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers
Chapter 12 - Operation and Maintenance of Railroads
Subchapter 4 - Equipment — Safety Precautions
§ 23-12-402. Locomotives to have headlights of requisite candlepower
§ 23-12-404. Equipment required on track motor cars
§ 23-12-406. Transportation of hazardous materials
§ 23-12-407. Repairs to cars to be done in state — Exceptions
§ 23-12-408. Lights to be placed on switches
§ 23-12-409. Signals and signboards required at tunnels
§ 23-12-410. Audible warning device to be sounded at crossing — Penalty and damages
§ 23-12-411. Warning boards required at crossings — Exception
§ 23-12-412. Stock guards required when railroad passes through enclosure