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H. B. No. 439 As IntroducedAs Introduced
129th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2011-2012 |
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Cosponsors:
Representatives Foley, Letson, Garland, Murray, Gerberry, Phillips, Carney, Yuko, Antonio
A BILL
To enact section 4963.30 of the Revised Code to
provide that if a train will be carrying 80,000
pounds or more of hazardous materials, the
railroad company must provide the train crew with
a list of those hazardous materials at least ten
hours prior to the train's scheduled departure
time.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That section 4963.30 of the Revised Code be
enacted to read as follows:
Sec. 4963.30. (A) If a train that will be departing from any
location within this state will be transporting eighty thousand
pounds or more of hazardous materials, the railroad company that
owns or leases the train shall provide each member of the crew who
will be on that train with a written document that lists all the
hazardous materials that will be transported by that train at the
time of departure. The railroad company shall provide each member
of the crew with the written document not later than ten hours
prior to the train's scheduled departure time.
(B) A railroad company that fails to comply with the
requirement contained in division (A) of this section is liable
for a civil penalty of one thousand dollars per occurrence. The
failure of a member of a train crew to receive the list described
in division (A) of this section in a timely manner as prescribed
in that division constitutes such an occurrence. The attorney
general, upon the request of the public utilities commission,
shall bring a civil action to collect penalties described in this
division. All penalties collected under this division shall be
deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the public
utilities fund created in section 4905.10 of the Revised Code.
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