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23 ME Rev Stat § 5001 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 7: RAILROADS|Chapter 601: DEFINITIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS|23 §5001. Definitions

 §5001. Definitions As used in this Part, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).]1.  Railroad.  "Railroad" includes every commercial, interurban and other railway and each and every branch and extension thereof by whatsoever power operated, together with all tracks, bridges, trestles, rights-of-way, subways, tunnels, stations, depots, union depots, ferries, yards, grounds, terminals, terminal facilities, structures and equipment and all other real estate, fixtures and personal property of every kind used in connection therewith, owned, controlled, operated or managed for public use in the transportation of persons or property.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).] 1-A.  Off-system railroad.  "Off-system railroad" includes any railroad not connected to the national rail system and not regulated by the Federal Railroad Administration or its successors.   [PL 1993, c. 67, §1 (NEW).] 2.  Railroad company.  "Railroad company" includes every corporation or person, their lessees, trustees, receivers or trustees appointed by any court owning, controlling, operating or managing any railroad for compensation within this State.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).] 3.  Steam railroad or steam railroad company.  "Steam railroad" or "steam railroad company" means any railroad or terminal company, however chartered, using steam as its motive power or using Diesel engines; and the term "electric railroad" or "electric railroad company" means any railroad or terminal company using electricity as its motive power.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).] 4.  Transportation of persons.  "Transportation of persons" includes every service in connection with or incidental to the safety, comfort and convenience of the person transported and the receipt, carriage and delivery for that person and his baggage.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).] 5.  Transportation of property.  "Transportation of property" includes every service in connection with or incidental to the transportation of property, including in particular its receipt, delivery, elevation, transfer, switching, carriage, ventilation, refrigeration, icing, dunnage, storage and handling, and the transmission of credit by express or telegraph companies.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 141, §A4 (NEW). PL 1993, c. 67, §1 (AMD).
23 ME Rev Stat § 5002 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 7: RAILROADS|Chapter 601: DEFINITIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS|23 §5002. Liability of railroads for payment of laborers

 §5002. Liability of railroads for payment of laborers Every railroad company, in making contracts for the building of its road, shall require sufficient security from the contractors for the payment of all labor thereafter performed in constructing the road by persons in their employment. The company is liable to the laborers employed for labor actually performed on the road if they, within 20 days after the completion of the labor, in writing, notify its treasurer that they have not been paid by the contractors, but the liability terminates unless the laborer commences an action against the company within 6 months after giving the notice.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 141, §A4 (NEW).
23 ME Rev Stat § 5003 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 7: RAILROADS|Chapter 601: DEFINITIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS|23 §5003. Collection of judgment against foreign lessee

 §5003. Collection of judgment against foreign lessee When any foreign railroad company, which is or has been doing business in this State as the lessee of any railroad, refuses or neglects for 60 days after demand to pay and discharge any judgment recovered by any person against the company owning that leased road for damages to the property of the person by the doings, misdoings or neglects of the foreign company, its agents or servants, which judgment belongs to the foreign company to pay and discharge, the Superior Court, on complaint, may compel payment thereof by the foreign corporation and make, pass and enforce all necessary orders, decrees and processes for the purpose.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 141, §A4 (NEW).
23 ME Rev Stat § 5004 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 7: RAILROADS|Chapter 601: DEFINITIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS|23 §5004. Judgment creditor may have remedy against lessors

 §5004. Judgment creditor may have remedy against lessors When any judgment is recovered and the foreign company neglects, for 60 days, to satisfy it, the judgment creditor may have a civil action against the foreign company for the recovery of the amount of the judgment, with interest and costs.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 141, §A4 (NEW).
23 ME Rev Stat § 5005 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 7: RAILROADS|Chapter 601: DEFINITIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS|23 §5005. Powers and duties of the Commissioner of Transportation related to railroad safety of off-system railroads

 §5005. Powers and duties of the Commissioner of Transportation related to railroad safety of off-system railroads The commissioner shall formulate and adopt reasonable rules for safe and healthful operation of off-system railroads operating for the transportation of persons or goods. The rules formulated must conform as far as practicable to nationally recognized standards for the safe operation of railroads. These rules may not become effective sooner than 90 days after the date of their adoption.   [PL 1993, c. 67, §2 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1993, c. 67, §2 (NEW).
23 ME Rev Stat § 5072 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 7: RAILROADS|Chapter 603: ORGANIZATION|23 §5072. Location; subscribers' objections; proceedings

