Arizona § 40-846 Electric headlights; violation; penalty

Arizona Statutes

§ 40-846 — Electric headlights; violation; penalty

Arizona § 40-846

Title 40Arizona Revised Statutes

Ch. 4RAILROADS

Art. 3Safety

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Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 40-846 (2026).

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A.Every railroad corporation, or receiver or lessee thereof, shall equip its locomotives used in the transportation of trains over the railroad, except locomotives regularly used in switching cars or trains, with electric headlights of not less than fifteen hundred candle power measured without the aid of a reflector.

B.Any railroad company, or receiver or lessee thereof, doing business in this state, which violates the provisions of this section is liable to the state for a penalty of not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars for each offense.

C.Action shall be brought to recover such penalty in a court of competent jurisdiction in the name of the state by the attorney general or by the county attorney of any county in or through which the railroad is operated.

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A. Every railroad corporation, or receiver or lessee thereof, shall equip its locomotives used in the transportation of trains over the railroad, except locomotives regularly used in switching cars or trains, with electric headlights of not less than fifteen hundred candle power measured without the aid of a reflector.

B. Any railroad company, or receiver or lessee thereof, doing business in this state, which violates the provisions of this section is liable to the state for a penalty of not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars for each offense.

C. Action shall be brought to recover such penalty in a court of competent jurisdiction in the name of the state by the attorney general or by the county attorney of any county in or through which the railroad is operated.