COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AMENDMENTS TO S.B. 1181
(Reference to Senate engrossed bill)
Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert:
"Section 1. Section 40-841, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
40-841. Duty of commission to prescribe standards of safety and safety devices; appropriation; railway safety inspectors
A. For the purpose of protecting the health and safety of employees of railroads, the Arizona corporation commission shall prescribe standards of safety and safety devices requiring:
1. Installation and maintenance by railroads of electric marker warning lights on the rear of all trains with sufficient candle power to be visible at a distance of three thousand feet under ordinary atmospheric conditions.
2. Installation and maintenance by railroads of adequate electrical lighting within cabooses for clerical work.
B. In addition to any other appropriations made each fiscal year, the sum of $196,600 and two FTE positions are appropriated from the state general fund in each fiscal year to the commission for personal services and employee-related expenditures for two railway safety inspectors."
Amend title to conform