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Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) Every person, company, firm, or corporation which now owns, operates, manages, or controls any wire of any kind or description, including, but not limited to, those over which electricity or messages are transmitted located within the approach zone of any airport in this state shall remove the wires from the approach zone of the airport. Removal shall not be required until the owner or operator of the airport affected requests the removal in writing specifying the wires to be removed and the owner or operator has either paid to the person required by this chapter to remove the wires or has executed a good and sufficient bond with corporate surety thereon as security for the payment in a sum of money sufficient to pay all the actual cost of removing the wires, together with the poles, crossarms, and other equipment connected thereto, and the actual cost of:
(1) Constructing underground conduits and the construction of wires and equipment in the conduits; or
(2) Rerouting such wires, together with the poles, crossarms, and other equipment connected thereto together with the cost, if any, of new rights-of-way made necessary by the rerouting.
(b) In the event that the parties are unable to agree upon the amount of such costs, the Arkansas Public Service Commission shall determine the amount of the costs. Appeal from determination by the commission shall be had in the manner provided by law.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Arkansas Code Title 27. Transportation § 27-117-104. Wire removal--Mandate and provisions - last updated March 28, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ar/title-27-transportation/ar-code-sect-27-117-104/
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