Senate File 242 - Introduced SENATE FILE 242 BY SHIPLEY A BILL FOR An Act relating to the number of days a railway crossing may 1 be closed for repairs or upgrades, and making penalties 2 applicable. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 1911XS (1) 90 th/ns

S.F. 242 Section 1. Section 327G.25, Code 2023, is amended to read 1 as follows: 2 327G.25 Closing of crossing for repair or upgrade. 3 A railway corporation shall not close a railway crossing 4 to the traveling public for more than thirty twenty days for 5 the purpose of repairing or upgrading the crossing. A railway 6 corporation violating this section shall, upon conviction, be 7 subject to a schedule “one” penalty under section 327C.5 . 8 EXPLANATION 9 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 10 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 11 This bill reduces the number of days a railway corporation is 12 authorized to close a railway crossing for repair or upgrade 13 from 30 days to 20 days. By operation of law, a violation 14 of the bill is a schedule “one” penalty, a fine of $100 per 15 violation. 16 -1- LSB 1911XS (1) 90 th/ns 1/ 1