Unofficial Draft Copy
**** As of: 11/08/2024, 12:54:36
69th Legislature 2025 Drafter: Griffin Burns, **** LC 0248
1 **** BILL NO. ****
2 INTRODUCED BY ****
3 BY REQUEST OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
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5 A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: “AN ACT INCREASING PENALITIES FOR BLOCKED RAILROAD
6 CROSSINGS; AMENDING SECTION 69-14-626, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.”
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8 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
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10 Section 1. Section 69-14-626, MCA, is amended to read:
11 "69-14-626. Prohibition on extended obstruction of highway crossings. (1) It shall be unlawful for
12 any corporation, association, or company to willfully obstruct, blockade, interfere with, or prevent the free use of
13 any public highway within the state where such highway crosses any railroad track outside of incorporated
14 cities and towns by stopping any railroad train, car, engine, or locomotive for more than 15 minutes at any one
15 time or by placing, depositing, or leaving any article or thing whatsoever on any railroad track at the point where
16 any public highway crosses such track outside of incorporated cities and towns.
17 (2) Any corporation, association, or company so obstructing, blockading, or interfering with the free
18 use of any such highway shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be
19 punished by a fine of not less than $25 $750 or more than $100 $1500. This section shall not be construed as
20 repealing any existing laws prohibiting encroachments upon or obstruction of public highways."
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22 NEW SECTION. Section 2. Effective date. [This act] is effective on passage and approval.
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