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Committee adopts amendment easing railcar setback where crossings have lights and gates; House Bill 396 passes 11-0
Summary
The House Committee on Corrections adopted an amendment that narrows a proposed 500-foot storage restriction on unused railcars to allow storage closer to crossings that have active safety features. The committee then voted 11-0 to pass the committee substitute for House Bill 396.
The House Committee on Corrections adopted a committee amendment and then voted unanimously to pass the committee substitute for House Bill 396.
Representative Bush offered the amendment, described during the March hearing as altering lines 8–10 of the draft so that railroads could store unused rail cars closer than 500 feet to a crossing when that crossing has active safety features "including lights and gates," the sponsor told the committee. Representative Bush said the change preserves the bill’s safety intent while allowing flexibility where engineering controls are present.
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