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2006 Minnesota Statutes
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219.23 CROSSING GUARD.
If the commissioner of transportation finds in an investigation instituted by the commissioner
or upon complaint and after opportunity for hearing, that a crossing guard is necessary to protect
life and property at a grade crossing, it shall order the railway company operating the railroad at
the crossing to provide a crossing guard and shall specify in the order the hours when the presence
of the guard is required. The railway company shall then provide a crossing guard during that
time. The crossing guard shall have full control over the traffic at this crossing.
History: (4743-9) 1925 c 336 s 9; 1971 c 25 s 67; 1976 c 166 s 26; 1980 c 460 s 15; 1980 c
534 s 29; 1985 c 265 art 4 s 1; 1998 c 403 s 29
If the commissioner of transportation finds in an investigation instituted by the commissioner
or upon complaint and after opportunity for hearing, that a crossing guard is necessary to protect
life and property at a grade crossing, it shall order the railway company operating the railroad at
the crossing to provide a crossing guard and shall specify in the order the hours when the presence
of the guard is required. The railway company shall then provide a crossing guard during that
time. The crossing guard shall have full control over the traffic at this crossing.
History: (4743-9) 1925 c 336 s 9; 1971 c 25 s 67; 1976 c 166 s 26; 1980 c 460 s 15; 1980 c
534 s 29; 1985 c 265 art 4 s 1; 1998 c 403 s 29
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