Oklahoma 2025 Regular Session

Oklahoma House Bill HB1914 Compare Versions

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28	28	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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30	30	1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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32	32	HOUSE BILL 1914 By: Alonso-Sandoval
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38	38	AS INTRODUCED
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40	40	An Act relating to railroads; defining terms;
41	41	requiring certain documents and identification to
42	42	operate a train; mandating penal ties; requiring
43	43	certain types of notice for violations; allowing
44	44	certain department to assess penalties; directing all
45	45	monies collected to be deposited in certain fund;
46	46	providing for codification; and providing an
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52	52	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
53	53	SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
54	54	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 342 of Title 66, unless there is
55	55	created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
56	56	A. As used in this section:
57	57	1. “Branch line” means a secondary railroad track that branches
58	58	off from a main railroad line;
59	59	2. “Conductor” means a conductor, switchman, brakeman,
60	60	trainman, or fireman, who is licensed and certified by the Federal
61	61	Railroad Administration ;
62	62	3. “Engineer” means an engineer who is licensed and certified
63	63	by the Federal Railroad Administration;
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90	90	4. “Main line” shall mean a Class I railroad, as documented in
91	91	current timetables filed by the Class I railroad with the Federal
92	92	Railroad Administrati on, over which five million or more gross tons
93	93	of railroad traffic are transported annually or used for regularly
94	94	scheduled intercity or commuter rail passenger service, or both;
95	95	5. “Physical manifest document” means tangible paper
96	96	documentation of railro ad train freight inventory and any applicable
97	97	train engine data;
98	98	6. “Railroad management” means a rail employee overseeing and
99	99	assisting in rail transit operation; and
100	100	7. “Tangible railroad identification” means physical railroad
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102	102	Administration conductor or engineer certification .
103	103	B. 1. No railroad operating inside this state on any main
104	104	track or branch line shall run, or permit to be run, any train which
105	105	is not traveling with at least one copy of the physical manifest
106	106	documents, a current physical copy of the Emergency Response Guide,
107	107	and a current physical copy of 49 CFR Part 240 and 242 certificate
108	108	for identification purposes .
109	109	2. No conductor, engineer, railroad management, or railroad or
110	110	public transit employee operating in this state on any main track or
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112	112	traveling with tangible railroad identification.
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139	139	3. Any person or railroad corporation that violates any
140	140	provisions of this act shall be liable for a civil penalty of at
141	141	least Two Thousand Five Hundr ed Dollars ($2,500.00) but not more
142	142	than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00). A separate violation of
143	143	this section shall occur each day a railroad is not in compliance.
144	144	When a grossly negligent violation or pattern of repeated violations
145	145	has occurred which results in an imminent hazard of death or injury
146	146	to individuals or has caused a death or injury, a one -time fine up
147	147	to Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) may be im posed.
148	148	The Department of Transportation may assess penalties for any
149	149	violation of this section. Notice of a violation of this section
150	150	shall be communicated to the railroad by two separate means.
151	151	Acceptable means of communication may include electronic m ail,
152	152	telephone, U.S. mail, or text message. All amounts collected shall
153	153	be deposited in the Oklahoma Railroad Maintenance Revolving Fund
154	154	established pursuant to Section 309 of Title 66 of the Oklahoma
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156	156	SECTION 2. This act shall be come effective November 1, 202 5.
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