Any common carrier, whether a corporation, association, partnership or person, engaged in the business of a common carrier of passengers in this state, or the agent, officer, servant or employee of such, who shall give, procure for or deliver to any person or accept any free passes, tickets or free transportation for any person, or give, make or allow any rebate, discount or reduction from such rates as are offered or given to the public at large, except as provided in Section 37-8-28; and any person other than the persons excepted in Section 37-8-28, who accepts or uses any such free ticket, free passes or free transportation, rebate, discount or reduction shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be indicted as such corporation, partnership or person for each offense and, on conviction, shall be fined not less than $100.00 nor more than $2,000.00, or be imprisoned in the county jail or sentenced to hard labor for the county for not more than six months, one or both, at the discretion of the jury trying the case.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.
Article 2 - Rate or Tariff Violations.
Section 37-8-21 - Charging Rate in Violation of Tariff Generally.
Section 37-8-22 - Charging or Accepting Rate Lower Than Published Tariff.
Section 37-8-23 - Charging or Collecting Higher Than Lawful Rate.
Section 37-8-24 - Granting Unlawful Concessions or Rebates.
Section 37-8-25 - Accepting Rebates, Concessions or Discrimination.
Section 37-8-27 - Free Passes, Rebates or Discounts, Etc. - Penalties for Violations.
Section 37-8-28 - Free Passes, Rebates or Discounts, Etc. - Exemptions.
Section 37-8-30 - Unlawful Pooling of Freights.
Section 37-8-31 - Failure of Railroad to Post Freight Tariffs at Depots.