§ 23-3-503 — Commission's jurisdiction, power, and authority

(a) The Arkansas Public Service Commission shall have jurisdiction over all navigable water crossings. (b) The commission shall have the power, authority, and responsibility, subject to the further provisions of this subchapter, to require that a navigable water crossing be constructed or operated in a manner consistent with the public safety and in such a manner as to cause no unlawful interference with some other paramount public or private use of the navigable waterway or its underlying bed at the point of the crossing. (c) The commission shall further have the power, authority, and responsibility to grant to each river crossing proprietor, from such title or ownership as the State of Arkansas holds in respect to the bed of navigable waterways, all rights required or needed by the river crossing proprietor for the purpose of constructing, operating, repairing, replacing, whether with the same or a different size, dimension, or specification, altering, maintaining, or removing its public service facility at the point of any navigable water crossing.

Legislative History

Acts 1961, No. 188, § 2; A.S.A. 1947, § 73-2202.