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H0516.........................................by TRANSPORTATION AND DEFENSE
RAILROAD GRADE CROSSINGS - Amends existing law to provide that the Railroad
Grade Crossing Protection Fund may be used to support public education and
safety programs which promote awareness of public safety at railroad grade
crossings; and to provide that application may be made to the Idaho
Transportation Department to provide the maximum of $25,000 annually from
the Railroad Grade Crossing Protection Fund to support programs for public
education and safety at railroad grade crossings.
01/31 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/01 Rpt prt - to Transp
02/07 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/08 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/12 3rd rdg - PASSED - 64-3-3
AYES -- Aikele, Barraclough, Barrett, Bedke, Bell, Bieter, Black,
Block, Boe, Bolz, Bradford, Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Clark,
Collins, Crow, Cuddy, Deal, Denney, Ellis, Ellsworth, Eskridge,
Field(13), Field(20), Gagner, Gould, Hadley, Hammond, Harwood,
Higgins, Hornbeck, Jaquet, Jones, Kellogg, Kendell, Kunz, Lake,
Langford, Mader, Martinez, Meyer, Mortensen, Pischner, Pomeroy,
Raybould, Ridinger, Roberts, Robison, Sali, Schaefer, Sellman,
Shepherd, Smith(33), Smith(23), Smylie, Stevenson, Stone, Tilman,
Trail, Wheeler, Wood, Young, Mr. Speaker
NAYS -- Loertscher, Moyle, Pearce
Absent and excused -- Henbest, McKague, Montgomery
Floor Sponsor - Kunz
Title apvd - to Senate
02/13 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Transp
02/27 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/28 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/01 3rd rdg - PASSED - 33-0-2
AYES -- Andreason, Boatright, Branch(Bartlett), Brandt, Bunderson,
Burtenshaw, Cameron, Darrington, Davis, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure,
Goedde, Hawkins, Hill, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, King-Barrutia, Little,
Lodge, Marley, Noh, Richardson, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Sims,
Sorensen, Stegner, Stennett, Thorne, Wheeler
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Geddes, Williams
Floor Sponsor - Frasure
Title apvd - to House
03/04 To enrol
03/05 Rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/06 Pres signed
To Governor
03/11 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 76
Effective: 07/01/02
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2002
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE BILL NO. 516
BY TRANSPORTATION AND DEFENSE COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO RAILROAD GRADE CROSSINGS; AMENDING SECTION 62-304A, IDAHO CODE, TO
3 PROVIDE THAT THE RAILROAD GRADE CROSSING PROTECTION FUND MAY BE USED TO
4 SUPPORT PUBLIC EDUCATION AND SAFETY PROGRAMS WHICH PROMOTE AWARENESS OF
5 PUBLIC SAFETY AT RAILROAD GRADE CROSSINGS OF PUBLIC STREETS, ROADS OR
6 HIGHWAYS AND TO PROVIDE CORRECT TERMINOLOGY; AND AMENDING SECTION 62-304C,
7 IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE THAT APPLICATION MAY BE MADE TO THE IDAHO TRANSPOR-
8 TATION DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE UP TO A MAXIMUM OF TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOL-
9 LARS ANNUALLY FROM THE RAILROAD GRADE CROSSING PROTECTION FUND TO SUPPORT
10 PUBLIC EDUCATION AND SAFETY PROGRAMS WHICH PROMOTE AWARENESS OF PUBLIC
11 SAFETY AT RAILROAD GRADE CROSSINGS, TO PROVIDE CORRECT TERMINOLOGY AND TO
12 MAKE A TECHNICAL CORRECTION.
13 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
14 SECTION 1. That Section 62-304A, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
15 amended to read as follows:
16 62-304A. CREATION OF RAILROAD GRADE CROSSING PROTECTION ACCOUNT FUND. In
17 order to promote the public safety at railroad grade crossings and public
18 streets, roads or highways and to provide for the payment of all or part of
19 the costs of installing, reconstructing, maintaining or improving automatic or
20 other safety appliances, signals or devices at railroad grade crossings of
21 public streets, roads or highways over the tracks of any railroad company or
22 companies, or to support public education and safety programs which promote
23 awareness of public safety at railroad grade crossings of public streets,
24 roads or highways, there is hereby created in the dedicated fund in the state
25 treasury an account fund to be known as the railroad grade crossing protection
26 account fund.
27 SECTION 2. That Section 62-304C, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
28 amended to read as follows:
29 62-304C. APPORTIONMENT OF COSTS. The Idaho transportation department
30 shall follow federal guidelines on such grade crossing improvement projects as
31 are to be funded in whole or in part under any federal act, and where the
32 project is not funded entirely by federal funds, the Idaho transportation
33 department may use moneys in the railroad grade crossing protection account
34 fund to pay all or a portion of the matching funds required.
35 On projects where federal-aid funds are not being utilized in whole or in
36 part, the Idaho transportation department shall apportion the entire cost of
37 the engineering, installation, reconstruction or improvement of any signal or
38 device as described in section 62-304A, Idaho Code, between the railroad com-
39 pany or companies and the Idaho transportation department or the local author-
40 ity, in proportion to the respective benefits to be derived. The Idaho trans-
41 portation department may use moneys in the railroad grade crossing protection
2
1 account fund to pay all or a portion of the cost apportioned to the Idaho
2 transportation department or local authority involved.
3 The railroad company or companies owning the track or tracks upon which
4 the improvement shall be made shall perform all construction and maintenance
5 of the signals or devices and shall be reimbursed for such part of said costs
6 not to be borne by it, but in allocating said costs and dividing the same
7 among the parties involved, the Idaho transportation department shall limit
8 the amount to be charged against the railroad company or companies to a maxi-
9 mum of ten per cent percent (10%) of the total cost of such construction,
10 unless the crossing is a new one proposed by the railroad company or compa-
11 nies, in which case the entire cost of construction shall be apportioned to
12 said railroad company or companies.
13 Upon application to the Idaho transportation department, and with the
14 approval of the Idaho transportation board, a maximum of twenty-five thousand
15 dollars ($25,000) annually may be provided from the railroad grade crossing
16 protection fund to support public education and safety programs which promote
17 awareness of public safety at railroad grade crossings of public streets,
18 roads or highways over the tracks of any railroad company or companies.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 11781C2
The intent of this legislation is to expand the use of the
Railroad Grade Crossing Protection Account (Section 62-304A,
Idaho Code) to support public education and safety programs.
Such education programs are typically presented at schools,
drivers education courses, and county fairs to increase the
driving public's awareness of the dangers existing at railroad
grade crossings.
The intent of limiting this funding to $25,000 annually is
to encourage railroad companies to continue funding these
programs. Currently, railroad companies support the Operation
Lifesaver program at $50,000 annually. This legislation
stipulates that all applications for funding from the Railroad
Grade Crossing Protection account be approved by the Idaho
Transportation Board.
FISCAL IMPACT
The Railroad Grade Crossing Account is allocated $250,000
annually (Section 63-2412, Idaho Code) off the top of the Highway
Distribution Account. These funds are currently used by ITD to
reconstruct and improve grade crossings, and no general funds are
involved in this legislation.
Contact
Name: Representative Kent Kunz
Phone: 332-1120
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE H 516