AB827: Text as Enrolled

Date of enactment:
1999 Assembly Bill 827 Date of publication*:

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes 1997-98: Effective date of acts. "Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication as designated" by the secretary of state [the date of publication may not be more than 10 working days after the date of enactment].

1999 WISCONSIN ACT

An Act to amend 192.25 (2) of the statutes; relating to: the minimum number of railroad employes required to be present in the cab of the lead control locomotive when the railroad train or locomotive is in motion.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

AB827, s. 1 Section 1. 192.25 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

192.25 (2) No person operating or controlling any railroad, as defined in s. 85.01 (5), may allow the operation of any railroad train or locomotive in this state unless the railroad train or locomotive has a crew of at least 2 individuals. One of the individuals shall be a certified railroad locomotive engineer. The other individual shall be either a certified railroad locomotive engineer or a qualified railroad trainman. A certified railroad locomotive engineer shall be present in the cab and shall operate the lead control locomotive at all times that the railroad train or locomotive is in motion. The other crew member shall be present in the cab of the lead control locomotive at all times that the railroad train or locomotive is in motion, except when the railroad train or locomotive is in motion for the purpose of switching. When the railroad train or locomotive is not in motion, the other crew member may dismount the railroad train or locomotive when necessary to perform switching activities and other duties in the course of his or her job.

AB827, s. 2 Section 2. Initial applicability.

(1) This act first applies to railroad trains or locomotives operated on the effective date of this subsection.