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| To enact section 4999.09 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
| require the crews of freight trains to consist of | 2 |
| at least two individuals. | 3 |
| Section 1. That section 4999.09 of the Revised Code be | 4 |
| enacted to read as follows: | 5 |
| Sec. 4999.09. (A) A train or light engine used in connection | 6 |
| with the movement of freight shall have a crew that consists of at | 7 |
| least two individuals. No superintendent, trainmaster, or other | 8 |
| employee of a railroad shall order or otherwise require a train or | 9 |
| light engine used in connection with the movement of freight to be | 10 |
| operated unless it has a crew that consists of at least two | 11 |
| individuals. | 12 |
| As used in this division, "train or light engine used in | 13 |
| connection with the movement of freight" does not include hostler | 14 |
| service or utility employees. | 15 |
| (B) Whoever purposely violates division (A) of this section | 16 |
| shall be liable for a civil penalty of not less than two hundred | 17 |
| fifty but not more than one thousand dollars. For a second | 18 |
| violation of division (A) of this section within three years of | 19 |
| the first violation, the person shall be liable for a civil | 20 |
| penalty of not less than one thousand but not more than five | 21 |
| thousand dollars. For a third or subsequent violation of division | 22 |
| (A) of this section within three years of the first violation, the | 23 |
| offender shall be liable for a civil penalty of not less than five | 24 |
| thousand but not more than ten thousand dollars. | 25 |
| The attorney general, upon the request of the public | 26 |
| utilities commission, shall bring a civil action to collect the | 27 |
| penalties described in this division. All penalties collected | 28 |
| under this division shall be deposited into the state treasury to | 29 |
| the credit of the public utilities fund created in section 4905.10 | 30 |
| of the Revised Code. | 31 |