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HB 2088 Rail and Public Transportation, Dept. of, etc.; develop process to evaluate safety issues, etc.

Introduced by: William H. Fralin, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Public recreational access and safety issues; new railroad projects. Provides that, no later than December 1, 2009, the Department of Rail and Public Transportation, the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, and the Department of Conservation and Recreation shall develop a process to coordinate and evaluate public recreational access and safety issues related to certain new railroad projects.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT); grants to publicly owned railroads.  Provides that, prior to making any grant to any publicly held railroad, DRPT must consider right-of-way and public access issues as preconditions to making the grant.  The bill further requires that DRPT promulgate regulations governing public comment and consideration when the making of any grant to a publicly held railroad is being considered by DRPT.