Sec. 13b-295. (Formerly Sec. 16-122). Overhead bridge guards. Penalty.
Sec. 13b-295. (Formerly Sec. 16-122). Overhead bridge guards. Penalty. Each
railroad company shall, if required by the Commissioner of Transportation, erect and
thereafter maintain suitable bridge guards at each bridge over its railroad when the
overhead structure is less than eighteen feet in height above the track. Such bridge guards
shall be approved by the commissioner and be erected and adjusted to his satisfaction.
Any company failing to comply with the provisions of this section shall forfeit fifty
dollars to the state for each month of continuance in such failure.
(1949 Rev., S. 5507; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 571, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136.)
History: P.A. 75-486 substituted "public utilities control authority" for "public utilities commission" and "authority"
for "commission", effective December 1, 1975; P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 substituted "commissioner of transportation"
for "public utilities control authority" and "commissioner" for "authority", effective January 1, 1979; in 1981 Sec. 16-122
transferred to Sec. 13b-295.