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Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 23-13-101. Use of motor carrier safety improvement — Worker status unchanged — Definitions - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Motor carrier safety...
§ 23-13-102. Inspection of licensees — Employment of inspectors — Restraining operations - (a) The Arkansas Department of Transportation shall have the right...
§ 23-13-103. Municipalities may not tax - No city or town shall impose any tax or license...
§ 23-13-104. Notice of cancellation or termination of insurance policy on leased motor vehicles - Prior to the cancellation or termination of any liability, cargo,...
§ 23-13-105. Certain indemnity provisions void — Definitions - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Gas” means all...
Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Motor Carrier Act, 1955
§ 23-13-201. Title - This subchapter may be cited as the “Arkansas Motor Carrier...
§ 23-13-202. Purpose - It is declared that it is necessary in the public...
§ 23-13-203. Definitions - (a) As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise...
§ 23-13-204. Applicability of subchapter - (a) The provisions of this subchapter, except as specifically limited...
§ 23-13-205. Interstate commerce unaffected by subchapter - Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to interfere with...
§ 23-13-206. Exemptions - (a) Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to include:...
§ 23-13-207. Regulation by department - The regulation of the transportation of passengers or property by...
§ 23-13-208. General duties and powers of department - It shall be the duty of the Arkansas Department of...
§ 23-13-209. Mandatory injunction — Requirement that department take jurisdiction - Where the Arkansas Department of Transportation, in respect to any...
§ 23-13-210. Hearings before department - (a) Any matter arising in the administration of this subchapter...
§ 23-13-211. Appeals — Entitlement - Any final order made under this subchapter is subject to...
§ 23-13-212. Appeals — Notice - Upon the filing of a motion for appeal, the Arkansas...
§ 23-13-213. Appeals — Stay of operating authority pending appeal - If the party appealing desires to stay the beginning of...
§ 23-13-214. Appeals — Transcripts - (a) Where any appeal is taken, as provided in §§...
§ 23-13-215. Appeals — Filing fees - The secretary of the Arkansas Department of Transportation shall immediately...
§ 23-13-216. Agent for service of process, notices, or orders - (a) (1) It shall be the duty of every motor...
§ 23-13-217. Enforcement officers - (a) The State Highway Commission shall name and designate enforcement...
§ 23-13-218. Certificate of public convenience and necessity — Requirement - No common carrier by motor vehicle subject to the provisions...
§ 23-13-219. Certificate of public convenience and necessity — Application and fees - (a) Applications for certificates of public convenience and necessity shall...
§ 23-13-220. Certificate of public convenience and necessity — Issuance — Notice and hearing - (a) (1) Subject to the provisions of this subchapter, a...
§ 23-13-221. Certificate of public convenience and necessity — Terms and conditions - (a) (1) Any certificate of public convenience and necessity issued...
§ 23-13-222. Permits for contract carriers — Requirement - No person shall engage in the business of a contract...
§ 23-13-223. Permits for contract carriers — Application and fees - (a) Applications for permits for contract carriers by motor vehicles...
§ 23-13-224. Permits for contract carriers — Issuance - (a) Subject to this subchapter, a permit for a contract...
§ 23-13-225. Permits for contract carriers — Terms and conditions — Contracts for services - (a) The State Highway Commission shall specify in the permit...
§ 23-13-226. Dual operation - No person shall at the same time hold under this...
§ 23-13-227. Certificates and permits — Security for the protection of the public - (a) No certificate or permit shall be issued to a...
§ 23-13-228. Transportation of persons or property in interstate commerce on public highways unlawful without adequate surety - It is declared unlawful for any motor carrier to use...
§ 23-13-229. Temporary authority - (a) To provide motor carrier service for which there is...
§ 23-13-230. Brokers — Licenses — Rules for protection of public - (a) (1) A person shall not for compensation sell or...
§ 23-13-231. Certificates, permits, and licenses — Effective dates - Certificates, permits, and licenses shall be effective from the date...
§ 23-13-232. Certificates, permits, and licenses — Transfer, assignment, etc - (a) Certificates, permits, and licenses shall not be assigned, transferred,...
