Assembly Bill A8491

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires certain trains and locomotives to have a crew size of not less than two persons

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Current Bill Status - Signed by Governor

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A8491 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8083
Law Section:
Railroad Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §63-a, Rail L (as proposed in S.5775 & A.5639)

2023-A8491 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that no person operating or controlling any Class I railroad or Class II railroad shall allow the operation of any railroad train or locomotive for the movement of hazardous materials unless such railroad train or locomotive has a crew of not less than two individuals.

2023-A8491 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8491
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 4, 2024
                                ___________
 
 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. Subdivision 1 of section 63-a of the railroad law, as added
 by  a  chapter of the laws of 2023 amending the railroad law relating to
 requiring certain trains and locomotives to have a crew size of not less
 than two persons, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.  5775  and
 A. 5639, is amended to read as follows:
   1. Except as otherwise provided in subdivision two of this section, no
 person  operating  or controlling any Class I or Class II railroad shall
 allow the operation of any railroad train or locomotive for the movement
 of [freight] HAZARDOUS MATERIAL in this state unless such railroad train
 or locomotive has a crew of not less than two individuals.
   § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 63-a of the railroad law, as added by  a
 chapter  of  the  laws  of  2023  amending  the railroad law relating to
 requiring certain trains and locomotives to have a crew size of not less
 than two persons, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.  5775  and
 A. 5639, is amended by adding a new paragraph (g) to read as follows:
   (G) "HAZARDOUS MATERIAL" MEANS MATERIAL DESIGNATED AS HAZARDOUS BY THE
 UNITED  STATES SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (A) OF
 SECTION FIFTY-ONE HUNDRED THREE OF TITLE FORTY-NINE OF THE UNITED STATES
 CODE.
   § 3. Severability. If any clause,  sentence,  subdivision,  paragraph,
 section or part of this act be adjudged by any court of competent juris-
 diction  to  be  invalid, or if any federal agency determines in writing
 that this act would render New York state ineligible for the receipt  of
 federal  funds, such judgment or written determination shall not affect,
 impair or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its
 operation to the clause, sentence, subdivision,  paragraph,  section  or
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10265-02-4

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