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MO Rev Stat § 389.570 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 389 - Regulation of Railroad Corporations|Section 389.570 - No discrimination allowed in shipping grain — grain to be weighed and shortage made up.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   389.570. No discrimination allowed in shipping grain — grain to be weighed and shortage made up. — Every railroad corporation chartered by or organized under the laws of this state, or doing business within the limits of the same, when desired by any person wishing to ship any grain over its road, shall receive and transport such grain, in bulk or otherwise, within a reasonable time, and load the same either upon its track, at its depot, or at any warehouse adjoining its track or sidetrack, without distinction, discrimination or favor between one shipper and another, and without distinction or discrimination as to the manner in which such grain is offered to it for transportation, or as to the person, warehouse or place to whom or to which it may be consigned; and at all stations where scales are required to be kept, at the time such grain is received by it for transportation, such corporation shall carefully and correctly weigh the same, and issue to the shipper thereof a receipt or bill of lading for such grain, in which shall be stated the true and correct weight, and such corporation shall weigh out and deliver to such shipper, his consignee or other person entitled to receive the same, at the place of delivery, the full amount of such grain, without any deduction for leakage, shrinkage or other loss in the quantity of the same, except that one-half of one percent shall be allowed for leakage, shrinkage or other loss on bulk grain. In default of such delivery, the corporation so failing to deliver the full amount of such grain shall pay to the person entitled thereto the full market value of any such grain not delivered at the time and place when and where the same should have been delivered. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5228)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 4771; 1919 § 9959; 1909 § 3156
MO Rev Stat § 389.614 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 389 - Regulation of Railroad Corporations|Section 389.614 - Warning signals for crossings presumed adequate — duty of reasonable care required of railroads.

Effective - 28 Aug 1992   389.614. Warning signals for crossings presumed adequate — duty of reasonable care required of railroads. — Railroad warning devices which are installed or maintained by order or by rule of the division of motor carrier and railroad safety are presumed to be adequate and appropriate warning devices for the crossing. All railroads shall continue to exercise reasonable care at railroad crossings for the safety of the members of the public using the crossing. ­­-------- (L. 1992 S.B. 765 § 2)  CROSS REFERENCE:  Division of motor carrier and railroad safety abolished, duties and functions transferred to highways and transportation commission and department of transportation, 226.008
MO Rev Stat § 389.615 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 389 - Regulation of Railroad Corporations|Section 389.615 - Study on grade crossing closures — due when — division may employ additional track safety specialists, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1992   389.615. Study on grade crossing closures — due when — division may employ additional track safety specialists, when. — The division of motor carrier and railroad safety shall conduct a study to establish priorities for grade crossing closures and a plan for implementing grade crossing closures. The study is to be completed by January 1, 1994, and is not to be paid for from the grade crossing safety account. To promote the safety of railroad tracks at crossings, the division may employ additional track safety specialists, subject to appropriations, or available federal or private funding. ­­-------- (L. 1992 S.B. 765 § 3)  CROSS REFERENCE:  Division of motor carrier and railroad safety abolished, duties and functions transferred to highways and transportation commission and department of transportation, 226.008
MO Rev Stat § 389.620 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 389 - Regulation of Railroad Corporations|Section 389.620 - Railroads required to pave right-of-way at street crossings.

