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CA Pub Util Code § 7611 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 4 - LAWS RELATING TO UTILITY CORPORATIONS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 1 - Railroad Corporations|ARTICLE 5 - Railroad Equipment|Section 7611.

7611.  Any person or any employee of any railroad company, or the receiver or receivers thereof, who removes, carries away from its proper place, or uses any emergency first-aid kit, except for the purpose of administering first aid in the event of injury to any passenger, employee, or other person, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and is punishable by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50).(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1092, Sec. 359. Effective September 27, 1983. Operative January 1, 1984, by Sec. 427 of Ch. 1092.)
CA Pub Util Code § 7612 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 4 - LAWS RELATING TO UTILITY CORPORATIONS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 1 - Railroad Corporations|ARTICLE 5 - Railroad Equipment|Section 7612.

7612.  It shall be unlawful for any owner or operator of a railroad running through or within the boundaries of the State of California and engaged in the business of common carrier to operate for or transport its employees in a rail track motor car which is not equipped with a transparent windshield sufficient in width and height to reasonably protect said employees, which said windshield shall be of plastic or safety glass and such car shall also be equipped with an electric headlamp of sufficient candle power as to render visible at a distance of 300 feet in advance of such car under ordinary atmospheric conditions, any obstruction, landmark, warning sign or grade crossing on such railroad, and said car shall also be equipped with at least one electric light on the rear end thereof with sufficient candle power as to be visible at a distance of 300 feet under ordinary atmospheric conditions, and such car shall also be equipped with a suitable device that will remove rain, snow and sleet from the windshield on such car. The head and rear lights provided for in this section shall only be required in the hours between one-half hour before sunset and one-half hour after sunrise.(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 1340.)
CA Pub Util Code § 7613 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 4 - LAWS RELATING TO UTILITY CORPORATIONS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 1 - Railroad Corporations|ARTICLE 5 - Railroad Equipment|Section 7613.

7613.  On and after July 1, 1954, any owner or operator of a railroad running through or within this State as a common carrier of persons or property or both, for compensation, which either operates for its employees, or which furnishes to its employees for their transportation to or from the place or places where they are required to labor, a rail track motor car that has not been fully equipped as required by Section 7612 of this code, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; provided, that any common carrier that has not been able to equip its railroad track motor cars as required by the provisions of said section on or before July 1, 1954, may apply to the Public Utilities Commission for additional time. Upon good cause shown, the Public Utilities Commission is hereby authorized to grant additional time by order to any owner or operator of a common carrier by railroad in which to equip such cars, not to exceed one year from July 1, 1954. When such an order has been granted by said Public Utilities Commission to such carrier, the provisions of this section penalizing such rail carrier which has not so equipped its cars shall not be applicable during the period granted to it.(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 1340.)
CA Pub Util Code § 7614 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 4 - LAWS RELATING TO UTILITY CORPORATIONS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 1 - Railroad Corporations|ARTICLE 5 - Railroad Equipment|Section 7614.

7614.  It shall be unlawful for any owner or operator of a railroad running through or within the boundaries of the State of California and engaged in the business of common carrier to operate for or transport the public or its employees in a caboose which is not provided with flush-type toilet facilities, or chemical type toilet facilities approved by the commission.(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1774.)
CA Pub Util Code § 7626 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 4 - LAWS RELATING TO UTILITY CORPORATIONS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 1 - Railroad Corporations|ARTICLE 6 - Fences|Section 7626.

7626.  Every railroad corporation shall make and maintain a good and sufficient fence on both sides of its track and property. If it does not and if its engine or cars kill or maim any cattle or other domestic animals upon its line of road, except where the road runs through or upon public land it shall pay to the owner of the cattle or other domestic animals a fair market price for them, unless the killing or maiming occurred through the neglect or fault of the owner of the animal.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
CA Pub Util Code § 7627 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 4 - LAWS RELATING TO UTILITY CORPORATIONS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 1 - Railroad Corporations|ARTICLE 6 - Fences|Section 7627.

