Senate File 384 - Introduced SENATE FILE 384 BY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION (SUCCESSOR TO SF 24) A BILL FOR An Act relating to notices required for the closure of railway 1 crossings for repairs or upgrades, and providing penalties. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 1881SV (2) 91 th/ns
S.F. 384 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 327G.26 Closed crossing required 1 notices. 2 1. A railway corporation shall provide notice of a railway 3 crossing closure for repairs or upgrades to the governmental 4 entity that has jurisdiction over the crossing not fewer than 5 thirty days prior to closing the crossing, unless the closure 6 could not reasonably be anticipated thirty days in advance 7 or occurs in the event of an emergency. The notice must 8 include an estimated date by which the repairs or upgrades 9 will be completed. A railway corporation shall also notify 10 the governmental entity as soon as practicable if the repairs 11 or upgrades will be completed after the initial estimated 12 completion date. 13 2. A railway corporation violating this section shall, upon 14 conviction, be guilty of a schedule one penalty under section 15 327C.5. 16 EXPLANATION 17 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 18 the explanations substance by the members of the general assembly. 19 Current law prohibits a railway corporation from closing 20 a railway crossing for more than 30 days for the purpose of 21 repairing or upgrading the crossing, and a corporation that 22 violates Code section 327G.25 is subject to a $100 fine. 23 This bill requires a railway corporation to provide notice 24 of a railway crossing closure for repairs or upgrades to the 25 governmental entity that has jurisdiction over the crossing not 26 fewer than 30 days prior to closing the crossing, unless the 27 closure could not reasonably be anticipated 30 days in advance 28 or in the event of an emergency. The notice must include 29 an estimated date by which the repairs or upgrades will be 30 completed. If the repairs or upgrades will be completed after 31 the initial estimated completion date, the railway corporation 32 is also required to notify the governmental entity as soon as 33 practicable. A violation of the bill is punishable by a $100 34 fine. 35 -1- LSB 1881SV (2) 91 th/ns 1/ 1