House Journal: Page 583: Monday, March 5, 2001
1 Amend House File 324 as follows:
2 1. Page 18, by inserting after line 23 the
3 following:
4 "DIVISION ___
5 RAILROADS
6 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 327F.8 CLOSE-CLEARANCE
7 WARNING DEVICES.
8 1. a railroad company shall place a warning device
9 at a location where the close-clearance between a
10 railway owned by the railroad company and a building,
11 machinery, trees, brush, or other object is such that
12 the building, machinery, trees, brush, or other object
13 physically impedes a person who is lawfully riding the
14 side of the train in the course of the person's duties
15 in service to the railroad company from clearing the
16 building, machinery, trees, brush, or other object.
17 2. The warning device shall be placed in a
18 location which provides adequate notice to a person
19 riding the side of a train so that the person may
20 prepare for the close-clearance.
21 3. Placement of a warning device pursuant to this
22 section does not relieve a railroad company from any
23 duties required under chapter 317 or section 327F.27.
24 4. a violation of this section is punishable as a
25 schedule "one" penalty under section 327C.5.
26 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 327F.21 RAILROAD TRAIN
27 CREWS.
28 1. As used in this section, unless the context
29 otherwise requires:
30 a. "Cab" means the crew compartment of the engine
31 of a railroad train or locomotive.
32 b. "Department" means the state department of
33 transportation.
34 c. "Director" means the director of transportation
35 or the director's designee.
36 d. "Qualified railroad locomotive engineer" means
37 a person who has successfully completed a railroad
38 carrier's training program for a train service
39 engineer, locomotive servicing engineer, or student
40 engineer and passed an examination on railroad
41 operation rules.
42 e. "Qualified railroad trainperson" means a person
43 who has successfully completed a railroad carrier's
44 training program and passed an examination on railroad
45 operation rules.
46 2. Any person operating or controlling a railroad
47 in this state shall not allow the operation of any
48 railroad train or locomotive in this state unless the
49 railroad train or locomotive has a crew of at least
50 two individuals. One of the individuals shall be a
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