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USA Statutes : maine
Title : Title 23. HIGHWAYS
Chapter : Chapter 611. SAFETY PROVISIONS (HEADING. PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, @4 (new))
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Title 23 - §7001. Brakemen
Title 23: HIGHWAYS
Part 7: RAILROADS (HEADING: PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, @4 (new))
Chapter 611: SAFETY PROVISIONS (HEADING: PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, @4 (new))
§7001. Brakemen
No train of passenger cars, moved by steam, may be run without one trusty and skillful brakeman to every 2 cars.
[1987, c. 141, Pt. A, § 4 (new).]
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Augusta, Maine 04333-0007
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Title 23 - §7002. Danger signals, where disconnected cars left on track; penalty
Title 23: HIGHWAYS
Part 7: RAILROADS (HEADING: PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, @4 (new))
Chapter 611: SAFETY PROVISIONS (HEADING: PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, @4 (new))
§7002. Danger signals, where disconnected cars left on track; penalty
No car disconnected from a train may be left or permitted to remain standing on the main track of any railroad, unless accompanied
by danger signals, such as flagging by day and lanterns by night, placed at such distances from the obstruction on the main
line of the road as will insure safety to and from moving trains. The signals shall be in the charge of and constantly attended
by employees of the corporation owning or operating the road.
[1987, c. 141, Pt. A, § 4 (new).]
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A railroad corporation violating any provision of this section forfeits for each offense, $100 to the State, to be recovered
in a civil action or by complaint and indictment; and the Attorney General shall prosecute for that violation.
[1987, c. 141, Pt. A, § 4 (new).]
The Revisor's Office cannot provide legal advice or
interpretation of Maine law to the public. If you need legal
advice, please consult
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Office of the Revisor of Statutes
7 State House Station
State House Room 108
Augusta, Maine 04333-0007
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Title 23 - §7003. Railroad liable for damages from locomotive fire; entitled to benefit of any insurance
Title 23: HIGHWAYS
Part 7: RAILROADS (HEADING: PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, @4 (new))
Chapter 611: SAFETY PROVISIONS (HEADING: PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, @4 (new))
§7003. Railroad liable for damages from locomotive fire; entitled to benefit of any insurance
When a building or other property is injured by fire communicated by a locomotive engine, the corporation using it is responsible
for that injury and it has an insurable interest in the property along the route for which it is responsible, and may procure
insurance on that property. The corporation shall be entitled to the benefit of any insurance upon such property effected
by the owner of the property less the premium and expense of recovery. The insurance shall be deducted from the damages, if
recovered before the damages are assessed or, if not, the policy shall be assigned to the corporation which may maintain an
action on the policy, or prosecute, at its own expense, any action already commenced by the insured, in either case with all
the rights which the insured originally had.
[1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §4 (new).]
The Revisor's Office cannot provide legal advice or
interpretation of Maine law to the public. If you need legal
advice, please consult
a qualified attorney.
Office of the Revisor of Statutes
7 State House Station
State House Room 108
Augusta, Maine 04333-0007
This page created on: 2005-10-01
Title 23 - §7004. Intoxication of railroad employees on duty
Title 23: HIGHWAYS
Part 7: RAILROADS (HEADING: PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, @4 (new))
Chapter 611: SAFETY PROVISIONS (HEADING: PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, @4 (new))
§7004. Intoxication of railroad employees on duty
Whoever, having charge of a locomotive engine or acting as conductor, brakeman, motorman or switchman, is intoxicated while
employed on a railroad shall be punished by a fine of not more than $100 or by imprisonment for not more than 6 months.
[1987, c. 141, Pt. A, § 4 (new).]
The Revisor's Office cannot provide legal advice or
interpretation of Maine law to the public. If you need legal
advice, please consult
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Office of the Revisor of Statutes
7 State House Station
State House Room 108
Augusta, Maine 04333-0007
This page created on: 2005-10-01
Title 23 - §7005. Negligence of employees
Title 23: HIGHWAYS
Part 7: RAILROADS (HEADING: PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, @4 (new))
Chapter 611: SAFETY PROVISIONS (HEADING: PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, @4 (new))
§7005. Negligence of employees
Any person employed in conducting trains, who is guilty of negligence or carelessness causing an injury, shall be punished
by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment for not more than 11 months; but the corporation employing him is not
thereby exempt from responsibility.
