CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2463Introduced by Assembly Member AlanisFebruary 13, 2024 An act to amend Section 7000 of the Labor Code, relating to railroad employees. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2463, as introduced, Alanis. Railroad employee safety.Existing law grants the Division of Occupational Safety and Health jurisdiction over the safety and health of railroad employees, as specified. Existing law authorizes a conductor to place a pusher engine ahead of the caboose, as defined, if conditions warrant it for the safety of the occupants of a caboose.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to provisions relating to the above-described authority of a conductor.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 7000 of the Labor Code is amended to read:7000. (a) As used in this section section, caboose means a caboose forming a part of a train and occupied by employees or caretakers, or both.If(b) If conditions warrant it for the safety of the occupants of a caboose caboose, the conductor, in using a pusher engine, may place it ahead of the caboose.This(c) This section applies only to main line movements of over five miles.This(d) This section shall not prevent the use of an electric locomotive at the rear of any train.This(e) This section shall not apply in any case of casualty, unavoidable accident, or act of God; nor under circumstances which that are the result of a cause not known to, and which that could not have been foreseen by, the railroad corporation, or its officer or agent in charge of a train. This section shall not apply to the operation of wrecking, or relief trains.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2463Introduced by Assembly Member AlanisFebruary 13, 2024 An act to amend Section 7000 of the Labor Code, relating to railroad employees. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2463, as introduced, Alanis. Railroad employee safety.Existing law grants the Division of Occupational Safety and Health jurisdiction over the safety and health of railroad employees, as specified. Existing law authorizes a conductor to place a pusher engine ahead of the caboose, as defined, if conditions warrant it for the safety of the occupants of a caboose.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to provisions relating to the above-described authority of a conductor.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 2463
Introduced by Assembly Member AlanisFebruary 13, 2024
Introduced by Assembly Member Alanis
February 13, 2024
An act to amend Section 7000 of the Labor Code, relating to railroad employees.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2463, as introduced, Alanis. Railroad employee safety.
Existing law grants the Division of Occupational Safety and Health jurisdiction over the safety and health of railroad employees, as specified. Existing law authorizes a conductor to place a pusher engine ahead of the caboose, as defined, if conditions warrant it for the safety of the occupants of a caboose.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to provisions relating to the above-described authority of a conductor.
Existing law grants the Division of Occupational Safety and Health jurisdiction over the safety and health of railroad employees, as specified. Existing law authorizes a conductor to place a pusher engine ahead of the caboose, as defined, if conditions warrant it for the safety of the occupants of a caboose.
This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to provisions relating to the above-described authority of a conductor.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 7000 of the Labor Code is amended to read:7000. (a) As used in this section section, caboose means a caboose forming a part of a train and occupied by employees or caretakers, or both.If(b) If conditions warrant it for the safety of the occupants of a caboose caboose, the conductor, in using a pusher engine, may place it ahead of the caboose.This(c) This section applies only to main line movements of over five miles.This(d) This section shall not prevent the use of an electric locomotive at the rear of any train.This(e) This section shall not apply in any case of casualty, unavoidable accident, or act of God; nor under circumstances which that are the result of a cause not known to, and which that could not have been foreseen by, the railroad corporation, or its officer or agent in charge of a train. This section shall not apply to the operation of wrecking, or relief trains.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 7000 of the Labor Code is amended to read:7000. (a) As used in this section section, caboose means a caboose forming a part of a train and occupied by employees or caretakers, or both.If(b) If conditions warrant it for the safety of the occupants of a caboose caboose, the conductor, in using a pusher engine, may place it ahead of the caboose.This(c) This section applies only to main line movements of over five miles.This(d) This section shall not prevent the use of an electric locomotive at the rear of any train.This(e) This section shall not apply in any case of casualty, unavoidable accident, or act of God; nor under circumstances which that are the result of a cause not known to, and which that could not have been foreseen by, the railroad corporation, or its officer or agent in charge of a train. This section shall not apply to the operation of wrecking, or relief trains.
SECTION 1. Section 7000 of the Labor Code is amended to read:
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7000. (a) As used in this section section, caboose means a caboose forming a part of a train and occupied by employees or caretakers, or both.If(b) If conditions warrant it for the safety of the occupants of a caboose caboose, the conductor, in using a pusher engine, may place it ahead of the caboose.This(c) This section applies only to main line movements of over five miles.This(d) This section shall not prevent the use of an electric locomotive at the rear of any train.This(e) This section shall not apply in any case of casualty, unavoidable accident, or act of God; nor under circumstances which that are the result of a cause not known to, and which that could not have been foreseen by, the railroad corporation, or its officer or agent in charge of a train. This section shall not apply to the operation of wrecking, or relief trains.
7000. (a) As used in this section section, caboose means a caboose forming a part of a train and occupied by employees or caretakers, or both.If(b) If conditions warrant it for the safety of the occupants of a caboose caboose, the conductor, in using a pusher engine, may place it ahead of the caboose.This(c) This section applies only to main line movements of over five miles.This(d) This section shall not prevent the use of an electric locomotive at the rear of any train.This(e) This section shall not apply in any case of casualty, unavoidable accident, or act of God; nor under circumstances which that are the result of a cause not known to, and which that could not have been foreseen by, the railroad corporation, or its officer or agent in charge of a train. This section shall not apply to the operation of wrecking, or relief trains.
7000. (a) As used in this section section, caboose means a caboose forming a part of a train and occupied by employees or caretakers, or both.If(b) If conditions warrant it for the safety of the occupants of a caboose caboose, the conductor, in using a pusher engine, may place it ahead of the caboose.This(c) This section applies only to main line movements of over five miles.This(d) This section shall not prevent the use of an electric locomotive at the rear of any train.This(e) This section shall not apply in any case of casualty, unavoidable accident, or act of God; nor under circumstances which that are the result of a cause not known to, and which that could not have been foreseen by, the railroad corporation, or its officer or agent in charge of a train. This section shall not apply to the operation of wrecking, or relief trains.
7000. (a) As used in this section section, caboose means a caboose forming a part of a train and occupied by employees or caretakers, or both.
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(b) If conditions warrant it for the safety of the occupants of a caboose caboose, the conductor, in using a pusher engine, may place it ahead of the caboose.
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(c) This section applies only to main line movements of over five miles.
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(d) This section shall not prevent the use of an electric locomotive at the rear of any train.
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(e) This section shall not apply in any case of casualty, unavoidable accident, or act of God; nor under circumstances which that are the result of a cause not known to, and which that could not have been foreseen by, the railroad corporation, or its officer or agent in charge of a train. This section shall not apply to the operation of wrecking, or relief trains.