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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 3350
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENT A TIVE JOBE.
7247H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
T o amend chapter 389, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to train length
restrictions, with penalty provisions.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 389, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be
2 known as section 389.1 100, to read as follows:
389.1 100. 1. No railr oad operating within this state shall operate, or permit to be
2 operated, any train exceeding eight thousand five hundred feet in total length on any
3 main track or branch line.
4 2. The department of transportation shall have authority to adopt rules and
5 standards to implement and enfor ce this section, including pro cedure s for
6 measur ement, exemptions for specific r outes, and penalties for violations. Any rule
7 or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is cr eated under the
8 authority delegated in this section shall become effective only if it complies with and is
9 subject to all of the pr ovisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This
10 section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the
11 general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to revie w , to delay the effective date, or to
12 disappr ove and annul a rule ar e subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of
13 rulemaking authority and any rule pr oposed or adopted after August 28, 2026, shall be
14 invalid and void.
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EXPLANA TION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is
intended to be omitted from the law . Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.