2014 Indiana Code TITLE 8. UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION ARTICLE 9. RAILROAD LABOR CHAPTER 1. RAILROAD EMPLOYEE RULES
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IC 8-9
ARTICLE 9. RAILROAD LABOR
IC 8-9-1
Chapter 1. Railroad Employee Rules
IC 8-9-1-1
Publication and distribution; violation
Sec. 1. (a) A person operating trains by steam power on railroads
shall:
(1) publish printed rules for the control and operation of those
trains;
(2) deliver copies of the rules to all persons engaged in the
operation of those trains;
(3) file a copy of the rules with the Indiana department of
transportation;
(4) instruct employees in the application of those rules; and
(5) examine employees about the rules at least once each six (6)
months after employment until the service has continued for
eighteen (18) months and at least once every two (2) years
thereafter.
(b) A person who fails to comply with this section commits a
Class C infraction.
(Formerly: Acts 1907, c.272, s.1; Acts 1933, c.209, s.1.) As amended
by Acts 1978, P.L.2, SEC.832; P.L.384-1987(ss), SEC.87;
P.L.18-1990, SEC.96.
IC 8-9-1-2
Repealed
(Repealed by Acts 1975, P.L.28, SEC.1.)
IC 8-9-1-3
Intoxication while on duty
Sec. 3. It is a Class C infraction for an agent, officer, or employee
of any person engaged in the operation of railroad trains by steam
power to be or become intoxicated while in the performance of his
duties or to operate any such train or give orders or directions for the
operation of any such train contrary to the printed rules of his
company required by section 1 of this chapter.
(Formerly: Acts 1907, c.272, s.3.) As amended by Acts 1978, P.L.2,
SEC.833.
IC 8-9-1-4
Fatal accidents; rules violations; reports to prosecuting attorney
Sec. 4. Whenever the Indiana department of transportation, in the
investigation of an accident involving loss of life, concludes that the
accident occurred on account of the violation of the printed rules for
the operation of trains, as required by section 1 of this chapter, by an
officer or employee of a railroad company in this state, the
department may, if the neglect of duty or violation of the rules is
flagrant or has been brought about by the intoxication of a person
while on duty, report the person to the prosecuting attorney of the
county wherein the accident occurred for prosecution.
(Formerly: Acts 1907, c.272, s.4.) As amended by P.L.62-1984,
SEC.125; P.L.384-1987(ss), SEC.88; P.L.18-1990, SEC.97.
IC 8-9-1-5
Repealed
(Repealed by Acts 1975, P.L.28, SEC.1.)
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