| 1 | 1 | | FIRSTREGULARSESSION |
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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSEBILLNO.1117 |
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| 3 | 3 | | 103RDGENERALASSEMBLY |
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| 4 | 4 | | INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEDEAN. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 2193H.01I JOSEPHENGLER,ChiefClerk |
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| 6 | 6 | | ANACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | Toamendchapter389,RSMo,byaddingtheretofournewsectionsrelatingtorailroadsafety, |
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| 8 | 8 | | withpenaltyprovisions. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SectionA.Chapter389,RSMo,isamendedbyaddingtheretofournewsections,to |
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| 11 | 11 | | 2beknownassections389.611,389.1100,389.1200,and389.1220,toreadasfollows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | 389.611.Itshallbeunlawfulforthedirectingofficerortheoperatorofany |
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| 13 | 13 | | 2railroadtraintodirecttheoperationofortooperatethesameinsuchamannerasto |
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| 14 | 14 | | 3preventtheuseofanystreetforpurposesoftravelforaperiodoftimelongerthan |
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| 15 | 15 | | 4fifteenminutes,providedthatthissectionshallnotapplytoamovingtrainortoone |
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| 16 | 16 | | 5stoppedbecauseofanemergencyorforrepairsnecessarybeforeitcanproceedsafely. |
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| 17 | 17 | | 389.1100.Norailroadoperatingonanymaintrackorbranchlineshalloperate, |
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| 18 | 18 | | 2orpermittobeoperated,anyrailroadtrainthatexceedseightthousandfivehundred |
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| 19 | 19 | | 3feetinlengthonanypartofamaintrackorbranchline. |
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| 20 | 20 | | 389.1200.1.Forpurposesofthissection,thefollowingtermsmean: |
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| 21 | 21 | | 2 (1)"Crewmember",anemployeeofthecommoncarrierinvolvedinthe |
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| 22 | 22 | | 3operationofarailroadtrainorlightengine;"crewmember"doesnotincludeahostler |
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| 23 | 23 | | 4serviceorutilityemployeeorcontractorofthecarrier; |
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| 24 | 24 | | 5 (2)"Helperservice",theuseofalocomotiveoragroupoflocomotivestoassist |
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| 25 | 25 | | 6anothertrainthatisexperiencingmechanicalfailureorlacksthepowertotraverse |
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| 26 | 26 | | 7difficultterrain;"helperservice"includesthetraveltoorfromalocationwherethe |
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| 27 | 27 | | 8assistanceisprovided; |
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| 28 | 28 | | EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis |
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| 29 | 29 | | intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 9 (3)"Hostlerservice",themovementoflocomotivesthatarenotattachedtorail |
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| 30 | 30 | | 10carswithinarailyard. |
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| 31 | 31 | | 11 2.Arailroadtrainorlightengineoperatedinconnectionwithcarryingfreight |
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| 32 | 32 | | 12shallhaveatleasttwoqualifiedcrewmembers. |
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| 33 | 33 | | 13 3.Subsection2ofthissectiondoesnotapplyto: |
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| 34 | 34 | | 14 (1)Helperservices; |
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| 35 | 35 | | 15 (2)Hostlerservices;and |
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| 36 | 36 | | 16 (3)Themovementofatrainforthepurposeofloadingorunloadingfreightso |
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| 37 | 37 | | 17longasthetrainismovingnomorethantenmilesperhour. |
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| 38 | 38 | | 18 4.Apersonwhowillfullyviolatestheprovisionsofsubsection2ofthissectionis |
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| 39 | 39 | | 19guiltyofa: |
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| 40 | 40 | | 20 (1)ClassDmisdemeanorforafirstoffenseandshallbepunishedbyafinenotto |
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| 41 | 41 | | 21exceedfivehundreddollars; |
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| 42 | 42 | | 22 (2)ClassCmisdemeanorforasecondoffenseandshallbepunishedbyafinenot |
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| 43 | 43 | | 23toexceedsevenhundreddollars;and |
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| 44 | 44 | | 24 (3)ClassBmisdemeanorforathirdorsubsequentoffenseandshallbepunished |
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| 45 | 45 | | 25byafinenottoexceedonethousanddollars. |
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| 46 | 46 | | 389.1220.1.Personallyidentifyinginformationoftraincrewmembersand |
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| 47 | 47 | | 2engineerscontainedinreportsrelatingtorailroadincidentsinvolvingmotorvehicles |
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| 48 | 48 | | 3andcontainedincommunicationsbetweenlawenforcementandtraincrewmembers |
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| 49 | 49 | | 4andengineersinvolvedinthoseoccurrencesshallberedactedfromanypublicreports |
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| 50 | 50 | | 5andshallbemaintainedbythelawenforcementdepartmentsandanypersonsin |
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| 51 | 51 | | 6subsequentpossessioninamannerthatensurestheconfidentialityofthetraincrew's |
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| 52 | 52 | | 7andengineer'spersonallyidentifyinginformation.Unredactedcopiesofsuchreports |
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| 53 | 53 | | 8andcommunicationscontainingpersonallyidentifyinginformationshallbeaccessible: |
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| 54 | 54 | | 9 (1)Tothehostoremployingrailroad; |
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| 55 | 55 | | 10 (2)Bycourtorder,andtoothersspecificallyauthorizedbycourtordertoobtain |
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| 56 | 56 | | 11theinformationiftheaccessisnecessaryintheperformanceoftheirduties;and |
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| 57 | 57 | | 12 (3)Tolawenforcementofficers,theattorneygeneral'soffice,anddepartmentof |
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| 58 | 58 | | 13transportationstaffiftheaccessisnecessaryintheperformanceoftheirduties. |
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| 59 | 59 | | 14 2.Ifacrewmemberorengineerisfoundbyacourttobenotatfaultina |
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| 60 | 60 | | 15railroadincidentinvolvingamotorvehicle,suchperson'spersonallyidentifying |
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| 61 | 61 | | 16informationshallremainredactedfromanypublicreports. |
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| 62 | 62 | | âś” |
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| 63 | 63 | | HB1117 2 |
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