§ 23-13-233. Certificates, permits, and licenses — Amendment, revocation, and suspension - (a) Any certificates, permits, or licenses, upon application of the...
§ 23-13-234. Operation without certificate or permit prohibited — Violation of terms, conditions, etc., of certificate, permit, or license prohibited - (a) (1) Any motor carrier using the highways of this...
§ 23-13-235. Annual fees charged carriers — Remittance — Disposition of funds - (a) (1) From each common or contract carrier of passengers...
§ 23-13-236. Common carriers — Duties as to transportation of passengers and property — Rates, charges, rules, etc - (a) It shall be the duty of every common carrier...
§ 23-13-237. Common carriers — Rates, fares, and charges to be just and reasonable — Unreasonable preferences or advantages prohibited - (a) All charges made for any service rendered or to...
§ 23-13-238. Common carriers — Rates, fares, rules, etc. — Complaints - Any person, state board, organization, or body politic may make...
§ 23-13-239. Common carriers — Rates, fares, rules, etc. — Determination by department - (a) (1) Whenever, after hearing, upon complaint, or in an...
§ 23-13-240. Common carriers — Rates, charges, rules, etc. — Establishment and division of joint rates, charges, etc - (a) (1) Common carriers of property by motor vehicle may...
§ 23-13-241. Common carriers — Schedules, rules, etc., affecting rates, fares, etc. — Hearings — Suspension proceedings - (a) Whenever any schedule stating a new individual or joint...
§ 23-13-242. Common carriers — Rates, charges, rules, etc. — Factors of reasonableness or justness - (a) In the exercise of its power to prescribe just...
§ 23-13-243. Sections 23-13-236 — 23-13-242 cumulative - Nothing in §§ 23-13-236 — 23-13-242 shall be held to...
§ 23-13-244. Tariffs of common carriers by motor vehicle - (a) (1) Whenever an applicable tariff has not already been...
§ 23-13-245. Contract carriers — Schedule of minimum rates and charges, rules, and practices — Requirement — Filing, posting, and publishing required - (a) It shall be the duty of every contract carrier...
§ 23-13-246. Contract carriers — Schedule of minimum rates and charges, rules, and practices — Adherence to schedule required — Exceptions - (a) No contract carrier by motor vehicle shall demand, charge,...
§ 23-13-247. Contract carriers — Schedule of minimum rates and charges, rules and practices — Notice of proposed changes - (a) No reduction shall be made in any charge of...
§ 23-13-248. Contract carriers — Complaints - All complaints shall state fully the facts complained of, and...
§ 23-13-249. Contract carriers — Schedule of rules, etc., affecting rates, fares, etc. — Hearings — Suspension proceedings - (a) Whenever a contract carrier by motor vehicle files with...
§ 23-13-250. Contract carriers — Schedule of minimum rates and charges, rules and practices — Establishment by department - (a) Whenever, after hearing, upon complaint or upon its own...
§ 23-13-251. Collection of rates and charges - (a) A common carrier by motor vehicle shall not deliver...
§ 23-13-252. Receipts or bills of lading - (a) Every carrier of property by motor vehicle subject to...
§ 23-13-255. Access to property, equipment, and records - The Arkansas Department of Transportation or its duly authorized agents...
§ 23-13-256. Identification of equipment - It shall be unlawful for any common or contract carrier...
§ 23-13-257. Violations by carriers, shippers, brokers, etc., or employees, agents, etc. — Penalties - Any person, whether a carrier, shipper, consignee, or broker, or...
§ 23-13-258. Operation of motor vehicle while in possession of, consuming, or under influence of any controlled substance or intoxicating liquor prohibited — Definition - (a) (1) Any person operating or being in physical control...
§ 23-13-259. Lessor to unauthorized persons deemed motor carrier - Any person who, by lease or otherwise, permits the use...
§ 23-13-260. Violations of subchapter — Jurisdiction of cases - The several circuit, justice of the peace, and district courts...
§ 23-13-261. Injunction against violation of subchapter, rules, etc., or terms and conditions of certificate, permit, or license - If any motor carrier or broker operates in violation of...
§ 23-13-262. Actions to recover penalties - (a) An action to recover a penalty under §§ 23-13-234...
