06
SB285/AP
Senate
Bill 285
By:
Senator Rogers of the 21st
AS
PASSED
AN
ACT
To
amend Chapter 8 of Title 46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to railroad companies; so as to remove certain provisions relating to general
provisions regarding railroad companies; relating to powers of railroad
companies generally; relating to construction, improvement, and repair of rail
lines, depots, and roads; relating to operation of trains generally; relating to
operation of trains at crossings; relating to injury to livestock and other
property; relating to liens against railroad companies; relating to leases and
conditional sales of rolling stock; relating to acts or attempts resulting in
insolvency or judicial seizure of a company; to provide for related matters; to
repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Chapter
8 of Title 46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to railroad
companies, is amended by repealing and reserving Article 1, relating to general
provisions regarding railroad companies.
SECTION
2.
Said
chapter is further amended in Article 4, relating to powers of railroad
companies generally, by repealing and reserving Code Section 46-8-101, relating
to contracts between railroad companies for common use of tracks within cities,
and by repealing and reserving Code Section 46-8-102, relating to construction
and operation of vessels by railroad companies, and by repealing and reserving
Code Section 46-8-103, relating to appropriation by railroad corporations of
public highways, bridges, and ferries, and by repealing and reserving Code
Section 46-8-105, relating to effect of adoption of Code Section 46-8-104 by
railroad corporations not chartered by the General Assembly, and by repealing
and reserving Code Section 46-8-106, relating to the sale or lease of property,
rights, and franchises of railroad corporation upon termination of prior lease,
and by repealing and reserving Code Section 46-8-107, relating to the sale of a
railroad under trust deed, upon foreclosure of mortgage, or by judicial decree,
and by repealing and reserving Code Section 46-8-108, relating to reorganization
of a corporation by purchasers or their associates or assigns, and by repealing
and reserving Code Section 46-8-109, relating to the exercise by a railroad
company of rights, franchises, and privileges in another state or
territory.
SECTION
3.
Said
chapter is further amended in Article 5, relating to construction, improvement,
and repair of rail lines, depots, and roads, by repealing and reserving Code
Section 46-8-125, relating to change of general direction and route of
railroads, and by repealing and reserving Code Section 46-8-127, relating to
regulation of distance between tracks with the same terminal points, and by
repealing and reserving Code Section 46-8-129, relating to construction and
maintenance by and at expense of railroad company of cattle guards, and by
repealing and reserving Code Section 46-8-130, relating to liability of railroad
company to landowner for failure to build cattle guard, and by repealing and
reserving Code Section 46-8-131, relating to construction of cattle guard and
farm crossing by railroad company upon request of landowner, and by repealing
and reserving Code Section 46-8-132, relating to construction and applicability
of Code Sections 46-8-129 through 46-8-131.
SECTION
4.
Said
chapter is further amended in Article 6, relating to operation of trains
generally, by repealing and reserving Part 1, relating to employees engaged in
operation of trains generally, and by repealing and reserving Part 2, relating
to signal whistles and lights on trains.
SECTION
5.
Said
chapter is further amended in Part 3 of Article 6, relating to operation of
trains at crossings, by repealing and reserving Code Section 46-8-190, relating
to erection of blowposts to warn of crossings and the duty of locomotive
engineers to blow the whistle, and by repealing and reserving Code Section
46-8-191, relating to the duty of railroad companies as to the erection of
blowposts and exercise of due care by locomotive engineers, and by repealing and
reserving Code Section 46-8-192, relating to effect of title on duties or
liabilities of railroad companies under other laws, and by repealing and
reserving Code Section 46-8-193, relating to duty of enginemen and conductors to
stop trains at railroad crossings, and by repealing and reserving Code Section
46-8-198, relating to erection and placement of signboards to warn of
drawbridges, grade crossings, and stations at which there is a
switch.
SECTION
6.
Said
chapter is further amended in Article 6, relating to operation of trains
generally, by repealing and reserving Part 4, relating to injury to livestock
and other property.
SECTION
7.
Said
chapter is further amended by repealing and reserving Article 8, relating to
liens against railroad companies.
SECTION
8.
Said
chapter is further amended by repealing and reserving Article 9, relating to
leases and conditional sales of rolling stock.
SECTION
9.
Said
chapter is further amended by repealing and reserving Article 13, relating to
acts or attempts resulting in insolvency or judicial seizure of a
company.
SECTION
10.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.