Bill Text: OH HB527 | 2013-2014 | 130th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: To require railroad companies to install and maintain reflective banners on all hand-thrown switches and derails that connect with main track line.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-04-28 - To Transportation, Public Safety and Homeland Security [HB527 Detail]

Download: Ohio-2013-HB527-Introduced.html

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As Introduced

130th General Assembly Regular Session 2013-2014

H. B. No. 527

Representative Hagan, R. 

Cosponsor: Representative Pillich 

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A BILL

To enact section 4955.50 of the Revised Code to

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require railroad companies to install and maintain

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reflective banners on all hand-thrown switches and

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derails that connect with main track line.

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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

Section 1. That section 4955.50 of the Revised Code be	5
enacted to read as follows:	6

Sec. 4955.50.  (A) Every railroad company that maintains	7
railroad tracks within this state shall install and maintain	8
reflective banners on all hand-thrown switches and derails that	9
connect with main track line. Each banner shall be clearly visible	10
from the operator's position on an approaching locomotive so as to	11
serve as a warning to the operator of the presence of a	12
hand-thrown switch or derail.	13

(B) No railroad company that maintains railroad tracks within	14
this state shall fail to comply with division (A) of this section.	15

(C) A railroad company that violates division (B) of this	16
section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor for every reflective	17
banner that is not properly installed or maintained on a	18
hand-thrown switch or derail as required by division (A) of this	19
section.	20