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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1393
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 1393 as follows:
3 on page 10, by replacing lines 22 through 34 with the
4 following:
5 "(d) Chronic obstruction of a grade crossing. Within the
6 Chicago switching district, the Commission may, after
7 investigation, make a determination that a railroad has
8 engaged in chronic obstruction of a grade crossing. The
9 Commission shall investigate allegations that a railroad's
10 trains repeatedly and with great rate of recurrence obstruct
11 a grade crossing by frequently stopping and causing
12 disruption of vehicular traffic and endangering the lives and
13 safety of the citizens of this State by interfering with the
14 operation of ambulances and fire department vehicles. The
15 Commission shall find that chronic obstruction of a grade
16 crossing has occurred if, within a 2-week period, a
17 railroad's trains have stopped traffic at that crossing for
18 20 minutes or longer 3 or more times. Once a railroad is
19 designated as chronically obstructing a grade crossing, the
20 Commission shall forward the results of the investigation to
21 the State's Attorney, of the county where the crossing is
22 located, for prosecution. The penalty for obstructing that
23 grade crossing is a Class C misdemeanor for the first
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1 offense."; and
2 on page 11, by deleting line 1; and
3 on page 15, by replacing lines 6 through 19 with the
4 following:
5 "(d) Chronic obstruction of a grade crossing. Within the
6 Chicago switching district, the Commission may, after
7 investigation, make a determination that a railroad has
8 engaged in chronic obstruction of a grade crossing. The
9 Commission shall investigate allegations that a railroad's
10 trains repeatedly and with great rate of recurrence obstruct
11 a grade crossing by frequently stopping and causing
12 disruption of vehicular traffic and endangering the lives and
13 safety of the citizens of this State by interfering with the
14 operation of ambulances and fire department vehicles. The
15 Commission shall find that chronic obstruction of a grade
16 crossing has occurred if, within a 2-week period, a
17 railroad's trains have stopped traffic at that crossing for
18 20 minutes or longer 3 or more times. Once a railroad is
19 designated as chronically obstructing a grade crossing, the
20 Commission shall forward the results of the investigation to
21 the State's Attorney, of the county where the crossing is
22 located, for prosecution. The penalty for obstructing that
23 grade crossing is a Class C misdemeanor for the first
24 offense.".