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H. B. No. 527 As IntroducedAs Introduced
130th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2013-2014 |
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Cosponsor:
Representative Pillich
A BILL
To enact section 4955.50 of the Revised Code to
require railroad companies to install and maintain
reflective banners on all hand-thrown switches and
derails that connect with main track line.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That section 4955.50 of the Revised Code be
enacted to read as follows:
Sec. 4955.50. (A) Every railroad company that maintains
railroad tracks within this state shall install and maintain
reflective banners on all hand-thrown switches and derails that
connect with main track line. Each banner shall be clearly visible
from the operator's position on an approaching locomotive so as to
serve as a warning to the operator of the presence of a
hand-thrown switch or derail.
(B) No railroad company that maintains railroad tracks within
this state shall fail to comply with division (A) of this section.
(C) A railroad company that violates division (B) of this
section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor for every reflective
banner that is not properly installed or maintained on a
hand-thrown switch or derail as required by division (A) of this
section.
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