Legislative Session number- 85

Bill Name: SF2347

"General Railroad Safety Act"; prohibiting certain railroad related educational
programs; authorizing the commissioner of transportation (DOT) to order the
installation of trackside ballast surface warning devices at any railroad track
and right-of-way in the state; requiring outdoor electrical lighting appliances
at certain points along a railroad track; requiring the commissioner to assess
and adopt certain rules for best practice clearance standards for passenger rail
platforms; requiring owners of industrial complexes to ensure a positive
separation between rail and any motor vehicle at certain industrial complexes;
establishing locomotive safety and sanitation standards; prohibiting certain
appurtenant equipment from being above the surface of the ground as well as near
track switches; applying federal hours of service regulations to persons
operating dual purpose railroad tracks and public road vehicles; providing
relief from service for certain fatigued railroad employees from accidents
causing injury or death to another person; requiring conductors to be deputized
as railroad police; prohibiting common carriers from benefiting from certain
compensation related work injuries; requiring common carriers to construct
shelters for certain employees; restricting railroad track removal or formal
railroad abandonment proceedings under certain circumstances; requiring certain
detailed information be provided from carriers transporting hazardous
substances; modifying foreseeable risk; requiring the commissioner of
transportation to study and make recommendations regarding passenger platform
standards, the long term feasibility and costs of rail and certain strategic
rail security interests
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