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H. B. No. 527 As Introduced

As Introduced

130th General Assembly

Regular Session

2013-2014

H. B. No. 527

Representative Hagan, R.

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.