HSB 88 (LSB 1750YC (1) 90)

HOUSE FILE _____ 

BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION BILL BY CHAIRPERSON BEST)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to railroad train length limits, and making penalties applicable.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 327D.3, Code 2023, is amended to read as follows:
   327D.3  Duty to furnish cars and transport freight —— railroad train length limit.
   1.  Every railway corporation shall upon receiving reasonable notice, and within a reasonable time, furnish shall do all of the following:
   a.  Furnish suitable cars to any and all persons who may apply therefor, for use of such cars for the transportation of any and all kinds of freight, and receive. 
   b.  Receive and transport such freight with all reasonable dispatch, and provide. 
   c.  Provide and keep suitable facilities for the receiving and handling thereof of all freight at any depot on the line of its road.
   2.  A railway corporation shall not operate, or permit to be operated, any freight or work railroad train that exceeds eight thousand five hundred feet in length on any part of a railroad.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill limits the length of any freight or work railroad train operated or permitted to be operated by a railway corporation to 8,500 feet. Pursuant to Code section 327D.17, a violation of the bill results in a “schedule 4” penalty under Code section 327C.5, which is a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $5,000 per violation.
   The bill makes organizational and conforming changes to Code section 327D.3.