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PAG LIN
1 1 Amend Senate File 350, as passed by the Senate, as
1 2 follows:
1 3 #1. Page 9, by inserting after line 31 the
1 4 following:
1 5 "Sec. . NEW SECTION. 327F.8 CLOSE-CLEARANCE
1 6 WARNING DEVICES.
1 7 1. A railroad company shall place a warning device
1 8 at a location where the close-clearance between a
1 9 railway owned by the railroad company and a building,
1 10 machinery, trees, brush, or other object is such that
1 11 the building, machinery, trees, brush, or other object
1 12 physically impedes a person who is lawfully riding the
1 13 side of the train in the course of the person's duties
1 14 in service to the railroad company from clearing the
1 15 building, machinery, trees, brush, or other object.
1 16 2. The warning device shall be placed in a
1 17 location which provides adequate notice to a person
1 18 riding the side of a train so that the person may
1 19 prepare for the close-clearance.
1 20 3. Placement of a warning device pursuant to this
1 21 section does not relieve a railroad company from any
1 22 duties required under chapter 317 or section 327F.27.
1 23 4. A violation of this section is punishable as a
1 24 schedule "one" penalty under section 327C.5.
1 25 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 327F.21 RAILROAD TRAIN
1 26 CREWS.
1 27 1. As used in this section, unless the context
1 28 otherwise requires:
1 29 a. "Cab" means the crew compartment of the engine
1 30 of a railroad train or locomotive.
1 31 b. "Department" means the state department of
1 32 transportation.
1 33 c. "Director" means the director of transportation
1 34 or the director's designee.
1 35 d. "Qualified railroad locomotive engineer" means
1 36 a person who has successfully completed a railroad
1 37 carrier's training program for a train service
1 38 engineer, locomotive servicing engineer, or student
1 39 engineer and passed an examination on railroad
1 40 operation rules.
1 41 e. "Qualified railroad trainperson" means a person
1 42 who has successfully completed a railroad carrier's
1 43 training program and passed an examination on railroad
1 44 operation rules.
1 45 2. Any person operating or controlling a railroad
1 46 in this state shall not allow the operation of any
1 47 railroad train or locomotive in this state unless the
1 48 railroad train or locomotive has a crew of at least
1 49 two individuals. One of the individuals shall be a
1 50 qualified railroad locomotive engineer. The other
2 1 individual shall be either a qualified railroad
2 2 locomotive engineer or a qualified railroad
2 3 trainperson. The qualified railroad locomotive
2 4 engineer shall be present in the cab and operate the
2 5 control locomotive at all times that the railroad
2 6 train or locomotive is in motion. The other crew
2 7 member shall be present in the cab at all times the
2 8 railroad train or locomotive is in motion, but may
2 9 dismount the railroad train or locomotive when
2 10 necessary to perform switching activities and other
2 11 job-related duties. However, this subsection shall
2 12 not apply to the extent that it is contrary to or
2 13 inconsistent with a regulation or order of the federal
2 14 railroad administration.
2 15 3. The director may, pursuant to rules adopted by
2 16 the department, grant an exception to the requirements
2 17 of subsection 2 if the director determines that the
2 18 exception will not endanger the life or property of
2 19 any person.
2 20 4. A person who violates this section is, upon
2 21 conviction for a first offense, subject to a schedule
2 22 "one" penalty as provided under section 327C.5. A
2 23 person who violates this section is, upon conviction
2 24 for a second offense committed within three years of
2 25 the first offense, subject to a schedule "two" penalty
2 26 as provided under section 327C.5. A person who
2 27 violates this section is, upon conviction for a third
2 28 or subsequent offense committed within three years of
2 29 the first offense, subject to a schedule "three"
2 30 penalty as provided under section 327C.5."
2 31 #2. Title page, line 6, by striking the words "and
2 32 bulk liquid transport" and inserting the following:
2 33 "bulk liquid transport, and railroad safety and
2 34 providing penalties".
2 35 #3. By renumbering as necessary.
2 36
2 37
2 38
2 39 T. TAYLOR of Linn
2 40 SF 350.208 79
2 41 nh/gg
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