It shall be unlawful for any person or corporation engaged as specified in § 23-4-710 to demand or receive a greater amount of compensation for services rendered for a similar amount and kind of property as a charge for receiving, storing, loading, unloading, carrying, or delivering the property under similar circumstances and conditions and demand or receive a greater compensation for a shorter distance than for a longer distance which includes the shorter distance. The road of any person or corporation shall include all the railroads in use by the person or corporation, whether owned or operated by the person or corporation under a contract, agreement, or lease by the person or corporation or with which the person or corporation has a traffic contract.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries
Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers
Chapter 4 - Regulation of Rates and Charges Generally
Subchapter 7 - Railroads and Express Companies — Establishing Rates
§ 23-4-702. Application of Acts 1899, No. 53
§ 23-4-703. Acts 1899, No. 53, not applicable to interstate traffic
§ 23-4-704. Remedies cumulative
§ 23-4-706. Penalties — Actions to recover
§ 23-4-708. Rate sheets and tariff charges furnished department by railroads
§ 23-4-709. Ratemaking procedure
§ 23-4-710. Discrimination in passenger or freight rates or services prohibited
§ 23-4-711. Contracts for pooling freight or dividing revenues prohibited
§ 23-4-712. Differentiation in compensation for long and short hauls prohibited
§ 23-4-713. Reduced rate tickets allowed
§ 23-4-714. Complaints — Investigation
§ 23-4-715. Complaints — Hearings
§ 23-4-716. Liability as to rates approved by department
§ 23-4-718. Access to railroad books by department — Penalties