S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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9090
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 17, 2020
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Introduced by M. of A. MAGNARELLI -- read once and referred 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:
Section 1. The railroad law is amended by adding a new section 63-a to
read as follows:
§ 63-A. MINIMUM CREW SIZE. 1. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN SUBDIVI-
SION TWO OF THIS SECTION, ANY CLASS I FREIGHT RAILROAD, CLASS I RAILROAD
OR CLASS II RAILROAD FOR TRANSPORTING FREIGHT WHICH OPERATES A TRAIN OR
LOCOMOTIVE IN THIS STATE, AND ANY OFFICER OF SUCH A RAILROAD, SHALL
ENSURE THAT THE TRAIN OR LOCOMOTIVE CONTAINS A CREW OF NOT LESS THAN TWO
PERSONS.
2. THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION DO NOT APPLY TO A
TRAIN OR LOCOMOTIVE ENGAGED IN HELPER OR HOSTLING SERVICES.
3. AS USED IN THIS SECTION:
(A) "CLASS I FREIGHT RAILROAD" HAS THE MEANING ASCRIBED TO IT IN 40
C.F.R. § 1033.901.
(B) "CLASS I RAILROAD" HAS THE MEANING ASCRIBED TO IT IN 40 C.F.R. §
1033.901.
(C) "CLASS II RAILROAD" HAS THE MEANING ASCRIBED TO IT IN 40 C.F.R. §
1033.901.
(D) "HELPER SERVICES" INCLUDES CONNECTING A LOCOMOTIVE TO THE FRONT OR
BACK OF A TRAIN TO ASSIST THE TRAIN IN ASCENDING OR DESCENDING A GRADE.
(E) "HOSTLING SERVICES" INCLUDES MOVING A TRAIN OR LOCOMOTIVE A SHORT
DISTANCE IN A RAILROAD YARD OR MECHANICAL FACILITY.
4. A PERSON WHO VIOLATES THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE
LIABLE TO THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE FOR A CIVIL PENALTY IN AN AMOUNT OF
NOT LESS THAN TWO HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS NOR MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND
DOLLARS FOR A FIRST OFFENSE, NOT LESS THAN ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS NOR MORE
THAN FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A SECOND OFFENSE COMMITTED WITHIN THREE
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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SAND DOLLARS FOR A THIRD OFFENSE AND ANY SUBSEQUENT OFFENSES COMMITTED
WITHIN THREE YEARS.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
have become a law.