CHAPTER 1. RAILROAD EMPLOYEE RULES

IC 8-9
    ARTICLE 9. RAILROAD LABOR

IC 8-9-1
     Chapter 1. Railroad Employee Rules

IC 8-9-1-1
Publication and distribution; violation
    
Sec. 1. (a) A person operating trains by steam power on railroads shall:
        (1) publish printed rules for the control and operation of those trains;
        (2) deliver copies of the rules to all persons engaged in the operation of those trains;
        (3) file a copy of the rules with the Indiana department of transportation;
        (4) instruct employees in the application of those rules; and
        (5) examine employees about the rules at least once each six (6) months after employment until the service has continued for eighteen (18) months and at least once every two (2) years thereafter.
    (b) A person who fails to comply with this section commits a Class C infraction.
(Formerly: Acts 1907, c.272, s.1; Acts 1933, c.209, s.1.) As amended by Acts 1978, P.L.2, SEC.832; P.L.384-1987(ss), SEC.87; P.L.18-1990, SEC.96.

IC 8-9-1-2
Repealed
    
(Repealed by Acts 1975, P.L.28, SEC.1.)

IC 8-9-1-3
Intoxication while on duty
    
Sec. 3. It is a Class C infraction for an agent, officer, or employee of any person engaged in the operation of railroad trains by steam power to be or become intoxicated while in the performance of his duties or to operate any such train or give orders or directions for the operation of any such train contrary to the printed rules of his company required by section 1 of this chapter.
(Formerly: Acts 1907, c.272, s.3.) As amended by Acts 1978, P.L.2, SEC.833.

IC 8-9-1-4

Fatal accidents; rules violations; reports to prosecuting attorney
    
Sec. 4. Whenever the Indiana department of transportation, in the investigation of an accident involving loss of life, concludes that the accident occurred on account of the violation of the printed rules for the operation of trains, as required by section 1 of this chapter, by an officer or employee of a railroad company in this state, the department may, if the neglect of duty or violation of the rules is

flagrant or has been brought about by the intoxication of a person while on duty, report the person to the prosecuting attorney of the county wherein the accident occurred for prosecution.
(Formerly: Acts 1907, c.272, s.4.) As amended by P.L.62-1984, SEC.125; P.L.384-1987(ss), SEC.88; P.L.18-1990, SEC.97.

IC 8-9-1-5
Repealed
    
(Repealed by Acts 1975, P.L.28, SEC.1.)