 §5072. Location; subscribers' objections; proceedings The railroad shall be located within the time and substantially according to the description of its charter and the location shall be filed with the county commissioners, who shall endorse the time of filing thereon and order that location recorded. When a corporation, by its first location, fails to acquire the land actually embraced in its roadway, or the location as recorded is defective or uncertain, it may, at any time, correct and perfect its location and file a new description. In that case, it is liable in damages, by reason of the new or amended location, only for land embraced therein for which the owner had not previously been paid. Railroad charters, whenever granted, limiting the time within which the railroad must be completed do not affect the portion completed within that time and all charters under which railroads have been constructed for a portion of the line authorized are confirmed and made valid as to that portion.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 141, §A4 (NEW).
23 ME Rev Stat § 6001 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 7: RAILROADS|Chapter 607: REAL ESTATE|23 §6001. Land bought or taken

 §6001. Land bought or taken A railroad corporation, for the location, construction, repair and convenient use of its road, may purchase or take and hold, as for public uses, land and all materials in and upon it. Through woodland and forest the land so taken shall not exceed 6 rods in width unless necessary for excavation, embankment or materials and through all land other than woodland and forest, the land so taken shall not exceed 4 rods in width unless necessary for excavation, embankment or materials.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 141, §A4 (NEW).
23 ME Rev Stat § 6002 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 7: RAILROADS|Chapter 607: REAL ESTATE|23 §6002. Land for improvements; proceedings

 §6002. Land for improvements; proceedings Any railroad corporation may purchase or take and hold, as for public uses, additional land or rights in land, at any time required for improving the alignment or grades of its road, for double tracking its road, for protecting the tracks against erosion of adjoining or adjacent land or against the action of the elements, or reasonably necessary in the enhancement of public safety at dangerous curves or crossings; and land or rights therein, for borrow, ballast and gravel pits, necessary tracks, side-tracks, spur tracks, freight or passenger yards, stations, station grounds, approaches to stations and station grounds and to other facilities furnished by the railroad for public use, coal sheds, woodsheds, water tanks, repair shops, car, engine, freight and section houses, section dwelling houses and storage warehouses, or other structures, which the Department of Transportation, after hearing, finds to be reasonably required in the safe, economical and efficient operation of the railroad and in rendering of adequate service to the public. If the owner or owners of that land do not consent, if the parties do not agree as to the necessity for the taking or as to the area to be taken or if the parties are unable to agree as to the fair value of the land, the corporation may make written application to the Department of Transportation requesting its approval of the taking by the railroad corporation for any such public uses, describing the land and appurtenances and naming the persons interested. The department shall then appoint a time for a hearing near the premises and require notice to be given to the persons interested, as they may direct, at least 14 days before that time. The department shall then view the premises; hear the parties; determine how much, if any, of the real estate should be taken for the reasonable accommodation of the traffic, the safe operation of the railroad and the appropriate business of the corporation; and enter an order containing a definite description of the real estate and furnish the corporation with a true copy of the order. When a certified copy of the order is filed with the registry of deeds in the county where the land lies, the land shall be deemed and treated as taken. When land is held by a tenant for life and the reversion is contingent as to the persons in whom it may vest on the termination of the life estate, that fact shall be stated in the application and the department shall, in addition to the notice to the tenant for life, give notice by publication to all others interested, in such manner as it deems proper.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 141, §A4 (NEW).
23 ME Rev Stat § 6003 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 7: RAILROADS|Chapter 607: REAL ESTATE|23 §6003. Change in location

 §6003. Change in location Any railroad corporation may make any changes in the location of its road which it deems necessary or expedient and the changes shall be recorded where the original location was required by law to be recorded.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 141, §A4 (NEW).
23 ME Rev Stat § 6004 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 7: RAILROADS|Chapter 607: REAL ESTATE|23 §6004. Land taken for change

 §6004. Land taken for change Any railroad corporation may purchase, or take and hold as for public uses, land and materials necessary for making any changes authorized by section 6003, in the manner authorized by its charter or the general provisions of law and may cross highways and town ways in accordance with the law regulating those crossings.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 141, §A4 (NEW).
23 ME Rev Stat § 6005 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 7: RAILROADS|Chapter 607: REAL ESTATE|23 §6005. Limitation of right to enter or take land

