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Subcommittee approves bill shifting railroad police commissioning to safety commissioner
Summary
The Transportation Subcommittee voted unanimously to advance House Bill 121, which removes a gubernatorial signature requirement and designates the Department of Safety commissioner as the sole commissioning authority for railroad police.
House Bill 121 advanced out of the House Transportation Subcommittee on a unanimous voice vote after sponsors described the measure as a technical update to an older statutory requirement.
The bill, carried in subcommittee by Representative Darby for Leader Lambert, would remove a requirement in an older provision of Tennessee law that the governor sign commissions for railroad police officers and instead rely solely on the commissioner of the Department of Safety to issue those commissions. Representative Darby described the provision as “outdated” and said the change would “create a more…
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