Text: HF02274 Text: HF02276 Text: HF02200 - HF02299 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 327G.33 BLOCKING PRIVATE
1 2 DRIVEWAY.
1 3 1. A railway corporation or its employees shall not
1 4 operate a train in such a manner as to prevent use of a
1 5 private road or driveway for a period of time in excess of
1 6 twenty minutes except in any of the following circumstances:
1 7 a. When necessary to comply with signals affecting the
1 8 safety of the movement of trains.
1 9 b. When necessary to avoid striking an object or person on
1 10 the track.
1 11 c. When the train is disabled.
1 12 d. When necessary to comply with governmental safety
1 13 regulations including, but not limited, to speed ordinances
1 14 and speed regulations.
1 15 2. An officer or employee of a railway corporation who
1 16 violates this section shall, upon conviction, be subject to a
1 17 schedule "one" penalty. An employee is not guilty of a
1 18 violation of this section if the employee's action was
1 19 necessary to comply with the direct order or instructions of
1 20 the railway corporation employing the employee or a supervisor
1 21 of the corporation. Such violation shall be attributed to the
1 22 railway corporation employing the employee.
1 23 EXPLANATION
1 24 This bill prohibits a railway corporation or its employees
1 25 from operating a train in a manner that prevents use of a
1 26 private road or driveway for more than 20 minutes. The bill
1 27 provides exceptions for circumstances when a train must comply
1 28 with signals, when a train must avoid striking an object or
1 29 person on the track, when the train is disabled, and when a
1 30 train must comply with certain safety regulations.
1 31 The bill provides that a railway corporation employee's
1 32 actions in violation of the new prohibition shall be
1 33 attributed to the railway corporation if the employee's
1 34 actions were at the direct order or instructions of the
1 35 corporation or one of its supervisors. A violation of the
2 1 prohibition subjects the violator to a schedule "one" penalty,
2 2 punishable by a fine of $100.
2 3 LSB 5142YH 79
2 4 nh/pj/5
Text: HF02274 Text: HF02276 Text: HF02200 - HF02299 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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