§ 23-16-104 - Annual fee collected from carriers.
23-16-104. Annual fee collected from carriers.
(a) There is levied and charged and there shall be collected annually from each rail carrier which is subject to regulation by the Arkansas Transportation Commission [abolished] under the laws of Arkansas a fee in an amount which shall be equivalent to that proportion of the total rail carrier cost that the gross revenues in Arkansas of each of the rail carriers bear to the total gross revenues in Arkansas of all of the rail carriers. However, the fee to be collected annually from each of the rail carriers shall not exceed in any year an amount exceeding two-fifths of one percent (2/5 of 1%) of the gross revenues in Arkansas of each respective rail carrier.
(b) There is levied and charged and there shall be collected annually from each other carrier which is subject to regulation by the commission under the laws of Arkansas a fee in an amount which shall be equivalent to that proportion of the total other carrier costs that the gross revenues in Arkansas of each of the other carriers bear to the total gross revenues in Arkansas of all of the other carriers. However, the fee to be collected annually from each of the other carriers shall not exceed in any year an amount exceeding two-fifths of one percent (2/5 of 1%) of the gross revenues in Arkansas of each respective other carrier.