§ 23-13-263. Lien declared to secure payment of fines and penalties - To secure the payment of the fines and penalties provided...
§ 23-13-264. Disposition of forfeited bonds and fines - One-half (½) of the amount of forfeited bonds and one-half...
§ 23-13-265. Exempt motor carrier to possess annual receipt - (a) (1) It is declared unlawful for any motor carrier...
Subchapter 3 - Complaint Proceedings
§ 23-13-301. Definitions - As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:...
§ 23-13-302. Authority of department - The Arkansas Department of Transportation may, in all matters within...
§ 23-13-303. Commencement of action before department - (a) Upon any complaint in writing being made by any...
§ 23-13-304. Service of process and notices - (a) All process issued by the Arkansas Department of Transportation...
§ 23-13-305. Time and place of hearing - Upon the filing of the answer provided for in §...
§ 23-13-306. Findings and order of department — Time for taking effect - (a) (1) After the conclusion of any hearing, the Arkansas...
§ 23-13-307. Revocation of license, permit, or certificate - (a) In the event the Arkansas Department of Transportation finds...
§ 23-13-308. Appeal to Pulaski County Circuit Court - Any person aggrieved by any findings and order of the...
§ 23-13-309. Order or subpoena of department enforceable upon application to court - In case of failure on the part of any person...
§ 23-13-310. Witness fees and costs - (a) Witnesses who are summoned before the Arkansas Department of...
Subchapter 6 - Registration of Motor Carriers Engaged in Interstate Commerce
§ 23-13-601. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Broker” means a person...
§ 23-13-602. Registration with a base state required - Foreign and domestic motor carriers, motor private carriers, leasing companies,...
§ 23-13-603. Implementation and administration duties - (a) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration...
§ 23-13-604. Registration fees - (a) Any fees collected by the Secretary of the Department...
§ 23-13-605. Violation — Enforcement — Penalties - (a) (1) A person who is subject to the Unified...
Subchapter 7 - Transportation Network Company Services Act
§ 23-13-701. Title - This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 23-13-702. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Digital network” means any...
§ 23-13-703. Commercial vehicle registration not required - A transportation network company driver: (1) Is not required to...
§ 23-13-704. Transportation network company permit required - (a) An individual or entity shall not operate a transportation...
§ 23-13-705. Agent for service of process - A transportation network company shall maintain an agent for service...
§ 23-13-706. Fare charged for transportation network company services - (a) A transportation network company may charge a fare for...
§ 23-13-707. Identification of transportation network company drivers and motor vehicles - Before a passenger enters the transportation network company driver's motor...
§ 23-13-708. Electronic receipt - Within a reasonable time after transportation network company services end,...
§ 23-13-709. Insurance requirements - (a) (1) On and after July 22, 2015, a transportation...
§ 23-13-710. Insurer disclosure requirements - Before a transportation network company driver is allowed to accept...
§ 23-13-711. Exclusions — Claim investigations - (a) (1) A private passenger motor vehicle liability insurance policy...
§ 23-13-712. Drug or alcohol use prohibited - (a) A transportation network company shall: (1) Implement a zero-tolerance...
§ 23-13-713. Driver requirements - (a) Before permitting an individual to act as a transportation...
§ 23-13-714. Compliance with motor vehicle safety and emissions requirements - (a) A transportation network company shall not allow a transportation...
§ 23-13-715. Street hails prohibited - A transportation network company driver shall not solicit or accept...
§ 23-13-716. Cash trips prohibited - (a) A transportation network company shall adopt a policy prohibiting...
§ 23-13-717. Nondiscrimination — Accessibility - (a) A transportation network company shall adopt a policy of...
§ 23-13-718. Records — Inspection - (a) A transportation network company shall maintain: (1) Individual trip...
§ 23-13-719. Status of transportation network company drivers — Workers' compensation coverage not applicable - (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a...
§ 23-13-720. Exclusive authority - (a) (1) Transportation network companies and transportation network company drivers...
§ 23-13-721. Penalties - (a) The Arkansas Public Service Commission may levy a fine...
§ 23-13-722. Rules - The Arkansas Public Service Commission may promulgate rules to implement...