Bill Text: IA SF25 | 2025-2026 | 91st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to railroad train length limits, and making penalties applicable.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-28 - Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage. [SF25 Detail]
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BY
SHIPLEY
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
railroad
train
length
limits,
and
making
1
penalties
applicable.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
327D.3,
Code
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
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327D.3
Duty
to
furnish
cars
and
transport
freight
——
railroad
3
train
length
limit
.
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1.
Every
railway
corporation
shall
upon
receiving
5
reasonable
notice,
and
within
a
reasonable
time,
furnish
shall
6
do
all
of
the
following:
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a.
Furnish
suitable
cars
to
any
and
all
persons
who
may
8
apply
therefor,
for
use
of
such
cars
for
the
transportation
of
9
any
and
all
kinds
of
freight
,
and
receive
.
10
b.
Receive
and
transport
such
freight
with
all
reasonable
11
dispatch
,
and
provide
.
12
c.
Provide
and
keep
suitable
facilities
for
the
receiving
13
and
handling
thereof
of
all
freight
at
any
depot
on
the
line
of
14
its
road.
15
2.
A
railway
corporation
shall
not
operate,
or
permit
to
be
16
operated,
any
freight
or
work
railroad
train
that
exceeds
eight
17
thousand
five
hundred
feet
in
length
on
any
part
of
a
railroad.
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EXPLANATION
19
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
20
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
21
This
bill
limits
the
length
of
any
freight
or
work
railroad
22
train
operated
or
permitted
to
be
operated
by
a
railway
23
corporation
to
8,500
feet.
Pursuant
to
Code
section
327D.17,
24
a
violation
of
the
bill
results
in
a
schedule
“four”
penalty
25
under
Code
section
327C.5,
which
is
a
fine
of
not
less
than
26
$500
nor
more
than
$5,000
per
violation.
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The
bill
makes
organizational
and
conforming
changes
to
Code
28
section
327D.3.
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