277.090 Railroad company may operate ferry.
(1) Any railroad company may, without securing the grant of any ferry franchise or
privilege from the county judge/executive, transport, or employ other persons to <br>transport for it, any passengers, baggage or freight carried, or to be carried, on its <br>railroad line, across any stream within or bordering upon this state.
(2) Any railroad company operating a ferry for the purposes mentioned in subsection
(1) of this section may transport thereon any other persons, freight or baggage <br>offered for transportation upon obtaining the grant of a ferry franchise or privilege <br>in the manner prescribed by law, except that no railroad company, employee, agent <br>or trustee of a railroad company, shall be granted a franchise or privilege to <br>establish, operate or maintain a new ferry within one mile and a half in a straight <br>line of any ferry already established and in operation.
Effective: June 17, 1978 <br>History: Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 384, sec. 455, effective June 17, 1978. --
Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. <br>sec. 769a-1.
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