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23-4-804. Exemptions — General Assembly and certain state officers may accept free passes.
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23-4-804. Exemptions — General Assembly and certain state officers may accept free passes.
(a) Members of the General Assembly within the State of Arkansas are exempted from the provisions of §§ 23-4-801 and 23-4-802. They are permitted to accept and it shall be the duty of all railroad companies doing business in the State of Arkansas to issue passes for free transportation to any such officers. In issuing free passes for transportation, the railroad companies shall not be liable to the penalties set out in § 23-4-802, or liable to prosecution under any of the laws of the State of Arkansas because of the issuance of any pass.
(b) The Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor of State, Treasurer of State, Attorney General, and Lieutenant Governor are permitted to accept and use a free pass from any railroad of this state without incurring the penalties prescribed in § 23-4-803 [repealed].
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 23-4-804
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23-4-804. Exemptions — General Assembly and certain state officers may accept free passes.
(a) Members of the General Assembly within the State of Arkansas are exempted from the provisions of §§ 23-4-801 and 23-4-802. They are permitted to accept and it shall be the duty of all railroad companies doing business in the State of Arkansas to issue passes for free transportation to any such officers. In issuing free passes for transportation, the railroad companies shall not be liable to the penalties set out in § 23-4-802, or liable to prosecution under any of the laws of the State of Arkansas because of the issuance of any pass.
(b) The Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor of State, Treasurer of State, Attorney General, and Lieutenant Governor are permitted to accept and use a free pass from any railroad of this state without incurring the penalties prescribed in § 23-4-803 [repealed].
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23-4-801. Definitions.
As used in this section and § 23-4-802, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) “Officers of this state, legislative, executive, or judicial” includes all officers elective, appointive, commissioned, or qualified; and
(2) “Railroad” or “transportation company” shall be deemed and taken to mean all corporations, companies, or individuals owning or operating any railroad or transportation line in this state for the public transportation or conveyance as common carriers of persons or property therein.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 23-4-801
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 23-4-801. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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23-4-802. Granting of free passes to certain government officials prohibited.
(a) No railroad or transportation company organized or doing business in this state under any act of incorporation or general law of this state shall grant any free pass in the cars or other modes of conveyance over the line of any such railroad or transportation company, for any length of time or for any distance, to any officer of this state, legislative, executive, or judicial, whereby any such officer may be transported for any length of time or for any distance over the line of the railroad or transportation company, either free of charge therefor or for a less compensation than that demanded or received from the general public.
(b)(1) Any railroad or transportation company that shall grant any free pass to any such officer in violation of this section shall forfeit and pay for every such offense an amount not less than two hundred dollars ($200) nor exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000).
(2)(A) The penalty is to be recovered in an action at law brought in the name of the state by the prosecuting attorney thereof in any county of the state through or into which the railroad corporation or transportation company may run its railroad or transportation line.
(B) The prosecuting attorney shall be allowed a fee for his or her services of ten percent (10%) of the amount that may be collected in any suit, in case judgment is rendered for the plaintiff.
(C) The balance and residue of any sums recovered in the suit shall be paid into the county treasury of the county where the suit is brought, to be appropriated to general county purposes in the county.
(D) In any such suit should judgment be rendered for the defendant, the costs of the suit shall be paid by the county.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 23-4-802
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 23-4-802. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
23-4-803. [Repealed.]
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 23-4-803
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: repealed. The source passage cites 23-4-803. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.