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N.Y. Railroad Law § 28 Tunnel railroads
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§ 28. Tunnel railroads. When, according to the route and plan for the building of its road, adopted by any railroad corporation, including corporations organized under chapter one hundred and forty of the laws of eighteen hundred and fifty, and the acts amendatory thereof, and s…
N.Y. Railroad Law § 300 Legislative policy and purposes
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§ 300. Legislative policy and purposes. It is hereby declared to be the policy of the state to encourage and bring about the rehabilitation, improvement, and continued operation by private enterprise of the facilities of any domestic railroad corporation which now or hereafter i…
N.Y. Railroad Law § 301 Qualification
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§ 301. Qualification. The certificate of incorporation of any corporation organized for the purpose of acquiring, maintaining, and operating the facilities of a railroad corporation of the kind described in section three hundred may provide that such new corporation elects to qu…
N.Y. Railroad Law § 302 Certain directors to be local residents
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§ 302. Certain directors to be local residents. The certificate of incorporation of any corporation qualifying hereunder shall provide that, during the period of its existence as a railroad redevelopment corporation, one-third of the members of its board of directors shall be re…
N.Y. Railroad Law § 303 Certificate of approval
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§ 303. Certificate of approval. 1. The commissioner of transportation and other state agency, if any be authorized by law to do so, shall give a certificate of approval of the qualification of a railroad corporation as a railroad redevelopment corporation if, in the judgment of …
N.Y. Railroad Law § 304 Limitations upon payments on indebtedness and stock
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§ 304. Limitations upon payments on indebtedness and stock. A railroad redevelopment corporation shall not declare or pay any dividends on its capital stock or make any payments of interest or principal upon any bonds or other indebtedness of such corporation which its certifica…
N.Y. Railroad Law § 305 Tax exemption
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§ 305. Tax exemption. A railroad redevelopment corporation, during each year of its existence as such corporation, shall be exempt from the payment of any and all taxes (including, without limitation, franchise, organization, income, mortgage recording, excise, sales, and compen…
N.Y. Railroad Law § 306 Rates, fares, and charges
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§ 306. Rates, fares, and charges. A railroad redevelopment corporation shall be entitled to maintain such rates, fares, and charges as will enable such corporation to have sufficient operating revenues and other income in any twelve months of its existence as a railroad redevelo…
N.Y. Railroad Law § 307 Fare changes
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§ 307. Fare changes. 1. In the event it appears at any time to a railroad redevelopment corporation that its operating revenues and other income will not be sufficient during the forthcoming twelve months to provide for the items enumerated in section three hundred six, such cor…
N.Y. Railroad Law § 308 Reductions in fares and charges
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§ 308. Reductions in fares and charges. In the event that the commissioner of transportation, after a hearing held in his discretion, on his own motion and on reasonable notice, shall determine (1) that a railroad redevelopment corporation, during the most recent twelve-month pe…
N.Y. Railroad Law § 309 Reports to the commissioner of transportation
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§ 309. Reports to the commissioner of transportation. In addition to any reports which railroad corporations are required to file with the commissioner of transportation pursuant to the transportation law, a railroad redevelopment corporation shall file monthly reports with the …
N.Y. Railroad Law § 310 Accounting terms
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§ 310. Accounting terms. The meaning of all accounting terms used in this article, and the calculation of each amount to be computed under any provision of this article, shall be determined in accordance with the uniform system of accounts for railroad companies or other applica…
N.Y. Railroad Law § 311 Termination of qualification
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§ 311. Termination of qualification. 1. The commissioner of transportation shall make and file an order terminating the qualification of a railroad redevelopment corporation if such corporation or any affiliated corporation files an application for an increase in the passenger f…
N.Y. Railroad Law § 312 Orders of the commissioner of transportation
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§ 312. Orders of the commissioner of transportation. In addition to its other powers under this article, the commissioner of transportation shall have power, after a hearing held in his discretion, on his own motion and on reasonable notice, to make and file such orders as he ma…
N.Y. Railroad Law § 313 Application of other laws
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§ 313. Application of other laws. All provisions of law relating to railroad corporations, as hereafter from time to time amended, shall apply to railroad redevelopment corporations except where such provisions are in conflict with the provisions of this article. Nothing in this…
N.Y. Railroad Law § 32 Individual, joint-stock association, or other corporation may lay down and maintain railroad tracks in certain cases
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§ 32. Individual, joint-stock association, or other corporation may lay down and maintain railroad tracks in certain cases. Any individual, joint-stock association or corporation, engaged in any lawful business in this state, may, except in any city of the state, lay down and ma…
N.Y. Railroad Law § 34 Substituted lines in certain cases
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§ 34. Substituted lines in certain cases. Where a portion of a steam surface railroad or branch thereof, shall be specifically authorized by statute to be taken for any other public use, and such portion lies wholly outside of any city, any corporation owning or operating such p…
N.Y. Railroad Law § 450 Laws repealed
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§ 450. Laws repealed. Of the laws enumerated in the schedule hereto annexed, that portion specified in the last column is hereby repealed.