7627.  A railroad corporation that pays to the owner of the land through or along which its road is located an agreed price for making and maintaining a good and sufficient fence, or that pays the cost of such fence with the award of damages allowed for the right of way for the railroad, is relieved and exonerated from all claims for damages arising out of the killing or maiming of any animals of persons who thus fail to construct and maintain the fence. The owners of such animals are responsible for any damages or loss which may accrue to the corporation from the animals being upon its railroad track as a result of the nonconstruction of such fence, unless it is shown that the loss or damage occurred through the negligence or fault of the corporation, its officers, agents, or employees.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
CA Pub Util Code § 7628 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 4 - LAWS RELATING TO UTILITY CORPORATIONS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 1 - Railroad Corporations|ARTICLE 6 - Fences|Section 7628.

7628.  The commission may require every railroad corporation operating any steam or electric railroad in this State to erect and maintain lawful fences on each or either side of the railroad where the railroad runs through or upon lands of the United States or of this State, at such places as the commission determines that such fences are necessary to protect cattle, horses, or mules, or any other domestic animal being ranged or grazed upon lands adjacent to the railroad from being maimed or killed by the operation or management of engines, cars, or other rolling stock upon or over the railroad, with necessary openings and gates in the fences, and crossings and cattle guards for such openings and gates.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
CA Pub Util Code § 7629 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 4 - LAWS RELATING TO UTILITY CORPORATIONS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 1 - Railroad Corporations|ARTICLE 6 - Fences|Section 7629.

7629.  The authority of the commission to require such fences shall be exercised in each instance only when a verified application is filed with the commission by the person or persons owning cattle, horses, mules, or other domestic animals with the right or privilege to range or graze them upon the lands adjacent to the portion of the railroad sought to be fenced.The application shall specify the ownership of the railroad sought to be fenced, and shall set forth a sufficient description of the lands to identify them, the agency or department of government administering the lands, and the nature of the right or privilege of each petitioner to range or graze domestic animals thereon.Upon the filing of the application, notice thereof and of any hearing by the commission thereon shall be given by mail by the commission to the agency or department of government administering the land, and to the railroad corporation owning or operating the railroad. Such owners, agency or department, and the railroad may protest the granting of the application and may be heard thereon.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
CA Pub Util Code § 7630 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 4 - LAWS RELATING TO UTILITY CORPORATIONS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 1 - Railroad Corporations|ARTICLE 6 - Fences|Section 7630.

7630.  Upon hearing the commission shall determine whether or not any fence or fences are necessary to protect cattle, horses, mules, or any other domestic animals being ranged or grazed upon the land designated in the application, from being maimed, or killed by the operation or management of engines, cars, or other rolling stock upon the railroad, and shall order that a fence or fences be constructed and maintained by the railroad corporation at such places along the railroad adjacent to the lands designated in the petition as the commission determines. The commission may fix the time within which the fence or fences shall be constructed and may designate the places for necessary openings and gates therein and crossings and cattle guards in connection therewith.The commission may modify or revoke any such order when it determines that the necessity for any such fence has ceased to exist.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
CA Pub Util Code § 7631 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 4 - LAWS RELATING TO UTILITY CORPORATIONS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 1 - Railroad Corporations|ARTICLE 6 - Fences|Section 7631.

7631.  The failure of any railroad corporation to comply with any order of the commission authorized by this article shall not subject it, or any of its officers, agents, or employees, to any penalty other than payment by the railroad corporation to the owner of the maimed or killed cattle, or other domestic animals of a fair market price for the animals.Nothing in this article requires a railroad corporation to pay for the maiming or killing of any cattle or domestic animals where the maiming or killing resulted from the neglect or fault of the owner of the animals.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
CA Pub Util Code § 7653 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 4 - LAWS RELATING TO UTILITY CORPORATIONS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 1 - Railroad Corporations|ARTICLE 7 - Operation|Section 7653.

7653.  Every railroad corporation shall furnish, on the inside of its passenger cars, sufficient room and accommodations for all passengers to whom tickets are sold for any one trip, and for all persons presenting tickets entitling them to travel thereon. When fare is taken for transporting passengers on any baggage, wood, gravel, or freight car, the same care shall be taken and the same responsibility is assumed by the corporation as for passengers on passenger cars.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
CA Pub Util Code § 7654 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 4 - LAWS RELATING TO UTILITY CORPORATIONS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 1 - Railroad Corporations|ARTICLE 7 - Operation|Section 7654.

