Bill Text: IA SF337 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act requiring the installation and maintenance of train defect detectors on railways, and providing penalties.(See SF 512.)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-02 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 512. S.J. 476. [SF337 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-SF337-Introduced.html
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Introduced
SENATE
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BY
SHIPLEY
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
requiring
the
installation
and
maintenance
of
train
1
defect
detectors
on
railways,
and
providing
penalties.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
327F.6
Defect
detectors.
1
1.
A
railroad
company
shall
install
and
maintain
at
least
2
one
defect
detector
every
fifty
miles
on
or
along
the
railways
3
upon
which
the
company
operates
a
train.
Railroad
companies
4
that
operate
on
the
same
railway
may
jointly
share
the
costs
5
associated
with
installing
and
maintaining
defect
detectors
6
under
this
subsection.
7
2.
A
railroad
company
that
operates
a
train
on
a
railway
8
that
does
not
have
a
defect
detector
installed
and
maintained
9
in
accordance
with
subsection
1
is
subject
to
a
schedule
“one”
10
penalty
under
section
327C.5
for
every
mile
of
the
railway
that
11
is
more
than
fifty
miles
away
from
a
defect
detector.
12
3.
Railroad
companies
that
operate
on
the
same
railway
13
are
jointly
and
severally
liable
in
any
suit
arising
from
the
14
installation
and
maintenance
of
all
defect
detectors,
or
lack
15
thereof,
on
or
along
the
railway.
16
4.
As
used
in
this
section,
“defect
detector”
means
a
17
device,
regardless
of
whether
the
device
is
integrated
into
18
the
railway,
equipped
with
sensors
that
detect
axle
and
brake
19
abnormalities
on
a
passing
train
and
alert
the
train
operator
20
of
any
detected
abnormality.
21
EXPLANATION
22
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
23
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
24
This
bill
requires
a
railroad
company
to
install
and
25
maintain
at
least
one
defect
detector,
as
defined
in
the
26
bill,
every
50
miles
on
or
along
the
railways
upon
which
the
27
company’s
trains
operate.
Railroad
companies
that
operate
28
trains
on
the
same
railway
may
share
such
costs
and
are
jointly
29
and
severally
liable
in
any
suit
arising
from
the
installation
30
and
maintenance
of
all
defect
detectors,
or
lack
thereof,
on
or
31
along
the
railway.
32
A
railroad
company
that
operates
a
train
on
a
railway
that
33
does
not
have
a
defect
detector
installed
every
50
miles
is
34
subject
to
a
schedule
“one”
penalty
under
Code
section
327C.5
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