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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend Senate File 515, as amended, passed, and 1 2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows: 1 3 #1. Page 1, by inserting before line 1 the 1 4 following: 1 5 "Section 1. NEW SECTION. 327F.21 RAILROAD TRAIN 1 6 CREWS. 1 7 1. As used in this section, unless the context 1 8 otherwise requires: 1 9 a. "Cab" means the crew compartment of the engine 1 10 of a railroad train or locomotive. 1 11 b. "Department" means the state department of 1 12 transportation. 1 13 c. "Director" means the director of transportation 1 14 or the director's designee. 1 15 d. "Qualified railroad locomotive engineer" means 1 16 a person who has successfully completed a railroad 1 17 carrier's training program for a train service 1 18 engineer, locomotive servicing engineer, or student 1 19 engineer and passed an examination on railroad 1 20 operation rules. 1 21 e. "Qualified railroad trainperson" means a person 1 22 who has successfully completed a railroad carrier's 1 23 training program and passed an examination on railroad 1 24 operation rules. 1 25 2. Any person operating or controlling a railroad 1 26 in this state shall not allow the operation of any 1 27 railroad train or locomotive in this state unless the 1 28 railroad train or locomotive has a crew of at least 1 29 two individuals. One of the individuals shall be a 1 30 qualified railroad locomotive engineer. The other 1 31 individual shall be either a qualified railroad 1 32 locomotive engineer or a qualified railroad 1 33 trainperson. The qualified railroad locomotive 1 34 engineer shall be present in the cab and operate the 1 35 control locomotive at all times that the railroad 1 36 train or locomotive is in motion. The other crew 1 37 member shall be present in the cab at all times the 1 38 railroad train or locomotive is in motion, but may 1 39 dismount the railroad train or locomotive when 1 40 necessary to perform switching activities and other 1 41 job-related duties. However, this subsection shall 1 42 not apply to the extent that it is contrary to or 1 43 inconsistent with a regulation or order of the federal 1 44 railroad administration. 1 45 3. The director may, pursuant to rules adopted by 1 46 the department, grant an exception to the requirements 1 47 of subsection 2 if the director determines that the 1 48 exception will not endanger the life or property of 1 49 any person. 1 50 4. A person who violates this section is, upon 2 1 conviction for a first offense, subject to a schedule 2 2 "one" penalty as provided under section 327C.5. A 2 3 person who violates this section is, upon conviction 2 4 for a second offense committed within three years of 2 5 the first offense, subject to a schedule "two" penalty 2 6 as provided under section 327C.5. A person who 2 7 violates this section is, upon conviction for a third 2 8 or subsequent offense committed within three years of 2 9 the first offense, subject to a schedule "three" 2 10 penalty as provided under section 327C.5." 2 11 #2. Title page, line 1, by inserting after the 2 12 word "Act" the following: "relating to railroads, 2 13 by". 2 14 #3. Title page, line 2, by inserting after the 2 15 word "utilities," the following: "addressing railroad 2 16 crew safety, providing penalties,". 2 17 #4. By renumbering as necessary. 2 18 2 19 2 20 2 21 T. TAYLOR of Linn 2 22 SF 515.503 79 2 23 jj/pj
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