Rhode Island General Laws 39-8-1.3. Authorization for private crossing
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No railroad owning railroad tracks within the state shall enter into any agreement of any nature whatsoever with any private party for the establishment of a private crossing at grade, unless and until the railroad shall have obtained permission from the commission for the establishment of the private crossing.
History of Section.
P.L. 1969, ch. 240, § 10; P.L. 1973, ch. 199, § 6.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 39-8-1.3
- Commission: means the public utilities commission. See Rhode Island General Laws 39-1-2
- Railroad: means and includes every railroad other than a street railway, by whatsoever power, operated for public use in the conveyance in this state of persons or property for compensation, with all bridges, ferries, tunnels, switches, spurs, tracks, stations, wharves, and terminal facilities of every kind, used, operated, controlled, leased, or owned by or in connection with any railroad. See Rhode Island General Laws 39-1-2