2009 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 277 RAILROADS -- ORGANIZATION AND OPERATING REGULATIONS 277.170 Flagman or gate at crossing of railroad with highway.
277.170 Flagman or gate at crossing of railroad with highway.
If the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet determines it is in the public interest for a gate to <br>be erected or maintained or a flagman stationed at any highway crossing within one mile <br>of the corporate limits of any city, the cabinet shall give the superintendent or manager of <br>the railroad written notice that a gate or flagman is required. If a gate is required, the <br>notice shall prescribe the time within which the gate shall be erected, the character of gate <br>required, and shall designate the hours during which a man shall be kept in charge of the <br>gate. If a flagman is required, the notice shall designate the hours during which he shall <br>be kept at the crossing. The railroad company shall comply with the provisions of the <br>notice. The cabinet may authorize the discontinuance of the gate or flagman whenever, in <br>its judgment, the public interest no longer requires it.
Effective: December 1, 2000 <br>History: Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 417, sec. 12, effective December 1, 2000. --
Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. <br>sec. 774.
Legislative Research Commission Note (12/1/2000). The contingency on the
effectiveness of this statute set by 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 417, sec. 18, was met, the voters <br>of the Commonwealth having ratified at the general election on November 7, 2000, a <br>constitutional amendment (see 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 399) abolishing the Railroad <br>Commission.
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