- (a) When a motor common carrier of passengers having intrastate authority under the laws of Arkansas and interstate authority under a certificate issued by the United States Surface Transportation Board to provide transportation over any route to any point in Arkansas has proposed to discontinue providing transportation over such route to such point or to reduce its level of service over such route to such point to a level which is less than one (1) trip per day (excluding Saturdays and Sundays), the carrier must petition the State Highway Commission and seek permission to discontinue such intrastate transportation or to reduce its level of service to a level which is less than one (1) trip per day (excluding Saturdays and Sundays).
- (b) The commission must act finally on the request by the one-hundred-twentieth day after the carrier makes the request.