SENATE BILL NO. 969
90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATORS WIGGINS AND CHILDERS.
Read 1st time February 3, 2000, and 1,000 copies ordered printed.
TERRY L. SPIELER, Secretary.
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AN ACT
To amend chapter 622, RSMo, relating to railroads by adding thereto one new section relating to limited liability in rail accidents involving special passenger trains.
Section A. Chapter 622, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 622.560, to read as follows:
622.560. 1. As used in this section, the following terms mean:
(1) "Person", an individual, partnership, corporation, association, institution, city, county or other political subdivision, authority, state agency or institution, or federal government or institution;
(2) "Special passenger train", a train which carries members of the public at speeds which do not exceed thirty-five miles per hour over a common carrier railroad or railroad authority.
2. A person owning or operating a special passenger train shall not be required to maintain insurance coverage of more than ten million dollars per occurrence with the person and the railroad or rail authority over whose tracks the special passenger train is operated, as named insureds. Such insurance shall not have a self-insured retention or deductible greater than one hundred thousand dollars. A person shall provide evidence of such coverage upon demand of the director of the division of insurance or by the railroad or rail authority over whose tracks the special passenger train is to be operated.
3. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a railroad or rail authority to permit the operation of a special passenger train over its tracks.