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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 327F.8 CLOSE-CLEARANCE WARNING 1 2 DEVICES. 1 3 1. A railroad company shall place a warning device at a 1 4 location where the close-clearance between a railway owned by 1 5 the railroad company and a building, machinery, trees, brush, 1 6 or other object is such that the building, machinery, trees, 1 7 brush, or other object physically impedes a person who is 1 8 lawfully riding the side of the train in the course of the 1 9 person's duties in service to the railroad company from 1 10 clearing the building, machinery, trees, brush, or other 1 11 object. 1 12 2. The warning device shall be placed in a location which 1 13 provides adequate notice to a person riding the side of a 1 14 train so that the person may prepare for the close-clearance. 1 15 3. Placement of a warning device pursuant to this section 1 16 does not relieve a railroad company from any duties required 1 17 under chapter 317 or section 327F.27. 1 18 4. A violation of this section is punishable as a schedule 1 19 "one" penalty under section 327C.5. 1 20 EXPLANATION 1 21 This bill requires railroad companies to place warning 1 22 devices at locations along its railways where there is close 1 23 clearance between the railway and any object such that the 1 24 object physically impedes the clearance of a person lawfully 1 25 riding the side of a train in the course of the person's 1 26 duties in service to the railroad. Placement of such a 1 27 warning device does not relieve a railroad company from its 1 28 duties concerning control of vegetation and weeds along a 1 29 railroad right of way pursuant to Code chapter 317 and Code 1 30 section 327F.27. 1 31 A violation of the bill is punishable as a schedule "one" 1 32 penalty under Code section 327C.5. Schedule "one" penalties 1 33 carry a fine of $100 per violation. 1 34 LSB 2184HH 79 1 35 nh/gg/8
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