Arkansas Code Title 23. Public Utilities and Regulated Industries § 23-13-241. Common carriers--Schedules, rules, etc., affecting rates, fares, etc.--Hearings--Suspension proceedings

(a) Whenever any schedule stating a new individual or joint rate, fare, charge, or classification for the transportation of passengers, or by any such carrier in conjunction with a common carrier or carriers by railroad, express, or water, or any rule or practice affecting the rate, fare, or charge, or the value of the service thereunder is filed with the Arkansas Department of Transportation, the department is authorized and empowered to enter upon a hearing concerning the lawfulness of the rate, fare, or charge, or the lawfulness of a rule or practice, upon the complaint of any interested party or upon its own initiative, at once, if the department so orders, without answer or other formal pleading by the interested carrier or carriers, but upon reasonable notice.

(c) If the proceeding has not been concluded and an order made within the period of suspension, the proposed change, or rate, fare, or charge or classification, rule, or practice shall go into effect at the end of the period.