Effective - 28 Aug 1988   389.620. Railroads required to pave right-of-way at street crossings. — Whenever any city, town or village in this state, whether acting under special charter or organized under the general incorporation laws relating to cities, towns and villages, shall, by ordinance duly enacted order any street, alley, avenue, public highway or sidewalk now existing therein or which may hereafter be created and opened for public use, or any part or parts thereof, to be graded, constructed, reconstructed, paved, guttered, curbed or otherwise improved or repaired, it shall be the duty of every railroad corporation owning, operating or leasing any railroad which abuts or adjoins any such street, alley, avenue, public highway or sidewalk, to grade, construct, reconstruct, pave, gutter, curb or otherwise improve and repair the part or parts of such street, alley, avenue, public highway or sidewalk upon which the right-of-way of such railroad so abuts or adjoins, to the same extent, of like materials and of as good quality, as such city, town or village has required, or shall in such ordinance require, of the other property owners abutting upon such street, alley, avenue, public highway or sidewalk in the grading, constructing, reconstructing or otherwise improving or repairing of such street, alley, avenue, public highway or sidewalk. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5215, A.L. 1988 S.B. 676)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 4758; 1919 § 9945; 1909 § 3142
MO Rev Stat § 389.630 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 389 - Regulation of Railroad Corporations|Section 389.630 - Railroad failing to pave, city to proceed, how.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   389.630. Railroad failing to pave, city to proceed, how. — If any such railroad corporation fail, neglect or refuse to grade, construct, reconstruct, pave, gutter, curb, or otherwise improve or repair any such street, alley, avenue, public highway or sidewalk, or part or parts thereof, as provided in the foregoing section, the city, town or village ordering any such work to be done, or the authorities thereof having legal control or charge of said street, alley, avenue, public highway or sidewalk therein, shall notify such railroad corporation to grade, construct, reconstruct, pave, gutter, curb or otherwise improve or repair the part or parts of any such street, alley, avenue, public highway, or sidewalk in accordance with the terms of the ordinance requiring the same to be done, which notice shall be in writing and shall be served by delivering a copy of the same to the station agent of said railroad corporation nearest to the street, alley, avenue, public highway or sidewalk over or upon which said railroad crosses, abuts or adjoins. Upon the service of such notice, if such railroad corporation fail, neglect or refuse to grade, construct, reconstruct, pave, gutter, curb or otherwise improve or repair any such street, alley, avenue, public highway or sidewalk, as above provided, within thirty days from the service of said notice, said city, town or village, or the authorities thereof having in charge the streets, alleys, avenues, public highways or sidewalks therein, may proceed to grade, construct, reconstruct, pave, gutter, curb or otherwise improve or repair said street, alley, avenue, public highway or sidewalk, as in said ordinance required, and shall be entitled to recover double the amount expended, together with all costs, in the name of the city, town or village, or other competent authority, at whose expense the work was done, in any court of competent jurisdiction, from such railroad corporation so failing, neglecting or refusing to perform the same. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5216)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 4759; 1919 § 9946; 1909 § 3143
MO Rev Stat § 389.645 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 389 - Regulation of Railroad Corporations|Section 389.645 - Crossing in city, town or village, division may regulate, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1988   389.645. Crossing in city, town or village, division may regulate, when. — The division, upon application or complaint by a city, town or village, or upon its own motion, may regulate the crossing within a municipality of a highway, street or roadway with railroad tracks, require precautions, regulate the running, handling and operation of railway engines and cars, govern the speed of railway engines, cars and trains, and make and enforce orders and restrictions to promote public safety and convenience at such crossings and on such railroad tracks. ­­-------- (L. 1988 S.B. 676)  CROSS REFERENCE:  Division of motor carrier and railroad safety abolished, duties and functions transferred to highways and transportation commission and department of transportation, 226.008
MO Rev Stat § 389.653 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 389 - Regulation of Railroad Corporations|Section 389.653 - Trespass to railroad property, penalties.

Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories   389.653. Trespass to railroad property, penalties. — 1. A person commits the offense of trespass to railroad property if such person:  (1) Throws an object at a railroad train or rail-mounted work equipment; or  (2) Maliciously or wantonly causes in any manner the derailment of a railroad train, railroad car or rail-mounted work equipment.  2. The offense of trespass to railroad property is a class A misdemeanor unless the trespass results in the damage or destruction of railroad property in an amount exceeding one thousand five hundred dollars, results in the injury or death of any person, or the person committing the offense discharges a firearm or a weapon at a railroad train or rail-mounted work equipment, in which case it is a class E felony.  3. Nothing in this section shall be construed to interfere with either the lawful use of a public or private railroad crossing, or as limiting a representative of a labor organization which represents or is seeking to represent the employees of the railroad, from conducting such business as provided by the Railway Labor Act.  4. As used in this section, "railroad property" includes, but is not limited to, any train, locomotive, railroad car, caboose, rail-mounted work equipment, rolling stock, work equipment, safety device, switch, electronic signal, microwave communication equipment, connection, railroad track, rail, bridge, trestle, right-of-way or any other property owned, leased, operated or possessed by a railroad. ­­-------- (L. 1996 S.B. 780 § 13, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)  Effective 1-01-17
MO Rev Stat § 389.665 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 389 - Regulation of Railroad Corporations|Section 389.665 - Right-of-way to be cleared of weeds and brush to prevent fires, violation, damages and costs — public grade crossings to be clear of vegetation and undergrowth.