N.Y. Railroad Law § 451 When to take effect
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§ 451. When to take effect. This chapter shall take effect immediately.
N.Y. Railroad Law § 5 Incorporation
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§ 5. Incorporation. A railroad corporation may be formed under this chapter for the purpose of owning or operating a railroad for public use, in accordance with the procedure for the formation of corporations set forth in article four of the business corporation law, by deliveri…
N.Y. Railroad Law § 50 Liability of corporation to employees of contractor
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§ 50. Liability of corporation to employees of contractor. An action may be maintained against any railroad corporation by any laborer for the amount due him from any contractor for the construction of any part of its road, for ninety or any less number of days' labor performed …
N.Y. Railroad Law § 51 Weight of rail
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§ 51. Weight of rail. The rail used in the construction or the relaying of the track of every railroad hereafter built or relaid in whole or in part shall be of iron or steel, weighing not less than twenty-five pounds to the lineal yard on narrow-gauge roads, and on all other ro…
N.Y. Railroad Law § 51-A Clearances
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§ 51-a. Clearances. Clearance distance between adjacent tracks and between tracks and adjacent structures or obstructions and between the top of the rail and any overhead wire, bridge, viaduct or obstruction. All tracks hereafter constructed or reconstructed by every railroad in…
N.Y. Railroad Law § 52 Fences, farm crossings and cattle-guards
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§ 52. Fences, farm crossings and cattle-guards. Every railroad corporation, and any lessee or other person in possession of its road, shall, before the lines of its road are opened for use, and so soon as it has acquired the right of way for its roadway, erect and thereafter mai…
N.Y. Railroad Law § 52-A Fences along road operated by electric third rail
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§ 52-a. Fences along road operated by electric third rail. Notwithstanding the provisions of section fifty-two or of any other law, general or special, within a city containing a population of over one million inhabitants according to the last preceding federal census or state e…
N.Y. Railroad Law § 52-B Fences along right of way
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§ 52-b. Fences along right of way. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections fifty-two, fifty-two-a, or fifty-two-c or of any other law, general or special, every railroad corporation shall erect and thereafter maintain a fence or fences along the boundary line of its right of …
N.Y. Railroad Law § 52-C Fences in Queens county
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§ 52-c. Fences in Queens county. Notwithstanding the provisions of section fifty-two or of any other law, general or special, within Queens county every railroad corporation operating a railroad shall erect and thereafter maintain a fence or fences along the boundary line of its…
N.Y. Railroad Law § 52-D Debris to be cleared
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§ 52-d. Debris to be cleared. Every railroad shall maintain and keep clear of debris the margins alongside their yard tracks used for switching operations where railroad employees are required to walk in the course of their duties. Such margins constitute the area between the en…
N.Y. Railroad Law § 52-E Penalties for littering
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§ 52-e. Penalties for littering. 1. No person shall throw, dump, or cause to be thrown, dumped, deposited or placed upon any railroad or subway tracks, or within the limits of the right of way of any railroad or subway, any refuse, trash, garbage, rubbish, litter or any nauseous…
N.Y. Railroad Law § 53 Sign boards, flagmen and gates at crossings
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§ 53. Sign boards, flagmen and gates at crossings. 1. Every railroad corporation shall cause a sign board to be placed, well supported and constantly maintained, at every crossing where its road is crossed by a public highway at grade. Such sign board shall be of a shape and des…
N.Y. Railroad Law § 53-A Warning signs
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§ 53-a. Warning signs. Every municipality or political subdivision, or in case of state highways the department of transportation, which is charged with the duty of maintaining a highway at places where such highway crosses a railroad at grade, shall install and maintain an appr…
N.Y. Railroad Law § 53-B Ringing bells and blowing whistles at crossings
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§ 53-b. Ringing bells and blowing whistles at crossings. A person acting as engineer, driving a locomotive on any railway in this state, who fails to ring the bell, or sound the whistle, upon such locomotive, or cause the same to be rung or sounded, at least eighty rods from any…
N.Y. Railroad Law § 53-C Obstructing farm and highway crossings
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§ 53-c. Obstructing farm and highway crossings. Any officer or employee of a railroad corporation who shall intentionally obstruct, and any owner, officer or employee of a railroad corporation who shall intentionally cause to be obstructed any farm or highway crossing with any l…
N.Y. Railroad Law § 53-D Unlawful propulsion of a missile at railroad trains
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53-d. Unlawful propulsion of a missile at railroad trains. A person is guilty of unlawful propulsion of a missile at a railroad train where he willfully with intent to cause personal injury or property damage throws, shoots or propels a rock, stone, brick, or piece of iron, stee…
N.Y. Railroad Law § 53-E Unlawful interference with a railroad train
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§ 53-e. Unlawful interference with a railroad train. A person is guilty of unlawful interference with a railroad train when he wilfully with intent to disrupt, delay, or disturb service, places, causes to be placed, drops, or positions an object or objects of any kind, on, under…
