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SENATE BILL NO. 1108

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S1108.....................................................by TRANSPORTATION
TRAINS - EMPLOYEES - Adds to existing law to require railroad corporations
operating in Idaho to have a certain number of employees on every freight
and passenger train.
                                                                        
02/09    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/12    Rpt prt - to Com/HuRes

Bill Text

                                                                        
                                                                        
  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-sixth Legislature                  First Regular Session - 2001
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1108
                                                                        
                                BY TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO OPERATION OF RAILROADS; AMENDING CHAPTER 4, TITLE 62, IDAHO  CODE,
  3        BY  THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION 62-403A, IDAHO CODE, TO REQUIRE RAILROAD
  4        CORPORATIONS OPERATING IN IDAHO TO HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF  EMPLOYEES  ON
  5        EVERY FREIGHT AND PASSENGER TRAIN.
                                                                        
  6    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  7        SECTION  1.  That  Chapter  4,  Title  62, Idaho Code, be, and the same is
  8    hereby amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and  des-
  9    ignated as Section 62-403A, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
                                                                        
 10        62-403A.  EMPLOYEES  ON  TRAINS.  Every  railroad corporation operating in
 11    Idaho shall employ no fewer than two (2) employees  on  every  freight  train.
 12    These  employees  are limited to a conductor or switchman/foreman and an engi-
 13    neer who are qualified according to the rules and regulations of  the  federal
 14    railroad  administration  of the United States department of transportation to
 15    operate trains and locomotives. In addition, every passenger train shall  also
 16    have  a  fireman or assistant engineer who is qualified to operate the locomo-
 17    tive.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact

                    STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                              
                          RS 10787
                              
This legislation would guarantee a safer environment for
railroad employees and the general public in towns where railroads
run and on roads and highways in the vicinity of railroads








                        FISCAL IMPACT
No Fiscal Impact.



  


Contact
                              
Name:     Sen. Lin Whitworth 
Phone: (208)332 1351



STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                                             S 110