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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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