Colorado § 40-9-102 - Definitions.
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§ 40-9-102. Definitions.
As used in sections 40-9-101 to 40-9-105, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Common carriers" also includes express companies, private freight car lines, and pipe lines.
(2) "Railroad" includes all bridges used or operated in connection with any railroad; all the roads in use by any corporation operating a railroad, whether owned or operated under a contract, agreement, or lease; all switches, spurs, tracks, and terminal facilities of every kind used or necessary in transportation of persons or property; all freight depots, yards, and grounds used or necessary in the transportation of persons or property; and all freight depots, yards, and grounds, used or necessary in the transportation or delivery of any of said property.
(3) "Transportation" includes all cars, and all other vehicles and instrumentalities and facilities of a shipment or carriage, irrespective of ownership or of any contract, express or implied, for the use thereof, and all service in connection with the receipt, delivery, elevation, and transfer in transit, ventilation, refrigeration or icing, demurrage, storing, or handling of property transported. It is the duty of every common carrier, subject to the provisions of sections 40-9-101 to 40-9-105, to provide such transportation upon reasonable request therefor, and to establish through routes and just and reasonable rates applicable thereto, and to provide a sufficient number of cars and a reasonable time schedule for trains.
Source: L. 07: p. 532, § 2. R.S. 08: § 5446. L. 10: p. 46, § 2. C.L. § 2979. CSA: C. 29, § 2. CRS 53: § 115-12-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 115-12-2.
ANNOTATION
Section is valid. Last portion of this section held not unconstitutional as a delegation of legislative power. Colo. & S. Ry. v. State R. R. Comm'n, 54 Colo. 64, 129 P. 506 (1912).
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