KENTUCKY CONSTITUTION
ARTICLE XVI
RAILROADS AND COMMERCE

§209 | (REPEALED 2000)

Catchline at time of repeal:

“Railroad Commission – Election, term, and qualifications of Commissioners – Commissioners’ districts – Powers and duties – Removal – Vacancies.”

§210 | COMMON CARRIER CORPORATION NOT TO BE INTERESTED IN OTHER BUSINESS

No corporation engaged in the business of common carrier shall, directly or indirectly, own, manage, operate, or engage in any other business than that of a common carrier, or hold, own, lease or acquire, directly or indirectly, mines, factories or timber, except such as shall be necessary to carry on its business, and the General Assembly shall enact laws to give effect to the provisions of this section.

§211 | FOREIGN RAILROAD CORPORATION MAY NOT CONDEMN OR ACQUIRE REAL ESTATE

No railroad corporation organized under the laws of any other State, or of the United States, and doing business, or proposing to do business, in this State, shall be entitled to the benefit of the right of eminent domain or have power to acquire the right of way or real estate for depot or other uses, until it shall have become a body corporate pursuant to and in accordance with the laws of this Commonwealth.

§212 | ROLLING STOCK, EARNINGS, AND PERSONAL PROPERTY OF RAILROADS SUBJECT TO EXECUTION OR ATTACHMENT

The rolling stock and other movable property belonging to any railroad corporation or company in this State shall be considered personal property, and shall be liable to execution and sale in the same manner as the personal property of individuals. The earnings of any railroad company or corporation, and choses in action, money and personal property of all kinds belonging to it, in the hands, or under the control, of any officer, agent or employee of such corporation or company, shall be subject to process of attachment to the same extent and in the same manner, as like property of individuals when in the hands or under the control of other persons. Any such earnings, choses in action, money or other personal property may be subjected to the payment of any judgment against such corporation or company, in the same manner and to the same extent as such property of individuals in the hands of third persons.

§213 | RAILROAD COMPANIES TO HANDLE TRAFFIC WITH CONNECTING CARRIERS WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION

All railroad, transfer, belt lines and railway bridge companies organized under the laws of Kentucky, or operating, maintaining or controlling any railroad, transfer, belt lines or bridges, or doing a railway business in this State, shall receive, transfer, deliver and switch empty or loaded cars, and shall move, transport, receive, load or unload all the freight in car loads or less quantities, coming to or going from any railroad, transfer, belt line, bridge or siding thereon, with equal promptness and dispatch, and without any discrimination as to charges, preference, drawback or rebate in favor of any person, corporation, consignee or consignor, in any matter as to payment, transportation, handling or delivery; and shall so receive, deliver, transfer and transport all freight as above set forth, from and to any point where there is a physical connection between the tracks of said companies. But this section shall not be construed as requiring any such common carrier to allow the use of its tracks for the trains of another engaged in like business.

§214 | RAILROAD NOT TO MAKE EXCLUSIVE OR PREFERENTIAL CONTRACT

No railway, transfer, belt line or railway bridge company shall make any exclusive or preferential contract or arrangement with any individual, association or corporation, for the receipt, transfer, delivery, transportation, handling, care or custody of any freight, or for the conduct of any business as a common carrier.

§215 | FREIGHT TO BE HANDLED WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION

All railway, transfer, belt lines or railway bridge companies shall receive, load, unload, transport, haul, deliver and handle freight of the same class for all persons, associations or corporations from and to the same points and upon the same conditions, in the same manner and for the same charges, and for the same method of payment.

§216 | RAILROAD MUST ALLOW TRACKS OF OTHERS TO CROSS OR UNITE

All railway, transfer, belt lines and railway bridge companies shall allow the tracks of each other to unite, intersect and cross at any point where such union, intersection and crossing is reasonable or feasible.

§217 | PENALTIES FOR VIOLATING SECTIONS 213, 214, 215, OR 216 – ATTORNEY GENERAL TO ENFORCE

Any person, association or corporation, willfully or knowingly violating any of the provisions of Sections 213, 214, 215, or 216, shall, upon conviction by a court of competent jurisdiction, for the first offense be fined two thousand dollars; for the second offense, five thousand dollars; and for the third offense, shall thereupon, ipso facto, forfeit its franchises, privileges or charter rights; and if such delinquent be a foreign corporation, it shall, ipso facto, forfeit its right to do business in this State; and the Attorney-General of the Commonwealth shall forthwith, upon notice of the violation of any of said provisions, institute proceedings to enforce the provisions of the aforesaid sections.

