40-321. Power of commission to determine adequacy of service rendered by public service corporation; enforcement by order or regulation; duty of compliance by corporation; surety; utility surety fund A. When the commission finds that the equipment, appliances, facilities or service of any public service corporation, or the methods of manufacture, distribution, transmission, storage or supply […]
40-322. Regulation of public service corporations; standards of service; measurement standards; inspections by commission A. The commission may: 1. Ascertain and set just and reasonable standards, classifications, regulations, practices, measurements or service to be furnished and followed by public service corporations other than a railroad. 2. Ascertain and fix adequate and serviceable standards for the […]
40-323. Commission rules and regulations to regulate time for furnishing services by railroad and telephone and telegraph companies; uniformity of demurrage charges A. The commission may provide by rules and regulations: 1. The time within which all railroad corporations shall furnish, after demand therefor, cars, equipment and facilities necessary for handling freight in carload and […]
40-324. Power of commission to order changes in service to insure adequate service by railroad When the commission finds that any railroad or street railroad does not run a sufficient number of trains or cars, or possess or operate sufficient motive power reasonably necessary to accommodate the traffic transported by or offered for transportation to […]
40-325. Power of commission to order physical connection between railroad companies When the commission finds that the public convenience and necessity will be served by having connections made between the tracks of any two or more railroad corporations so that cars may readily be transferred from one to the other, the commission may order two […]
40-326. Duty of railroad company to make connection with track of private shipper; conditions A. Every railroad corporation, upon application of a shipper or receiver or contemplated shipper or receiver of freight for a connection between the railroad of such corporation and an existing or contemplated private track or railroad of such person, shall make […]
40-327. Order by commission for connection or spur; right to connect to private track; order to company to switch cars of another corporation A. When the commission finds that application has been made by any person to a railroad corporation for a connection or spur which the corporation has refused, and that the applicant is […]
40-328. Duty of telephone and telegraph companies to handle messages of connecting companies Every telephone corporation and telegraph corporation operating in this state shall receive, transmit and deliver, without delay or discrimination, the conversations and messages of every other telephone or telegraph corporation with which a physical connection is made.
40-329. Power of commission to order connections and joint rates between telephone or telegraph companies A. Whenever the commission finds that a physical connection can reasonably be made between the lines of two or more telephone or telegraph corporations to form a continuous line of communication, and that public convenience and necessity will be served […]
40-331. Power of commission to order additions, improvements or changes in plant of public service corporations; additions or changes made jointly A. When the commission finds that additions or improvements to or changes in the existing plant or physical properties of a public service corporation ought reasonably to be made, or that a new structure […]
40-332. Power of commission to order joint use of facilities belonging to public service corporation A. When the commission finds that public convenience and necessity require the use by one public service corporation of the equipment, or any part of the equipment, on, over or under any street or highway belonging to another public service […]
40-334. Discrimination between persons, localities or classes of service as to rates, charges, service or facilities prohibited A. A public service corporation shall not, as to rates, charges, service, facilities or in any other respect, make or grant any preference or advantage to any person or subject any person to any prejudice or disadvantage. B. […]
40-335. Persons who may be given free or reduced rates; definitions; carriage during emergency; annual report of reduced rate carriage A. No common carrier shall, directly or indirectly, issue, give or tender any free or reduced rate of transportation for passengers between points within this state, except to: 1. Its employees, its officers, agents, surgeons, […]
40-336. Power of commission to require safety devices The commission may by order, rule or regulation, require every public service corporation to maintain and operate its line, plant, system, equipment, and premises in a manner which will promote and safeguard the health and safety of its employees, passengers, customers and the public, and may prescribe […]
40-337. Power of commission over railway crossings A. No public highway or street shall be constructed across the track of any railroad at grade, nor shall the track of any railroad corporation be constructed across the track of any other railroad at grade, without the permission of the commission, but this provision shall not apply […]
40-337.01. Installation of automatic warning devices; agreements for sharing cost; apportionment of cost A. The commission may determine, after a public hearing, whether any particular crossing of a railroad and a public highway or street is sufficiently hazardous as to require the installation of automatic warning signals or devices at such crossing, provided, that a […]
40-337.02. Allocation of funds for automatic warning signals at railway crossings A. In each annual budget request prepared by the corporation commission, ten per cent, but not more than two hundred thousand dollars, of the total amount approved for the same year by the federal highway administration for railroad – highway projects within this state […]
40-337.03. Determination of location of automatic warning signals On or before February 15 of each year, the commission shall submit to the railroad involved and the city, county and department of transportation in which jurisdiction a public railroad grade crossing is located, an array of such crossings where the installation of automatic warning signals or […]
40-338. Accidents on property of public service corporations; investigation; report A. The commission shall investigate the cause of all accidents upon the property of any public service corporation, or directly or indirectly arising from or connected with its maintenance or operation, resulting in loss of life or injury to persons or property, and may make […]
40-339. Refusal of common carrier to receive or carry passenger; classification A person, or any agent or officer of a corporation, doing business as a common carrier of passengers, who knowingly refuses, without just cause or excuse, to receive and entertain a guest, or to receive and carry a passenger, is guilty of a class […]
