Bill Text: IA SF242 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the number of days a railway crossing may be closed for repairs or upgrades, and making penalties applicable.(See SF 503, SF 2111.)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-02 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 503. S.J. 475. [SF242 Detail]
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BY
SHIPLEY
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
number
of
days
a
railway
crossing
may
1
be
closed
for
repairs
or
upgrades,
and
making
penalties
2
applicable.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
327G.25,
Code
2023,
is
amended
to
read
1
as
follows:
2
327G.25
Closing
of
crossing
for
repair
or
upgrade.
3
A
railway
corporation
shall
not
close
a
railway
crossing
4
to
the
traveling
public
for
more
than
thirty
twenty
days
for
5
the
purpose
of
repairing
or
upgrading
the
crossing.
A
railway
6
corporation
violating
this
section
shall,
upon
conviction,
be
7
subject
to
a
schedule
“one”
penalty
under
section
327C.5
.
8
EXPLANATION
9
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
10
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
11
This
bill
reduces
the
number
of
days
a
railway
corporation
is
12
authorized
to
close
a
railway
crossing
for
repair
or
upgrade
13
from
30
days
to
20
days.
By
operation
of
law,
a
violation
14
of
the
bill
is
a
schedule
“one”
penalty,
a
fine
of
$100
per
15
violation.
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