Chapter 159 - COMMON CARRIERS
- Section 159:1 - Duties of common carriers; jurisdiction to enforce
- Section 159:2 - Penalty
- Section 159:3 - Limitations upon liability imposed by carrier
- Section 159:4 - Security required of employee to indemnify against neglect; penalty
- Section 159:5 - Foreign express businesses; appointment of general agent
- Section 159:6 - Foreign express businesses; general agent's bond
- Section 159:7 - Foreign express businesses; failure of agent to comply with secs. 5 and 6; penalty
- Section 159:8 - Protection of carriers; misuse of orders; penalty
- Section 159:9 - Express business upon steamboat lines; application of provisions relating to railroads
- Section 159:10 - Enforcement of chapter
- Section 159:11 - Record of action by department
- Section 159:12 - Services supervised and regulated by department
- Section 159:12A - [Repealed]
- Section 159:12B - [Repealed]
- Section 159:12C - [Repealed]
- Section 159:12D - [Repealed]
- Section 159:12E - Third party verification service providers; registration
- Section 159:13 - Inquiry into rates, etc.
- Section 159:14 - Rates, fares or charges
- Section 159:14A - [Repealed]
- Section 159:15 - Free service, tickets, passes or transportation prohibited; exceptions
- Section 159:16 - Regulations, practices, equipment, appliances or service of carrier; department control, hearing and order; proof of compliance
- Section 159:16A - Factors in ordering discontinuance or abandonment of railway service
- Section 159:17 - Charges for service; regulation
- Section 159:18 - Classes of rates established by carrier; special rates
- Section 159:19 - Filing of rate schedules
- Section 159:19A - Directory assistance rate schedules; business customers; handicapped or elderly customers
- Section 159:19B - Automatic telephone dialing systems; definition
- Section 159:19C - Notification of wish not to receive calls from automatic telephone dialing system
- Section 159:19D - Design and operation of automatic telephone dialing systems
- Section 159:19E - Solicitations by telephone; required disclosures; misrepresentation
- Section 159:19F - Posting of rates, terms and conditions on website by certain common carriers; department notification
- Section 159:20 - Notice and hearing upon proposed rate schedule changes; order
- Section 159:21 - Establishment of through routes for passengers and freight
- Section 159:22 - Railway signals required by department
- Section 159:23 - Notice to railway of recommended improvements and changes
- Section 159:24 - Hearing upon complaint concerning service or rates of carrier transmitting intelligence by electricity
- Section 159:25 - Hearings; notice to interested member of general court
- Section 159:26 - Valuation and revaluation of carrier's property
- Section 159:27 - Inspection and investigation
- Section 159:28 - Notice of accidents
- Section 159:29 - Investigation of accidents
- Section 159:30 - Defects; information by employee; protection of source
- Section 159:31 - Forms of accounts, records and memoranda
- Section 159:32 - Annual return; form; time of filing; amendment
- Section 159:33 - Express business; annual return
- Section 159:34 - Examination of books, etc.; subpoena duces tecum
- Section 159:34A - Supervision of companies affiliated with carrier
- Section 159:35 - Examination of condition of company on request of interested party
- Section 159:36 - Annual audit
- Section 159:37 - Service of orders of department; notification of receipt and acceptance
- Section 159:38 - Effect of request or advice of department
- Section 159:39 - Violations; action by attorney general
- Section 159:40 - Violations or threatened violations; mandamus or injunction
- Section 159:41 - Representation at hearings concerning proposed legislation affecting the department
- Section 159:43 - Annual report of the department
- Section 159:44 - Examinations or audits by department; divulging information; penalty
- Section 159:50 - Offer of railroad new capital stock to stockholders; notice; price; time of acceptance
- Section 159:51 - Auction of new capital stock
- Section 159:52 - Basis of determination by department as to amount of new capital stock
- Section 159:53 - Computation of amount of capital stock as basis for bond issue
- Section 159:54 - Approval of transfer of railroad franchise or property by department; public hearing
- Section 159:57 - Consent of department to crossing
- Section 159:58 - Supervision of crossing following consent of department
- Section 159:59 - Proceeding to alter crossing
- Section 159:60 - Eminent domain
- Section 159:61 - Party to carry award into effect and to pay charges
- Section 159:62 - Appointment of commission; hearing; notice
- Section 159:63 - Revision of award; jury
- Section 159:64 - Recovery after alteration of proportion of expense
- Section 159:65 - Proceedings to abolish grade crossings
- Section 159:70 - Manner and limits of grade crossing abolitions; costs; apportionment
- Section 159:72 - Crossing abolished upon state highway; clear view
- Section 159:73 - Financing cost of abolishing crossing by street railway company
- Section 159:74 - Change of location
- Section 159:75 - Damages
- Section 159:76 - Eminent domain; settlement of claim barred by limitation
- Section 159:77 - Expenses of maintenance and repair
- Section 159:78 - Audit of expenses; investigations; orders of payment of apportioned share
- Section 159:79 - Enforcement; review
- Section 159:80 - Proceedings upon agreement as to alterations
- Section 159:82 - Application
- Section 159:83 - Examination of bridges, etc. by railways; report; submission of plans for bridge
- Section 159:84 - Maintenance and repair; hearing; order
- Section 159:85 - Enforcement
- Section 159:86 - Formation of relief corporation
- Section 159:87 - By-laws; statements of membership and financial condition
- Section 159:88 - Association of railroad corporation with relief corporations
- Section 159:92 - Badges
- Section 159:93 - Powers
- Section 159:94 - Arrest of offenders
- Section 159:95 - Compensation of police; liability for misconduct of police
- Section 159:96 - Action for debt due for constructing a railroad
- Section 159:97 - Exception; contractor
- Section 159:98 - Notice of intention; filing; fee
- Section 159:99 - Statement of amount due for labor performed; filing; fee
- Section 159:100 - Limitation of actions
- Section 159:101 - Evasion of payment of toll or fare
- Section 159:102 - Designation of torpedoes or other explosives
- Section 159:103 - Injury to signals, tracks, cars, etc.
- Section 159:104 - Throwing or shooting missiles
- Section 159:105 - Application