§218 | LONG AND SHORT HAULS

It shall be unlawful for any person or corporation, owning or operating a railroad in this State, or any common carrier, to charge or receive any greater compensation in the aggregate for the transportation of passengers, or of property of like kind, under substantially similar circumstances and conditions, for a shorter than for a longer distance over the same line, in the same direction, the shorter being included within the longer distance; but this shall not be construed as authorizing any common carrier, or person or corporation, owning or operating a railroad in this State, to receive as great compensation for a shorter as for a longer distance:

Provided, That upon application to the state agency as may have jurisdiction over such matters, such common carrier, or person or corporation owning or operating a railroad in this State, may in special cases, after investigation by the appropriate state agency, be authorized to charge less for longer than for shorter distances for the transportation of passengers, or property; and the appropriate state agency may, from time to time, prescribe the extent to which such common carrier, or person or corporation, owning or operating a railroad in this State, may be relieved from the operation of this section.

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KENTUCKY CONSTITUTION
ARTICLE XVI
RAILROADS AND COMMERCE

§209 | (REPEALED 2000)

§210 | COMMON CARRIER CORPORATION NOT TO BE INTERESTED IN OTHER BUSINESS

§211 | FOREIGN RAILROAD CORPORATION MAY NOT CONDEMN OR ACQUIRE REAL ESTATE

§212 | ROLLING STOCK, EARNINGS, AND PERSONAL PROPERTY OF RAILROADS SUBJECT TO EXECUTION OR ATTACHMENT

§213 | RAILROAD COMPANIES TO HANDLE TRAFFIC WITH CONNECTING CARRIERS WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION

§214 | RAILROAD NOT TO MAKE EXCLUSIVE OR PREFERENTIAL CONTRACT

§215 | FREIGHT TO BE HANDLED WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION

§216 | RAILROAD MUST ALLOW TRACKS OF OTHERS TO CROSS OR UNITE

§217 | PENALTIES FOR VIOLATING SECTIONS 213, 214, 215, OR 216 – ATTORNEY GENERAL TO ENFORCE

§218 | LONG AND SHORT HAULS

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Text as Ratified on:	Nov. 7, 2000
History:	2002 amendment was proposed by 2001 Ky. Acts ch. 163, sec. 1; 1974 repeal and reenactment proposed by 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 84, sec. 1, and ratified Nov. 4, 1975, effective Jan. 1, 1976; original version ratified Aug. 3, 1891, and revised Sept. 28, 1891.

Text as Ratified on:	Aug. 3, 1891, and revised Sept. 28, 1891.
History:	Not yet amended.

Text as Ratified on:	Aug. 3, 1891, and revised Sept. 28, 1891.
History:	Not yet amended.

Text as Ratified on:	Aug. 3, 1891, and revised Sept. 28, 1891.
History:	Not yet amended.

KENTUCKY CONSTITUTIONARTICLE XVIRAILROADS AND COMMERCE

§209 | (REPEALED 2000)

§210 | COMMON CARRIER CORPORATION NOT TO BE INTERESTED IN OTHER BUSINESS

§211 | FOREIGN RAILROAD CORPORATION MAY NOT CONDEMN OR ACQUIRE REAL ESTATE

§212 | ROLLING STOCK, EARNINGS, AND PERSONAL PROPERTY OF RAILROADS SUBJECT TO EXECUTION OR ATTACHMENT

§213 | RAILROAD COMPANIES TO HANDLE TRAFFIC WITH CONNECTING CARRIERS WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION

§214 | RAILROAD NOT TO MAKE EXCLUSIVE OR PREFERENTIAL CONTRACT

§215 | FREIGHT TO BE HANDLED WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION

§216 | RAILROAD MUST ALLOW TRACKS OF OTHERS TO CROSS OR UNITE

§217 | PENALTIES FOR VIOLATING SECTIONS 213, 214, 215, OR 216 – ATTORNEY GENERAL TO ENFORCE

§218 | LONG AND SHORT HAULS

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