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Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 37-8-1 - Violation of Commission Orders Generally. - (a) Any utility doing business in this state or any...
Section 37-8-2 - Venue for Violations of Commission Rules or Orders or Statutes Relating to Commission. - Any officer, agent or employee shall be subject to indictment...
Section 37-8-3 - Compelling Testimony of Employees Who Violate Code. - The agent or employee who locally, in any county, violates...
Section 37-8-4 - Requiring Witnesses to Testify Before Grand Jury. - Witnesses before the grand jury, summoned to give evidence of...
Section 37-8-6 - Furnishing of Meters; Meters Open for Inspection. - Every person, company or corporation now engaged or hereafter engaging...
Article 2 - Rate or Tariff Violations.
Section 37-8-20 - Violation of Statutes Relating to Reasonable Rates, Adequate Service and Unjust Discriminations. - Every officer, agent or employee of a common carrier or...
Section 37-8-21 - Charging Rate in Violation of Tariff Generally. - Any utility doing business in this state or any of...
Section 37-8-22 - Charging or Accepting Rate Lower Than Published Tariff. - Any person or corporation operating a utility who offers, demands...
Section 37-8-23 - Charging or Collecting Higher Than Lawful Rate. - Any corporation, partnership, association or person owning or operating a...
Section 37-8-24 - Granting Unlawful Concessions or Rebates. - Any utility doing business in this state or any of...
Section 37-8-25 - Accepting Rebates, Concessions or Discrimination. - Any person who shall demand or knowingly accept or receive...
Section 37-8-27 - Free Passes, Rebates or Discounts, Etc. - Penalties for Violations. - Any common carrier, whether a corporation, association, partnership or person,...
Section 37-8-28 - Free Passes, Rebates or Discounts, Etc. - Exemptions. - Section 37-8-27 shall not apply to employees of railroads, or...
Section 37-8-30 - Unlawful Pooling of Freights. - Any officer, agent or servant of a person or corporation...
Section 37-8-31 - Failure of Railroad to Post Freight Tariffs at Depots. - Any person or corporation operating a railroad who fails to...
Article 3 - Offenses Involving Sale, Use, or Distribution of Electricity.
Section 37-8-52 - Operations in Proximity to High Voltage Overhead Conductors of Electricity - Generally. - (a) No person shall either personally or through an employee...
Section 37-8-53 - Operations in Proximity to High Voltage Overhead Conductors of Electricity - Warnings Signs. - Whoever operates or employs any person to operate any crane,...
Section 37-8-54 - Operations in Proximity to High Voltage Overhead Conductors of Electricity - Exemptions. - The provisions of Sections 37-8-52 through 37-8-55 shall not apply...
Section 37-8-55 - Operations in Proximity to High Voltage Overhead Conductors of Electricity - Utility Companies Not Relieved of Civil Liability. - Nothing in Sections 37-8-52 through 37-8-55 shall be interpreted to...
Article 5 - Offenses Involving Common Carriers Generally.
Division 1 - General Provisions.
Section 37-8-91 - Jumping on or Off Trains. - Any person not a passenger or intended passenger, employee or...
Section 37-8-94 - Venue for Violations Committed on Trains or Buses. - Any person charged with a violation of the provisions of...
Division 2 - Violations by Railroad or Its Employees.
Section 37-8-110 - Noncompliance With Commission Order to Erect Depot or to Provide Conveniences for Travelers - Generally. - Any person or corporation operating a railroad which fails for...
Section 37-8-111 - Noncompliance With Commission Order to Erect Depot or to Provide Conveniences for Travelers - Failure of Commission to Notify District Attorney or Attorney General. - For failure to notify the proper district attorney and Attorney...
Section 37-8-112 - Failure to Ring Bell or Blow Horn or Whistle on Trains. - Any engineer or other person having the control of the...
Section 37-8-113 - Failure of Railroad Superintendent to Instruct Engineers and Conductors Regarding Blowing Horn, Whistle, Etc. - Any superintendent of a railroad who fails to instruct the...
Section 37-8-114 - Failure to Use Proper Precautions to Prevent Accidents. - Any engineer, conductor or other person who, having the control...
Section 37-8-115 - Crew Member Acting on Instructions Not Responsible for Obstructing Streets, Etc. - No member of a train crew, yard crew or engine...
Section 37-8-117 - Failure to Provide Power Headlights on Engines. - Any company, corporation, lessee, owner, operator, receiver or officer of...
Section 37-8-118 - Violation of Judgment Confirming Commission Award Regulating Railroad's Business With Connecting Line. - Any officer or agent of a person or corporation operating...
Division 3 - Damages to or Interference With Railroad Property.
Section 37-8-148 - Procuring Railroad Cars Without Bona Fide Intention for Use. - Any person, firm, company or corporation who shall make application...
Section 37-8-149 - Unlawful Purchase or Receipt, etc., of Railroad Property. - Any person who shall, without written authority from the railroad...
Division 4 - Public Drinking or Intoxication.
Section 37-8-160 - Public Drinking of Prohibited Liquors and Beverages on Railway Passenger Cars or in Waiting Rooms. - Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Section 37-8-161 - Intoxication of Persons Employed Upon Railways or Vessels While Engaged in Discharge of Duties. - Every person who, being employed upon any railway as engineer,...
Division 5 - Transportation of Explosives.
Section 37-8-180 - Prohibited Generally on Passenger Conveyances; Exceptions. - It shall be unlawful to transport, carry or convey, or...
Section 37-8-181 - Nitroglycerine or Other Like Explosives. - It shall be unlawful to transport, carry or convey, or...
Section 37-8-182 - Marking of Packages Containing Explosives. - Every package containing explosives or other dangerous articles, when presented...
Section 37-8-183 - Regulations. - The Public Service Commission of Alabama shall formulate regulations for...
Section 37-8-184 - Penalties for Violations. - (a) Any person, partnership or corporation who knowingly violates or...
Division 6 - Signs Resembling Railroad Signs.
Section 37-8-200 - Erection or Maintenance of Advertising Signs Resembling Railroad Signs. - (a) No person, firm, association or corporation shall erect or...
Article 6 - Offenses Involving Telephones and Telegraphs.
Section 37-8-212 - Unlawful Disclosure of Messages. - (a) Any owners, manager, operator or employee of any telegraph...
Section 37-8-213 - Failure to Relinquish Party Line for Emergency Call; Falsely Requesting Party Line for Emergency; Notice in Directories. - Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Section 37-8-217 - Prohibited Instruments - Defined. - For the purposes of this section, and Sections 37-8-218, 37-8-220,...
Section 37-8-218 - Prohibited Instruments - Manufacture or Sale, Etc. - (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to make,...
Section 37-8-220 - Prohibited Instruments - Penalties. - Any person who violates any provision of this section, Section...
Section 37-8-221 - Prohibited Instruments - Search and Seizure. - (a) In addition to the grounds enumerated in Section 15-5-2...
Article 9 - Offenses Involving Payment of Wages.
Section 37-8-270 - Biweekly Payment of Wages. - Every public service corporation engaged in transportation doing business in...
Article 10 - Unlawful Solicitation of Claims.
Section 37-8-280 - Soliciting Claims From Shippers or Consignees Against Carriers. - Any agent, officer or attorney of any traffic association or...