327D.2 Definitions.
As used in this chapter unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Department” means the state department of transportation.
2. “Joint tariffs” embraces joint rates, tolls, contracts, classifications and charges.
3. “Railroad” means the terminal facilities necessary in the transportation of persons and property and includes bridges, railroad right-of-way, trackage, switches and other appurtenances necessary for the operation of a railroad, whether owned, leased or operated under some other contractual agreement.
4. “Railroad corporation” means a railway corporation as defined in subsection 6.
5. “Railway” means a railroad as defined in subsection 3.
6. “Railway corporation” means all corporations, companies, or persons owning or operating any railroad or carrier in whole or in part within the state.
7. “Rates” means fares, tariffs, tolls, charges, and all classifications, contracts, practices and rules of common carriers relating to such rates.
8. “Switching service” means the shifting of a car between two points, both of which are within the industrial vicinity of an industry, a group of industries, a station, or a city, as such industrial vicinity may be defined by the department.
9. “Transportation” means all instrumentalities of shipment or carriage as well as services in connection with the actual transport.
[C97, §2122; SS15, §2125; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8037, 8082; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §479.2, 479.48; C77, 79, 81, §327D.2; 81 Acts, ch 22, §22]
86 Acts, ch 1245, §1960
Referred to in §307.26, 327D.40
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