7654.  Every railroad corporation shall print and conspicuously post on the inside of its passenger cars its rules and regulations regarding fare and conduct of its passengers. In case any passenger is injured on or from the platform of a car, or on any baggage, wood, gravel, or freight car, in violation of such printed regulations, or in violation of positive verbal instructions or injunctions given to the passenger in person by any officer of the train, the corporation is not responsible for damages for the injuries, unless the corporation has failed to comply with the provisions of Section 7653.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
CA Pub Util Code § 7655 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 4 - LAWS RELATING TO UTILITY CORPORATIONS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 1 - Railroad Corporations|ARTICLE 7 - Operation|Section 7655.

7655.  A check shall be affixed to every package or parcel of baggage when taken for transportation by any agent or employee of a railroad corporation and a duplicate thereof given to the passenger or person delivering the baggage. If the check is refused on demand, the railroad corporation shall pay to the passenger the sum of twenty dollars ($20), to be recovered in an action for damages.(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1022.)
CA Pub Util Code § 7656 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 4 - LAWS RELATING TO UTILITY CORPORATIONS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 1 - Railroad Corporations|ARTICLE 7 - Operation|Section 7656.

7656.  If any passenger refuses to pay his fare, or to exhibit or surrender his ticket, when reasonably requested to do so, the conductor and employees of the corporation may, on stopping the train, put him and his baggage out of the cars, using no unnecessary force, at any usual stopping place, or near any dwelling house.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
CA Pub Util Code § 7657 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 4 - LAWS RELATING TO UTILITY CORPORATIONS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 1 - Railroad Corporations|ARTICLE 7 - Operation|Section 7657.

7657.  Every conductor, baggage master, engineer, brakeman, or other employee of any railroad corporation, employed on a passenger train or at stations for passengers, shall wear upon his hat or cap, or in some conspicuous place on the breast of his coat, a badge, indicating his office or station, and the initial letters of the name of the corporation by which he is employed. No collector or conductor, without such badge, is authorized to demand or to receive from any passenger any fare, toll, or ticket, or exercise any of the powers of his office or station. No other officer or employee, without such badge, has any authority to meddle or interfere with any passenger or property.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
CA Pub Util Code § 7658 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 4 - LAWS RELATING TO UTILITY CORPORATIONS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 1 - Railroad Corporations|ARTICLE 7 - Operation|Section 7658.

7658.  No city or county or city and county ordinance which establishes a limit on the speed of trains shall be valid unless that ordinance has been approved by the commission.(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 683.)
CA Pub Util Code § 7659 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 4 - LAWS RELATING TO UTILITY CORPORATIONS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 1 - Railroad Corporations|ARTICLE 7 - Operation|Section 7659.

7659.  Notwithstanding any city or county or city and county ordinance to the contrary, no railroad conductor or engineer, who, while operating a train, obstructs a railroad crossing, shall be subject to any criminal penalty, where he has no control over the situation causing the obstruction, or where the train cannot be moved without endangering the safety of the passengers or freight.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 648.)
CA Pub Util Code § 7660 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 4 - LAWS RELATING TO UTILITY CORPORATIONS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 1 - Railroad Corporations|ARTICLE 7 - Operation|Section 7660.

7660.  The commission, in authorizing any restrictions on the speed of rail services, shall do so only upon receipt of evidence and a finding (a) that the restriction is required due to track condition, alignment, curvature of tracks, superelevation, or inadequate right-of-way protection, or any combination thereof, as the case may be, and (b) that higher speeds will have an adverse impact upon the health and safety of the public until the specified conditions are changed. (Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 791.)
CA Pub Util Code § 7661 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 4 - LAWS RELATING TO UTILITY CORPORATIONS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 1 - Railroad Corporations|ARTICLE 7 - Operation|Section 7661.

