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| 2 | 2 | | Introduced Version |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE BILL No. 1278 |
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| 4 | 4 | | _____ |
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| 5 | 5 | | DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL |
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| 6 | 6 | | Citations Affected: IC 8-3-23. |
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| 7 | 7 | | Synopsis: Restrictions on train length. Prohibits a railroad from |
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| 8 | 8 | | operating a train longer than 8,500 feet in length on a main line or a |
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| 9 | 9 | | branch line. |
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| 10 | 10 | | Effective: July 1, 2025. |
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| 11 | 11 | | Gore |
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| 12 | 12 | | January 13, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation. |
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| 13 | 13 | | 2025 IN 1278—LS 6569/DI 137 Introduced |
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| 14 | 14 | | First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025) |
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| 15 | 15 | | PRINTING CODE. Amendments: Whenever an existing statute (or a section of the Indiana |
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| 16 | 16 | | Constitution) is being amended, the text of the existing provision will appear in this style type, |
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| 17 | 17 | | additions will appear in this style type, and deletions will appear in this style type. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Additions: Whenever a new statutory provision is being enacted (or a new constitutional |
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| 19 | 19 | | provision adopted), the text of the new provision will appear in this style type. Also, the |
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| 20 | 20 | | word NEW will appear in that style type in the introductory clause of each SECTION that adds |
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| 21 | 21 | | a new provision to the Indiana Code or the Indiana Constitution. |
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| 22 | 22 | | Conflict reconciliation: Text in a statute in this style type or this style type reconciles conflicts |
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| 23 | 23 | | between statutes enacted by the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. |
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| 24 | 24 | | HOUSE BILL No. 1278 |
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| 25 | 25 | | A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning |
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| 26 | 26 | | transportation. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana: |
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| 28 | 28 | | 1 SECTION 1. IC 8-3-23 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS |
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| 29 | 29 | | 2 A NEW CHAPTER TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY |
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| 30 | 30 | | 3 1, 2025]: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 4 Chapter 23. Train Length Limit |
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| 32 | 32 | | 5 Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "branch line" means a secondary |
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| 33 | 33 | | 6 railroad track that branches off from a main line. |
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| 34 | 34 | | 7 Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "main line" means a Class I |
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| 35 | 35 | | 8 railroad, as established by the United States Surface |
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| 36 | 36 | | 9 Transportation Board, that satisfies at least one (1) of the |
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| 37 | 37 | | 10 following: |
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| 38 | 38 | | 11 (1) The railroad has five million (5,000,000) or more gross |
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| 39 | 39 | | 12 tons of railroad traffic transported annually. |
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| 40 | 40 | | 13 (2) The railroad is used for regularly scheduled intercity or |
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| 41 | 41 | | 14 commuter rail passenger service. |
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| 42 | 42 | | 15 Sec. 3. A railroad may not operate a train longer than eight |
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| 43 | 43 | | 16 thousand five hundred (8,500) feet on a main line or a branch line. |
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| 44 | 44 | | 17 Sec. 4. The Indiana department of transportation may impose |
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| 45 | 45 | | 2025 IN 1278—LS 6569/DI 137 2 |
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| 46 | 46 | | 1 a civil penalty of five thousand dollars ($5,000) on a railroad for |
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| 47 | 47 | | 2 each violation of section 3 of this chapter. |
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| 48 | 48 | | 2025 IN 1278—LS 6569/DI 137 |
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