Assembly Actions -
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Jun 12, 2014 |
referred to transportation |
Assembly Bill A10086
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
STECK
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Patricia Fahy
John T. McDonald III
Angelo Santabarbara
2013-A10086 (ACTIVE) - Details
2013-A10086 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 10086 I N A S S E M B L Y June 12, 2014 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Steck, Fahy, McDonald, Santabarbara) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the railroad law, in relation to increasing fines for obstructed farm and highway crossings THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 53-c of the railroad law, as added by chapter 845 of the laws of 1972, is amended to read as follows: S 53-c. Obstructing farm and highway crossings. 1. Any officer or employee of a railroad corporation who shall intentionally OR RECKLESSLY obstruct, and any owner, officer or employee of a railroad corporation who shall intentionally OR RECKLESSLY cause to be obstructed any farm or highway crossing with any locomotive, train or car for a longer period than five consecutive minutes is guilty of a violation which shall be punishable by a fine of not more than [one hundred] FIVE THOUSAND dollars or imprisonment for not more than fifteen days or by both such fine and imprisonment FOR THE FIRST INSTANCE, A FINE OF NOT MORE THAN TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS OR IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT MORE THAN FIFTEEN DAYS OR BY BOTH SUCH FINE AND IMPRISONMENT FOR THE SECOND INSTANCE, OR A FINE OF NOT MORE THAN SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS OR IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT MORE THAN FIFTEEN DAYS OR BY BOTH SUCH FINE AND IMPRISONMENT FOR THE THIRD INSTANCE. SUCH FINES SHALL BE BORNE BY THE OWNER OF THE RAILROAD CORPORATION FOUND IN VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section or any local ordinance to the contrary, no owner, officer or employee of a railroad corporation who obstructs, or causes to be obstructed, any farm or highway crossing shall be subject to any civil, criminal or other penalty where such person has no control over the situation causing the obstruction or where the locomotive, train or car cannot be moved without endangering the safety of the passengers, the public or freight. 2. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION "HIGHWAY" SHALL MEAN THE ENTIRE WIDTH BETWEEN THE BOUNDARY LINES OF EVERY WAY PUBLICLY MAINTAINED WHEN ANY EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15435-02-4
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