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Ark. Code Ann. § 23-3-114

Unreasonable preferences prohibited

Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case At&T Communications of the Southwest, Inc. v. Arkansas Public Service Commission (2001)

Most recently applied in 86 Ark. App. 254 - Consumer Utilities Rate Advocacy Division v. Arkansas Public Service Commission (May 2004)

Acts 1935, No. 324, § 13; Pope's Dig., § 2076; A.S.A. 1947, § 73-207.

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(1) As to rates or services, no public utility shall make or grant any unreasonable preference or advantage to any corporation or person or subject any corporation or person to any unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage.

(2) No public utility shall establish or maintain any unreasonable difference as to rates or services, either as between localities or as between classes of service.

(3) The commission, in the exercise of its jurisdiction granted by this act, may fix uniform rates applicable throughout the territory served by any public utility whenever in its judgment public interest requires such uniform rates.

(4) The commission may determine any question or fact arising under this section.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.