Requires any Class I freight railroad, Class I railroad or Class II railroad for transporting freight which operates a train or locomotive in this state to have a crew size of not less than two persons.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7151
IN SENATE
January 9, 2020
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Introduced by Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the railroad law, in relation to requiring certain
trains and locomotives to have a crew size of not less than two
persons
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The railroad law is amended by adding a new section 63-a to
2 read as follows:
3 § 63-a. Minimum crew size. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subdivi-
4 sion two of this section, any Class I freight railroad, Class I railroad
5 or Class II railroad for transporting freight which operates a train or
6 locomotive in this state, and any officer of such a railroad, shall
7 ensure that the train or locomotive contains a crew of not less than two
8 persons.
9 2. The provisions of subdivision one of this section do not apply to a
10 train or locomotive engaged in helper or hostling services.
11 3. As used in this section:
12 (a) "Class I freight railroad" has the meaning ascribed to it in 40
13 C.F.R. § 1033.901.
14 (b) "Class I railroad" has the meaning ascribed to it in 40 C.F.R. §
15 1033.901.
16 (c) "Class II railroad" has the meaning ascribed to it in 40 C.F.R. §
17 1033.901.
18 (d) "Helper services" includes connecting a locomotive to the front or
19 back of a train to assist the train in ascending or descending a grade.
20 (e) "Hostling services" includes moving a train or locomotive a short
21 distance in a railroad yard or mechanical facility.
22 4. A person who violates the provisions of this section shall be
23 liable to the people of the state for a civil penalty in an amount of
24 not less than two hundred fifty dollars nor more than one thousand
25 dollars for a first offense, not less than one thousand dollars nor more
26 than five thousand dollars for a second offense committed within three
27 years, and not less than five thousand dollars nor more than ten thou-
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 sand dollars for a third offense and any subsequent offenses committed
2 within three years.
3 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
4 have become a law.
