Section 4955.45 | Railroad Quiet Zones – Report to Commission – Crossing Inspections – Additional Safety Measures.
Effective: November 18, 2004 Latest Legislation: House Bill 247 – 125th General Assembly (A) Each municipal corporation or township that has established a railroad quiet zone pursuant to sections 4955.41 to 4955.47 of the Revised Code shall submit a report to the commission every three years after the date of first operation of the zone. […]
Section 4955.46 | Railroad Quiet Zones – Governmental Function – State Liability – Maintenance Costs – Funds.
Effective: November 18, 2004 Latest Legislation: House Bill 247 – 125th General Assembly (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the designation, establishment, design, construction, implementation, operation, repair, or maintenance of, or the lack of any of the preceding for, a public grade crossing included in a railroad quiet zone established pursuant to sections 4955.41 […]
Section 4955.47 | Railroad Quiet Zones – Railroads and Employees Not Liable for Acts in Compliance.
Effective: September 29, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 59 – 130th General Assembly No railroad company and no employee or agent of the company shall be charged, or is liable in damages to person or property, for any failure to sound an audible warning by whistle, horn, bell, or other audible warning device at a […]
Section 4955.41 | Railroad Quiet Zones – Definitions.
Effective: November 18, 2004 Latest Legislation: House Bill 247 – 125th General Assembly As used in sections 4955.41 to 4955.47 of the Revised Code: (A) “Railroad quiet zone” means a designated area including and adjacent to one or more consecutive public grade crossings that are equipped with automatic gates and lights that conform to the […]
Section 4955.42 | Railroad Quiet Zones – Municipal Corporation or Township May Establish – Procedure.
Effective: November 18, 2004 Latest Legislation: House Bill 247 – 125th General Assembly (A) A municipal corporation or township may establish within its jurisdiction one or more railroad quiet zones implementing and using one or more supplemental safety measures, through the enactment or adoption, after the effective date of initial regulations adopted pursuant to the […]
Section 4955.43 | Railroad Quiet Zones – Notice to Railroads – Order Regarding Audible Warning Signals.
Effective: November 18, 2004 Latest Legislation: House Bill 247 – 125th General Assembly (A) At least ninety days prior to the date of first operation of a railroad quiet zone established pursuant to section 4955.42 of the Revised Code, the municipal corporation or township shall provide detailed, written notice of the established zone by certified […]
Section 4955.44 | Railroad Quiet Zones – Other Laws Preempted – Emergency Exception – Suspension of Status.
Effective: September 29, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 59 – 130th General Assembly (A) On and after the date of first operation of a railroad quiet zone established pursuant to section 4955.42 of the Revised Code, divisions (B)(1) and (2) of section 4955.32 of the Revised Code do not apply with respect to the zone. […]
Section 4955.321 | Alternative Audible Warning System.
Effective: September 29, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 59 – 130th General Assembly The public utilities commission may evaluate alternative systems for providing an audible warning of an approaching locomotive. The commission may approve the use of an audible warning system as an alternative to the horn sounding required under division (B)(1) of section 4955.32 […]
Section 4955.322 | Immunity From Liability at Private Crossings.
Effective: September 29, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 59 – 130th General Assembly The sounding of a locomotive horn at a private crossing or the failure to sound a locomotive horn at a private crossing is not a basis for a civil action against the railroad company that operated the locomotive, a board of county […]
Section 4955.33 | Crossbuck Signs.
Effective: April 20, 2012 Latest Legislation: House Bill 349 – 129th General Assembly At all points where its railroad crosses a public road at a common grade, each company shall erect crossbuck signing at positions at each such crossing that are in accordance with the department of transportation manual for uniform traffic control devices, adopted […]