SB2489 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB2489

Introduced 2/26/2021, by Sen. Ram Villivalam

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

625 ILCS 5/18c-7401.2 new

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Illinois Commerce Commission shall include as part of its Crossing Safety Improvement Program specific railroad worker safety rules that include, but are not limited to, administrative rules regarding the provision, construction, and maintenance of sanitation and shelter facilities for rail carrier employees and employee walkways in railroad yards.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning transportation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding Section 18c-7401.2 as follows:

(625 ILCS 5/18c-7401.2 new)

Sec. 18c-7401.2. Administrative rules for railroad worker safety. The Illinois Commerce Commission shall include, as part of its Crossing Safety Improvement Program that is issued on at least an annual basis to each rail carrier operating in the State, specific railroad worker safety rules that include, but are not limited to, 92 Ill. Adm. Code 1545 and 92 Ill. Adm. Code 1546.