N.Y. Railroad Law § 53-F Joint inspection of traffic-control signals interconnected with highway-rail at-grade crossing warning systems
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§ 53-f. Joint inspection of traffic-control signals interconnected with highway-rail at-grade crossing warning systems. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, the commissioner is authorized to establish, implement, and exercise oversight over a progr…
N.Y. Railroad Law § 54 Notice of starting trains; no preferences
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§ 54. Notice of starting trains; no preferences. Every railroad corporation shall start and run its cars for the transportation of passengers and property at regular times, to be fixed by public notice, and shall furnish sufficient accommodations for the transportation of all pa…
N.Y. Railroad Law § 54-A Communication
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§ 54-a. Communication. 1. No class 1 or class 2 railroad common carrier or rail passenger carrier shall perform or cause to be performed any transportation service without ensuring that there is operable communication among all members of the train crew, between the train crew a…
N.Y. Railroad Law § 55 Accommodation of connecting roads
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§ 55. Accommodation of connecting roads. Every railroad corporation whose road, at or near the same place, connects with or is intersected by two or more railroads competing for its business, shall fairly and impartially afford to each of such connecting or intersecting roads eq…
N.Y. Railroad Law § 56 Locomotives must stop at grade crossings
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§ 56. Locomotives must stop at grade crossings. All trains and locomotives on railroads crossing each other at grade shall come to a full stop before crossing, not less than two hundred nor more than eight hundred feet from the crossing, and shall then cross only when the way is…
N.Y. Railroad Law § 57 Rates of fare
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§ 57. Rates of fare. Subject to the provisions of the transportation law, every railroad corporation may fix and collect the following rates of fare as compensation to be paid for transporting any passenger and his baggage, not exceeding one hundred and fifty pounds in weight, f…
N.Y. Railroad Law § 57-A A steam or electric railroad corporation having a franchise from this state, operating to and from stations within a city of over a milli...
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§ 57-a. A steam or electric railroad corporation having a franchise from this state, operating to and from stations within a city of over a million inhabitants, and owned, controlled or operated by a railroad corporation having a franchise from another state, shall not charge a …
N.Y. Railroad Law § 58 Excess charge when fare paid on cars
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§ 58. Excess charge when fare paid on cars. It shall be lawful for any company owning or operating a steam railroad in this state, to demand and collect an excess charge of ten cents over the regular or established rate of fare, from any passenger who pays fare in the car in whi…
N.Y. Railroad Law § 59 Penalty for excessive fare
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§ 59. Penalty for excessive fare. Any railroad corporation, which shall ask or receive more than the lawful rate of fare, unless such overcharge was made through inadvertence or mistake, not amounting to gross negligence, shall forfeit fifty dollars, to be recovered with the exc…
N.Y. Railroad Law § 6 Applicability of business corporation law to railroad corporations
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§ 6. Applicability of business corporation law to railroad corporations. (a) The business corporation law applies to a corporation heretofore or hereafter formed under this chapter, or under any other statute or special act of this state, or under laws other than the statutes of…
N.Y. Railroad Law § 60 Issue and use of mileage books
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§ 60. Issue and use of mileage books. Every railroad corporation operating a railroad in this state, the line or lines of which are more than one hundred miles in length, and which is authorized by law to charge a maximum fare of more than two cents per mile, and not more than t…
N.Y. Railroad Law § 61 Passenger refusing to pay fare may be ejected
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§ 61. Passenger refusing to pay fare may be ejected. If any passenger shall refuse to pay his fare the conductor of the train, and the servants of the corporation, may put him and his baggage out of the cars, using no unnecessary force, on stopping the train, at any usual stoppi…
N.Y. Railroad Law § 61-A Sounding of certain signals on railroad cars by unauthorized persons
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§ 61-a. Sounding of certain signals on railroad cars by unauthorized persons. A person who shall ring or sound a signal bell or device for starting or stopping a passenger car, of a street or other surface railroad, or subway or elevated railroad, while such car is in use for th…
N.Y. Railroad Law § 62 Sleeping and parlor cars
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§ 62. Sleeping and parlor cars. Any railroad corporation may contract with any person, association or corporation for the hauling by the special or regular trains of said railroad corporation, the parlor, drawing-room or sleeping car or cars of such person, association or corpor…
N.Y. Railroad Law § 63 Persons employed as drivers, conductors, motormen or gripmen
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§ 63. Persons employed as drivers, conductors, motormen or gripmen. Any railroad corporation may employ any inhabitant of the state, of the age of twenty-one years, not addicted to the use of intoxicating liquors, as a car driver, conductor, motorman or gripman, or in any other …