PRINTER'S NO. 1182
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1127
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY SCHMITT, MARSHALL, KAUFFMAN, SHUSTERMAN, NEILSON
AND KINKEAD, MAY 5, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION, TECHNOLOGY AND
UTILITIES, MAY 5, 2023
AN ACT
Amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in railroads, providing for train
length; and imposing penalties.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 66 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
ยง 2710. Train length.
(a) General rule.--Except as provided in subsection (b), a
railroad may not operate a freight train in this Commonwealth
with a total length that exceeds 8,500 feet.
(b) Consistency with Federal law and regulations.--The
commission may promulgate rules and regulations providing an
exception to subsection (a), if the exception is required by
Federal law or regulation and the commission's rule or
regulation is consistent with the Federal law or regulation.
(c) Penalties.--A railroad that violates subsection (a)
shall be assessed a civil penalty in the following amounts:
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