Effective - 28 Aug 1988   389.665. Right-of-way to be cleared of weeds and brush to prevent fires, violation, damages and costs — public grade crossings to be clear of vegetation and undergrowth. — 1. It shall be the duty of every corporation or person owning or operating any railroad or branch thereof in this state to keep the right-of-way reasonably clear of brush and high weeds, by cutting, burning, chemical spraying, plowing under, or other appropriate means for the purpose of preventing the spread of fire, and in case such corporation or person shall fail or neglect to do so, any person owning land adjoining such railroad is hereby authorized, after giving three days' notice, in writing, to such owner or operator of the railroad, by service upon any person authorized to receive service of legal process on behalf of the corporation within this state to cause such brush and high weeds upon the right-of-way occupied by the railroad company to be cut and removed, burned, plowed, or sprayed with chemical material for killing such brush and high weeds in front of and adjoining his land, and such landowner may maintain an action against the corporation or person so failing to perform this duty, in any court of competent jurisdiction, and shall be entitled to recover double the amount of all expenses and damages incurred and accruing thereby, together with costs.  2. It shall be the duty of every corporation or person owning or operating any railroad or branch thereof in this state to maintain the right-of-way at public grade crossings so that it will be reasonably clear of vegetation, undergrowth or other debris for a distance of two hundred fifty feet each way from the near edge of such crossings where such things would materially obscure approaching trains from the view of travelers on the highway. ­­-------- (L. 1988 S.B. 676)
MO Rev Stat § 389.670 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 389 - Regulation of Railroad Corporations|Section 389.670 - Storm sewers along railroad right-of-way in cities or towns under 30,000.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   389.670. Storm sewers along railroad right-of-way in cities or towns under 30,000. — 1. It is hereby made the duty of every person, company or corporation, owning, operating or controlling any railroad or railroad right-of-way passing through any incorporated village, town or city within this state, containing a population of thirty thousand inhabitants or less, to construct at their own expense, within the corporate limits of such village, town or city along the lines of their said railroads or railroad right-of-way, such sewers as shall be of sufficient capacity to at all times carry off all the surface water that may collect or accumulate along their right-of-way.  2. Such sewers shall be constructed in a substantial manner, and cemented on their sides and bottoms so as to give to same a hard, smooth surface, and shall be of sufficient volume and depth to carry off at all times all surface water, with such facility as to prevent at all times an overflow therefrom. They shall have good, safe wagon and foot crossings constructed over them, at such places where the village, town or city by ordinance shall direct, and where it is necessary for public travel.  3. It shall be the further duty of all such persons, companies and corporations to construct under their railways, from one side of their right-of-way to the other, such sewers as shall by the city council, board of aldermen or legislative body of such villages, towns or cities be deemed necessary to facilitate the proper drainage of such village, town or city as provided herein. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 §§ 7530, 7531, 7532)  Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 7376, 7377, 7378; 1919 §§ 8784, 8785, 8786; 1909 §§ 9640, 9641, 9642  (1960) Constitutionality of this statute as applied to combined sanitary and storm sewer raised but not decided. C.B. & Q.R. Co. v. City of North Kansas City, 276 F.2d 932.  (1963) Sections 389.670 to 389.690 apply only to surface water drainage sewers and railroad was not liable for construction across its right-of-way of combination sanitary and storm sewer with pipes buried at different depths underground and a sewage pumping station to maintain the flow. Chicago, B. & Q.R. Co. v. North Kansas City (Mo.), 367 S.W.2d 561.
MO Rev Stat § 389.690 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 389 - Regulation of Railroad Corporations|Section 389.690 - Railroad storm sewers — liability for damages — penalties.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   389.690. Railroad storm sewers — liability for damages — penalties. — 1. In addition to such penalty herein prescribed, such person, company or corporation shall, by reason of such failure to build said section of sewer, be liable in damages to any person whose premises or property is overflowed or otherwise damaged by reason of such failure, and such persons may recover their damages in the circuit court of said county.  2. No notice whatever shall be necessary to enforce compliance with the provisions of section 389.670, but they shall be and are hereby made self-enforcing, but any person whose property shall be damaged by an overflow of water thereon by reason of such person, company or corporation's failure to build such sewers may recover double the amount of his damages in any court of competent jurisdiction. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 §§ 7535, 7536)  Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 7381, 7382; 1919 §§ 8789, 8790; 1909 §§ 9645, 9646
MO Rev Stat § 389.700 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 389 - Regulation of Railroad Corporations|Section 389.700 - Application of sections 389.700 to 389.730 — term railroad defined.