[1987, c. 141, Pt. A, § 4 (new).]
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interpretation of Maine law to the public. If you need legal
advice, please consult
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Office of the Revisor of Statutes
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State House Room 108
Augusta, Maine 04333-0007
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Title 23 - §7006. No liability for death of person walking on road
Title 23: HIGHWAYS
Part 7: RAILROADS (HEADING: PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, @4 (new))
Chapter 611: SAFETY PROVISIONS (HEADING: PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, @4 (new))
§7006. No liability for death of person walking on road
No railroad corporation is liable for the death of a person walking or being on its road contrary to law or to its valid rules.
[1987, c. 141, Pt. A, § 4 (new).]
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interpretation of Maine law to the public. If you need legal
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Office of the Revisor of Statutes
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State House Room 108
Augusta, Maine 04333-0007
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Title 23 - §7007. Penalty for being on track or bridge or entering track with team or vehicle
Title 23: HIGHWAYS
Part 7: RAILROADS (HEADING: PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, @4 (new))
Chapter 611: SAFETY PROVISIONS (HEADING: PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, @4 (new))
§7007. Penalty for being on track or bridge or entering track with team or vehicle
1. Walking or standing on track or bridge. A person may not, without right, stand or walk on a railroad track or railroad bridge or pass over a railroad bridge except
by railroad conveyance.
[2003, c. 452, Pt. L, §12 (new); Pt. X, §2 (aff).]
2. Entering track. A person may not, without right, enter upon a railroad track with a team or a vehicle however propelled or drive any team
or propel a vehicle upon a railroad track.
[2003, c. 452, Pt. L, §12 (new); Pt. X, §2 (aff).]
3. Penalties. The following penalties apply to violations of this section.
A. A person who violates subsection 1 commits a civil violation for which a fine of not less than $5 and not more than $100
may be adjudged.
[2003, c. 452, Pt. L, §12 (new); Pt. X, §2 (aff).]
B. A person who violates subsection 1 after having previously violated subsection 1 commits a civil violation for which a fine
of not less than $100 and not more than $500 may be adjudged.
[2003, c. 452, Pt. L, §12 (new); Pt. X, §2 (aff).]
C. A person who violates subsection 1 after having previously violated subsection 1 2 or more times commits a civil violation
for which a fine of not less than $500 and not more than $1000 may be adjudged.
[2003, c. 452, Pt. L, §12 (new); Pt. X, §2 (aff).]
D. A person who violates subsection 2 commits a Class E crime. Violation of subsection 2 is a strict liability crime as defined
in Title 17-A, section 34, subsection 4-A.
[2003, c. 452, Pt. L, §12 (new); Pt. X, §2 (aff).]
[2003, c. 452, Pt. L, §12 (new); Pt. X, §2 (aff).]
The Revisor's Office cannot provide legal advice or
interpretation of Maine law to the public. If you need legal
advice, please consult
a qualified attorney.
Office of the Revisor of Statutes
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State House Room 108
Augusta, Maine 04333-0007
This page created on: 2005-10-01
Title 23 - §7008. Posting of law
Title 23: HIGHWAYS
Part 7: RAILROADS (HEADING: PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, @4 (new))
Chapter 611: SAFETY PROVISIONS (HEADING: PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, @4 (new))
§7008. Posting of law
A printed copy of section 7007 shall be kept posted in a conspicuous place in every railroad passenger station; for failure
to post, the corporation forfeits not more than $100 for every offense.
[1987, c. 141, Pt. A, § 4 (new).]
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interpretation of Maine law to the public. If you need legal
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State House Room 108
Augusta, Maine 04333-0007
This page created on: 2005-10-01
Title 23 - §7009. Stranger entering or leaving moving train; liability of corporation not affected
Title 23: HIGHWAYS
Part 7: RAILROADS (HEADING: PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, @4 (new))
Chapter 611: SAFETY PROVISIONS (HEADING: PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, @4 (new))
§7009. Stranger entering or leaving moving train; liability of corporation not affected
Any person, other than a servant or employee of the road, or a passenger holding a ticket for a passage over the road, or
mail agent or expressman, who gets upon or leaves any steam engine, tender or car at any place outside of a railroad station
while that engine, tender or car is in motion, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $10 or by imprisonment for not
more than 30 days. This provision does not affect the liability of any railroad corporation for injuries or damages caused
by the fault or negligence of the corporation or its servants.
