Bill Text: PA SB871 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Providing for whistle post signage.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-05-27 - Referred to CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE [SB871 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-SB871-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 1045
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 871 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY BOSCOLA, ERICKSON, WASHINGTON, FERLO, TARTAGLIONE, RAFFERTY, WARD AND FONTANA, MAY 27, 2009
REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE, MAY 27, 2009
AN ACT
Amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, providing for whistle post signage.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 66 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
§ 2710. Whistle post signage.
(a) Duty.--A public utility engaged in a railroad business
shall place whistle post signs to the right of the main track in
the direction of approach exactly one-quarter of a mile from the
entrance to crossings to notify engineers or operators of
locomotives who blow a whistle and ring a bell as the locomotive
approaches the crossing as a warning to the public.
(b) Signs.--The whistle post signs shall consist of a "W"
identifiable on a square plate mounted on a post and shall be:
(1) Visible to an engineer or operator of a locomotive
within the cabin or caboose car.
(2) Kept in good repair.
(3) Replaced promptly when necessary.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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