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Requiring the installation and maintenance of train defect detectors on railways, and providing penalties
Topics:Transportation
Same legislation: SF 512
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 20, 2023
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 22, 2023
- Done: Senate committeeMarch 2, 2023
- Skipped: Passes the SenateContinued as SF 512
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
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What’s in it
AI summary Railroad companies must install and maintain special equipment called defect detectors at least every certain number of miles along their tracks. If multiple companies use the same tracks, they can share the costs but are both responsible for making sure the equipment is working. Companies that fail to have enough detectors will have to pay a fine for every mile that is missing one.1
Read the official explanation
This bill requires a railroad company to install and maintain at least one defect detector, as defined in the bill, every miles on or along the railways upon which the company’s trains operate. Railroad companies that operate trains on the same railway may share such costs and are jointly and severally liable in any suit arising from the installation and maintenance of all defect detectors, or lack thereof, on or along the railway. A railroad company that operates a train on a railway that does not have a defect detector installed every miles is subject to a schedule “one” penalty under Code section 327C.5 for every mile of the railway that is more than miles away from a defect detector. A schedule “one” penalty is a fine of $100 per violation.
Senate subcommittee
Named February 22, 2023. On February 27, 2023 it recommended amendment and passage. [].
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