[1987, c. 141, Pt. A, § 4 (new).]
The Revisor's Office cannot provide legal advice or
interpretation of Maine law to the public. If you need legal
advice, please consult
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Office of the Revisor of Statutes
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State House Room 108
Augusta, Maine 04333-0007
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Title 23 - §7010. Changing switch or lights
Title 23: HIGHWAYS
Part 7: RAILROADS (HEADING: PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, @4 (new))
Chapter 611: SAFETY PROVISIONS (HEADING: PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, @4 (new))
§7010. Changing switch or lights
Whoever, without authority, alters, changes or in any manner interferes with any safety switch or switch lights on any railroad
commits a Class E crime.
[1991, c. 797, §8 (amd).]
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interpretation of Maine law to the public. If you need legal
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Office of the Revisor of Statutes
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State House Room 108
Augusta, Maine 04333-0007
This page created on: 2005-10-01
Title 23 - §7011. Injuring or tampering with signals
Title 23: HIGHWAYS
Part 7: RAILROADS (HEADING: PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, @4 (new))
Chapter 611: SAFETY PROVISIONS (HEADING: PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, @4 (new))
§7011. Injuring or tampering with signals
Whoever intentionally and without right injures, destroys or molests any signal of a railroad corporation, or any line, wire,
post, lamp or other structure or mechanism used in connection with any signal on a railroad or destroys, or in any manner
interferes with the proper working of, any signal on a railroad, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500 or by imprisonment
for not more than 2 years.
[1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §4 (new).]
The Revisor's Office cannot provide legal advice or
interpretation of Maine law to the public. If you need legal
advice, please consult
a qualified attorney.
Office of the Revisor of Statutes
7 State House Station
State House Room 108
Augusta, Maine 04333-0007
This page created on: 2005-10-01
Title 23 - §7012. Location of railroad near station of another company
Title 23: HIGHWAYS
Part 7: RAILROADS (HEADING: PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, @4 (new))
Chapter 611: SAFETY PROVISIONS (HEADING: PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, @4 (new))
§7012. Location of railroad near station of another company
No railroad company may construct or maintain a track or run an engine or cars on a street or highway so near any station
of another railroad as to endanger the safety and convenient access to and use of that station for ordinary station purposes.
[1987, c. 141, Pt. A, § 4 (new).]
The Revisor's Office cannot provide legal advice or
interpretation of Maine law to the public. If you need legal
advice, please consult
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Office of the Revisor of Statutes
7 State House Station
State House Room 108
Augusta, Maine 04333-0007
This page created on: 2005-10-01
Title 23 - §7013. Interference with performance of duty
Title 23: HIGHWAYS
Part 7: RAILROADS (HEADING: PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, @4 (new))
Chapter 611: SAFETY PROVISIONS (HEADING: PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, @4 (new))
§7013. Interference with performance of duty
Obstruction or interference with the performance of any act authorized or required in this chapter is declared to be a misdemeanor
and any person convicted of the same shall be punished by a fine of not more than $20 or by imprisonment for not more than
30 days. Jurisdiction over each such offense is conferred on the District Court.
[1987, c. 141, Pt. A, § 4 (new).]
The Revisor's Office cannot provide legal advice or
interpretation of Maine law to the public. If you need legal
advice, please consult
a qualified attorney.
Office of the Revisor of Statutes
7 State House Station
State House Room 108
Augusta, Maine 04333-0007
This page created on: 2005-10-01
Title 23 - §7014. Orders
Title 23: HIGHWAYS
Part 7: RAILROADS (HEADING: PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, @4 (new))
Chapter 611: SAFETY PROVISIONS (HEADING: PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, @4 (new))
§7014. Orders
The Superior Court is given full jurisdiction to enforce compliance with any order issued prior to January 1, 1982, by the
Public Utilities Commission or any order issued by the Department of Transportation under this chapter. It is the duty of
the Department of Transportation to see that the rights of the public under this chapter are fully protected.
[1987, c. 141, Pt. A, § 4 (new).]
The Revisor's Office cannot provide legal advice or
interpretation of Maine law to the public. If you need legal
advice, please consult
a qualified attorney.
Office of the Revisor of Statutes
7 State House Station
State House Room 108
Augusta, Maine 04333-0007
This page created on: 2005-10-01
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