HB 669 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
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2001 SESSION
03/01
HOUSE BILL 669
AN ACT requiring certain safety devices on freight locomotives.
SPONSORS: Rep. Baroody, Hills 42; Rep. M. Fuller Clark, Rock 36; Sen. O'Neil, Dist 18
This bill requires that the controlling cab compartment of every freight locomotive be equipped with a safety device generally known as an alerter, a deadman control, or similar feature.
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18apr01...0596h
01-0804
03/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One
AN ACT requiring certain safety devices on freight locomotives.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Regulation of Railroads; Locomotive Safety Device. Amend RSA 367 by inserting after section 57 the following new section:
367:58 Locomotive Safety Device. Every railroad corporation and railway company shall equip the controlling cab compartment of every freight locomotive with a safety device generally known as an alerter, a deadman control, or any similar feature which assures that the locomotive engineer is alert and not physically incapacitated. Such safety device shall provide visual or audible warning alarms to the locomotive engineer and apply the locomotive and train brakes in the event the locomotive engineer is incapacitated. The commissioner shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, for the implementation and enforcement of the provisions of this section.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2002.