 §6005. Limitation of right to enter or take land The land taken shall not be entered upon, except to make surveys, before the location has been filed and the damages estimated and secured as provided. No railroad corporation may take, without consent of the owners, meetinghouses, dwelling houses or public or private burying grounds.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 141, §A4 (NEW).
23 ME Rev Stat § 6006 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 7: RAILROADS|Chapter 607: REAL ESTATE|23 §6006. Branch tracks

 §6006. Branch tracks Any railroad corporation may locate, construct and maintain branch railroad tracks to any railroad station of another corporation or to connect with another railroad or to any mills, mines, quarries, gravel pits, log landing or yard, warehouses and storehouses, airports, piers, docks, shipyards, educational institutions or manufacturing establishments erected, or in process of erection, in any town or township through which the main line of that railroad is constructed, but not within any city without the consent of the city government and for that purpose the corporation shall have all the powers and rights granted and be subject to all the duties imposed upon it by its charter.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 141, §A4 (NEW).
23 ME Rev Stat § 6007 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 7: RAILROADS|Chapter 607: REAL ESTATE|23 §6007. Estimate of damages; guardian; security for costs

 §6007. Estimate of damages; guardian; security for costs For real estate taken pursuant to section 6002, the owners are entitled to damages to be paid by the corporation. The corporation shall attempt to settle the amount of damages, with the consent of the owners, within 60 days from the date of the taking. If all parties do not agree on the amount of damages, they shall be estimated by the county commissioners on written application by either party. The county commissioners shall estimate the damages within one year of the date application is made. When no estimate is made within that time, the owner may maintain a civil action or have any remedy provided. The guardian of a person incapable of giving a valid conveyance whose land is taken may settle and give a valid release for damages. Persons having any interest in that land have the rights and remedies of owners to the extent of their interest. When requested by the owner, the commissioners shall require the corporation to give security for the payment of damages and costs by depositing, at its risk, with the clerk, specie, notes or obligations of a state or public corporation or other security satisfactory to the party requiring it. When entitled to it, so much of any specie so deposited shall be paid to him as will satisfy his judgment. Notes or obligations so deposited shall be delivered to the officer having a warrant of distress, to be by him sold as personal property is sold on execution, to satisfy the warrant and fees and any balance shall be paid to the treasurer of the corporation. When it neglects for more than 30 days to give the security required, the owner is entitled to the remedies by injunction.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 141, §A4 (NEW).
23 ME Rev Stat § 6008 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 7: RAILROADS|Chapter 607: REAL ESTATE|23 §6008. Petitions for assessment of damages

 §6008. Petitions for assessment of damages In all cases of petition to the commissioners of any county praying for the assessment of damages on account of any railroad corporation having taken lands in the county, the notice to the adverse party of the time and place of the hearing shall be a personal notice of 14 days or by publication of the petition and order of notice on the petition in some newspaper published in said county, 2 weeks successively, the last publication to be 14 days before the hearing.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 141, §A4 (NEW).
23 ME Rev Stat § 6009 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 7: RAILROADS|Chapter 607: REAL ESTATE|23 §6009. Cattle guards and passes; double damages

 §6009. Cattle guards and passes; double damages The county commissioners shall order the corporation to make and maintain such cattle guards, cattle passes and farm crossings as they think reasonable and prescribe the time and manner of making them and consider this work in awarding pecuniary damages. If the corporation after 48 hours' notice in writing to its president or superintendent neglects to commence the work or complete it within a reasonable time, the owner may apply to the Superior Court and the court, after due notice to the corporation, shall issue all necessary processes to enforce the specific performance of the orders or restrain it by injunction or the party interested may recover, in a civil action, double the damage that he has sustained by the neglect.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 141, §A4 (NEW).
23 ME Rev Stat § 6010 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 7: RAILROADS|Chapter 607: REAL ESTATE|23 §6010. Award of damages; terms and conditions

 §6010. Award of damages; terms and conditions The county commissioners in awarding damages for land or other property taken by any railroad company may, on the application of the railroad company, prescribe such terms and conditions, in all respects, for the use of the land or property taken, by the owners of the land or property and the railroad company respectively, as will secure the best accommodation of the owners and the proper and convenient use of the land or property by the railroad company. In case of appeal by either party, the only question in issue shall be the amount or measure of damages on the terms and conditions imposed by the commissioners.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 141, §A4 (NEW).
23 ME Rev Stat § 6011 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 7: RAILROADS|Chapter 607: REAL ESTATE|23 §6011. Commissioners' report of damages and rights of parties; notice