7661.  (a) The commission shall require every railroad corporation operating in this state to develop, within 90 days of the effective date of the act adding this section, in consultation with, and with the approval of, the Office of Emergency Services, a protocol for rapid communications with the Office of Emergency Services, the Department of the California Highway Patrol, and designated county public safety agencies in an endangered area if there is a runaway train or any other uncontrolled train movement that threatens public health and safety.(b) A railroad corporation shall promptly notify the Office of Emergency Services, the Department of the California Highway Patrol, and designated county public safety agencies, through a communication to the Warning Center of the Office of Emergency Services, if there is a runaway train or any other uncontrolled train movement that threatens public health and safety, in accordance with the railroad corporation’s communications protocol developed pursuant to subdivision (a).(c) The notification required pursuant to subdivision (b) shall include the following information, whether or not an accident or spill occurs:(1) The information required by subdivision (c) of Section 7673.(2) In the event of a runaway train, a train list.(3) In the event of an uncontrolled train movement or uncontrolled movement of railcars, a track list or other inventory document if available.(d) The division of the commission responsible for railroad safety shall investigate any incident that results in a notification required pursuant to subdivision (b).(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 842, Sec. 54. (SB 1222) Effective January 1, 2017.)
CA Pub Util Code § 7663 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 4 - LAWS RELATING TO UTILITY CORPORATIONS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 1 - Railroad Corporations|ARTICLE 7 - Operation|Section 7663.

7663.  Whenever the Department of the California Highway Patrol or a designated local public safety agency responds to a railroad accident, the accident shall be reported to the Office of Emergency Services.(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 500. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)
CA Pub Util Code § 7665 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 4 - LAWS RELATING TO UTILITY CORPORATIONS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 1 - Railroad Corporations|ARTICLE 7.3 - Local Community Rail Security Act of 2006|Section 7665.

7665.  (a) This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the Local Community Rail Security Act of 2006.(b) The Legislature declares that the purpose of this act is to provide for the security and safety of local communities and local community facilities, to protect local communities from transportation practices that fail to secure rail facilities and equipment from the threat of terrorism, and to ensure proper communication between the owners and operators of rail facilities and equipment with local and state first responders.(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 867, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2007.)
CA Pub Util Code § 7665.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 4 - LAWS RELATING TO UTILITY CORPORATIONS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 1 - Railroad Corporations|ARTICLE 7.3 - Local Community Rail Security Act of 2006|Section 7665.1.

7665.1.  Unless the context requires otherwise, for purposes of this article:(a) “Agency” or “office” means the Office of Emergency Services.(b) “Secretary” or “director” means the Director of Emergency Services.(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 501. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)
CA Pub Util Code § 7665.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 4 - LAWS RELATING TO UTILITY CORPORATIONS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 1 - Railroad Corporations|ARTICLE 7.3 - Local Community Rail Security Act of 2006|Section 7665.2.

7665.2.  By July 1, 2007, every operator of rail facilities shall provide a risk assessment to the commission and the office for each rail facility in the state that is under its ownership, operation, or control. The risk assessment shall, for each rail facility, describe all of the following:(a) The location and functions of the rail facility.(b) All types of cargo that are moved through, or stored at, the rail facility.(c) Any hazardous cargo that is moved through, or stored at, the rail facility.(d) The frequency that any hazardous cargo is moved through, or stored at, the rail facility.(e) A description of the practices of the rail operator to prevent acts of sabotage, terrorism, or other crimes on the rail facility.(f) All training programs that the rail operator requires for its employees at the rail facility.(g) The emergency response procedures of the rail operator to deal with acts of sabotage, terrorism, or other crimes at the rail facility.(h) The procedures of the rail operator to communicate with local and state law enforcement personnel, emergency personnel, transportation officials, and other first responders, in the event of acts of sabotage, terrorism, or other crimes at the rail facility.(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 502. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)
CA Pub Util Code § 7665.3 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 4 - LAWS RELATING TO UTILITY CORPORATIONS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 1 - Railroad Corporations|ARTICLE 7.3 - Local Community Rail Security Act of 2006|Section 7665.3.

7665.3.  The office may provide the risk assessment provided pursuant to Section 7665.2 to other law enforcement or emergency personnel.(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 503. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)