Bill Text: IA SF241 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to close-clearance warning devices along railroad tracks.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-02-23 - Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage. []. [SF241 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-SF241-Introduced.html
Senate
File
241
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
241
BY
SHIPLEY
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
close-clearance
warning
devices
along
1
railroad
tracks.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
327F.13,
subsection
2,
Code
2023,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
2.
The
warning
device
shall
be
placed
in
a
location
which
3
that
is
a
reasonable
distance
from
the
close-clearance
area
and
4
that
provides
adequate
notice
to
a
person
riding
the
side
of
a
5
train
so
that
the
person
may
prepare
for
the
close
clearance.
6
Any
signs
posted
shall
not
be
a
danger
to
other
persons
working
7
on
the
property.
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
Under
current
law,
the
owner
of
a
railroad
track
is
required
12
to
place
a
warning
device
at
a
location
where
the
close
13
clearance
between
the
track
and
a
building,
machinery,
trees,
14
brush,
or
other
object
is
such
that
the
building,
machinery,
15
trees,
brush,
or
other
object
physically
impedes
a
person
who
16
is
lawfully
riding
the
side
of
a
train
in
the
course
of
the
17
person’s
duties
in
service
to
a
railroad
company
from
clearing
18
the
building,
machinery,
trees,
brush,
or
other
object.
The
19
warning
device
must
be
placed
in
a
location
which
provides
20
adequate
notice
to
a
person
riding
the
side
of
a
train
so
that
21
the
person
may
prepare
for
the
close
clearance.
This
bill
22
requires
the
warning
device
to
also
be
placed
a
reasonable
23
distance
from
the
close-clearance
area.
24
By
operation
of
law,
a
violation
of
the
bill
is
a
schedule
25
“one”
penalty,
a
fine
of
$100
per
violation.
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