 §6011. Commissioners' report of damages and rights of parties; notice The county commissioners shall at a regular session make a report of their general estimate of damages, stating specifically the terms and conditions imposed by them, the rights and obligations of each party and the elements of damage as provided for land taken for highway purposes under section 154, subsections 2, 3 and 4, and cause it to be recorded. Their clerk shall then make out a notice to each person, stating the amount of damages awarded to him and the elements of damage, which shall be served by an officer on those resident in the State and upon others, if any, by a publication 3 weeks successively in a newspaper printed in the county, if any or, if not, in the state paper. The expense of notices shall be added to the costs of the proceedings and paid accordingly.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 141, §A4 (NEW).
23 ME Rev Stat § 6012 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 7: RAILROADS|Chapter 607: REAL ESTATE|23 §6012. Appeals; notice and proceedings

 §6012. Appeals; notice and proceedings Any person, aggrieved by the decision or judgment of the county commissioners in relation to damages for land taken for railroad purposes, may appeal to the Superior Court to be held in the county where the land is situated, within 30 days after the report of the commissioners is made, which court shall determine the damages by a committee of reference if the parties so agree or by a verdict of its jury and shall render judgment and issue execution for the damages recovered, with costs to the party prevailing in the appeal. No committee or jury shall alter the requirements in the report of the commissioners. The appellants shall, when the appeal is taken, include in the complaint a statement setting forth substantially the facts of the case and shall give written notice of appeal with a copy of the complaint to the opposite party. An appeal may be taken to the Law Court as in other actions.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 141, §A4 (NEW).
23 ME Rev Stat § 6013 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 7: RAILROADS|Chapter 607: REAL ESTATE|23 §6013. Deposit of damages, interest and costs

 §6013. Deposit of damages, interest and costs When the proceedings are closed, the corporation may deposit with the clerk the amount of damages, with interest from the time when the estimation was recorded, and legal costs, in full satisfaction therefor, unless a demand had been previously made and payment neglected.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 141, §A4 (NEW).
23 ME Rev Stat § 6014 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 7: RAILROADS|Chapter 607: REAL ESTATE|23 §6014. When damages not paid

 §6014. When damages not paid When the damages remain unpaid for more than 30 days after they are due and demanded, equitable relief may be requested by the person entitled to them, praying for an injunction against the use or occupation of his land taken. If proceedings for an estimation of damages are not commenced within 3 years and the owner of the land requests equitable relief, the court may estimate the damages, decree their payment and issue an execution. The court, after summary notice to the corporation and upon proof of the facts may, without any bond filed, issue an injunction prohibiting the use and occupation until all damages and costs are paid. If payment has not been made within 90 days, a permanent injunction may be issued; and all rights acquired by taking the land and all rights of property in and to whatever has been placed upon it cease and the owner may maintain an action for its recovery and protection.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 141, §A4 (NEW).
23 ME Rev Stat § 6015 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 7: RAILROADS|Chapter 607: REAL ESTATE|23 §6015. Service of process and notice

 §6015. Service of process and notice Service of process and notice may be made as process is served in other actions. Service of an injunction issued against any person, whether a party to the action or not, may be made upon him and he shall be liable to all the penalties and consequences provided for a breach of it.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 141, §A4 (NEW).
23 ME Rev Stat § 6016 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 7: RAILROADS|Chapter 607: REAL ESTATE|23 §6016. Breach of injunction

 §6016. Breach of injunction The court may order persons violating the injunction, after service or using the land, to show cause at a time fixed, why a decree should not be entered and execution issued against them individually and their goods and estate, for the damages, interest, costs and for additional damages and costs for breach of the injunction. Upon service and return of the order, the court may enter such decree as is just and equitable against those persons and issue execution accordingly or may proceed against them as for breach of injunction in other civil actions.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 141, §A4 (NEW).
23 ME Rev Stat § 6017 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 7: RAILROADS|Chapter 607: REAL ESTATE|23 §6017. Station grounds not to be taken by another company

 §6017. Station grounds not to be taken by another company No railroad corporation may take the grounds occupied by any other railroad company and necessary for its use for station purposes, without its consent. When application is made to take those grounds, the Department of Transportation, upon notice and hearing, shall determine whether the land proposed to be taken is necessary or not and whether any public necessity requires it to be taken.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 141, §A4 (NEW).