Effective - 28 Aug 1988   389.700. Application of sections 389.700 to 389.730 — term railroad defined. — 1. The provisions of sections 389.700 to 389.730 shall apply to any common carrier or carriers, their officers, agents and employees, engaged in the transportation of passengers or property by railroad operating in whole or in part in the state of Missouri.  2. The term "railroad" as used in this law shall include all bridge and ferry companies, terminal and switching companies used or operated in connection with any railroad, light rail or railway operating in this state. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5281, A.L. 1988 S.B. 676)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 4853; 1919 § 10040
MO Rev Stat § 389.710 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 389 - Regulation of Railroad Corporations|Section 389.710 - Lights to be placed on certain switches, when, by whom.

Effective - 28 Aug 1988   389.710. Lights to be placed on certain switches, when, by whom. — All common carriers, their officers, agents and employees operating any railroad in this state are hereby required to maintain lights between sunset and sunrise on all lead switches in yards, where cars are switched in making up or breaking up of trains and maintain lights on switches on main lines where trains are operated at night, except that this section shall not apply to main lines equipped with centralized traffic control signals, interlocking and remote control type of electric signaling, main lines equipped with automatic block signals where a block signal is located one thousand feet or less in advance of a switch or to trailing point switches on double track. The division may, after hearing, authorize or require the substitution for the above enumerated switch lights such other safety devices as it may find proper or necessary. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5282, A.L. 1959 H.B. 345, A.L. 1988 S.B. 676)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 4854; 1919 § 10041  CROSS REFERENCE:  Division of motor carrier and railroad safety abolished, duties and functions transferred to highways and transportation commission and department of transportation, 226.008
MO Rev Stat § 389.730 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 389 - Regulation of Railroad Corporations|Section 389.730 - Liability for noncompliance — action for damages.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   389.730. Liability for noncompliance — action for damages. — When any employee or other person shall be injured, maimed or killed, by reason of noncompliance with the provisions of sections 389.700 to 389.730, then in any action for damage which may be instituted against any railroad company, corporation or lessee for such injury, maiming or killing, proof of contributory negligence on the part of any employee or other persons so injured, maimed or killed, shall not relieve such railroad company, corporation or lessee from liability. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5284)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 4856; 1919 § 10043
MO Rev Stat § 389.780 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 389 - Regulation of Railroad Corporations|Section 389.780 - Switch and sidetrack connection — powers of division of motor carrier and railroad safety.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   389.780. Switch and sidetrack connection — powers of division of motor carrier and railroad safety. — 1. A railroad corporation, upon the application of any shipper tendering traffic for transportation, shall construct, maintain and operate upon reasonable terms a switch connection or connections with a lateral line of railroad or private sidetrack owned, operated or controlled by such shipper, and shall, upon the application of any shipper, provide upon its own property a sidetrack and switch connection with its line of railroad, whenever such sidetrack and switch connection is reasonably practicable, can be put in with safety and the business therefor is sufficient to justify the same.  2. If any railroad corporation shall fail to install or operate any such switch connection with a lateral line of railroad or any such sidetrack and switch connection as aforesaid, after written application therefor has been made to it, any corporation or person interested may present the facts to the division of motor carrier and railroad safety by written petition, and the division shall investigate the matter stated in such petition, and give such hearing thereon as it may deem necessary or proper. If the division be of opinion that it is safe and practicable to have a connection, substantially as prayed for, established or maintained, and that the business to be done thereon justifies the construction and maintenance thereof, it shall make an order directing the construction and establishment thereof, specifying the reasonable compensation to be paid for the construction, establishment and maintenance thereof, and may in like manner upon the application of the railroad corporation order the discontinuance of such switch connection. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5604)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 5148; 1919 § 10437  CROSS REFERENCE:  Division of motor carrier and railroad safety abolished, duties and functions transferred to highways and transportation commission and department of transportation, 226.008