HOUSE BILL NO. 3350 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE JOBE.
7247H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT To amend chapter 389, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to train length restrictions, with penalty provisions.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 389, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be 2 known as section 389.1100, to read as follows: 389.1100. 1. No railroad operating within this state shall operate, or permit to be 2 operated, any train exceeding eight thousand five hundred feet in total length on any 3 main track or branch line. 4 2. The department of transportation shall have authority to adopt rules and 5 standards to implement and enforce this section, including procedures for 6 measurement, exemptions for specific routes, and penalties for violations. Any rule 7 or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is created under the 8 authority delegated in this section shall become effective only if it complies with and is 9 subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This 10 section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the 11 general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective date, or to 12 disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of 13 rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2026, shall be 14 invalid and void. ✔
EXPLANATION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is intended to be omitted from the law. Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.
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