Rhode Island General Laws 39-9-2. Abandonment of stations – Seasonal stations
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No railroad corporation shall abandon any railroad station that is on its road and in this state after the station has been established for twelve (12) months, except by permission of the commission; but the corporation may establish stations to be used only during certain months of each year, and for such trains, as they may designate by notice put up and maintained in some conspicuous place at the stations so established, specifying the months during which the station will be used.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 187, § 29; P.L. 1900, ch. 741, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 215, § 33; G.L. 1923, ch. 251, § 24; G.L. 1938, ch. 124, § 24; G.L. 1956, § 39-9-2; P.L. 1973, ch. 199, § 7; P.L. 2020, ch. 79, art. 1, § 5.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 39-9-2
- Commission: means the public utilities commission. See Rhode Island General Laws 39-1-2
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Railroad: means and includes every railroad other than a street railway, by whatsoever power, operated for public use in the conveyance in this state of persons or property for compensation, with all bridges, ferries, tunnels, switches, spurs, tracks, stations, wharves, and terminal facilities of every kind, used, operated, controlled, leased, or owned by or in connection with any railroad. See Rhode Island General Laws 39-1-2