New York Transportation Law Article 5 - THE POWERS OF THE COMMISSIONER IN RESPECT TO COMMON CARRIERS

• 115 - General Powers and Duties of Commissioner in Respect to Common Carriers.
  1. The commissioner shall have power and authority to administer oaths, in all parts of the state, to witnesses summoned to testify in any inquiry,...
• 116 - Reports of Common Carriers.
  Every common carrier shall file an annual report with the commissioner verified by the oath of the president, vice-president, treasurer, secretary, general manager or receiver,...
• 117 - Investigation of Accidents.
  The commissioner shall investigate the cause of all accidents on any railroad or street railroad subject to his jurisdiction which result in loss of life...
• 118 - Investigations by Commissioner.
  1. The commissioner may, of his own motion, investigate or make inquiry, in a manner to be determined by him as to any act or...
• 119 - Rates and Service to Be Fixed by the Commissioner.
  1. Whenever the commissioner shall find, after a hearing had upon his own motion or upon a complaint, that the rates, fares or charges demanded,...
• 120 - Power of Commissioner to Order Repairs or Changes.
  If in the judgment of the commissioner, additional tracks, switches, terminals or terminal facilities, stations, motive power, or any other property, construction, apparatus, equipment, facilities...
• 121 - Substitution of Motor Vehicles or Trackless Trolleys for Cars on Tracks; Supplemental or Extended Operation.
  1. Whenever the commissioner shall find, after a hearing, had upon the application of any street railroad company or railroad company, that the public interest...
• 122 - Contracts Between Railroad Companies and Bus Companies Owned by Former; Approval of Commissioner.
  Whenever the commissioner has made an order authorizing any street railroad company or railroad company to substitute the operation of stages, buses or motor vehicles...
• 123 - Power of Commissioner to Order Changes in Time Schedules; Running of Additional Cars and Trains.
  If, in the judgment of the commissioner, any railroad company or street railroad company does not run trains enough or cars enough or possess or...
• 125 - Power of Commissioner to Order Continuance of Train Service During Investigation.
  Unless otherwise ordered or authorized by the commissioner, no railroad company shall discontinue any train engaged in the transportation of passengers in intrastate commerce within...
• 126 - Uniform System of Accounts; Access to Accounts; Forfeitures.
  The commissioner may, whenever he deems advisable, establish a system of accounts to be used by common carriers which are subject to his supervision, or...
• 127 - Franchises and Privileges.
  Without first having obtained the permission and approval of the commissioner no common carrier shall begin the construction of a railroad or street railroad, or...
• 128 - Transfer of Franchises, Property or Stocks.
  1. No franchise nor any right to or under any franchise, to own or operate a railroad or street railroad shall be assigned, transferred or...
• 129 - Approval of Securities.
  A common carrier existing, or hereafter incorporated, under or by virtue of the laws of the state of New York, may issue stocks, bonds, notes...
• 130 - Reorganizations.
  1. Corporate reorganizations of common carriers shall be subject to the approval of the commissioner. 2. Upon all such reorganizations the amount of capitalization, including...
• 131 - Forfeiture; Penalties.
  1. Every common carrier and all officers, and agents of any common carrier shall obey, observe and comply with every order made by the commissioner...
• 131-a - Penalties for Violations.
  1. Any railroad company that operates as a common carrier that violates any provision of article five of this chapter and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto...
• 132 - Enforcement Proceedings.
  Whenever the commissioner shall find that a common carrier subject to his supervision is failing or omitting or about to fail or omit to do...
• 133 - Penalties for Other Than Common Carriers.
  1. Any corporation, other than a common carrier which shall violate this chapter, or shall fail to obey, observe and comply with every order made...
• 134 - Duties of Commissioner As to Interstate Traffic.
  The commissioner may investigate interstate freight or passenger rates or interstate freight or passenger service on railroads within the state, and when such rates are,...
• 135 - Rail Safety Fee.
  1. For the fiscal year commencing on April first, nineteen hundred ninety-one and for each fiscal year thereafter, the expenses of the administration and enforcement...

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